Hinato was very familiar with loss. First when his father left with nothing but a suitcase. Again, when his mother died, leaving him to patch together a life that felt more broken each year. He adapted, survived—but no matter how hard he tried, everything slipped away.

So when he arrived in another world where the dead writhed, groaned, and wore the faces of people he once knew, he realized the strange dream he’d had earlier that week wasn’t just another nightmare. It had been a warning.

Hinato feared loss more than anything. And in an instant, his whole world became unrecognizable.

In this shattered place, no one was safe from the damage these creatures could do. The only difference was that the Calamity seemed to notice him—whispering through visions, showing him faces it knew would break him.

Now he must uncover why he was dragged here, what these visions mean, and how they connect to the “silly story” whispered to children at night in this place called Kassandra.