Dreams in the Void — Jeffrey Aaron Miller

A revised edition of the epic Deep Water duology, containing both volumes (previously published as Bloodstone and A Whisper in the Void) Something evil stirs in the heart of the island nation of Tesaria. One night, Jeren Dekembri has a terrible dream in which he is floating deep underwater, tormented by violent thoughts but unable to move. The village loremaster warns him that such dreams are a bad omen, and soon enough Jeren's whole life is turned upside down. After surviving a horrifying encounter with dark magic, Jeren finds himself on the run, desperately fleeing to safety with a young woman, Aleas Theel, at his side. But there is no safe place left in Tesaria, for a terrifying power has awakened and soon all people must fall before it.