Bloodlust

Title Ideas The Cold Vessel Soul Devourer: Mark of the Void Claiming the Dark Vessel for a King Story Description (Blurb) Fifteen-year-old Mark was supposed to be in class. Instead, he woke up naked on a freezing slab of stone in pitch-black darkness. He couldn't move his arms. He couldn't shiver. He couldn't even scream. All he could feel was the venomous frost sinking into his marrow, the stench of old blood, and a burning, alien heat hovering over his bare chest. An ancient soul—a self-proclaimed king—had summoned him from Earth to harvest his body. To rip Mark's consciousness out by its roots and claim his flesh as a hollow vessel. In the face of absolute terror, Mark did the only thing he could: he dove headfirst into the darkness within his own mind. He stripped away the fear, the confusion, and the panic, refining his consciousness into a fine, razor-sharp point. His body is paralyzed. The ritual is underway. But the ancient spirit trying to steal Mark's life is about to discover a fatal mistake: Mark isn't going to yield his body. He's going to swallow the intruder whole.