A world that devours the weak. A kingdom ruled by fear. A journey that offers only two options-survive... or die.
Saimoon has spent his entire life hidden in darkness, surviving beneath a tavern while the city above descends into cruelty, corruption, and religious tyranny. When his warrior sister forces him out of hiding, he is thrown into a world he has never truly seen-one filled with brutal guards, ruthless nobles, a fanatical Church, and horrors beyond the city walls.
Joining a desperate party on a suicidal mission north, Saimoon must confront not only monsters and bandits, but the truth of the kingdom he was never meant to witness. Led by Sun, a mysterious armored figure who never eats, never removes his helmet, and wields terrifying power, the group faces betrayal, violence, and impossible odds as they travel toward a land from which almost no one returns.
But survival has a price.
And in this world, mercy is rarer than magic.
Gritty, emotional, and unflinchingly dark, this is a fantasy about fear, loyalty, cruelty, and what happens when hope is the most dangerous thing of all.