The Infernal Age: Flameborn

By: Anson Joaquin

Narrated by: John Pirhalla

The world is in ruins. But when one age ends, another begins—and this one is born in fire.

The Earth is broken. Cities lie in ash. Strange storms swirl over forsaken deserts. And from the breach known as the Demon Gate, mankind’s end pours forth.

Gabriel was changed by the Gate—touched by its flame. Haunted by a link with the demons that he cannot deny, he clings to his humanity and his mission with all the strength he can muster while the laws of nature unravel and magic—raw, unstable, and deadly—awakens.

Traveling toward Los Angeles on a mission to try to stave off the end of humanity, Gabriel and his growing team pass through a land where demons walk the earth—and fly the skies. But the farther they go, the clearer one thing becomes: this was never about saving the world. This is about surviving what comes after it ends.

Blending post-apocalyptic horror with the birth of a new magical epoch, The Infernal Age: Flameborn is the explosive second entry in a series for fans of The Stand, The Broken Earth, and Shadow of the Gods.

A dying Earth. A rising magic. And the last survivors standing at the edge of a new age.

©2025 Anson Joaquin (P)2026 Anson Joaquin

Hell on Earth

Somehow, at the end of the world, at a time when people are willing to kill for half a bottle of water, when there are man-eating demons lurking behind every corner and death is a constant, imminent danger, we can still accommodate a sexually ambiguous "They/Them" who brings nothing to the table except whining. 80% of the population has been decimated, but she still cares about illegal aliens being deported. The author respects his fictional character's pronouns in his writing, which confuses the text. "They" is annoying, and I found myself hoping that the demons would get them next. No, not all of them, just them. They are a good cast of characters, not including them. This is stupid.

Please just write a good story, and leave the political activism to the news anchors.