The Bringer

\"Looking at the sunset behind me, I realize something. There is a long red trail following me. Sitting on the surface of the ocean, following the small waves and darkened by the twilight sky. \"That\'s my blood, that is a lot of my blood,\" I say aloud. As if I didn\'t have enough to worry about already. Now I need to make sure I don\'t die from blood loss. I need something to stop the bleeding. With nothing better to use, I rip off my sleeve and use it as a bandage. It will help a little but without anything to disinfect the area, I\'m at risk of it turning really ugly. I will just have to work with what I have for now. Shore can\'t be that far away. The island of Kheran is fairly close to the mainland. I\'ve already been out here a while, drifting in the right direction. I estimate to be out of here by the end of the night. That is, if I don\'t freeze to death. With the water being as cold as it is, I need to keep kicking and paddling to get my heart rate up.\" In this thrilling, first-person narrative, a defected soldier finds himself adrift in a dire, life-or-death situation. With missing memories and few guesses as to how he got here, his lif quickly becomes a game of survival. Follow his journey through this exhilarating heart-pounder, with fluidly woven descriptions and page-turning surprises. With room for the imagination to bound with unpredictable twists and turns, this realistic science fantasy novel will have pages turning until the end. Patreon page: The Bringer