The concept of consciousness as currency in the world of the dead – an excerpt from my new dark fantasy novel

One of the wraiths approached Alexio, speaking in a dire, urgent tone: "You are alive… You possess a near-complete consciousness, and I need just a fragment of it to enter the city. Please, give me a portion of your consciousness before the others notice. It won't harm you, but it will be my salvation." Alexio [...]