Grimhounds of the Blackwood

The forest does not forget.

And it does not forgive.

When a boy named Rowan survives an encounter meant to kill him, his life is claimed by forces older than law, older than mercy. Taken from his family and bound to the Covenant Hall, Rowan is forged into something the world needs—but never thanks. Marked by ritual, scarred by power he barely understands, he is taught to hunt what lurks beyond the edge of firelight.

But the Blackwood is changing.

Creatures once thought buried stir again. Old laws unravel. And the marks carved into Rowan’s flesh begin to draw attention from things that do not forget debts.

Guided by Halvek, a veteran bound by guilt and duty in equal measure, Rowan is pulled into a world where survival demands sacrifice, power comes at a cost, and the line between protector and monster grows thin. Each hunt reveals more of what the forest remembers—and what it intends to reclaim.

As the dead rise, the marked are hunted, and the truth behind the Covenant begins to surface, Rowan must decide what he is willing to become to stop what is coming.

Because some forces cannot be slain.

Only endured.

Grimhounds of the Blackwood is a dark fantasy novel of brutal initiation, ancient horrors, and the quiet cost of standing between the world and what waits beyond it.