Not Human Not Beast

On the continent of Vorgath, surrounded by endless seas, dockworker Nerissa begins investigating the mysterious disappearances aboard the Pilgrim’s Dawn. In the cargo hold, she finds a flock of strange sheep carrying the consciousness of the missing sailors—and a cryptic crown-shaped mark. Joined by Tobin, an Awakened who can shift between human and beast, Nerissa follows the trail through ghost ships, underground laboratories, and forgotten graveyards, uncovering a horrifying hybrid experiment buried by the four powers ruling the continent. To save her friend Myrkhal, who has been turned into a “monster,” Nerissa must confront the truth about her own origins—and ask the question at the heart of it all: who gets to decide whether a life is human, beast, or simply free to become itself?