The Awakened

In a world where the human soul can become the most powerful weapon or the most terrifying curse, the line between hero and monster almost does not exist.

Poland, the year 2137. After a nuclear war and the opening of interdimensional rifts, the surviving remnants of humanity eke out an existence in fortress cities protected by laser walls and bloodthirsty Veylora trees. Seventeen-year-old Isaac Pilsudski does not seek glory, only the quiet life he promised his dying father. But when a brutal terrorist attack turns his friends to ash, something awakens within Isaac that cannot be controlled.

The boy is sent to the Elite Class of the Rzeszow Academy. There, fate entwines him with Lucy Serafin, a mysterious girl with a bloody past in the House of Roses, and Cornelius, a cynical strategist and the sole survivor of the massacre of his family. Under the watchful eye of the eccentric headmaster Philip Nowak, he must survive brutal training and battles against mutants.

In a world full of monsters, the hardest thing is not to become one of them.

This story includes hand-drawn illustrations :)