"Looking at the sunset behind me, I realize something. There is a long red trail following me. Sitting on the surface of the ocean, following the small waves and darkened by the twilight sky. "That''''s my blood, that is a lot of my blood," I say aloud. As if I didn''''t have enough to worry about already. Now I need to make sure I don''''t die from blood loss. I need something to stop the bleeding. With nothing better to use, I rip off my sleeve and use it as a bandage. It will help a little but without anything to disinfect the area, I''''m at risk of it turning really ugly. I will just have to work with what I have for now. Shore can''''t be that far away. The island of Kheran is fairly close to the mainland. I''''ve already been out here a while, drifting in the right direction. I estimate to be out of here by the end of the night. That is, if I don''''t freeze to death. With the water being as cold as it is, I need to keep kicking and paddling to get my heart rate up." In this thrilling, first-person narrative, a defected soldier finds himself adrift in a dire, life-or-death situation. With missing memories and few guesses as to how he got here, his lif quickly becomes a game of survival. Follow his journey through this exhilarating heart-pounder, with fluidly woven descriptions and page-turning surprises. With room for the imagination to bound with unpredictable twists and turns, this realistic science fantasy novel will have pages turning until the end. Patreon page: The Bringer Statistics Overall Score .star-8356-overall-9a0683dae26a43d1b5f3e895a5f8c932:after{ width: 100.9% } Style Score Story Score Grammar Score Character Score Total Views : 12,495 Average Views : 961 Followers : 5 Favorites : 1 Ratings : 1 Pages : 161 Advertisement Go to Table of Contents Mark as Not Interested Follow Favorite Read Later Support the author''''s work via Patreon Become a Patron Fiction breaking rules? Report Advertisement Author