In the rain soaked alleys of Bushwick, Brooklyn, 19 year old broke Ariel gets jumped for his last twenty bucks. A sleek black box teleports into his palm, melts into a glowing red contact lens, and rips the Ascendant Protocol awake. Stats. Quests. Holographic overlays only he can see. Blink Step unlocked. Humanity meter starts at 100/100.
Every kill, every blink, every upgrade rips a piece of his soul.
Two muggers die screaming in a spray of blood and broken bone. The Eternal Legion’s scouts are already hunting the “glitch” that shouldn’t exist.
Then Aderlys appears — 18, long black hair, green-yellow eyes, tight black skirt, blades in her hands and Legion intel in her veins. She drags his bleeding ass to safety, stitches him up, and whispers the rules of the underground Veil Tunnels.
Power is earned in blood. Humanity cracks with every red-eye flare.
The hunt has begun. Try not to lose yourself before you level up.
New Chapters coming 3/23/26
Ariel, a Marine and now a new storyteller this is my 1st try at making a book I'm from NYC now leaving in Orlando, Florida, Drawing inspiration from NYC and Florida’s eerie legends and haunting landscapes. I hope you guys love my book i will be adding more chapters every few day.View all by Ariel Tolentino
