The official author website

Dr. Faisal Lodhi

From Medicine to Mystery

Stories that venture beyond the known—where science, faith, and imagination meet.

Explore my books ↗Meet the author
Scroll to descend ↓
01 / The books

Stories from the
edge of the unknown.

KURU — The Feast of Flesh book cover
Featured debut novel

KURU

The Feast of Flesh

Discover the novel →
✦
The journey continues

More stories
to come.

Future novels and new worlds will appear here.

02 / Inside KURU

Death was only the beginning.

Deep in the shadows of medical science and ancient ritual lies a question humanity cannot stop asking: What if death could be defeated?

Inspired by the real prion disease Kuru and its history in Papua New Guinea, KURU — The Feast of Flesh explores the terrifying intersection of science, faith, and the obsession with eternal life.

As the boundary between discovery and nightmare fades, one truth emerges: some doors should remain closed.

“What if the search for eternal life becomes humanity's worst nightmare?”
03 / The world of KURU

The body remembers
what the mind fears.

A haunting progression from shattered bodies to a final confrontation with darkness.

Broken Bones cinematic scene
01 / THE HORROR

Broken Bones

A football player faces a sudden, devastating injury.

Laugh Till Death cinematic scene
02 / THE HORROR

Laugh Till Death

Laughter turns terrifying on a lonely swing.

Unbearable Headache cinematic scene
03 / THE HORROR

Unbearable Headache

Pain becomes an overwhelming nightmare.

Tremors & Loss of Balance cinematic scene
04 / THE HORROR

Tremors & Loss of Balance

At his late-1970s home, a man bends over the balcony railing as his balance fails.

Epic fictional confrontation with the Devil
05 / THE FINAL CONFRONTATION

The Fight Against the Devil

When faith, darkness, and the struggle for humanity collide.

Kuru is a real, fatal prion disease affecting the brain and nervous system. Learn about the medical condition.

04 / A mystery beneath the waves

The man who defied
the ocean.

In the world of KURU, a mysterious fisherman possesses an extraordinary ability: he can remain beneath the ocean for thirty minutes on a single breath. What secrets wait in the darkness below?

Fictional fisherman free-diving deep beneath the open ocean

Thirty minutes without a breath. An extraordinary ability in the novel's story.

Dr. Lodhi and his team confront the Devil using a Holy Cross and Holy Book
05 / Beyond the disease

The hunger for forever.

In the pursuit of immortality, human ambition collides with ancient belief and the darkest corners of the soul.

The medical inspiration is real. The nightmare it imagines is fiction.

Step inside the story ↗
Portrait of Dr. Faisal Khan Lodhi wearing a blue suit
The author

From medicine to mystery.

Dr. Faisal Khan Lodhi brings a medical background and a storyteller's imagination to his debut novel, exploring the disturbing space where science meets the supernatural.

His debut novel is KURU — The Feast of Flesh. This is the home of his writing journey, with room for future books and stories still to be told.

The nightmare awaits

Would you
dare to know?

Discover KURU — The Feast of Flesh, the debut medical horror novel.

KURU — The Feast of Flesh, original front book coverBuy KURU on Amazon ↗