THE SERPENT’S NEW SON

Shipwrecked. Hunted. Transformed.

Arthur Pendelton, first mate of the merchant vessel Sea Serpent, awakens on an uncharted island in the Indian Ocean with salt in his lungs and death in his memory. His ship is gone. His crew is dead. And somewhere in the dense, breathing jungle beyond the black sand beach, drums are beating—a rhythm that speaks of ancient hungers and older gods.

He is not alone.

The Serpent-Kin emerge from the shadows like nightmares given flesh, their bodies painted with swirling symbols, their eyes cold and measuring. They set traps that defy reason. They command creatures that should not exist. And their Shamaness, the ageless Amara, wields a power that turns the very jungle into a weapon.

For fifty-nine days, Arthur runs. He starves. He bleeds. He watches the island test him with illusions that shatter his mind and serpents that could swallow him whole. But the island does not kill him. It changes him.

Then the pirates come.

Captain Elias Corvus and his crew of outcast guardians rescue Arthur from certain death—only to reveal a truth more terrifying than any jungle horror. The island called Serpent’s Hold is not a place to be escaped. It is a secret worth dying for. And Arthur knows too much to ever be set free.

His choice is stark: join the guardians and protect the island’s primal magic from a predatory world… or face a fate worse than death.

When a ruthless English explorer arrives with cannon and soldiers, determined to strip the island of its ancient power, Arthur must decide where his loyalty truly lies. Will he return to the civilization that abandoned him? Or will he embrace the wildness within, stand with the Serpent-Kin, and become something he never imagined?

A guardian. A warrior. The Serpent’s New Son.

For fans of Robert E. Howard’s savage adventure and H.P. Lovecraft’s cosmic dread—a tale of survival, magic, and the monster that civilization tried to bury.

THE DRUMS ARE CALLING. THE SERPENT IS WATCHING. DARE YOU ANSWER?