StuartGrossman
In a dystopian world where vampires known as the Sanguine Hegemony have ruled humanity for a thousand years, turning cities into reservoirs of harvested human warmth and blood, one man trades his soul for a weapon.
Kaelen, a scarred survivor hardened by loss, accepts the forbidden Black Alchemic - a transformation that turns his flesh to obsidian, threads silver void-filaments through his nerves, and grants him the power to consume heat itself. Dubbed the Scythe, he becomes a predator of cold and entropy, capable of freezing life with a touch.
Alongside Whisper - a young woman carrying the radiant, dangerous Origin Strain that could either save or destroy humanity - Kaelen infiltrates the towering High-Citadel to assassinate the immortal Sovereign and end the eternal toxic dusk.
But victory demands the ultimate sacrifice: to kill a god-like tyrant, Kaelen must become a monster the world can no longer touch - a winter guardian exiled forever from the dawn he helps create.
Dark, poetic, and unflinching, The Sanguine Dusk is a grimdark fantasy of rebellion, loss, and the terrible cost of freedom.
(Perfect for fans of Joe Abercrombie, China Miéville, or Peter Watts - where hope is hard-won and never free.)