Frank and the Guardians
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For over two-hundred years, a spiritual war between the Guardians, powerful people tasked with protecting the Earth, and the demons, evil beings who live underneath the Earth, has been raging. Cities have been destroyed, Guardians have been killed in cold blood, and the future of the planet has never looked more grim.
Stuck in the middle of this conflict are the people of Earth, ordinary humans trying to live their lives in spite of what's going on, and one of these people, a normal boy named Frank Keaton, will make a startling discovery that will change his life forever.
(NOTE: This story was originally published in September 2021, but I've decided to unlist it as I wasn't satisfied with its overall quality. I plan on serializing each re-written chapter every Friday, with a special preview of the re-written prologue coming out this Monday.)
(NOTE 2: This is a part of Bogleech's Noisy Tenant series, though I do intend on having it take place six years before Awful Hospital - AH takes place sometime in 2026, while this book takes place in 2020. It also takes place on a different perception level, so things are different than what the normal Grey Zone is like.)
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Kael Morrigan is nineteen years old and already broken. In a world where Gates tore apart reality and flooded seventy percent of Earth with monsters, there are no countries left-only Sectors. Walled fortresses where humanity's remnants huddle behind concrete and pray the next Gate doesn't rupture before the Hunters clear it. Seventy-two hours. That's all the time between survival and annihilation. Kael isn't a Hunter. He's a porter-the lowest, most expendable piece of the industry that keeps humanity alive. Every morning, Gate sirens wail. Every day, the countdown begins again. Every night, Kael comes home with contaminated lungs, bleeding hands, and barely enough to buy protein paste and recycled water. The Hunters call him deadweight. The corporations see him as replaceable. His neighbors avoid his eyes because they know he's just another corpse waiting for a Gate to claim him. But Kael gets up anyway. Binds his ruined feet. Shoulders his pack. Walks into the monsters' den. Not for glory or hope-those luxuries died with the old world. He does it because two girls in a freezing room need him to come home alive. In a world drowning in nightmares, survival isn't heroic. It's just refusing to quit when quitting would be easier than breathing. This is the story of how far one man will break before he's finally free. == If you'd like to support my work, you can check out my Patreon; it'll have advance chapters for free. Patreon.com/akibo
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