Author:
Dan Luffey lives in Osaka, Japan. Aside from writing original fiction, he's also translated Japanese books into English, such as Edogawa Rampo's "The Fiend with Twenty Faces," and video games such as "The MISSING." Dan is also co-founder of DANGEN Entertainment, an indie video game publishing house. Dan can be contacted at danluffey@gmail.com.

"The world is yours...to destroy."

4 years ago, Vance's mother went missing. Everyone thought she was dead...but Vance knew better. What he did not know was that his search for her would take him across multiple parallel dimensions filled with psychotic killers, demented warlords, righteous angels and bloodthirsty demons. As Vance learns more about his lineage and his new surroundings, the stakes will rise, until his journey takes him to the end of the universe itself, and he comes face to face with the one who created it.

Those who enjoy descriptive, deep stories with plot threads linked across multiple chapters and strategic, action-packed battles will not be disappointed here. As human as it is otherworldly, at its core this story is about family, love, loss, and growth midst tragedy.

Shattered Remnants of a Dream

Vance spun around, only to come face to face with a zombie. As the dead man shot toward him, Vance quickly channeled his psynergy and jump-kicked it in the face. For the moment, it was out of his way, and he tried to scan the perimeter for any sign of Mephistoclessia. His eyes were inevitably drawn to Eden, who was still madly firing psynergy blasts at the crowd of meat puppets.


Coating his fists with psynergy, Vance stepped around Cliff and Azuka. Nine zombies stood ahead of him, and he'd have to go fast if he wanted to grab Eden and make it back before Mephistoclessia found out what was happening. Seizing his chance for a pre-emptive strike, Vance punched the first zombie in the stomach as hard as he could. The effect was less than he’d wished for, but he still made it stumble backwards into the others.


After a few moments, the zombies spun to face him. Is she watching me? Is that how they’re doing this?


Chapter 49: Pulled Strings