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

Bored out of his mind, Winslow Bandeaux tapped his fingers impatiently on the divider that kept him filed neatly in line. He stood in a long asphalt parking lot filled not with cars, but rather people. Surrounding them on all sides was the sprawling, blinking, noisy city of Enmetropolis. Full of life, he felt drawn to it, and not only because he’d been waiting in this line for the past several hours.


"Quit it," Bruce barked, staring down at Winslow’s drumming fingers. "Why do you have to be so damn annoying all the time?"


Winslow turned his nose up and away. "This is ridiculous. How can they make us wait so long for such a trivial competition?"


"The stakes are high," Mephistoclessia rasped behind him. "They've attracted thousands this year."


"Fools," Winslow snorted. "I can't wait to let loose on them."


"I don't think Bruce is signing you up," Mephistoclessia said. "At least, he wasn't planning to."


"What?!" Winslow shouted. "Wait, what?! Bruce, you're signing me up, are you?"


Chapter 85: The Neon Crux