The war of the three realms begins here…

In the heart of the Samtoy Nation during the pre-colonial era of Philippine history, the world of Filipino heroes, deities, and mythological monsters collide in an ambitious re-telling of a classic Filipino epic.

Our story begins with Namongan, a healer and midwife from an isolated village in the Ilocos Region who discovers that she is destined to bear a child blessed by the Poon deities. This child is called Lam-ang, and he is the first Lakandian demigod born in the world of men.

Maturing at a rate unheard of, Lam-ang possessed the strength of a hundred men and was trained to be the greatest warrior for good, the mortal realm has ever seen.

Together with Mangmankik, an anito spirit assigned to look after him by the Poons, Lam-ang sets out on a quest to find the missing pieces of a magical anting-anting called the Gayaman Amulet to rescue his father who was abducted by insidious night creatures on the night that he was born.

This book covers the first half of the life of Lam-ang, derived from the Ilocano epic Biag ni Lam-ang. The story follows the adventures of our hero as he uncovers the truth about himself, as well as the truth about his role in the eternal war between the forces of good and evil that threatens not just the fate of the world of men, but all the realms of the spirit world as well.