Fabel ~ Paperback ~ Thomas Heffernan

Zeel emerged from the black mass in the sky, hovering above the world, waiting, watching. Hundreds of shadow soldiers formed ranks around him, consolidated into one last army. The final battle to destroy the Legen. The end of conflict and the beginning of dominion. -- When the only suspect in a violent homicide commits suicide, it seems like case closed. But Detective Gabriel O'Connor suspects a deeper mystery. His investigation draws him to a young fortune teller, Ezra, who seems to know more than she is letting on. They discover the murder is only the beginning of what lies in wait - an ancient, formless presence, its will set to one purpose: to black the light of humankind and cast the world into eternal darkness. Gabe and Ezra soon find themselves at the centre of a universal conflict between an immense evil and a race of powerful beings sworn to destroy it. Together, they must find the strength, in each other and in themselves, to survive. For within them lies the power to save the human race. -- A terrifying, visceral journey into the dark reaches of the soul, Fabel is a story of love, sacrifice, and the brutal beauty of mortality.