A boy who can see the dead must become the next Grim Reaper and save the afterlife
Grimborn is a dark, emotionally driven YA fantasy with sharp edges, exploring mortality, grief, and the cost of love. It is a fast-moving adventure set between the mortal world and a dangerous, unstable afterlife.
The story follows Cass Wilder, a sixteen-year-old boy abandoned in a mental asylum not because he is mad, but because he can see and speak to the dead.
This rare ability, known as soul-sight, appears in only one living human every thousand years. When the Grim Reaper vanishes, Cass is thrown into the role as the next Reaper.
Cass quickly learns that being a Reaper is not about wielding a scythe, but guiding lost souls through the Divide, a twilight realm where grief turns dangerous and shadows hunt the unwilling.
With only the sharp-tongued anomaly Elsa and a jittery archivist named Pip at his side, Cass must master a job he never wanted just as a grieving mother transforms into something powerful enough to tear death itself apart to get back to her children.