The transformation of Ben from an ordinary seventeen-year-old into the world’s most powerful anomaly was never a choice—it was a seismic event that rewrote the laws of physics.
It began with a rusted door and a curiosity that proved fatal to his old life. When Ben touched the ancient Tablet of the First Sun, he didn't just find a relic; he triggered a "Resonance" that circled the globe. The immediate cost was his right arm, severed in a deafening blast of golden light, and a year of his life lost to a coma.
When he finally opened his eyes in the sterile, high-security Facility 09, he discovered he had been rebuilt. His missing limb was replaced by a symbiotic obsidian graft, etched with glowing gold runes that hummed with the power of a dying star. Under the cold, calculating eye of Director Vane, Ben learned the terrifying truth: he was a Catalyst. His mere presence could amplify the powers of other "anomalies"—people across the world who had developed strange abilities following the day of the "Bang."
He wasn't a patient to them; he was a battery for a new generation of living weapons.
Teaming up with Elias, a man whose skin had been turned to indestructible volcanic basalt, Ben orchestrated a desperate escape. By funneling his raw, celestial energy into Elias, Ben shattered the facility’s gravity-well traps and broke through to the surface. But the world they stepped into was no longer the one Ben remembered. The Tablet remained suspended in the sky over a massive crater, a red-pulsing beacon that whispered to Ben in a language of ancient power.
Now, as a fugitive from the government and a target for rival anomalies who crave his amplifying energy, Ben must master the "First Sun" within him. He is no longer just a boy; he is the engine of a new era. In a world fractured by miracles and monsters, he must decide if he will be the hero who stabilizes the chaos—or the god who sets the world on fire.
The journey from a terrified boy to Super Hero Ben has only just begun, and with a great destiny ahead of him, the "Bang" was only the first note in a cosmic symphony.

The heavy, rusted door groaned, its protest echoing through the silent chamber. As it swung open, a sliver of golden light spilled out, illuminating a narrow passageway. Standing before it was Ben, a young man of 17, his eyes wide with curiosity. Driven by a pull he couldn't resist, he stepped into the passage.


As soon as his foot touched the ground, the door behind him slammed shut with a finality that sent a shiver down his spine. Ben was engulfed in a blinding white light that pulled him forward, deep into the corridor.


When the light faded, he found himself in a large, ancient room. In the center, bathing the entire chamber in its glow, was an intricately carved stone tablet. Drawn to it, Ben reached out and touched the tablet's surface.


The world seemed to explode. A deafening roar filled his ears – bang! bang! bang! – as his right arm was brutally ripped from his shoulder. Darkness engulfed him, and Ben fell into a deep unconsciousness that would last for a whole year.


Chapter 1 - Prologue