Lucian North is supposed to be dead.
Suffering from a rare heart condition that doctors say should have killed him over a year ago, Lucian is playing a video game when Death finally comes.
Rather than give in, Lucian pulls a gun on the Grim Reaper.
As the two stare each other down, terrible demons known as injuresouls swarm into the room in pursuit of Death.
Summoning courage he never knew he had, Lucian comes to Death's aid. And for his troubles, he is awarded Death's Mantle.
Transported to a spiritual world he could have never fathomed, Lucian finds that he is instantly powerful, able to conjure weapons from scratch and perform incredible feats. He introduces game mechanics to his new role, develops a carefully curated inventory list, and modifies a HUD system that allows him to better track his targets.
It isn’t easy being Death, and Lucian will need just about everything he can get as he faces off against fallen angels, appalling parasites, demon-born injuresouls, and savage Death Hunters.
Regardless of his sudden strength, his newfound enemies, and his gamer ingenuity, Lucian can't communicate with the living, which wouldn't be a problem if he hadn’t discovered something terrible about his family...
Lucian’s brother is scheduled to die, and only Lucian has the power to do anything about it.
Genre: FICTION / Fantasy / Urban Life
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Lucian went for his scythe again as two pulsing limbs sprang toward him. Using his scythe’s blade as a pole vault pole, Lucian launched over both of the tentacles.
He spun quickly, bringing his weapon around him and slicing through several of the tentacles and one of the parasite’s stingers. Twisting around, Lucian drove his scythe into its back, channeling energy into the weapon that exploded the creature, a bright light pouring into him.
He skipped away just in time to avoid the outstretched arm of a parasite to his right.
His scythe disappeared and Lucian went for his grenade launcher.
He was just about to pump two grenades into its open mouth when a tentacle latched onto his face from behind.
The tentacle ballooned in size, quickly swallowing Lucian’s head all the way down to his neck. Razor-sharp teeth pressed into Lucian’s skull as he tried to fight it off, as more tentacles grabbed his arms and pulled him back.
No…
He tried to touch his thumb and his pinky together but he couldn’t, one of the tentacles now wrapping around his hand, and breaking his fingers. The teeth sawed into the flesh of his face; he could feel them dig into his cheeks, scrape his teeth. Lucian was panicking, unable to move.
He fired his grenade launcher at his own feet, somehow severing the tentacle that was wrapped around his head.
More parasites latched onto him, another going for his head and biting down even harder now. He felt a sharp pang in his chest as a stinger jabbed into his body, and a group of tentacles tried to pull him to the ground.
“Stand still!” Lucian heard a woman shout, and even in the darkness, he knew that whatever was standing before him was incredibly powerful.
The parasites hissed as their bodies were torn apart.
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Italian
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Translated by David Lovallo and Marzia Bosoni
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Spanish
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Translated by Mayra Lopez
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