wanderers mantle
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Last published Wed, Feb 19, 2025
Time stopped. The world didn't.
When Akshay wakes up to find everything frozen in place-his mother mid-step, his sister mid-laugh-he thinks he's lost his mind. But as he navigates this eerie silence, he discovers the truth: he's not trapped in time. Time is trapped around him.
Before he can figure out why, outsiders arrive-raiders searching for an ancient artifact, unaware that time itself has abandoned this world. When Akshay gets to it first, he learns two things:
1. The artifact is just the beginning.
2. He's not meant to stay here.
Thrown across universes, hunted by forces beyond comprehension, and burdened with a power he never asked for, Akshay must uncover the truth behind the mantle-a legacy passed down through countless realities. But every choice he makes alters the course of fate, and someone is pulling the strings from the shadows.
Because in a multiverse where gods are made, not born-Akshay is next in line.
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