The Novice of Thanatos: An Epic Dark Fantasy of Horror, Death, and Necromancy (Absolution of the Morning Star)
by Scott A. TirrellPublish: Mar 07, 2025FantasyBook Overview
Death isn’t silent—it whispers, it tempts, it remembers.I learned this the day I heard my grandfather’s gravelly voice long after he passed away. At first, I thought it was just a trick of my grieving mind. But then, from the shadows, I saw the warmth in his eyes and felt the rough brush of his calloused hand on my cheek—gently wiping away a tear of joy as I believed, just for a moment, that he wasn’t gone.
They call it a gift—this ability to hear, see, and feel the dead—to walk the thin, unyielding line between their world and ours. That’s why the Order of Thanatos took me in, an eleven-year-old boy without a home, and taught me their sacred rites. They said we shepherd souls, guiding them to the threshold of the afterlife—a noble mission, or so I believed. But the truth is, the Order holds a terrible secret—a secret that twists the meaning of life, death, and everything in between.
This is the story of how I became a novice of Thanatos. It is a journey from innocence to corruption, from duty to rebellion, a tale of ghosts, forbidden truths, and the devastating cost of power. It’s the story of how I dared to reach beyond the threshold and risked everything to bring back what I discovered.
