A Novel by Ricardo Marques

Peter Hale is dead.

At least, that is what the world believes.

But Peter's body is still walking the streets of Blackridge, Massachusetts ? shared by two souls: Peter Hale, a young man who refuses to surrender his humanity, and Oshito Kura Sae, an eighteenth-century shinobi who escaped the supernatural Void.

By day, Peter lives in the fragile normality he has fought to reclaim.

By night, the Black Magician awakens.

But something has followed Oshito out of the Void.

When strange dreams begin invading Peter's mind, fragments of forgotten memories emerge ? visions of ancient doors, impossible places, mysterious figures and a terrifying entity known only as the Archetype.

Meanwhile, Detective Morrison Kane continues his investigation into the impossible events surrounding Peter's death and the growing supernatural disturbances in Blackridge. His search leads him beneath the city, where he discovers a secret far older than the town itself.