Prologue

"One, two three."

Lightning struck, lighting up my backyard for a brief second before it returned to its original, haunting darkness.

"Four, five, six."

I saw it. A creature made of darkness, slowly inching its way towards a girl.

"Seven, eight, nine."

Something silver flashed as lightning struck again. The creature had a knife.

"Ten."

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After his world was flipped on its head and now, with his people on the brink of extinction and enslavement, Rat must rediscover the truth that was stolen from him or risk being erased forever.

Cover by @mysoulsings