This is a rather ambitious project I've been working on for nearly a decade now - it's an 'affectionate parody' of Cormac McCarthy and imagining his sort of biblical apocalyptic prose style in a fantasy genre. Astute observers will notice references to Hamlet and Fire Emblem: the Sacred Stones particularly on the reality of madness. Yes, video games can be literature. Shut up, Dad.

After yet another miserable defeat, Tatewaki Kuno is ready to re-evaluate his life and perhaps turn his search for love in a new direction. From freshman author JW Alderson