Between Curses and Gifts - Part 1: Christopher - Origins

By Stefan Clasener

A loyal man. A broken heart. A virus that turns pain into power.

Alaska, 1984. Christopher de Vries has worked hard to build a simple future-until the woman he loves walks out with a secret that shatters his world. Spiraling into grief and rage, he's dragged on a last-ditch ice fishing trip by his best friend, hoping to find clarity. Instead, he's hunted, mauled, and left for dead by a creature not born of this world. But Christopher doesn't die. He changes.

What begins as a desperate fight for survival soon becomes a brutal awakening. Something ancient is inside him now-something that heals, hungers, and destroys. As his body becomes stronger, his mind unravels. The people he loves are in danger, the military is closing in, and a cold war rages in the shadows between science, monsters, and myth. Haunted by visions, hunted by Colonel Ward, and drawn toward a woman with secrets of her own, Christopher must navigate a world where every gift has a price... and some curses are permanent.

Dark, cinematic, and heart-wrenching, Between Curses and Gifts is a genre-bending dark fantasy thriller that explores what happens when the human soul collides with unnatural power.
Nothing comes for free. Not even survival.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FLWRSCJ8
• ISBN13: 9798297019157
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"