Seth Kaelthorn was supposed to die. Beaten. Humiliated. Forced to devour his own mother’s flesh. But his suffering was only the beginning. In the depths of his despair, something ancient called to him. A force born of fear, bound by hunger, and clothed in nightmares. A voice whispered from the abyss—Vorrath, the Dread Beast. And Seth listened. Now, he walks the line between human and monster. Every wound only feeds his power. Every death draws him deeper into madness. With a system designed to make him suffer and a mind slowly unraveling into something unrecognizable, he will claw his way to the top. Because he is no longer a man. He is fear itself.