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?
Tarus II, the Northern Front. The Felorians stave off waves of demons, using the power of Chi to enhance their bodies. Brunhilda, their leader, becomes a Valkyrie of death among the attacking demonic forces. She wields a hundred-pound exosteel halberd as if it were a weightless stick, cleaving the heads of demons and smashing the…
Inside the dungeons at the southern border of Hero City, an odd sight unfolds as Beelzebub, the Duke of Inferno, strides down the hallways of the underground complex butt-naked. More than two hundred prison guards ambush or attack him in groups of six to twelve, but Beelzebub casually kills them with the ease of a…
Across Tarus II’s darkened surface, multiple battles erupt on several fronts. Humans, monsters, and even a few allied demons clash against the enemy undead, demons, and monsters. On humanity’s side, Harpies and Minotaurs join forces with more than a few Kobolds and Salamanders. On the demons’ side, Orcs and Goblins work together with an even…
Belial finds herself alone in the operating room with all three Shades. She keeps her back to the exit, not allowing them to pass. Even so, she knows that if they really wanted to snatch Phoebe’s daughter, they could leave through the window and zip around the hospital’s outer wall to attack from three different…
With two Shades at the far corner of Belial’s makeshift operation room, and one in between them, the Emperor of Passion can only suck in a breath and grit her teeth as her shadowy enemies begin conjuring mystical spell patterns in the darkness. Dreadful killing intent falls upon Belial’s figure as the three female Shades…
Hero City General Hospital, inside its western wing. Belial gently squeezes Phoebe Hiro’s leg, having just finished healing it with her magic. Both women sit together on the edge of a small hospital bed, while Daisy Hiro stands beside her mother and hugs her waist. Blinker sits on Phoebe’s shoulder, while the rotund demoness, Rosalia,…
Just outside of Hero City, on its western border. Four Shades, agents of the Devil Emperor, Yama, crawl through the darkness of the night toward the humans’ most precious and heavily defended territory. As they zip past the forest on Hero City’s western border, they arrive at the three-hundred-foot-high cliffs that lead to the buildings…
After resting my mind and body for half an hour, I finally manage to calm down from my near-death experience and settle my tumultuous emotions. I sit atop a hovering platform inside Camael’s Cube, one which Phoebe built to control the great artifact. It magically links to the Cube’s control systems, allowing me to pilot…
Ose and I hover some two hundred feet above Tarus II’s surface, like hot air balloons tethered to the ground below. The night-time gloom only serves to make our glowing, ethereal bodies stand out even more from the blackness surrounding us. However, the fact only a few beings on Tarus II can even see us…
Mind, body, and soul. These are the three components that make up a living body; a being with intelligence, self-awareness, and the ability to contemplate their existence. And as of now, I am only two of those things: A soul with the will of a mind guiding it. The universe flashes past me as I…
