Karim Sissoko is the author of the book series Lightning. He lives in Florida, is of Haitian descent and is attending college for “a piece of paper that proves I’m smart”. He enjoys his passion of writing, particularly the fantasy genre but he also enjoys science fiction. He plays a lot of video games, watches a variety of anime and enjoys making art. You can find him on social media, but he is most active on his Twitter. 

Before there were humans, there were Astrals. When Storm Hinato is branded an assassin by the queen, his own guardian, his world falls apart. A masked man chases after him, a war god longs to test his strength and he finds himself caught in a war that spans across the worlds. Will he find the strength to press on? Or will he fall to the chaos like those before him?

Lightning

The man walked over to figure and whispered to it, the eyes glowing bright red. The armored figure looked to Storm, then Blaze, before jumping to the center of the room. The instant it landed, it began smashing the ground constantly with its armored hands. 


"Whoa, hey! What the hell?!" Storm yelled, surprised. 


While it did this, the ground beneath it cracking, the guardian falling to the earth. Storm and the others then realized just how high they were, seeing the planet's horizon curve from the hole. 


Nockris thought for a moment. "We're still in the atmosphere-but not well enough for you to breathe well. You're lucky we made sure to have oxygen crystals here," he said to them with a smile, pointing out one of the clear crystals stuck in the wall. 


"Okay-never mind that. What's our test? What was that supposed to be?" Storm asked. 


Chapter 48: Trial of The Guardian, Part 1