Empty Mantle
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Bad dreams, uncontrollable powers and the past coming back to inevitably throw Aleksandr's already troublesome life into a world of chaotic proportions.
Aleks hasn't had the best run in life and it only continues to get worse. He struggles with a gift he has had ever since he was younger, though as he has gotten older, his so called gift is no more than a burden. With a desperate attempt to solve two mysterious deaths along the way, he enters a historically terrible ancient war between supernatural factions that are only heard of in stories.
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