The Carrion King

What if the apocalypse isn't coming... but is already here? Dalton James is just trying to survive his grief. Nine months after his wife's death, he's at a hunting lodge retreat when reality itself begins to unravel around him. The walls pulse with organic movement. Shadows detach from their sources. And a dying stranger passes him an impossible mission that shatters everything he thought he knew about the world. Ancient seals holding back cosmic forces have broken, and Dalton has been chosen as a Warden—a guardian tasked with preventing total annihilation as the final barrier between humanity and something vast and hungry weakens by the hour. As Dalton struggles with his impossible new reality, he reluctantly joins forces with Susan Becker, an archaeologist whose recent exhibition has unwittingly accelerated reality's deterioration, and a disheveled amnesiac known only as "The Trashman"—a mysterious figure whose true identity remains hidden even from himself. Together, they must outrun both human cultists and supernatural entities while racing to reach Sanctuary—the last bastion against the forces clawing their way into our world. But the Legion's most powerful agent—the terrifying Carrion King himself—will stop at nothing to complete the unraveling and drag all of creation into nightmare. As the world transforms around them into something alien and wrong, Dalton faces an impossible choice: embrace a purpose he never wanted or watch everything—including what remains of his humanity—dissolve into cosmic horror. The Carrion King is a heart-pounding supernatural horror thriller featuring: * A grief-stricken protagonist thrust into a war against cosmic forces * Reality-bending horror that questions the nature of existence itself * A desperate journey through increasingly nightmarish landscapes where nothing is as it seems * Apocalyptic stakes where survival means confronting terrors beyond human comprehension * Supernatural entities and eldritch threats that defy natural law * Psychological horror merged with cosmic terror and existential dread Perfect for readers who crave: Supernatural horror thrillers • Apocalyptic horror • Cosmic horror • Reality horror • Eldritch terror • Psychological thrillers • Dark supernatural fiction • Horror adventure • Existential horror • Monster horror • Occult thrillers • Supernatural suspense In the tradition of Adam Nevill's The Ritual, Victor LaValle's The Ballad of Black Tom, and the cosmic horror of Laird Barron, The Carrion King delivers relentless supernatural terror with emotionally resonant character journeys. Enter the world of The Carrion King—where the veil between worlds has already torn, and what waits on the other side hungers for us all.