M. T. Maliha brings a chilling continuation of the successfully released feature film titled The Vord in this novelThe Malus: The Vord Account, which is both prequel and seguel to the film. Ratnor, a malevolent spirit, seeks to bring turmoil and pain to both the living and dead he feels had deprived him of what he longed for in life.In a purgatory-like place known as The Malus, he rules over souls seeking escape- and redemption. But nothing can serve as salve to the anger that churns within him. He exists only to cause them to suffer as he had in life.Books on shelves, detailing each life lived and lost within The Malus, writhe or whisper. Some offer warnings.But all most learn the hardest of thing they offer- We pay now or we pay later, but someone always must be paid....