Ryan M. O’Donnell / Ryan MO'Donnell / Ryan MO’Donnell
Librería Samer Atenea
Librería Aciertas (Toledo)
Kálamo Books
Librería Perelló (Valencia)
Librería Elías (Asturias)
Donde los libros
Librería Kolima (Madrid)
Librería Proteo (Málaga)
Year 2287. Michael, age 17, a concomitant of New Allsop, lives his life doing what he wishes, when he wishes under the guidance of the government. Taking the night out, Michael encounters a girl in all white by the name of Angel, who leaves him suddenly upon meeting. As a result of that instance she, the beautiful mystery, lingers in his thoughts, and with each second that passes his desire to see her again, to be with her, bolsters. However, Michael also observes before meeting her even, a group of men in all black walking about, surveying the area in which he resides. He doesn’t know their reason for being there, but his impression of them isn’t a welcoming one and the question of who they are remains in his mind. As the days pass he returns to the area where he encountered her and plays Crusader as the virtual humanoid frame Turalus. Not only does he play, but he wins and displays a characteristic that a certain group who examined him needs. Within time, egged on by out of the ordinary happenings in his area Michael begins to wonder what is going on until finally, the veil is cut and he is reunited with his love, the reason for her being there revealed. As it has been revived numerous times in history, the ongoing struggle between light and dark begins again, with Michael joining a resistance group known as The Variance, being pulled into the center of it all. To combat the New Government Faction, he and Turalus become ghosts amidst the darkness, the reminder of what those in the past died fighting to prevent. The fall of democracy, and the rise of a dictatorship.
