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Verse I: Separated and En-Tranced
Witness the birth of a vast new UniverseIn the year 2107AD the firmament containing Earth's atmosphere was shattered, granting access to the expanse of aether above. By conquest, an Earth-wide power called the United Earth Empire breached the heavens, forcibly expanding man's reign into the Great Liquidity. By 2230AD that Empire failed, just as every one before it. Breaking loose, an offshoot of that power arose promising to bring mankind into an age of Eternal Enlightenment. This new and better government called itself the One Earth Ascendancy.
Now, the year is 2277EE, and Laban Cyrillian has separated from Ascendancy service. His wife is pregnant - a rare and taboo subject among the common debtor - and he is the project director overseeing the largest aetherstation ever constructed.
Meanwhile, Azaniah Strayer is a Persecutor among the Vestiary of Pursuers, and the unfortunate offspring of a civil war called the Pogrom. Among their own, the Strayers are despised. Tolerated at best. But it is the Vestiary's Song of Prophecy which foretells that a man of a rebellious nature will forever change the Universe.
Bear witness to Laban, Azaniah, and their friends, enemies, and love-interests as they partake on a journey that will span the aether, the planes of existence, and all the Universe.
For the Universe is vast...and mankind will find its foundations in the Milky Way shaken.
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News, updates, lore, and other information about The Universal Testaments can be found at tutseries.com
Now, the year is 2277EE, and Laban Cyrillian has separated from Ascendancy service. His wife is pregnant - a rare and taboo subject among the common debtor - and he is the project director overseeing the largest aetherstation ever constructed.
Meanwhile, Azaniah Strayer is a Persecutor among the Vestiary of Pursuers, and the unfortunate offspring of a civil war called the Pogrom. Among their own, the Strayers are despised. Tolerated at best. But it is the Vestiary's Song of Prophecy which foretells that a man of a rebellious nature will forever change the Universe.
Bear witness to Laban, Azaniah, and their friends, enemies, and love-interests as they partake on a journey that will span the aether, the planes of existence, and all the Universe.
For the Universe is vast...and mankind will find its foundations in the Milky Way shaken.
***
News, updates, lore, and other information about The Universal Testaments can be found at tutseries.com
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Published November 30, 2025
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March 19, 2026
THE BIRTH OF A SERIES THAT GOES INTO AND BEYOND THE CYBERPUNK GENRE
It’s arrived. The birth of a series that expertly blends both dystopian sci-fi and fantasy into a genre that most closely resembles cyberpunk, but goes beyond that genre’s conventional tropes and themes and delves into something much deeper — the spiritual dimension and the potential origin of all life.
The story follows two main characters from different walks of life within the One Earth Ascendancy (OEA) , Laban Cryllian — who reminds me of a more badass, war-hardened Han Solo if he was redeveloped within the tone and style of Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic (a.k.a KOTOR) — and Azaniah Strayer, a powerful and gifted persecutor within the Vestiary of Pursuers that are sort of like a gang of Sith Lord’s on hyperbolic steroids. Without giving too much away, Laban is a rebel war hero with a biological pregnant wife (a rarer and rarer phenomenon in the OEA) who, despite his best efforts, keeps getting pulled into the fray, and Azaniah is a rising power that is conflicted about his order and has the ability to see into some unknown realm or future, and we’re not sure if his path will ultimately be one of good or evil.
The world building in this first installment is phenomenal. It takes its time setting up the plot and universe, opening with a 50 page prologue and epic sci-fi action battle, giving us the impression that the Universal Testaments will be quite the substantial series (by my estimation, at least 3-9 books), in which Verse 1 is just a part. Also, the cover art interior design of this book is impeccable (I got the hardback), and I would definitely nominate it for the greatest sci-fi/ fantasy covers ever created for the market, taking us back to a time where real artists created real art for books that have real souls, before computer generate covers dominated the market, and even lesser now, AI slop that pains the eyes. No, this TUT Series first installment cover is a true piece of art to represent the soul of the story beneath, something once seen in classic sci-fi novels such as Dune, War of the Worlds, and A Wrinkle in Time, all to which I’d say this cover is even stronger.
Despite the age old advice, it is my personal belief that you can and should judge a book by it’s cover, and the story here beneath the art delivers.
It’s arrived. The birth of a series that expertly blends both dystopian sci-fi and fantasy into a genre that most closely resembles cyberpunk, but goes beyond that genre’s conventional tropes and themes and delves into something much deeper — the spiritual dimension and the potential origin of all life.
The story follows two main characters from different walks of life within the One Earth Ascendancy (OEA) , Laban Cryllian — who reminds me of a more badass, war-hardened Han Solo if he was redeveloped within the tone and style of Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic (a.k.a KOTOR) — and Azaniah Strayer, a powerful and gifted persecutor within the Vestiary of Pursuers that are sort of like a gang of Sith Lord’s on hyperbolic steroids. Without giving too much away, Laban is a rebel war hero with a biological pregnant wife (a rarer and rarer phenomenon in the OEA) who, despite his best efforts, keeps getting pulled into the fray, and Azaniah is a rising power that is conflicted about his order and has the ability to see into some unknown realm or future, and we’re not sure if his path will ultimately be one of good or evil.
The world building in this first installment is phenomenal. It takes its time setting up the plot and universe, opening with a 50 page prologue and epic sci-fi action battle, giving us the impression that the Universal Testaments will be quite the substantial series (by my estimation, at least 3-9 books), in which Verse 1 is just a part. Also, the cover art interior design of this book is impeccable (I got the hardback), and I would definitely nominate it for the greatest sci-fi/ fantasy covers ever created for the market, taking us back to a time where real artists created real art for books that have real souls, before computer generate covers dominated the market, and even lesser now, AI slop that pains the eyes. No, this TUT Series first installment cover is a true piece of art to represent the soul of the story beneath, something once seen in classic sci-fi novels such as Dune, War of the Worlds, and A Wrinkle in Time, all to which I’d say this cover is even stronger.
Despite the age old advice, it is my personal belief that you can and should judge a book by it’s cover, and the story here beneath the art delivers.
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