Mercy doesn't sleep. It festers.
When a ritualized body turns up on the altar of a condemned cathedral, disgraced private investigator Ezra Castelan is dragged back into a nightmare he barely escaped six years ago. Haunted by a past soaked in blood, addiction, and betrayal, Ezra follows a trail of wax seals, cryptic symbols, and unspeakable art that leads to a secret buried deep beneath the city's fog-drenched streets.
As the murders escalate and the visions return, Ezra begins to unravel a conspiracy woven through churches, galleries, and the very foundations of Mercy itself. But the deeper he digs, the more one thing becomes clear:
He's not solving the case.
He's part of it.
The Fog Below Mercy is a dark and cerebral noir thriller that blends psychological horror, urban mystery, and occult suspense into a visceral descent through trauma, obsession, and myth.
For readers who love the twisted elegance of David Fincher, the philosophical grit of Tsugumi Ohba, and the cinematic tension of Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary.
Autorentext
Gabriel Castelan writes stories where truth is a myth, cities breathe like beasts, and broken men unravel ancient conspiracies hidden in fog and blood. Influenced by the stylized grit of Quentin Tarantino, the psychological depth of David Fincher, and the intricate storytelling of Tsugumi Ohba, Castelan blends noir aesthetics with occult horror to create immersive worlds drenched in mystery and madness.
A former poet and independent screenwriter, Gabriel sharpened his voice in the margins?writing under moonlight, surviving on black coffee and red string theories. His debut novel, The Fog Below Mercy, fuses crime, ritual, and psychological decay into a haunting tale of urban myth and personal redemption.
When he's not writing, Gabriel haunts forgotten bookstores, photographs abandoned churches, and overanalyzes jazz records like they're crime scenes.
He lives between cities?sometimes in Texas, sometimes in dreams.