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Curse of the Unborn
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781764323109
Publisher: Byjollycolostrum Publishing
Published: Oct 2 2025
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.58
Height: 0.41 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A dream beach property becomes a battlefield between the living and something older than memory.
When Kael and his friends unearth an ancestral grief bound beneath a lone tree, the island fights back - and nothing will be the same.
They came for sun and sand and a fresh start: Kael, Maya, Rafe, Jessa and Sarah, laughing on the road, buying acreage with a lonely tree and a frayed warning. But a shuttered shop, a string of talismans, and a restless shaman named Bayani hint at a history the land will not forget. Small missteps become sharp omens - a rat in a pouch, a branch that falls like a warning, an impossible light over the stream - until the atmosphere itself tightens and old voices press into their heads.
As the island's story surfaces, the friends find themselves stalked by visions, possessions and unnameable things that move at the edges of fires and tents. Jessa's mind is invaded; Rafe is nearly killed; Sarah's dreams of drowning become a terrifying reality. Bayani reveals the truth: a mad shaman named Talabasao bound a wrong to the roots of the beach tree - the remains of an unborn child used to weave a curse. The cords that once held the dark are fraying, and waking what was buried comes with a terrible price.
Torn between flight and duty, love and guilt, the group must decide whether to run or finish what Bayani's great-grandfather began. Their choices lead to ritual, sacrifice and a final confrontation on the sand beneath the lightning-silvered moon. In the end, they bury what must be laid to rest - and the island answers them with both loss and a strange, aching mercy.
Curse of the Unborn is a deeply atmospheric, folklore-infused supernatural horror about grief, inherited sin, and the lengths people will go to protect the ones they love. It blends intimate character drama with slow-building dread, ancient ritual, and a landscape that remembers every wrong.
Supernatural / folk horror - atmospheric, character-driven, emotionally raw
The dead remember. The land keeps its promises - and some promises demand repayment in blood. Will they pay the price, or will the island collect it for them?
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