Book One of the Age of Annihilation.

Every monster begins as a man.

Every prophecy begins with a sin.

Marcus Obsidian was a good man once—husband, father, and mayor of a quiet town. But when his family is taken and the betrayal comes from someone he trusted more than a brother, Marcus makes a choice. A desperate, bloody choice. One that tears open the veil between this world and something far more sinister.

Far from Dren, the Church of the Creator begins to stir. Commander Rhaine, iron-bound by faith. Brother Orion, a priest whose doubts may destroy him. Alex, an exiled knight haunted by his past. Together, they are all that stands between the world and the spreading destruction that is coming.

But each will be tested.
Each will be tempted.
And some will fall.
Because Annihilation does not come like a storm.
It comes like a whisper