Investigative journalist Marcus Chen has built his career exposing institutional corruption. When he receives an assignment to investigate the abandoned Blackwood Asylum-a psychiatric hospital closed decades ago amid rumors of patient abuse-he expects to uncover another case of medical negligence.
But Blackwood holds secrets far darker than Marcus imagined.
As he explores the decaying halls and discovers disturbing patient files, Marcus begins experiencing strange symptoms. Enhanced perception. Vivid hallucinations. Voices that seem to come from the walls themselves. He tells himself it's just stress, just the oppressive atmosphere of the abandoned building.
He's wrong.
Something in Blackwood has been waiting for him-waiting for someone with the right genetic markers to complete an experiment that began forty years ago. As Marcus's grip on reality begins to slip, he must determine what's real and what's delusion before he becomes another victim of the asylum's dark legacy.
But some truths are too dangerous to uncover, and some places are abandoned for good reason. In the depths of Blackwood Asylum, Marcus will discover that the line between salvation and damnation is thinner than he ever imagined.