{"product_id":"event-horizon-victor-neil-murray-9798232659417","title":"Event Horizon: The Dark Middle Ages","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvent Horizon. The Dark Middle Ages is a novel about a world where humans\u003cbr\u003ecan become gods, \u003cbr\u003ewhere love is stronger than destiny, \u003cbr\u003eand darkness is merely a form of light that has forgotten itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBritain is drowning in omens of ruin.\u003cbr\u003eWilliam, a boy who has spent his life avoiding violence, receives a crown that becomes a burden rather than a gift. He was not born for the sword, yet the sword chooses him; he does not seek power, yet power comes to the one who fears it most.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam never wanted to be a hero - and the world makes him the last person anyone can rely on.\u003cbr\u003eWhen the light of his heart grows too bright, that light becomes a price no one was prepared to pay.\u003cbr\u003eBut every light casts a shadow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJulian - William's elder brother - strong, proud, born for the sword and for glory.\u003cbr\u003eAt first, he appears to be the \"true hero,\" before whose brilliance the shepherd boy William pales. But love for the same woman, envy of another's light, and a destiny of salvation turning into a curse give darkness a place in his heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJulian is not a caricatured villain but a tragic antagonist: a man whose righteous intentions, sworn vows, and spilled blood slowly turn him into the one who will raise a blade against his own world - and against his brother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsabella is a woman of ancient blood, made a vampire not by choice but by fate.\u003cbr\u003eHer life is split between the daylight of her humanity and the nights of immortality, and her heart - between two brothers.\u003cbr\u003eShe is not a fatal beauty but someone who fears her own reflection more than the darkness.\u003cbr\u003eHer love for William is quiet, tender, healing; her bond with Julian - passionate, deep, dangerous.\u003cbr\u003eThrough her, both brothers are revealed - one in light, the other in shadow - and her love becomes the force that can save, destroy, or even resurrect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFar in the East, a mute girl named Mihira from Varanasi forges a pact impossible by the laws of the world: not a bargain of power, but a friendship with Tiamat the djinn.\u003cbr\u003eShe does not command him - she hears him. He does not serve her - he learns from her.\u003cbr\u003eTheir magic does not tear the fabric of the world but mends it: a light sealing fractures, a breath returning warmth to cities, a memory that makes a human human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir journey is not about power but about how a fragile girl and an ancient spirit become those who know how to preserve when the rest of the world learns only to destroy.\u003cbr\u003eThrough them, another side of legend is revealed: where strength needs no blood, and where even among gods and monsters one can remain oneself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, many peoples - dwarrow, nagas, dryads and sidhe, demiurges, shapeshifters, and dragonborn - make voluntary sacrifices so the world does not tear beneath the steps of darkness. Each gives what they can: the strength of blood, the breath of the forest, the fire of the forge, ancient songs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut in the rifts between worlds, the dark elves awaken - those who need no war for glory and no evil for pleasure. They are not monsters, but a people pushed to the edge of existence, seeking a way to survive as their world dies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir alchemy can cut through the boundaries of worlds, and their artifacts raise mortals to the level of gods. But each time new power is born, part of the world dies - a forest, a city, a river, an age.\u003cbr\u003eThus their path is not villainy but the desperate choice of those who realized too late that saving one world means the death of another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is dark medieval fantasy, scented with forge-smoke, road-dust bread, the blood of oaths, and dawn's dew.\u003cbr\u003eIt is a mythic novel where magic has a price and swords have names.\u003cbr\u003eAnd it is a love drama where the choice between light and shadow can overturn the heavens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the world nears its event horizon, no one can return unchanged -\u003cbr\u003enot humans, not gods, not those only beginning to learn who they are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Victor Neil Murray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798232659417\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Victor Neil Murray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.33d","brand":"Victor Neil Murray","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50664656601343,"sku":"9798232659417","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/event-horizon-victor-neil-murray-9798232659417","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}