Sit by Me

THE FORGE AND THE FLAME
The world runs on the friction of greed and power, but a deeper engine is turning. Beneath the surface of the asphalt, a lineage of energy and spirit has survived centuries of shadows. This is not a story of capes or costumes. This is a story of blood, iron, and the terrifying weight of a father's love.

THE ASCENSION OF VASILY
Born in 1977 to secret Romanov shadow-guards, Vasily inherited a power as beautiful as it was dangerous: The Expanding Force. It is the energy of unconditional love, a force that seeks to grow, to warm, and to protect. But in the hands of an untrained child, love can be as destructive as a supernova.

When the KGB snuffed out his parents' lives, twelve-year-old Vasily didn't just cry. He detonated. The uncontrolled wave of energy he unleashed left him a ghost and the most hunted man in the Soviet Union. To survive, Vasily learned to bury his light, masking his celestial power behind the blue flame of a welder's torch and the heavy, calloused skin of a laborer.

THE WEIGHT OF SACRIFICE
But you cannot hide the sun forever. From the frozen docks of Murmansk to the high-tech fortresses of Kronstadt, Vasily's path leads him into a world of masters and monsters. To protect his daughter, Vasilisa Sky, he has lived as a ghost, an exile, and a warrior. Alongside brothers of spirit-Ali, the "Connecting Force," and Daniel, the "Sinking Force"-Vasily must face Paul, a living black hole who seeks to drain the world of all light.

The Forge is hot. The Expanding Force is rising. Are you ready to listen?