New Eridu was supposed to be humanity's last safe haven-a city clawing out survival in the ruins of a broken world. In a place surrounded by Hollows, Ethereals, corruption, and the constant threat of disaster, people have learned to live with fear.
But even in New Eridu, some disappearances are never considered normal.
People vanish from crowded streets.
From secure districts.
From deep within the Hollows.
Most are never seen again.
And sometimes...
They come back.
Changed.
Alex is one of them.
With fractured memories, a body no longer entirely human, and only one name burned into his mind-**Belle**-Alex awakens after years of experimentation, torture, and transformation at the hands of forces that turned him into something unnatural. Something powerful. Something terrifying.
He doesn't remember who he was.
He only knows he was taken.
Remade.
Sacrificed.
Discovered years later by familiar faces from a life he can no longer recall, Alex is thrust back into a world that mourned him, a world where Belle, Wise, and the people who once knew him must help piece together the shattered remains of his identity.
As buried memories resurface and horrifying truths begin to unravel, Alex must confront the mystery of his past, the monstrous nature of his present, and the dark conspiracy that stole his humanity.
Because the Hollows may not be the only things creating monsters.
And Alex may be far more than a victim.
He may be the beginning of something far worse-or humanity's last hope.
In a city built on survival, Alex must uncover what he truly is... before the thing he's becoming consumes him completely.
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