Shadow of Vega

Before he was the wandering sage known as the Keeper of the Lantern, Dean Vega was simply a scholar - a gentle, curious man who believed that knowledge and love could heal the wounds of war.
He lived in the shadow of his older brother, Sir Jessie Vega, a knight revered across the realm for valor and loyalty to the crown.

But when the kingdom's fear of witchcraft falls upon Abigale Walker, the healer Dean loves, Jessie is commanded to enforce the royal law - and Abigale is executed before Dean's eyes.

Broken beyond reason, Dean turns to forbidden runes - relics said to speak with the dead. His love becomes obsession, his faith curdles into wrath, and his pursuit of resurrection births a horror that will consume them all.

In the ashes of his vengeance, Dean must choose: remain a monster, or seek forgiveness for the unforgivable.