Ash Cross thought he had a normal life - until his detective father was murdered and left behind a blood-stained note with one chilling instruction: go to Blackthorn.
Now orphaned and alone, Ash finds himself at the mysterious Blackthorn Home for Wayward Youth, a secluded gothic sanctuary filled with combat training, cryptic teachers, and other teens who shouldn’t exist. As the world begins to forget Ash ever lived, he discovers he’s being hunted by something ancient and malevolent - the Hollow Man, a creature that devours identity itself.
Within Blackthorn's haunted walls, secrets simmer, alliances form, and every mirror could be a trap. With only a cryptic key, a blade that once belonged to his father, and a house full of dangerously gifted misfits, Ash must uncover the truth behind his father’s death - and his own forgotten fate - before he's erased for good.
Looks prominent, different from all that eastern fantasy cultivation stuff. Let's see how it goes