Introduction: When Elias Voss is born again during a storm in 1985, he carries a secret from another life; a power to take strength from those he kills. Raised in an old Kansas farmhouse by hunters Daniel and Mara Voss, Elias grows up surrounded by salt lines and iron.At four, crushing a spider gives him a strange rush, but it fades. By thirteen, every kill leaves a part of its strength inside him, a gift he keeps secret. In a world of monsters and endless battles, Elias begins his silent rise; a hunter shaped by blood and haunted by a past he can鈥檛 remember....