A slash of red stars called Heaven's Wound burns day and night in the sky over Amerath. Behind it, they say, lies Glory: the heaven you ascend to when you kill your fiftieth foe. 

Rainer, a cynical recluse, is invited by Maria, an impulsive optimist, to join her quest to end the war which has held Amerath in its grasp for over a thousand years. The invitation forces him to choose between a safe, solitary life and a dangerous adventure in good company — before a horde of grief-addled monsters, bred by war itself, outnumbers the human race.

HEAVEN’S WOUND is an epic fantasy novel complete at 115,000 words. I am in the process of seeking representation.