Graveborn

Graveborn: Death is Not the End. It's the Contract. When Elias Varn died twenty years ago, his story should have concluded with dust and silence. But on a moonless night, Elias wakes up in the suffocating dark of his own coffin, a man violently returned to a world that has moved on. His resurrection wasn't a miracle; it was a brutal transaction. Haunted by fractured memories of his wife, Isabella, and pursued by chilling, shadowy entities known as the Seekers, Elias must uncover who possessed the forbidden power to drag him back from the grave and why. The truth leads him to a desolate chapel, a cryptic instruction, and the terrifying revelation that his return was purchased by Isabella's reckless grief. Elias is now the "Graveborn," a living focus for an ancient, cosmic debt. He discovers that the price of his second life is not his own soul, but the safety of the daughter he never knew—the innocent seal holding the gateway shut for an entity known as the Watchman. In a desperate, time-ticking race against forces that blur the line between life and the eternal void, Elias must sacrifice the last vestige of his humanity to save the family he betrayed by dying. Graveborn is a somber, atmospheric supernatural thriller that explores the corruption of faith, the unbearable weight of guilt, and the price of resurrection. Prepare for an elegant, poetic, and utterly haunting descent into a covenant written in blood, ending with a shocking final choice that will leave you both satisfied and profoundly unsettled. (Approximate Length: 15,500 words)