Undeserved
When Damien—better known as the infamous Nightmare of Raqhar—is given a murderous task, his plan is simple: weave an illusion, kill the ambassador, vanish unseen.
Unfortunately, even the simplest plan can fail, and he finds himself gravely injured and in the hands of his enemies. The punishment for treason is death, if he lives long enough to be brought to trial. Some of his captors hate him even more than he hates himself, and they know what horrible things he has used his magic for.
Between his tormentors’ desire for revenge and the memories of his past haunting him, only one thing is certain: he deserves everything that’s coming for him. Doesn’t he?
Genre: Fantasy
Approx. Length: 98.000 words
Warnings: Childhood abuse, copious amounts of violence, torture and trauma, occasionally leaning into gorier descriptions. Despite all this, there is a happy end.
The book is split in two parts, which are a prequel and a sequel to another one that’s currently in progress. I decided to put them together like this because of recurring characters and themes. Due to this, there is a large time skip in the middle.