HORIZON BEYOND

Ethan didn't want a second chance. He just wanted the pain to stop.

​Tormented by a life he deemed fundamentally unfair, Ethan chose to end it. But death was not the final chapter. He awakens in a luminous void before Deus, the Architect of Worlds, who, in a baffling act of cosmic charity, reincarnates him. Now named Elias, he is thrust into the world of Flow, a realm where life is dictated by the cosmic forces that shape existence.

​Here, every soul manifests one of the twenty-two Traits, each granting authority over a fundamental constant: Cosmic, Cognitive, Existential, or Soulfire. To survive, Elias must navigate the treacherous Ladder of Ascension, a hierarchy where power is absolute. Along the way, he uncovers a brutal, undeniable truth: this new world is just as rigged as the last.

​But Elias isn't completely helpless. He manifests an Anomaly—a power as complex as it is potent—and quickly carves a path through the lower rungs of the Ladder. His ascent is marked by defiant acts, all in an attempt to spite the so-called God who reincarnated him in the first place.

​As his power grows, Elias realizes Deus’s act of kindness hides a terrifying agenda. He is not a chosen hero; he is a pawn in a game played by beings high above the Ladder. To prove that the universe is an inherently unjust structure, Elias must now risk everything. Will he expose the hypocrisy of existence and escape the clutches of Fate, or will he remain a pawn in the game of gods?

​Note: This book is also being cross-posted on Tapas under the same title and author name.

https://tapas.io/series/Horizon-Beyond