Path of the Deathless

Whatever kills Shiv only makes him stronger. An outcast without a Path, Shiv was never supposed to amount to anything. The System ignored him, and his town despised him. But when he is murdered defending his home, the universe makes a mistake: It gives him a second chance. Awakening with the Path of the Deathless, Shiv is thrown into the Abyss. Here, amidst wonders and nightmares, he discovers a terrifying truth: Every time he dies, he comes back stronger.

Once an Omenborn street rat, Shiv clawed his way into becoming a feared Pathbearer, one who gains power every time he dies. But when he’s hauled off to Gate Theborn, a brutal fortress where lives are bought and sold across worlds, even resurrection may not be enough to keep him alive. Separated from his friends and hunted as a fugitive, Shiv is trapped in a realm ruled by the soldiers of a heartless Demon God. As he tears the truth from those in his way, he uncovers a divine conspiracy threatening to dismantle the Yellowstone Republic.

Shiv and his companions are bound for the surface, yet the path ahead remains fraught with peril. In their way stand demons and monsters, creatures lurking from beyond the threshold of reality. And past them are even greater and graver threats, for the Vicar of the Abyss has come to deliver a final vengeance upon Blackedge for the sins of its lord.