Kagen the Damned by Jonathan Maberry is Coming!

Kagen, the Damned doesn’t sound like something I’d normally read, let alone promote, but here I am talking it up.  That’s because Jonathan Maberry is the writer. 

Normally I’m a crime fiction, action/adventure reader with short journeys into horror.  Maberry has taken me on trips through all of these genres as well as many I usually avoid.  I trust Maberry to tell a good tale because he always does.  So let’s see what Kagen the Damned is about…

Kagen Vale is the trusted and feared captain of the palace guard charged with protection of the royal children. But one night, Kagen is drugged and the entire imperial family is killed, leaving the empire in ruins.

Haunted and broken, Kagen is abandoned by his gods and damned forever. He becomes a wanderer, taking down as many of this enemies as possible while plotting to assassinate the usurper –the deadly Witch-king of Hakkia. While all around him magic – long banished from the world―returns in strange and terrifying ways.

Kagen hears a rumor that the royal twins are still alive, and being raised for dark sacrificial purposes. Kagen makes it his mission to hunt for the royal children, fulfill his oath to protect them, and train them to begin a campaign to reclaim the throne. Kagen’s quest takes him to strange lands where he encounters the supernatural in all its many bizarre and terrifying aspects.

If this sounds like something you’d enjoy, you can pre-order Kagen the Damed here.  I’m willing to take the journey and perhaps you’ll join me.