Leonard's Ascent
He woke up dead, face down in the dirt, with a voice in his head and a fatal wound stitching itself closed. Leonard Mason survived his duel, but the ancient....
He woke up dead, face down in the dirt, with a voice in his head and a fatal wound stitching itself closed. Leonard Mason survived his duel, but the ancient entity now bound to his soul demands a price: his very humanity. As a dark power whispers lethal instincts into his mind, transforming him into something terrifyingly efficient, Leonard fights to cling to the last vestiges of his former life and the woman he loves. But with every step he takes, the line between man and monster blurs, and the entity, Kharkat, grows stronger, pushing him towards a destiny steeped in violence. Can Leonard control the darkness within, or will he become the weapon it craves?