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

Angel panted, summoning another wingblade. Solana stood behind her, the two back to back, each of them facing a deadly opponent. Timekeeper and this hooded man stood by. People quickly ran by the two. Solana and Angel both stood in silence before lunging individually towards their own target; Angel to Timekeeper and Solana to the hooded man. Angel took her blade, slashing away at Timekeeper, the man quickly dodging her attacks. Angered and feeling vengeful she recklessly hacked away, but she was unable to get a hit in. 


"YOU FUCKING MONSTER!" she shouted, continuously attacking him, cutting up chairs and tables in the process. 


"Too fast-something's up!" she thought again. 


Chapter 36: A Test of Strength, Part 1