King Sorrow

by Joe Hill · 2025

When Arthur Oakes, a quiet student at the snow‑bound Rackham College, is forced into a desperate crime—stealing rare books to protect a friend—he turns to his tight‑knit circle for a way out. Their solution is as audacious as it is dangerous: summon a dragon from the cursed Crane journal, a tome bound in the skin of its author. What begins as a bold, occult‑fueled scheme quickly spirals into a Faustian nightmare, as the summoned entity demands a terrifying price—regular human sacrifice. Set against a backdrop of dark academia, chilling modern threats, and a love that refuses to die, "King Sorrow" weaves horror, friendship, and revenge into a genre‑bending tale that will keep readers breathless until the final, shocking twist.