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Empathy Unbound
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 24 2025
Pages: 238
Weight: 0.71
Height: 0.54 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Empathy Unbound by Viktoryia Konan is a haunting psychological horror novel that blends raw human emotion with chilling supernatural suspense.
Clara Morgan has always been different. At twenty-eight, she isn't just empathetic-she literally feels what others feel. Every bruise, every pang of sorrow, every desperate heartbeat of another becomes her own. As a nurse in a small Vermont clinic, she has long tried to use this strange gift as a form of healing. But when she begins to carry more than just the emotions of the living-when the echoes of the dying linger and a faceless shadow begins to follow her-Clara realizes her empathy is no longer a gift. It is a curse.
Each encounter leaves her weaker, more fractured, her own identity blurring beneath the grief, terror, and despair of others. The emotions do not fade; they burn inside her, feeding something darker that watches from the corners of every room. And when the shadow speaks her name, calling her Mother, Clara understands she is no longer just absorbing feelings-she is becoming a vessel for something unspeakable.
As reality unravels, Clara must choose: surrender to the darkness that consumes her from within, or find a way to fight back before she is hollowed out completely. With the help of Dr. Nathan Cole, whose rational mind falters against what he cannot explain, Clara confronts the terrifying truth of what it means to be chosen by forces beyond comprehension.
Empathy Unbound is more than a horror story. It is a meditation on what it means to feel too much, to carry pain that is not yours, and to question whether empathy itself can be a prison. Viktoryia Konan weaves atmosphere and dread into every page: hospital corridors humming with borrowed sorrow, whispers in chapel shadows, and the terrifying intimacy of emotions that refuse to let go.
Perfect for fans of psychological horror, supernatural suspense, and emotionally charged dark fiction, this book will linger long after the last page. If you loved works like The Silent Patient, Mexican Gothic, or The Haunting of Hill House, Empathy Unbound offers a fresh, deeply unsettling voice that fuses psychological depth with chilling supernatural terror.
Step into Clara's world-if you dare-and discover whether empathy can become the most dangerous curse of all.
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