phenomen a book

Belfast, 2022. The city has known uneasy peace since the late 1990s but there are still many picking up the pieces. However, Belfast is just another city amongst the tens of thousands of cities across the globe where a hidden world dwells just beneath the surface. Vampires, Werewolves, Mages and more creatures, many of which used to be human. Their societies, their conflicts, their laws remain tucked away from the human race, sworn to secrecy. There are those new to the hidden world such as Abigail, a young woman being haunted by an invisible force neither she nor her partner can comprehend. There are those who help the beings of the hidden world, such as Venkman, a therapist who can tap into the powers of Death and Fate. There are those who look to uphold the secrecy, such as Douglas Ken, a Werewolf who maintains the carefully crafted lie by working as a police officer. There are those who enforce the laws of the hidden world such as Jolie Baptiste, a Vampire soldier who took her last breath of life in an old war. And then there are those who have been dragged into the hidden world such as Hazel, who has lost years of her life to the Fey. Having escaped their clutches, she fights to get back a life that she was robbed of. Author''''s notes: This story is inspired by multiple Chronicles of Darkness campaigns I took part in and features shifting character perspectives in a story that brings multiple characters together in what is a tiny city in a small part of the world where "everyone knows everyone." Although many elements such as supernatural creatures, clans and factions exist in somewhat altered forms from Chronicles of Darkness, this is an original tale. Every POV character was once a character in a campaign. -I am local to the part of world this story takes place in and as such, many elements are as true to my own experiences growing up here as possible.