When the rift at the center of the world opened, the old world shattered. The balance of power collapsed, unleashing chaos, strange powers, and unspeakable horrors. Nations fractured. Friends turned on each other. Brothers raised weapons in betrayal.

Children were captured. Innocents were enslaved. Monsters roamed the earth — but the worst monsters still looked human.

This is the story of a boy who refuses to break.

Scarred by the past, forged by suffering, he rises through the darkness of this apocalyptic world, swearing an oath: Never again. Never again will those he loves suffer. Never again will disaster take the ones he holds dear.

To protect his allies, he will face trials that would destroy lesser souls. But even in a world consumed by ruin, he carries hope like a blade — and he will not fall.