Kevin Perez: Dark Salvation (Horror), Kartoniert / Broschiert

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In a world where salvation is just a lie, Dark Salvation tells the terrifying tale of a group of people who come to realize that the very thing they sought for refuge might be the cause of their undoing. It begins with a town, seemingly untouched by time, nestled deep in a remote valley, cut off from the outside world. The residents live simple lives, cloaked in an eerie tranquility. They speak of a great event that saved them-The Dark Salvation-a mysterious ritual said to have brought prosperity and peace to their ancestors. But when outsiders begin to disappear, drawn to the town by whispers of a cure for their own troubled pasts, the truth behind the so-called salvation begins to unravel, and it becomes clear that no one is truly safe.
The story centers around a young journalist named Kate, who is sent to investigate the strange happenings in this secluded town. Intrigued by the legend of Dark Salvation, she arrives with skepticism, hoping to uncover the truth behind the town's prosperity and its eerie isolation. But as she digs deeper, she discovers the dark price the townspeople paid for their peaceful existence.
The ritual of Dark Salvation was not an act of benevolence but a pact made with something ancient-something evil that demands a horrifying tribute. The townspeople worship an unknowable, monstrous entity that resides beneath the earth, its power sustained by the souls of those who willingly or unwillingly offer themselves. Every decade, a new soul must be sacrificed to ensure that the town remains untouched by disaster and disease. But the more Kate learns, the more she realizes that the ritual has a far deeper grip on the town than anyone could imagine.
As Kate's investigation delves into the town's dark history, she begins to experience disturbing visions-terrifying glimpses of the town's past, where its inhabitants were once tortured and twisted by their own desperate desire for salvation. In these visions, Kate sees the first settlers of the town make their pact with the entity below, offering their flesh in exchange for an end to their suffering. The more Kate unravels, the clearer it becomes: the town's prosperity is built upon a foundation of suffering, and the entity's hunger is never truly satisfied. It demands a continuous cycle of bloodshed, feeding on the fears and sins of those who enter its domain.
Kate's investigation soon turns into a nightmare as the line between reality and hallucination begins to blur. The townspeople, once welcoming, become increasingly hostile, their minds twisted by the entity's influence. The more Kate uncovers, the more she realizes that the entity doesn't just claim souls-it claims the will and minds of those who live under its curse, twisting them into its puppets. And now, Kate herself is being drawn into the entity's web, as it feeds on her deepest fears and regrets, pulling her closer to her own inevitable sacrifice.
Desperate to escape, Kate tries to warn the other outsiders who have unknowingly fallen into the same trap. But the town's grip is inescapable, its streets and buildings shifting in strange, unnatural ways as if the very town itself is alive, feeding on its victims' terror. Kate finds herself hunted not just by the townspeople, but by the monstrous entity beneath the earth, which has begun to manifest in physical form, a horrific, nightmarish creature that exists between dimensions.
As the terror escalates, Kate must face her own inner demons-guilt, loss, and the dark secrets she's buried deep within herself. The entity preys not only on the body but on the soul, and in the town of Dark Salvation, even escape may come at a price too horrific to pay. Kate must choose between trying to destroy the curse and escape with her life, or becoming another soul claimed by the entity in its endless cycle of torment.