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After the world fell, only ruins remained.

Liam Drex was born in the ashes—just another scavenger trying to survive in a wasteland haunted by shadows, silence, and stories of a forgotten god-machine.

Then he found it.

Buried beneath rust and time, the Eternity Engine—the last remnant of an ancient system—chose him. A train that travels not across land, but across realms, pulling its Passenger through trials designed to kill, evolve, or consume.

Each station is a different reality. Each trial peels away his humanity. But the deeper Liam rides, the more the train remembers him.

He’s not just a survivor.

He might be the reason it all ended.

Now bound to the system, hunted by monstrous shades, and haunted by a past even he can’t remember, Liam must climb—realm by realm—into the truth behind the apocalypse… and decide whether to reclaim the world or destroy what remains.

Eclipse Reclaimer: The Infinite Ascent

Back at camp, nothing was the same.

The others felt it—something had shifted in Ashur. His aura pulsed with dormant command. The Relic embedded in his arm shimmered faintly under the moonlight.

Lira approached, silent and wary. "You saw something."

"A man. Said he was an Architect."

Lira's eyes widened. "Those were supposed to be myths."

Ashur clenched his fist. "Then why do I feel like I've just spoken to a god?"

Riven stood apart, sharpening his blade. "Power like that doesn't come without a price. Or enemies."

A low rumble echoed across the horizon.

Ashur stepped forward, cloak fluttering behind him like a banner. For the first time, they didn't need a vote. Instinctively, the crew fell into formation behind him.

Leader. Reclaimer. Eclipse-marked.

The war for the old world had just begun.

Chapter 10: Echoes of Authority