Karnal Confessions (2023)

"Absolute power corrupts absolutely." - Sir John Dalberg Second printing! As head of the Dominion Intelligence Agency, Kathryn Moore is faced with decisions that affect the lives of the billions of citizens she helps monitor and control. Armed with an endless amount of intel, she has normally navigated the moral tightrope of valuing the many over the few with ease. But when one in the echelon of the hierarchy moves against her, she calls his bluff and the price is bloody. Stripped of her power, both literally and figuratively, feeling justified in her blood-soaked actions, Kathryn Moore begins the arduous journey of regaining what was taken from her – at any cost. This is a hybrid prose/comic art book, check out the review copies now!

Chapter 2: THE PERDITION "The man who promises everything is sure to fulfill nothing...and is already on the road to perdition." Demoted and humiliated, the former leader of the DIA, Kathryn Moore refuses to adjust to her new station. Belligerent to her circumstances, she tries her hand at manipulating her new commanding officer - Sicarius. With blood on her hands, and fueled by her thirst for control, she seeks vindication on her path back to power.

"I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become." After the comeuppance at the hands of her new teammates, Kathryn Moore contemplates her revenge while recovering. She thinks she finds an ally with her new commanding officer, Sicarius, only to be betrayed once again. During their confrontation, new information renews her purpose and brings her one step closer to getting back into Overseer's good graces.

"Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine, or idealism." THE ADDICTION - During her confrontation with Sicarius, Kathryn Moore is shown a glimmer of hope, as always, in the form of need-to-know information. Sicarius unknowingly fuels a desperate plan – breaking protocol and disobeying orders, the clock starts to tick against her as she makes a haphazard journey to another world. This is a hybrid prose/comic art book, check out the review copies now!

Kathryn, already on the edge of termination, has a plan to earn her spot back at Overseer’s side. Having recruited Protium to her mission, she knows that her Hail Mary attempt could end as soon as she rematerialized- it could very well be a one- way trip. Can she pull off her plan? Or will her scheming literally be her undoing?

“Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health.” THE DIFFICULTIES With her goal in sight, Kathryn recons her target in the capital of the foreign planet Auxidian - also known as the PYRE. The seat of power for the yet-to-be seen ruler of this planet, Neros. Sicarius, finally notices Kathryn and Samuel's absence, triggering a course of events that could dethrone a god and a monster. This is a hybrid prose/comic art book, check out the review copies now!

"It is the tortured who turn into torturers." THE TORTURED Sicarius breaks all military chain of command and goes rogue. Following the suggestion of Protium, and keeping his commanding officer Orthus out of the loop, Sicarius returns home for the first time since he joined the Dominion on a near-impossible recovery mission of his teammate. He has no idea Kathryn has begun to slowly lose her mind as she is denied reprieve from her captors' pleasure at her suffering. But in the abyss of madness, Kathryn finds an ally. This is a hybrid prose/comic art book, check out the review copies now!