ASCENSION is a 64-page color graphic novel set in a not so distant future!
A Black Mirror-esque dystopian thriller about Big Tech overreach, invasion of privacy, and manipulation.
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Immortality Awaits!
The GAFDA corporation has perfected Ascension, the ability to transfer a person’s consciousness into an artificial body. They carried out this procedure on a human test subject—a terminally ill child—but suffered massive PR backlash. Millions of people worldwide protested and every government on Earth outlawed the practice.
Now, thirteen years later, GAFDA has decided to resume human experimentation regardless of the social or legal obstacles.
Progress, like information, is POWER.
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Tam Stilman must come to grips with social prejudice and her own doubts after she allows a tech company to illegally transfer her comatose husband’s mind into an artificial body.
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The company touts immortality as a free service, but Tam's about to realize if the product's free, YOU'RE THE PRODUCT.
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Ascension is immortality—the end of death, disease, pain, and suffering. All you have to do is accept the TERMS OF SERVICE.
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This book is 100% complete
Ready to print and ship!
We're waiting on YOU, so don't just lie there!
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Bonus Story:
NEW DAWN STATION
[Action/Adventure]
Part of the upcoming Alliance series.
Fans of Babylon 5, Stargate, and Star Trek—this is for YOU!
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Two Timelines. One Destination.
New Dawn Station is the first of the "Captain Sullivan stories" set years after the conclusion of Ascension. The arc of these stories and the events of Ascension will meet at singular point in the distant future.
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The crew of a hyperspace tug is transporting modular hull sections from an alien planet to Earth’s shipbuilding facilities. Captain Sullivan, upon receiving his cargo, is given a mysterious alien device and ordered to sneak it to Earth—or his family will be MURDERED!
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Creative Team
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Hi. I’m John Schuler, writer and creator of Ascension. I’m not the artist on this book—nowhere near that skill level, but I practice when time permits and try to keep my sanity while learning digital. My stories are inspired by a love of the Golden Age of Science Fiction and a desire to see more aspirational heroes in pop culture.
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Michael Yakutis has been a sequential artist for over a decade. He has been fortunate to work with some of his favorite writers, filmmakers, agencies, and publishers such as: Stan Lee, Image Comics, Black Box Comics, Bret Easton Ellis, William Shatner, Shatner Singularity, Simon and Schuster, and James Merendino just to name a few. He is currently working on his debut graphic novel, Buying Time, which he is both writing and illustrating. Michael lives in central California with his lovely wife and their two loving mutts.
You can see more of Michael's work on his site: http://www.michaelyakutis.com/
