A young man named Jason Hiro is depressed and feels as if his life is aimless, thus he volunteers to enter a cryogenics program so his body will at least be useful for science. He wakes up 100,000 years in the future, only to discover that humanity has gone nearly extinct, the humans who remain are all slaves, and the slave masters are the Demons. Humans are nothing more than chattel for their new overlords.
Demons now rule the galaxy, but Jason discovers he has a unique power called Wordsmithing, a magic which descends from the legends of King Arthur and Solomon, one that can rewrite the fabric of reality based on his imagination and cast by speaking a single Word of Power. Will Jason be able to uplift and save humanity? Or will the forces of evil prove too powerful to overcome?
A few hours before, around the same time as the Wordsmith’s incursion into the future… Archangel Uriel, Gabriel, and Michael all sit atop a circular stone bench, facing inward toward one another, nestled within the second story of Tarus II’s only church. Gabriel and Michael take their corporeal forms through Uriel’s magic, appearing as light…
Jason’s future-dream fades away, and he finds himself back in reality. Immediately, he swivels around to check his surroundings, but naturally, Gressil is nowhere to be seen. "Jason?" Fiona asks. "Is something wrong?" "What do you mean?" Jason asks, still turning and looking with all his might for the invisible specter of torture. "Were you…
The world shifts around Jason. Fully cognizant of the changes, Jason slightly frowns as a blackened void of distant stars swallows him up, erasing the world of Tarus II. He watches with rapt attention as flickers of images race toward him, their contents becoming more lifelike and vivid for instants at a time before fading…
After departing Unarin’s Sanctum, Jason’s expression becomes somewhat dull and muted. He falls deep into thought while autopiloting his way toward a turbolift which will lead him back to Sangin Kordonis. At the same time, he converses with his mind-wife at the blistering speed of thought. We’ve learned so much. But I feel like we…
The Founder’s Spear drops out of orbit and travels toward Volgarius’s surface within just a few minutes, eventually arriving at the Founder’s Thumb. It docks inside the secret hangar at the top of the building, allowing Jason, Unarin, and Muuxunuu to depart. Jason stretches his legs as he exits the craft and glances around the…
After another chunk of a day spent in Hyperspace, Jason and Unarin re-enter the Volgarius system’s inner limits, while Raphael has returned to his ring. The Founder’s Spear cuts through the Void with ease, slipping past hundreds of thousands of other Volgrim vessels without them ever gleaning a hint they nearly got a chance to…
Aspirator Raavul guides her disciples along for the next several hours by offering them much more specific direction than she did at the outset of their meeting. After first ensuring all of her students have started or continued walking the paths most appropriate for their abilities, she turns to one-on-one instruction for each individual First…
Volgarius, inside a certain Psionic Enclave Tower in the planet’s fourth super-sector. Hope Hiro continues listening as Aspirator Raavul begins educating her newest disciple, Initiator Ferral, on the absolute basics of psionic growth. The classroom’s master levitates an inch off the ground and floats back and forth while she talks, commanding a certain air of…
A brown-haired woman and her black-haired friend quietly walk through the Fortress of Retribution’s bustling city streets. The brown-haired one shyly glances from side to side, visibly uncomfortable and even a little frightened by all the hubbub, while her friend appears much more relaxed, but also focused on making sure her shy companion feels safe….
The world of Volgarius. Within the top twenty levels of the Founder’s Thumb, a couple dozen humans, a Minotaur, and a Demon Emperor all rest within a comfortable, recently-built communal space. Built in a single day by some above-average Technopaths, it offers luxurious sleeping arrangements for the soldiers who originally came to protect Jason’s life,…
