Book details

  • Genre:poetry
  • Sub-genre:Subjects & Themes / General
  • Language:English
  • Series Title:Black-Rose
  • Series Number:1
  • Pages:316
  • Paperback ISBN:9798997489106

Black-Rose:

The Abyss

By Nathan Brent Cole

Overview


The Abyss is an immersive collection of interconnected poetry exploring the landscapes of longing, obsession, grief, beauty, memory, and transformation. Blending Gothic atmosphere with psychological introspection, each poem explores the fragile boundary between beauty and darkness, hope and despair, love and loss. Dreams become landscapes, memories become echoes, and quiet reflections gradually reveal something deeper beneath the surface. Although every poem stands on its own, together they form an emotional journey through the hidden corners of the human psyche. Rather than offering easy answers, The Abyss encourages readers to confront uncertainty, question perception, and embrace the complexities that define us. As the opening volume of the BLACK-ROSE trilogy, The Abyss is a haunting exploration of identity, emotion, and the unseen forces that shape our lives.
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Description


The Abyss is an immersive collection of interconnected poetry exploring the landscapes of longing, obsession, grief, beauty, memory, and transformation. Across an expansive collection of interconnected poems, each piece contributes to a larger emotional journey through Gothic imagery, psychological introspection, surreal symbolism, and dark romanticism. Dreams blur with reality. Love becomes both refuge and temptation. Beauty conceals danger, while memory and desire reshape the boundaries of identity. Every poem can be experienced on its own, yet together they create a continuous descent into the hidden places of the human mind. Rather than following a traditional narrative, The Abyss invites readers to discover meaning through atmosphere, reflection, and emotional resonance, allowing each reader to experience the journey in a uniquely personal way. Themes of mortality, isolation, love, transformation, perception, and the search for self are woven throughout the collection, creating an experience that is at once unsettling, contemplative, and deeply human. As the first volume of the BLACK-ROSE trilogy, The Abyss begins a larger exploration of the spaces where darkness and beauty coexist, and where every step inward reveals another layer waiting to be uncovered. Contains mature themes, psychological horror, graphic violence, and disturbing imagery. Recommended for mature readers.
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About The Author


Nathan Brent Cole has spent a lifetime exploring the spaces where beauty, memory, love, and darkness intersect. His writing began in childhood and evolved over decades through journals, poetry, artwork, and storytelling, culminating in the BLACK-ROSE trilogy. Drawing inspiration from Gothic literature, psychology, mythology, music, and the complexity of human emotion, Cole's work blurs the boundaries between poetry and narrative. Rather than offering answers, his writing invites readers to confront the shadows within themselves and discover what remains when identity, certainty, and illusion begin to unravel. The Abyss is the first volume in the BLACK-ROSE trilogy.
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