Black Soul

They call him a monster. He will become their salvation-or their damnation.

Tristram was seven years old when the world taught him that monsters don't always have fangs.

Abandoned by his own father and condemned as a cursed child, he was offered a choice that was no choice at all: enter the ranks of the Black Knights, warriors who forge pacts with demons, or die at the hands of the creatures they summon.

Tristram chose to live.

Eleven years later, he has become the Crimson Reaper, a fearsome warrior bound to Vorlesh, the Archdemon of Wrath and Bloodshed. With her devastating power coursing through his veins and Ammit, a living demonic blade, in his hands, he stands among the deadliest knights in the kingdom of Korendal.

But power comes at a price. Vorlesh is no mindless weapon, and the demon who shares his soul possesses a will-and a bloodlust-all her own. To wield her strength, Tristram must maintain control over a force capable of turning him into the very monster the world believes him to be.

When the Kingdom of Aloram threatens Korendal and its ruthless queen sets her sights on the power of the Black Knights, Tristram is drawn into a conflict where royal ambition, treachery, and old hatreds threaten to consume everything he has sworn to protect. With enemies gathering beyond the battlefield and betrayal lurking within his own ranks, even the strongest blade may not be enough to save his kingdom.

Tristram has spent his life proving that darkness does not determine the worth of a soul.

Now, he must discover just how much of his own he is willing to sacrifice.

In a world where demons grant power and kingdoms demand blood, the greatest battle is not against the darkness-but against what it threatens to make of you.