As he lay cold and bleeding on the floor of his wedding chamber, the last sound he heard wasn’t a scream or a cry for help—
It was the sound of his newlywed wife moaning with his brother.
Once hailed as King Alex, protector of the realm and wielder of the sacred Red Crystal Sword, he was betrayed by the one he trusted most—his own blood.
His brother lusted not only for the throne, but for the Crystals—mystical gems that grant divine powers at a horrifying cost. Alex had warned them. He had seen what the Crystals did to men: turned them into monsters... beasts wearing human skin. But no one listened.
Now dead, the world will soon plunge into chaos.
But it seems the world isn't done with him.
Alex awakens in the body of a mysterious young slave, toiling in the dark crystal mines broken, and invisible to the world above.
But within him burns the fury of a king and the memories of a fallen god.