Through hell, we find heaven. Vrana, now a grotesque shadow of her former self, has been enslaved by the Witch and forced into the Void. Meanwhile, the Corrupted involved in the genocide of Geharra and the birth of the Red Worm have begun to impose their worldviews on others. King Edgar is abandoned in the Nameless Forest and forced into a murderous mission that not only reveals the origins of the vermillion veins, but the unholy events that have led to his rule of Eldrus. Atticus, the undying gravedigger, seeks revenge against the king for the death of those he loves, while finding a way...

The Blood of Before

by

Scott Hale



is an anthology of six interconnected horror stories that take place before The Bones of the Earth series. 



A mother, called across the Victorian countryside, to return to her family estate and the violent lineage she left behind.



The writings of a supernatural investigator sent to explore a village where people die day by day, and the dead refuse to stay buried.



A college graduate, recently fired and drowning in debt, who agrees to babysit her former professor’s child—unaware...