The desert sun isn't the only thing trying to kill him.Buried beneath the sands of Dar-al-Sha'ir lies an ancient secret that was never meant to be uncovered.Hardened mercenary Alaric Grimmond thought his mission was simple: recover a stolen SSD card for a shadowy employer and disappear. But when a daring rescue pits him against a fanatical cult and their bloodthirsty god, Alaric discovers a conspiracy far older-and far deadlier-than he ever imagined.Now, with the fierce and resourceful desert princess Zahara by his side, Alaric must navigate the sun-scorched desert, an underground city of forgotten horrors, and the relentless pursuit of an enemy who will stop at nothing to see them dead.Some secrets are meant to stay buried. In the Black Oasis, unearthing them may cost Alaric his soul.The Black Oasis of Dar-Al-Sha'ir is the first story in the Stormhearth Adventure series, a pulp adventure series with elements of supernatural and cosmic horror in the tradition of the pulp magazines of the 1920s and 1930s.