The crowned eye of the Blinded Crown

TheHollow Gospel

He paid for power with an eye. Something in the dark has started to recognize his name.

Book One The Hollow Gospel: Scripture of Wounds — cover

The Hollow Gospel · I

Scripture of Wounds

Reinhardt Holt gave up an eye for the power to hunt the things mankind was never meant to see.

He serves the Order of the Blinded Crown, a secret brotherhood sworn to face the horrors empires deny and churches bury. Their enemies do not always come as beasts. Sometimes they wear a priest's face. Sometimes they hide beneath a city. Sometimes they sing with a child's voice from under the stones.

When a young girl vanishes in the rain-drowned port city of Silverlight, Holt is sent to find her. What begins as a missing child leads him into flooded tunnels, buried cults, and the first signs of a Herald clawing its way into the world.

The deeper he descends, the more he learns: about the power waking in his own blood, the ancient Archons watching from beyond human understanding, and the price paid by every man who has ever carried the Blinded Crown.

Occult investigation · Cosmic horror · Forbidden faith · Brutal survival

Every wound teaches him something. Every victory costs more than the last. Some doors do not close once opened.

From Early Readers

★★★★★
The tension just builds and builds, and a couple of scenes actually made me pause and take a breath. If you're into dark fantasy or eldritch horror that actually makes you feel something, this one's worth your time.

Dr. Abhay Singh★★★★★ · Superb

A dark fantasy world that feels haunting from the very first pages. Rain-soaked cities, hidden cults, ancient secrets, and unsettling creatures all combine to create a genuinely immersive experience.

Nina Mercer★★★★★ · Dark, Atmospheric, and Deeply Intriguing

Immediately stands out with its haunting premise and gothic world-building. Readers who enjoy grimdark fantasy, supernatural mysteries, and atmospheric horror will find plenty to appreciate here.

Krista Sager★★★★★ · Dark Fantasy with a Distinctive Atmosphere

The Hollow Gospel · II

Sermon of Secrets

Coming 25 January 2027

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The campaign moves south through Solmara, and the thing in Reinhardt's blood is no longer content to wait. The second sermon is almost ready to be heard.

New to the series? Begin with Scripture of Wounds.

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The Author

Eugen G. Barbu

Eugen G. Barbu writes dark fantasy and cosmic horror, where faith is a wound and power is paid for in blood. The Hollow Gospel is his ongoing series of grimdark occult investigation, set in a rain-drowned, decaying world that remembers every name spoken in the dark.

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