When the sky cracks open above Times Square on New Year’s Eve, the world changes in a matter of minutes. A strange red beam shatters the heavens and releases a cloud of corrupted mana that spreads across the planet. Electricity fails, people begin transforming into monsters, and civilization collapses almost overnight. What was once myth and legend suddenly becomes reality as goblins, twisted beasts, and supernatural forces appear across the world.
Ethan Grayson was supposed to spend the night celebrating with friends. Instead, he finds himself fighting to keep those same people alive as chaos erupts around them. In the middle of the disaster, a divine mistake places something inside him that was meant for someone else—a powerful dungeon core tied to a coming war between angels and demons. Now hunted by dark forces and burdened with power he barely understands, Ethan must learn to survive in a world where mana shapes reality, monsters roam freely, and humanity is no longer the dominant species.
With a small group of survivors depending on him, Ethan must build strength, uncover the truth behind the demonic invasion, and master the strange power growing within him. The destiny may well rely on the man who broke free of its grasp—but the same power meant to save humanity may also destroy him from within.
