Some lines cannot be uncrossed.

He was once the Witch Queen’s deadliest weapon. Men called him the Slayer and spoke his name in whispers. Unmatched with a blade, he killed without mercy, loyal to the core.

Until the day he walked away.

On the farthest edge of the empire, Valdar builds a new life for himself. A home. A family. Working the land, creating life rather than taking it, he finds something he never had before: peace.

But he knows a secret the Witch Queen will kill for.

When her forces track Valdar to his new home and burn it to the ground, he faces an impossible choice: run and save his own skin, or unleash the Slayer within to protect those he loves.

Can a man drenched in blood find redemption, or will the weight of his past devour them all?