The Magnet's Genesis

"I don't know who I am. But I know I'm supposed to be someone."

He wakes in an abandoned Gotham warehouse with nothing but fragmented dreams of fire and barbed wire. No memory, no name, no past-just an unsettling knowledge that his body remembers skills his mind doesn't, and a faint, irresistible pull toward metal.

Cast onto the merciless streets, the man the city will come to know as Nick is forced to survive. His instinctive combat skills and the resurfacing echoes of a brilliant, strategic mind draw the attention of the last person he needs: Oswald Cobblepot, The Penguin. As a reluctant soldier in Penguin's rising empire, Nick quickly becomes an invaluable asset-until the day a desperate instinct causes a crowbar to fly directly into his hand, revealing a terrifying, impossible truth: he can command metal.

Now, no longer just a lost man, Nick is a weapon.

The appearance of a vigilante in a cape and the seductive philosophy of the mysterious Talia al Ghul soon force Nick into an impossible position. With his power growing stronger-and his dreams intensifying into horrific, clear memories of concentration camps, betrayal, and a name, Erik-Nick must make a choice:

Will he surrender to Ra's al Ghul's League of Shadows, who promise to restore his lost identity and offer a devastatingly simple path to 'saving' the world? Or will he accept the seed of doubt planted by the Batman, who sees something in Nick beyond a weapon?

The Magnet's Genesis is the explosive story of a man caught between a heroic rebirth and a catastrophic relapse. Stripped of his past, Nick is driven by a primal need to protect the forgotten-the same drive that once made him one of the most feared beings on another Earth. His choice-to be a hero, a villain, or something new entirely-will not only define who he is, but will magnetically fracture the foundation of Gotham City itself.

The legend begins with a man who has nothing to lose.