A blade in one hand. A chef's fire in another. A hunger that won't be tamed. Leonard Alighieri thought he had left the battlefield behind. The infamous mercenary, once known as The Maestro for his precision in both war and the culinary arts, had traded bloodshed for the quiet mastery of flavors...his only was war against the limits of the perfect dish. But the past has a way of setting the table for unfinished business. A final mission. A trap that shattered the fabric of reality itself. Wounded and alone, he must not only survive but evolve. Each meal, each battle, brings a change. Each dish, fuel for transformation. As hunger gnaws at both body and soul, one question lingers: Is he mastering the abyss, or is the abyss mastering him.