About Ryan Holden

Gerald Ackerman finds himself adrift in a tempest of grief, his heart fractured by the untimely deaths of both his wife and father, occurring just six months apart. As he spirals into the abyss of despair, the threads of their fates unravel, revealing a tapestry of ominous truths that beckon him deeper down a shadowy rabbit hole. The revelations he uncovers are not only staggering—they shatter the very fabric of his existence.

 Gerald embarks on a perilous odyssey, drenched in revelation and bloodshed, in search of his true self and his destined path in this hauntingly immersive narrative steeped in psychological gothic horror. Incessantly stalked by the sinister figure of the 'Crooked Man,' Gerald’s journey transcends the veil separating him from a world unseen—a realm where the 'mundanes' remain blissfully unaware of lurking horrors, where darkness harbors nightmares that echo towards the gates of hell and a clandestine, malevolent sect hidden within the Knights Templar. 

In the eerie village of Willowbrook, Gerald perceives a chilling dichotomy; the ordinary morphs into grotesque caricatures of decay, and the phantoms of the past replay their final, anguished breaths. However, the haunting presence of the Crooked Man catches him unprepared. With eyes that slice through the obscurity in a predatory crimson glare, this nightmarish apparition, draped in a blood-soaked trilby—a testament to his grisly conquests—embodies every one of Gerald's primal terrors. Caught in a relentless battle between reality and hallucination, Gerald grapples with the harrowing psychological pulse of his visions. 

The delicate tapestry of his sanity frays as he confronts an excruciating revelation—his lineage is tainted, bound to an ancient malevolence entrenched within a rogue faction of the Knights Templar. Each step forward is a dance with darkness, a journey towards unearthing the unexpected, as he teeters on the precipice between dread and discovery.