Chapter 1 - The Boy Named "Safe"

Every son in Sakushal's bloodline dies before turning twenty-one.
His mother gave him a name that means "safe," praying it would fool fate. But as his twenty-first birthday draws near, the curse awakens-bringing with it whispers in the dark, ghostly hands on his window, and visions of ancestors calling him home.

When his best friend Jet-a boy with forbidden magic-realizes the curse has begun to claim Sakushal, he takes him deep into a remote village to seek help from a reclusive shaman.
But some curses are not meant to be broken.

Between shadowed temples, blood-stained secrets, and a truth older than his family name, Sakushal must uncover why his soul has been marked... before the twenty-first sunrise takes him too.