Brandon Fragale: Echoes of Despair, Kartoniert / Broschiert

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How far would you go to save the ones you love?

Xander Angel has already failed once.

He failed in courtrooms where love was measured in paperwork. Failed in quiet arguments where pride spoke louder than truth. Failed in the silent moments when he should have listened instead of fought.

And now his children are gone. Not missing. Gone.

Something took them. Something patient. Something that understood exactly where to cut. As his world fractures under the weight of grief and guilt, Xander begins to see cracks in reality itself-subtle at first, then impossible to ignore. Sleep becomes a battlefield. Memory turns unreliable. Whispers curl at the edges of his mind, promising answers if he's willing to step beyond the boundary of what is real. He does.

What waits on the other side is not a hero's journey. It is a descent. A realm where cities rot from the inside out. Where shadows stretch too long. Where monsters do not roar-they remember. And worst of all, a place that reflects the parts of him he has spent a lifetime trying to bury. Beside him walks Lily-devoted, powerful, and harboring truths that could shatter what remains of their fragile bond. Their love is not soft. It is scarred. It is complicated. It lingers in the spaces between accusation and forgiveness.

They are not alone.

Klynk, a razor-witted dwarf whose exile carved anger into his marrow. Kraag, a gentle giant condemned for choosing loyalty over blood. Aurora, a lethal high elf whose charm disarms enemies while her grief remains locked behind practiced smiles. Together they form a fellowship bound not by destiny, but by damage.

But the deeper they travel, the more Xander understands: the darkness stalking his children does not merely want them. It wants him.

It feeds on doubt. It sharpens regret. It thrives on the quiet belief that he was never enough to begin with.

To rescue his children, Xander must confront the most terrifying possibility of all: What if the thing hunting them isn't separate from him? What if the abyss has been growing inside him all along? Echoes of Despair is a dark portal fantasy infused with psychological tension, emotional horror, and relentless stakes. Blending cross-world urgency with creeping dread, it explores fatherhood, sacrifice, forbidden loyalty, and the fragile line between salvation and self-destruction.

This is not a story about saving the world. It is about saving your family- even if it costs your soul.

Echoes of Despair is the explosive first installment in The Echoes Saga-a dark fantasy series where love becomes a weapon, grief reshapes worlds, and every sacrifice echoes across realms. The journey has only just begun. Because some doors, once opened, never truly close.