Overview

The Sickness BelowBook One of The Blood Reckoning SagaIt was never a virus. It was memory in the blood. And the blood remembered.When healthy young people around the globe begin collapsing without warning-no symptoms, no cause, no survivors-Dr. Mikael Grayson is the first to see the pattern. The deeper he digs, the more disturbing the truth becomes: it's not a contagion. It's something buried deep within humanity itself... and it's waking up.As the world spirals into confusion and fear, Mikael's teenage son Jace begins sketching strange, ancestral glyphs-symbols that match genetic patterns no one should know. What begins as a mystery of medicine and memory soon unravels into a clash of science, bloodline magic, and forgotten powers that once ruled the world from the shadows.Set in a near-future world on the edge of collapse, The Sickness Below is the first book in the Blood Reckoning Saga-a haunting, character-driven story about identity, inherited power, and what it means to remember who you are when the world forgets.Perfect for fans of slow-burn dystopian thrillers, grounded magic systems, and emotionally complex characters.