{"product_id":"darkness-and-blight-dap-dahlstrom-9798987204481","title":"Darkness and Blight: A Gritty Dark Fantasy of Myth and Madness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2025 Firebird Book Awards: First Place Fantasy, First Place Dark Fantasy, Winner, Most Innovative Use of Genre.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Gold Medal Winner, 2025 Literary Titan Award. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSilver Award Winner, Bookfest 2025\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLydarc the shaman is dying from the inside out. A shard of an Over, one of the godlike beings who shattered reality itself, has lodged in her chest, granting her the power to slay the monsters haunting her post-apocalyptic world. But that same shard fills her with berserker fury, apocalyptic visions, and endless pain. When her entire tribe is butchered and their half-lives condemned to the underlands, Lydarc faces an impossible choice: let them suffer in hell, or die herself to reach the realm of the damned. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe journey to hell demands blood. Lydarc assembles a band of outcasts for a suicide mission through nightmare landscapes where the living aren't meant to tread. Among them: a cryptic mentor with secrets of his own, a giant bear spirit animal, a book-hoarding dragon who just wants to help, and her ex-lover, desperate to rescue his lost daughter. But death is only the doorway. Beyond it lies betrayal, impossible trials, and a truth that will force Lydarc to choose between saving her people and preventing the complete annihilation of reality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo resurrect the damned, she must become something more-and less-than human. To stop the Overs from destroying what remains of the world, she must unlock a transcendent shamanic power that could tear existence apart. In a realm where myth bleeds into quantum horror and every victory demands a terrible sacrifice, one broken warrior will discover that the deepest darkness isn't in hell. It's in herself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dap Dahlstrom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798987204481\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gardland Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/31\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.77d","brand":"Dap Dahlstrom","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50593408057599,"sku":"9798987204481","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/darkness-and-blight-dap-dahlstrom-9798987204481","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}