This is the first release set in the world of Aidonia-a dark fantasy realm steeped in corruption, divine tyranny, and creeping chaos. Follow Lyraeth, a young mage who calls the kingdom of Varkhal home, as she is thrust into a world where the gods themselves weave chaos into mortal lives.

[Synopsis] Isang sumpa at isang pangako ang nagbuklod sa mga puso nina Daru at Mahalina mula pa noong unang panahon sa Mactan. Gayunpaman, ito ay naudlot matapos magbuwis ng buhay si Daru laban sa mga mananakop noong digmaan sa Mactan. Habang nasa gitna ng pagdadalamhati ang dalaga, nagpakita sa kanya si Bathala at pinangakuan s'yang ang kanyang iniirog ay muling mabubuhay sa susunod na dantaon. Sa pagdating ng kolonyalismong Espanyol, muling magku-krus ang kanilang mga landas. Ngunit taglay na nila ang bagong pangalan at bagong mundo, ang kanilang nakaraan ay naging malabong gunita na lamang na tila pilit binubura ng tadhana. Sa panahong ito, si Daru ay nabuhay bilang isang ilustradong si Dario Magsalin at nang makauwi sa kanyang bayan, nagsimula s'yang makaramdam ng kakaiba lalo na nang magkrus ang kanilang landas ni Helena Aquilles-ang reinkarnasyon ni Mahalina. Gayunpaman, magagawa pa kaya nilang kilalanin ang isa't isa kung ang tanging gabay na natitira ay ang pintig ng pusong nakalimot? Maaalala pa kaya nila ang mga pangakong binitawan sa ilalim ng kahel na langit?

Haunted by the brother he couldn't save, Kallist Cyrilovich Sudarev spent his youth drowning in a crushing, silent guilt. He could have woken him up. He could have carried him out. Instead, he was forced to run from the closing shadows, smuggled away by bodyguards under a fabricated identity. Hidden behind fake clothes and a fake face, the grieving child vanished into thin air, leaving the world to believe he was just another casualty. Night passed in the quiet dark. Kallist grew up on the run, learning to navigate a world built on dangerous conspiracies and lethal secrets. From crossing paths with a broken janitor who refused to speak the truth, to a high-profile event where the very shadows he feared suddenly knelt to serve him as an unexpected ally, Kallist realized he wasn't alone in his thirst for vengeance. Lanavan had friends in the dark. But justice is a rich man's game. When a crucial case is finally investigated, a warning from a man named Wilfred shatters his plans. The monsters behind Lanavan's death are powerful elites ruling from the top. Kallist is told he must survive, get an education, and build his strength before he can ever hope to strike back. So, Kallist waits. He bides his time, hiding his rage until he meets Marei Rosamire Koren. In her arms, he finally finds a reason to live, a glimpse of freedom, and a love worth bleeding for. But freedom is never cheap. Just when Kallist and Marei find peace, a dangerous rival steps into the light, determined to rip Kallist away and dismantle everything they built. The rival thinks they have the upper hand. They think they can intimidate them with a glance. What they don't know is that Marei Rosamire Koren is hiding a darkness far more terrifying than the shadows hunting them. Marei has more sins, more secrets, and more blood on her hands than the rival could ever fathom. She isn't backing down, she's just waiting for the rival to make a fatal mistake.

Nineteen-year-old Mat Adam never expected his father's disappearance to uncover a world beyond the living. When a radiant mark known as the Seal of Light appears on his arm, Mat is thrust into the Astral Realm - a fragile land where dryads, sprites, and the last of the elves fight to survive. There, the fallen angel Casus Lucem, exiled from the higher realms, seeks to claim the island for himself using a forbidden weapon called the Kimera - a creation born from corrupted spirit energy. To rescue his father and others imprisoned within the Black Pillars, Mat must embrace the power that chose him, face the truth of his lineage, and stand between a fading light and the darkness determined to consume it. [Ongoing 2025 revision] [Wattpad Featured Fantasy Story - 2015 and 2016 ] [Self-Published | paperback - 2016] - Fantasy | Adventure | Action - Seal of Light - (Soul Drifter Series) | copyright 2025 - All rights reserved. RSalazar (@aftermat) author

NOTE: Please note that BATHALA STRAIN is a GRAPHIC NOVEL. There are at least 20 images and sometimes multi panel IMAGES in each CHAPTER. DISCLAIMER: The World of Bathala: Strain is set in a version of the modern-day Philippines. To create a realistic and immersive experience, this story contains references to real-world brands, people, pop culture, public figures, and events. However, all original characters, organizations, and plotlines are purely products of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is coincidental. Reader discretion is advised. TRIGGER WARNING: Bathala Strain a "genre-blending speculative fiction novel" explores mature and sensitive themes, including violence, body horror, trauma, grief, religious imagery, supernatural horror, psychological distress, death, abuse of power, morally complex experimentation, and LGBTQ+ elements. Reader discretion is advised. ABOUT: After the COVID-19 pandemic, the world did not return to normal. It fractured. What began as a global health crisis became the Great Mutation, a silent genetic revolution that rewrote the DNA of a chosen few. In the Philippines, these survivors became known as Bathala Strain Users, humans gifted with reality-defying abilities that come with a brutal physical Toll. As modern medicine faces collapse, the WHO and private paramilitary powers turn the archipelago into a hunting ground. With a $1,000,000 bounty on every recorded SSR-class anomaly, the post-pandemic world becomes a deadly gold rush where neighbors can become informants, bodies become commodities, and survival has a price. The pandemic did not end. It started choosing winners.