Wardens of the Abyss - Paperback

by A. J. Arestia (Author)

A chance meeting in a storm-battered coastal tavern exposes a secret powerful people would kill to protect.

Missing girls. Forbidden magic. A nobleman whose wealth is built on blood.

Condemned without trial, a handful of strangers are branded Damned and cast into San Viola - a prison island where the condemned fight and die for sport beneath roaring crowds.

But the arena is only the beginning.

As blood soaks the sand and monsters are unleashed for entertainment, something far older stirs beneath the world. When the Abyss tears through the Veil and an ancient horror claws its way into reality, survival demands more than strength.

It demands sacrifice.

Bound by loss, rage, and reluctant loyalty, these broken souls must decide whether to submit to a system built on cruelty - or stand together against a force that does not bargain, does not pity, and does not stop.

Wardens of the Abyss is a dark epic fantasy of corruption and complicity, found family forged in violence, and the terrible cost of uncovering the truth.

Heroes are not chosen.

They are made.

And some prices can never be paid in full.