Montarion Universe · Dodecalogy · 12 books
Khar’Ka — The Guardian of the Millennia
The guardian of Humanity before the Beginning of the End
He helped create Humanity to win a war. For millions of years, he became their only guardian. When the Spulves leave the Blue World, Khar’Ka receives one last mission: to stay on Earth, watch the evolution of the new species, and alert his people if humans become a threat. Forbidden to interfere, he must travel through the millennia in suspension chambers, waking only to assess the progress of the experiment. But from the first awakening, Khar’Ka realises something is wrong. Humans not only survived but started spreading across the planet. Among them runs the blood of Montarion, the strange being who freed the first prisoners from the Spulves laboratories and announced the return of the one who gave him his name. The more Khar’Ka investigates this lineage, the more events he finds that shouldn’t exist: symbols carved before the civilizations that created them, messages written in languages yet to be born, and prophecies that seem to know the future. Across the ages, Khar’Ka witnesses the birth and fall of civilizations. He sees visitors from the stars presenting themselves as gods, human empires turned into instruments of extraterrestrial wars, and hidden forces vying for the dominion of Earth. Unable to remain indifferent, he starts defying the Spulves' orders, protecting people, destroying secret armies and erasing from History the traces of those who sought to enslave Humanity. Every intervention, however, brings him closer to what he fears most: becoming a traitor in the eyes of his own people. Centuries later, among the Mayans, Khar’Ka finds a stone older than any known time travel. On it is inscribed an impossible name: José Monteiro. The name of a man written long before Portugal, the Portuguese language, or the world he will be born in existed. The discovery starts a quest that will cross continents and millennia. Human secret societies become the heirs to the knowledge of Khar’Ka. Some swear to protect Montarion's prophecy; others believe that José will be responsible for the end of the Universe and try to prevent his birth. Meanwhile, old enemies return, false gods regain strength, and the Spulves begin to suspect that their sentinel has stopped being just an observer. As Humanity enters the century of wars, machines and weapons capable of destroying the planet, Khar’Ka faces its greatest doubt: does the species it has protected for millions of years really deserve to survive? The answer will come when the creators return to the Blue World to complete the trial that began at the dawn of Humanity. Facing the threat of extermination, the Heirs of the Secret search for the man whose name has crossed time, while Khar’Ka discovers that Montarion was never just a lineage. It’s a cycle. And José Monteiro is the event that all of History has been preparing for. Torn between loyalty to his people and love for the species he watched grow, Khar’Ka will have to break the oath that kept him captive on Earth and make one final choice: hand Humanity over to its creators or start a war that could doom all the civilizations he swore to protect. Because Khar’Ka was left on Earth to decide when Humanity should die. But his creators never imagined he would learn to believe in it.
Saga books
The Sentinel of the Blue World
The Blood of Montarion
The First Secret War
The Gods Among Men
The War of the Hidden Empires
The Fall of the False Gods
The Stone Before Time
The Name That Did Not Yet Exist
The Heirs of the Secret
The Century of Ashes
The Return of the Creators
Khar’Ka's Last Oath
