Carnivorous Bloom by Briony Thatch
Carnivorous Bloom by Briony Thatch
English | 2026 | Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The world thinks the Demon Lord is dead and the war is over, but they are wrong on both counts. Three years ago, the “Sun-Bringer” Kaelen Varos sacrificed everything to save humanity, only to be left broken, powerless, and rotting in the gutters of the city he saved. But when he unearths a forbidden artifact in the toxic wastes of the Dead Zone, he discovers a catastrophic secret: the enemy didn’t die—he shattered. Now, to save reality from a holy crusade that will trigger the apocalypse, the former hero must become the very thing he once hunted: a monster.
Prepare to step into the boots of a protagonist whose golden armor has been traded for rags and a soul-rot that is slowly eating him alive. This isn’t a story of shining knights; it is a grit-toothed climb from the sewers of Sanctum City to the burning canopies of the Viridian Expanse. You will feel the crushing weight of a betrayal that spans years, the adrenaline of fighting with a body that is failing you, and the intoxicating, dangerous rush of Void Mana. It is a journey where “saving the girl” means seducing a terrifying Alraune Empress before she explodes, and “winning the war” means embracing the darkness you were sworn to destroy.
Three years ago, Kaelen struck the final blow against the Demon Lord, but instead of vanishing, the entity fragmented into sentient Shards. These parasitic seeds have embedded themselves in the Matriarchs of the monstrous races, ticking time bombs waiting to wipe humanity off the map. The Church’s solution is a blind crusade to slaughter the hosts, unaware that killing them will detonate the Shards and crack the world in half. Kaelen is the only one who knows the truth, and he is the only one who can stop it—not with a sword, but with a bond.
To stop the end of days, Kaelen must do the unthinkable. He must hunt the Matriarchs down, not to slay them, but to conquer them. Armed with a sinister new System that demands intimacy to siphon power, he has to infiltrate the hives and war camps of the enemy. From the pollen-choked courts of a feverish Alraune Empress to the ash-covered arenas of a Centaur Warlord, Kaelen must bind their souls to his own to extract the corruption. But the Void is a hungry master, and with every Shard he absorbs, the line between Savior and Villain blurs. The Church is marching, the Shards are critical, and the only way to win is to consume.
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