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Product details
- ISBN 9781638493273
- Weight: 386g
- Dimensions: 127 x 203mm
- Publication Date: 20 Apr 2026
- Publisher: Vault Comics
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Alone. Surrounded by monsters. Armed only with his fists... Time to fight.
Jack Rust was a disillusioned biologist with a PhD - When an extraterrestrial AI calling itself, the System invaded Earth and thrust it into a world of aliens, magic, and violence, Jack hoped to at least get some magic himself.
Nope.
Even worse, the System spawned a forest dungeon around him and a goblin in his face...
Armed with nothing but his fists, Jack must grow strong enough to survive hordes of monsters. He needs to return to civilisation and find out what the heck is going on. He might even get magic - or not. Surprising himself, Jack discovers that violence is fun.
In this battle-ridden new world, Jack finds the life he always dreamed about. He won’t just survive. He will thrive.
Valerios enjoys letters and numbers. One day, combining them crossed his mind, and now he spends most of his time placing one after the other until something pleasant appears.
Besides transforming words into worlds, Valerios also enjoys moving figurines over chess boards, spending quality time with quality people, and stubbornly trying to convince machines that cats are not, in fact, dogs.
Der-shing Helmer is the Eisner-nominated and Ignatz-award winning independent science-fantasy and educational comic artist from the CA Bay Area, now based in the San Diego Area. Der-shing is currently the Managing Editor at Vault Comics. She is a self-taught artist, and has a biology degree from UC Berkeley as well as a formal background in secondary science education.
Adam Cahoon is a Senior Designer and Production Lead for Vault Comics. He is a comic book artist best known for The Nasty from Vault Comics and his self-published comics The Tuffs, Origin House: Spa and Retreat, and Anomaly. He is a member of Second Rocket Comics and has design work as well as short comics in the books Everything Is Different Now from Justin Richards, Morsels by J Donahue, and Dead Blood by DB Andry.
Keep up with Adam Cahoon:
adamcahoon.com
Bluesky and IG as @adamccahoon
Besides transforming words into worlds, Valerios also enjoys moving figurines over chess boards, spending quality time with quality people, and stubbornly trying to convince machines that cats are not, in fact, dogs.
Der-shing Helmer is the Eisner-nominated and Ignatz-award winning independent science-fantasy and educational comic artist from the CA Bay Area, now based in the San Diego Area. Der-shing is currently the Managing Editor at Vault Comics. She is a self-taught artist, and has a biology degree from UC Berkeley as well as a formal background in secondary science education.
Adam Cahoon is a Senior Designer and Production Lead for Vault Comics. He is a comic book artist best known for The Nasty from Vault Comics and his self-published comics The Tuffs, Origin House: Spa and Retreat, and Anomaly. He is a member of Second Rocket Comics and has design work as well as short comics in the books Everything Is Different Now from Justin Richards, Morsels by J Donahue, and Dead Blood by DB Andry.
Keep up with Adam Cahoon:
adamcahoon.com
Bluesky and IG as @adamccahoon
