S.R. Finch

The Immortal by S.R. Finch

To most of its residents, the kingdom of Temporal is a fragment of stained glass cut from the Middle Ages. To the Cores militia created to exterminate its electrical humanoids, Temporal is not quite as medieval as it appears. Underneath King Maslow’s castle lies a cavern filled with ruins that the Holograms have taken to calling home, and it’s here the Cores traverse to hunt them.

Among the latest recruits is a serf forced to join by a grandfather he’s never met. Cyril, who’d rather stay a serf, takes his training with bitter reluctance. That is, until he finds a tunnel lined with mirrors rumored to reveal one’s true self—and there’s something hauntingly compelling about it. It and the compulsion to slay Holograms. Cyril’s quick to realize that the Holograms aren’t the only ones who’ve set a target on him after his Core team mistrusts him for looking—and acting—like the deceased heir apparent.

When King Maslow reveals himself as his grandfather, Cyril runs at the chance at escaping the Cores, and he finds himself growing close to Maslow despite his new royal pressures. However, the more Cyril takes to calling Maslow family, the more Maslow’s secret threatens to unravel everything Cyril’s known about Temporal, the Holograms, and the heir apparent, who he thought was only in his nightmares.

Presented with 9 full illustrations and over 80 sketches, The Immortal blends adult science-fiction with the setting—and the artistic energy–of a medieval illuminated manuscript.

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