The Story
In a city where magic is dissected like a disease, pain is the only thing that remains untamed.
Dr. Ivaric Vance is a blood healer-one of the last who can enter a broken mind and rewrite trauma from within. But every cure comes at a cost. Every memory he mends stains his own soul.
When a powerful enforcer is driven mad by something lurking beneath the city of Vethara, Ivaric uncovers a truth buried for centuries: a living entity formed from collective human suffering-an ancient consciousness that breathes despair.
And someone wants to control it.
Forced into an uneasy alliance with Vorynne, the last survivor of a hunted bloodline, Ivaric is drawn into a conspiracy that threatens to reshape humanity itself. At its center stands Chairman Galthen Thorne, a man determined to erase pain-by erasing emotion entirely.
But healing was never meant to be control.
As reality fractures and buried sins awaken, Ivaric must confront a terrifying question:
What if suffering is not the enemy… but the only thing keeping us human?
Dirge is a dark fantasy novel blending psychological horror, emotional trauma, and philosophical depth-perfect for readers who enjoy morally complex characters, dystopian magic systems, and haunting explorations of the human mind.
Description
In a city where magic is dissected like a disease, pain is the only thing that remains untamed.
Dr. Ivaric Vance is a blood healer-one of the last who can enter a broken mind and rewrite trauma from within. But every cure comes at a cost. Every memory he mends stains his own soul.
When a powerful enforcer is driven mad by something lurking beneath the city of Vethara, Ivaric uncovers a truth buried for centuries: a living entity formed from collective human suffering-an ancient consciousness that breathes despair.
And someone wants to control it.
Forced into an uneasy alliance with Vorynne, the last survivor of a hunted bloodline, Ivaric is drawn into a conspiracy that threatens to reshape humanity itself. At its center stands Chairman Galthen Thorne, a man determined to erase pain-by erasing emotion entirely.
But healing was never meant to be control.
As reality fractures and buried sins awaken, Ivaric must confront a terrifying question:
What if suffering is not the enemy… but the only thing keeping us human?
Dirge is a dark fantasy novel blending psychological horror, emotional trauma, and philosophical depth-perfect for readers who enjoy morally complex characters, dystopian magic systems, and haunting explorations of the human mind.
