60 years ago, a natural disaster caused the human world to change dramatically, the rapid evolution of species, human retreat to the wall, survival. Three years ago, the father disappeared and was beaten as a traitor to humanity, and the sister became a vampire to live on, becoming an infected person who everyone shouted kill. Two young souls, struggling to survive in a slum riddled with violence and crime. A blockade, so that sister has the risk of exposure, Gu dust hands have to dye blood, and accidents, also since...... During the day, he is the awakening "coroner" who everyone admires, and at night, she is the "patron saint" who walks in the darkness and hides behind him. If you want to survive, you gotta be tough.
Three hundred years after the fall, the known world is beginning to regain a semblance of order, with the sword the ultimate power once more. But not everything of old was lost, and there are some that will exert deadly effort to obtain what was left behind.
Orphaned, plague-marked and mistrusted by the community he lives in, a boy must come to terms with the fact that he is different from everyone else, but is soon the focus of unwelcome and deadly attention.
Separated from her father, a young girl has to learn to survive in a foreign land haunted by tribes of ghosts and roving bands of piratical thralls to a sadistic King.
A watcher keeps lonely vigil from within a fortress that has been under siege for hundreds of years, while a soldier dies for the twenty-third time, and dies again while wondering if he is going mad.
First started in 2015, this story is at 50k+ words, but was removed when a plotting hiccup was encountered. I now intend to split it into three parts, and this is the complete Part 1. Part 2 will begin once I've finished editing another work... Please vote and comment, as your input will help shape the story. Enjoy!