All the Gold We Bled in Detroit

All the Gold We Bled in Detroit Is book 1 title Book 1: The Curse of Flesh (The Earthly Descent) Theme: The brutal addiction to mortality, sensory horror, and the false Ithaca. • Chapter 1:"What they dont tell you is this - when accepting flesh, you accept a curse." In an abandoned Detroit slaughterhouse, arch-nemeses Heru and Sutekh hack off their wings and spines with rusted shears, bleeding gold into cold industrial offal. • Chapter 2: The Requiem-style withdrawal from divine grace. Sutekh hyperventilates in a smog-choked alley; Heru breaks down over the wet, rhythmic thump-thump of his heart, taking his first burn of cheap bourbon to drown the noise. • Chapter 3: Survival logistics. Sutekh pawns ancient lapis lazuli for cash, obtaining fake IDs ("Howard Vance" and "Seth Redman"), a rusted 1996 Buick LeSabre, and two packs of Marlboro Reds. • Chapter 4:The Sirens of the Highway. At a 24-hour truck stop, Seth gets hooked on gas-station espresso while sobbing over an exhausted waitress's fading aura; Howie chain-smokes until his hands stop shaking. • Chapter 5: Rotting wing-stumps. A minor fender-bender forces them to pull windshield glass from each other's flesh - their first non-violent physical touch in three thousand years. • Chapter 6:The Lotus-Eaters. They hit a decrepit motel where fallen minor deities shoot heroine and watch muted static TV to numb the unbearable pain of missing the sun. • Chapter 7: Dark comedy on Interstate 80. Stranded in a torrential downpour, Seth drops the car jack on Howie's foot; they scream ancient Demotic curses while Seth laughs so hard he vomits espresso. • Chapter 8: Ammit’s Hound - a blind tracking beast sent from the Duat - tracks the sweet, sickening smell of decaying heka leaking from their unhealed wounds. • Chapter 9: Vices spiral. Seth loses his pawn cash at a shady riverboat casino; Howie develops a paralyzing fear of thunder and a heavy dependency on painkillers. • Chapter 10:The Medusa Encounter. They seek out Meretseger