The Heir: March by the Call of Blood

The world of young Sebastian is clear and uncomplicated: here, nearby, there is a native fishing village; there, a bit farther, is Seymor, where the just ruler Duke Cornelius reigns with a steady hand. And somewhere far away, beyond the mythical Melkuyinn Pillars, lies the monstrous Black Tokopilya—the ancestral home of evil, where the brothers of the Ramonikeia order hatch their plans.

But the truth turns out to be far from black-and-white. Especially when Sebastian learns that many years ago the wise ruler Cornelius—back then simply called Captain Brennan—brought from those very unknown lands, from the very heart of Tokopilya, a certain Gift of the Abyss, which cost the lives of his entire crew. The boy doesn’t yet know that he will have to follow the trail of the vanished expedition. He doesn’t know that he is destined to grow gray firsthand, having seen the Melkuyinn Pillars with his own eyes— and then, discovering what evil the Gift of the Abyss contained. And is it really evil?..