{"product_id":"the-binding-of-souls-pete-cossaboon-9798314371206","title":"The Binding of Souls","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a world where faith is both weapon and curse, where monsters and men blur into the same damned creatures, and where redemption is as fleeting as the breath of a dying god, \u003cb\u003eThe Binding of Souls\u003c\/b\u003e weaves an unforgettable tale of fate, vengeance, and the eternal war between what is and what could be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of this grim, haunting tale stands \u003cb\u003eAsceo Valtheris\u003c\/b\u003e, a man who was once a scholar, a seeker of knowledge, a mortal bound to ink and paper. But knowledge could not save him from the night that remade him, from the darkness that swallowed his name, his soul, his very place in the world. \u003cb\u003eTurned against his will, cursed with an endless hunger and an existence that should not be, he has spent centuries walking a road paved with blood and regret.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet, Asceo is not like others of his kind. He does not revel in the slaughter, does not embrace the beast that lurks beneath his skin. He does not drink freely from the living, nor claim dominion over the mortals who scurry beneath the weight of empires and gods alike. Instead, he hunts something worse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor beyond the veil of human understanding, beyond the fears whispered in holy corridors, \u003cb\u003ethere are things more terrible than vampires-things that do not merely kill, but devour, that do not seek flesh, but suffering. Demons. Beasts that feast upon the essence of the soul itself.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is they whom Asceo hunts. Not as a knight in shining armor, not as some misguided champion seeking absolution, but because it is the only thing that makes his cursed existence bearable. The only thing that keeps him from becoming what he despises most.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the world does not see him as its savior. \u003cb\u003eThe Church, ever watchful, sees no difference between the monsters he slays and the monster he has become.\u003c\/b\u003e And so, he is hunted. \u003cb\u003eA heresy upon the land, a blight that must be purged, an abomination wearing the face of a man.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen, amidst the ruins of war and the whispers of something ancient stirring in the darkness, \u003cb\u003ehe hears a name.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA priest unlike the others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA man who does not wield faith as a blade, who does not condemn with fire and steel, but who-against all reason-\u003cb\u003equestions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVeylan is no ordinary man of God.\u003c\/b\u003e Where others burn first and speak never, he listens. He doubts. He walks the razor's edge between righteousness and heresy, searching for truths the Church has buried beneath centuries of blind obedience. And now, his search has led him to the very thing the world has told him should not exist-\u003cb\u003ea monster who refuses to be a monster.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir meeting is not fate. It is not prophecy. It is \u003cb\u003ea collision-two forces that should never have touched, two enemies bound by a single, impossible thread.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVeylan does not offer salvation. He does not offer forgiveness. But he offers something else.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomething is coming. Something old. Something neither vampire nor man can stand against alone. And when the time comes, \u003cb\u003ewhen the dark tide rises and the world trembles beneath the weight of what has been waiting in the shadows, \u003c\/b\u003e there will be only one question left to answer: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWill Asceo stand beside him, or against him?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sweeping, gothic epic of faith and damnation, of predators and prey, \u003cb\u003eThe Binding of Souls\u003c\/b\u003e is a tale of uneasy alliances, shattered beliefs, and the fragile, dangerous thing that lingers between hope and despair. For in the end, \u003cb\u003eit is not just the living who pray for salvation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pete Cossaboon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798314371206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/16\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d","brand":"Pete Cossaboon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48851173245183,"sku":"9798314371206","price":8.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-binding-of-souls-pete-cossaboon-9798314371206","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}