The Hollow Man (By V.Mortalis)
In the war-scarred aftermath of World War I, decorated veteran Captain Alexander Gray returns to a Britain he no longer recognizes—and one that no longer recognizes him. Haunted by the horrors of the trenches and tormented by visions he cannot explain, Gray finds himself drawn to a remote village after receiving word of a fellow soldier’s mysterious death.
But what begins as a search for truth unravels into a descent into paranoia, guilt, and madness. As Gray delves deeper into the village’s silence and his own fractured memories, he begins to suspect that the true enemy may not lie outside—but within.
Plagued by fragmented flashbacks, cryptic messages in his own handwriting, and inexplicable clues pointing back to his past, Gray's grip on reality falters. Was the war ever truly over? Or did it simply bury its dead inside him?
Trapped between the ghosts of what he’s done and the growing realization of what he’s become, Gray must confront a devastating truth—one that will shatter everything he believes about heroism, redemption, and himself.
The Hollow Man is a dark psychological horror novel set in a grimly realistic postwar world. Gritty, emotional, and unrelenting, it explores the corrosive power of trauma, the frailty of the human mind, and the terror of discovering that the real monster may be the one staring back from the mirror.
The war ended. But his war never did.
And some sins don’t stay buried.
