A Vantage of Darkness: Dreams From the End of All Things - Softcover

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In the 1890's, a homesteading family stakes their claim to a plot of land in the forest outside of Flagstaff, their hubris disregarding warnings of the soil being sour. Before long, that which watches between the trees makes itself known to the family's young daughter, Mae Barrett, bestowing upon her soul a curse of undeath, a curse that isn't understood until years later, when death would have otherwise taken her...

But before she can understand the depths of her circumstance, Mae attends university where her aptitude toward the arcane is fostered by an enigmatic teacher of magic that sees promise in the girl. Soon, Mae develops practical skills in the occult, skills that risk inflating the hubris of her genetics.

But immortality isn't the blessing one might assume it to be. When Mae comes to finally contemplate its implications, she goes to dark lengths to grasp at any straws that might undo that which makes her unable to rest.

Unfortunately, such pursuits naturally collect collateral damage and innocent lives. Lives like Sam Yellowstone's, a modern Marine Corps Veteran only trying to find himself after achieving his freedom from the military. In grasping for quiet, he finds himself taking a job as the caretaker of an estate located in the forest outside of Flagstaff.

With lush prose, haunting atmosphere, and a deep existential undercurrent, A Vantage of Darkness is a cosmic horror tale that blends the psychological, supernatural, and philosophical into a singular, unforgettable experience.

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