He saved thousands of lives with his scalpel. One night took everything from him. Now he will burn the world to get it back.

Dr. Darius Stark was the best surgeon alive-until a rainslicked road and a moment of exhaustion stole his wife and daughter. That first night shattered his world, awakening a dark heritage long buried in his blood. Forty days later,
something ancient whispers in the dark and offers him a bargain no mortal should accept: a forbidden deal for power beyond imagination.

The gift of bending fire to his will. Bending earth to his command. Bending shadows themselves.

But every gift has a price, and some debts can only be paid in ashes.

The man who slays the eternal may have to take its place.

Book One of the Darius Cycle