For the next two days, Morii slipped in and out of consciousness, happily gliding out of it and sadly drifting back to the unbearable streaks of pain. He suffered from a cracked rib, a broken hand, a body that was all sore with the beating, and a head and face badly damaged with deep gushes, and covered with caked blood. He was a terrible sight to behold ~ and equally so, to hearken, with the unnatural, gurgling sounds emanating from his guttural.

This is The Verdict of Death. A compulsively heart-rendering novel that will evoke sympathy and grip you all through.