Book I
Death comes, and misery follows.
With nothing but his guts and a cryptic mark dubbed as a conquest, can a Kansas native outlast the carnage of a distant realm?
As a man in his early twenties, Leon never contemplated what would happen after his death. Like those before him, he never knew what to expect next.
We live in a cruel world, and one crueler still awaits.
After Leon's sudden demise, he's cast into the brutal reality of our dystopian afterlife, where oppression reigns supreme—leading to the enslavement of souls and their sacrifice to appease their captors.
In a world riddled with treachery and unseen horrors, Leon must summon every ounce of his resolve to survive. But as the darkness closes in, will his strength be enough to defy the odds, or will he and the chaotic cosmos succumb to oblivion?
The first edition of Afterworld was published April 14th, 2020 as an Ebook and Paperback. The audiobook was released two months later in June, but was soon pulled from the store due to technical and sound issues. It is being remade into a full-cast audiobook and expected to release somewhere between the start of 2025 and the end of 2026. You can listen to the previous version of the audiobook for free on the official YouTube channel.
Cover Art by Oleg Beloded
“Power makes the weak blind and the strong weak. Ye think because ye’ve gained power that ye’ve somehow become immune to defeat? That because ye were stronger than most of us ‘hydronics’ that ye’re now invincible? Ye are but a child in the way ye see the world, but I suppose that is the way of the dark universe.”
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