The Crow's Psalm

Father Thomas Sterling is a shepherd with no flock and no faith. In the rotting coastal town of Oar's Rest, he fills the communion chalice with cheap whiskey to steady his trembling hands, desperate to numb the agonizing memory of his daughter's death. But when a copper-tasting fog known as the White Blindness descends, erasing the roads and turning the ocean into obsidian sludge, Thomas realizes his isolation is no longer just spiritual. Trapped in a decaying reality where the laws of nature are dissolving, the church doors he sealed against the outside world have locked him in with something far worse.

Sanctuary is a lie. Perched upon the altar cross is Malachi, a grotesque, ancient entity with eyes of burning amber and a voice like shifting tectonic plates. Malachi brings tidings of The Hush-a pre-creation void seeking to wipe out the noise of existence and consciousness. As Thomas's secret stash turns to freezing brine and the shadows begin to weep black bile, he is stripped of his numbness and forced to confront the void. With the True Quiet closing in, the cynical priest must find a way to anchor reality before the noise of his life is silenced forever.

**In the end, God isn't the one listening-and silence is the loudest sound of all.**

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