REND

Erind Hartwell is a dutiful daughter, law student, and psychopath who views life as a cinematic spectacle. In her world, superhumans battle eldritch horrors that twist victims into monsters—a reality she observes with detached fascination. But when death finds her impaled on a spike, an otherworldly entity offers salvation: power, at the cost of becoming the very thing she once watched from the sidelines. Now, armed with monstrous abilities and an unshakable delusion of protagonism, Erind navigates a brutal landscape of superhuman clashes, government conspiracies, and rogue mutants. She isn’t a hero. She isn’t even sane. But in a war for humanity’s future, the most dangerous player might be the one who treats it all like a game. The question is—can a monster become the main character?