"Looking at the sunset behind me, I realize something. There is a long red trail following me.
Sitting on the surface of the ocean, following the small waves and darkened by the twilight sky.
"That's my blood, that is a lot of my blood," I say aloud. As if I didn't have enough to worry about
already. Now I need to make sure I don't die from blood loss. I need something to stop the bleeding.
With nothing better to use, I rip off my sleeve and use it as a bandage.
It will help a little but without anything to disinfect the area, I'm at risk of it turning really ugly.
I will just have to work with what I have for now. Shore can't be that far away.
The island of Kheran is fairly close to the mainland. I've already been out here a while,
drifting in the right direction. I estimate to be out of here by the end of the night. That is,
if I don't freeze to death. With the water being as cold as it is, I need to keep kicking and
paddling to get my heart rate up." In this thrilling, first-person narrative, a defected soldier finds himself adrift in a dire,
life-or-death situation. With missing memories and few guesses as to how he got here, his lif
quickly becomes a game of survival. Follow his journey through this exhilarating heart-pounder,
with fluidly woven descriptions and page-turning surprises. With room for the imagination to bound
with unpredictable twists and turns, this realistic science fantasy novel will have pages turning
until the end. Patreon page: The Bringer