Outer space and inner demons collide within the city walls and deadly forests of an empire struggling to escape its own dark age, in this Sci-fi Epic Fantasy.
The routine delivery of a diplomatic document goes wildly awry when mysterious invaders, misunderstood by the medieval world of Plathia, attack the illustrious imperial capital. Spies, soldiers, thespians, priests and politicians, banding together to accomplish their personal duties and agendas, are confronted by seemingly supernatural opposition and fundamental conflicts among themselves. Pursued by carnivorous creatures hungry to consume their flesh, and rebel anarchists out to kidnap fresh recruits, the averse alliance of dwindling survivors are forced to decide if the confidential contents of the message are worth the fatal risk.
Beyond the End centers on estranged fiancés, orphan girl Dex, and Imperial guard captain Moric Dweller. When Moric unexpectedly inherits his family’s lordly title, his future is radically changed. Dex, believing herself an unworthy bride for a nobleman, runs away from her adoptive home to join a troupe of traveling actors. Four years later, a minor groundquake signals the end of an era.
Drifting too near an underworld of con-artistry and drug trafficking, Dex unwittingly witnesses the assassination of an Imperial Prince by his own brother; followed by the murder of Dex’s closest friend. She turns to Moric Dweller for help. Just returned home from the Vynnian military academy, Moric has been appointed bodyguard to the Emperor. As spies and counter-spies swarm the harbor of the capital city, the situation escalates when a gigantic ghost ship appears from the fog.
After an invasion culminating in carnage and conflagration, a handful of survivors are whisked away on a nightmarish voyage. Beyond the End begins to peel away the millennia-old secrets of the Jo’Xen Empire- and each new revelation gets darker and bloodier. Through fire and shipwreck, murder and betrayal, battle and disbelief- the unlucky lovers must survive long enough to rescue each other.