Soul Craft: The Grieving Artisan

Cain Martin survived the Gauntlet. He returned to the world of the living, his memories intact, his soul healed. Echo is by his side, slowly becoming real. The God of Hell watches with amused fascination.But the Gauntlet is not finished with him.A new threat emerges from the depths of Hell-something older, darker, more ancient than the God of Hell himself. The Gauntlet was not built. It was contained. And now the containment is failing.Cain must return to the eighteen levels-not as a contestant, but as a guide. He must lead a new party of lost souls through the trials he survived, teaching them what he learned: that meaning is made, not found. That grief is a forge. That love is a weapon.But Echo's transformation is accelerating, and the cost of her becoming real may be more than Cain can bear. The God of Hell is playing a deeper game. And somewhere in the depths, a voice older than time is calling.To save everyone he loves, Cain must become the Grieving Artisan he was always meant to be.