When Gods Bleed: Book 1

In the world of Duskfall, the lowest of five stacked realms, night never ends. Its people live beneath a sky ruled by shifting moons, where light and safety depend on the blood and bones of the beasts that crawl up from the Pit. Among the hunters who keep this fragile balance stands Dagian, a nineteen-year-old whose scythe, Vireth, was born from the resentment buried deep in his soul. For four years, Dagian has fought, survived, and worked only to keep his ailing mother alive. His father—a once-great hunter—was chosen to ascend to the higher layers twelve years ago, leaving them behind in a city where death feels like routine. Dagian’s resentment toward the world festers quietly, until one hunt changes everything. While tracking a beast through the fog-drenched streets of Evervale, Dagian witnesses the sky itself fracture open—a rift flashing in colors no moon could ever cast. From it falls a girl named Isabella Solder, a stranger from a world above, a place Dagian has only ever envied. Instinct drives him to catch her, but the moment he does, the world begins to shift. Isabella’s arrival defies every law of the layered realms. Her presence awakens questions that Duskfall was never meant to ask—about the nature of the Hunt. As Dagian struggles to protect the girl who fell from the heavens, he’ll uncover the secret that binds all five realms together… and the truth that even gods can bleed.