SYNOPSIS:
Arin Sharma was just a cyber expert, until the world ended.
On May 14 Earth didn’t burn. It vanished.
A rift tore open the sky, and in a heartbeat, the planet was ripped from its orbit and hurled into a distant, hostile galaxy. Cities collapsed, continents shifted, and billions vanished in a single breath. They called it The Shift, an extinction event without fire or warning.
A year later, Earth survives… but it doesn’t heal.
Technology decays. Governments fracture. Familiar stars are gone, replaced by unfamiliar constellations and a creeping sense that something out there is watching—ancient, silent, and cold. The world has become a haunted carcass, crawling with horrors born of desperation, alien science, and human arrogance.
In this fractured world, Arin drifts without purpose, plagued by guilt and silence. Until he discovers a buried secret beneath the ruins of what once was—a message encoded in alien signals. The Shift wasn’t random. It was a warning. And someone, or something, has responded.
Now, Arin must navigate a planet that has become unrecognizable twisted by alien biology and infected with human ambition gone mad.
Monstrous creatures roam the wastelands, mutations of man and beast, warped by invasive DNA, parasitic growths, or fusions of flesh and rogue technology. Bioengineered horrors, once created for protection, have turned predator. Humanity has splintered into warring factions, some worshipping the new gods in the stars, others performing experiments on survivors in a race to evolve… or survive.
In the shadows, the true invaders stir, eldritch beings beyond comprehension, whose mere presence bends reality and time, driving minds to madness. They are not here to conquer. They are here to reclaim.
Amid gore-soaked survival, betrayal, and the collapse of morality, Arin races to uncover the truth of what Earth has become—and what it is becoming. Along the way, he will face tragedy, treason, body horror, and cosmic terror, forced to decide not just how to survive… but whether humanity deserves to.
Because The Shift wasn’t the end.
It was the prologue.
And what comes next is worse.
Great start, love the characters. Chapters are well written, a sense of mystery and with a little bit of surprises. Also loved some of the jokes.
Great book, from the first to the 3rd I've already read. Was it the scenes between Maya and arin that got me jealous, or was it the cliffhanger in the final chapter. Great book
Very engaging to read. The mc and his girlfriend’s banter is so fun to read, teasing eachother around, and the funny bits make them seem like real people. After reading chapter three if this didn’t hook you in then you are not human. The damn mystery of what happened during that day is very strong. The author knows how to keep the bait along the track to keep you begging for more. So far no super sci fi go elements that I’ve noticed. But that’s the very first chapters. The direction of the story is going at a great place, Greta job author.
Not a fan of a sci-fi but I love the writing style and the way you built and introduced the characters.
Loving it so far. Feels like a profressional sci-fi novel. Writing style is great. Easy to get in to. Characters are fun and witty and have depth. And their actions and reactions are believeable. I loved that. The story is filled with suspense and mystery, lots of little jokes and fun banter and some really interesting concepts and events. Looking forward to seeing where it leads.
Just here to get it going It's an amazing story, It has got all you need, love ,drama,action,sci fci, a bit of every genre you wish to read, The story will have some inconsitent updates with it but here is the thing all great things take time, It's an amazing piece of work and make sure to follow along in this journey I will posting Character Designs art soon too so look forward to see some awesome characters
I'm thoroughly enjoying this novel. The characters feel authentic, and the world-building is impressive, with the author skillfully hinting at a catastrophic event. My favorite character is Rajiv, the protagonist's father.
The novel is good, and the writing style and descriptions are also solid. The emotions of the characters are conveyed well—almost realistically. However, there were some moments where the emotions didn’t quite land and felt more like just words on the page. I’ve read five chapters so far, and while the premise seems to hint at something like the end of the world, what exactly happened during the two-year gap that led Arin to his current state hasn’t been revealed yet. Because of that, the pacing feels a bit slow—not too slow, actually it’s decent—but the chapters are short. I liked the philosophical part in what I think was chapter two, where there was talk about theories on aliens and similar topics. It gave the story some depth. However, the author could add more suspenseful events throughout the chapters. So far, there hasn’t been a truly gripping or intense moment to pull the reader in—aside from the sky changing, which wasn’t explained, so the suspense it created didn’t carry into the following chapter. In any case, I wish you the best of luck, author. Good luck moving forward!