The Burned One

The tale of the Burned One, a mad noble who demanded children's lives as tribute and sought eternal life, is told in a forgotten corner of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire.An amateur folklorist hears it while wandering the Balkans following the end of the Great War and tries to trace its origins. She is driven, by a compulsion beyond reason and explanation, to find what truth, if any, lies behind this unbelievable story.She will find it in a ruined palace, secluded deep in a forgotten part of that lost empire. What else she finds there is beyond all belief. It will change her, forever. Clint Westgard is the author of The Shadow Men Trilogy and the science fiction epic The Sojourner Cycle, the first volume of which, The Forgotten, was published in 2015. In addition, he has published a work of historical fantasy set in colonial Peru, The Masks of Honor, and a retelling of the Minotaur legend, The Trials of the Minotaur. Clint Westgard lives in Calgary, Alberta.