The Karsk Phenomenon
Cheryl, Marie, and Fiona all have things in common: they each are members of the Spiral, a world-domineering religion with as many offshoots as a tree’s roots. They also share strange dreams; visions of the Great Karsk War. The thing these three share most closely though is a connection to the other side. Cheryl, Marie, and Fiona can all see another plane, one they begin referring to as “the nightmare”. As bonds are tested and relationships are shattered, these three must decide how to put an end to their collective waking nightmare.
Three young women are targeted as “Saintbloods” by an evangelical order…
Cheryl is the family scion, the next in line to inherit her family’s vast power. She tries her best to uphold the family image, but everyone has a limit and Cheryl’s limits are stretched thin. Seeing the supernatural and dreaming of an alternate reality take a toll on even the strongest souls. Despite this, Cheryl tries her best to stand strong, even when the metaphorical chains tighten evermore around her.
Marie never felt a connection to the Spiral. She didn’t feel it as a child, nor when she saw her first spirit. She still doesn’t feel it, even when her family switches from the Spiral faith to it’s more concerning counterpart. Marie sees the nightmare as a cold comfort, a familiar hell to distract from the growing strain her family situation is putting on her.
Fiona has always been sheltered. Her best friends were the kids in her family library, followed by the family butler Anton. For Fiona the nightmare is a suffocating danger. She can’t leave the manor, so she has learned creative ways of hiding within it until the dangers pass.
These three disparate people share otherwise impossible things: the never ending nightmare, a sense for the supernatural, and an unstoppable yearning for the holy town north of Siwa.