Meet the Heroes of RECON for my upcoming novel that’s now underway.
Six Souls. One Mission. A World on the Brink.
The Luminari were the universe’s greatest protectors—beings of pure light from the realm of Elysara.
To save Earth from the encroaching Void, they underwent the RECON Protocol: shedding their immortality to be reborn as humans.
They have no memory of their past at first.
Only the echoes of their power and a drive to find one another before the shadows close in.
Joshua Scott | The Warrior
Identity: A battle-hardened Private Investigator and ex-military operative.
Luminari Essence: J’oshar, the Golden Flame.
The Power: Unyielding resolve and tactical combat mastery. When the blue light takes over, he becomes an unstoppable force of nature.
Timothy Collins | The Strategist
Identity: A brilliant, caffeine-fueled quantum physicist in New York.
Luminari Essence: T’mor, the Silver Whirlwind.
The Power: Strategic intellect. He doesn’t just see the world; he sees the equations and rifts that bind it together.
James Higgins | The Healer
Luminari Essence: J’mar, the Emerald Cascade.
The Power: Soothing energy that can mend fractured spirits and physical wounds alike, acting as the emotional glue of the team.
Identity: A calm, empathetic trauma therapist based in the English countryside.
Ray Regales | The Creator
Identity: A Silicon Valley tech prodigy and garage-dwelling inventor.
Luminari Essence: R’ael, the Azure Spark.
The Power: Pure ingenuity. Ray builds the tools and weapons the team needs to track and trap interdimensional horrors.
Susan Croft | The Truth-Seeker
Identity: A high-stakes investigative journalist who lives for the “big scoop.”
Luminari Essence: S’ura, the Crimson Blaze.
The Power: Exposure. Her light pierces through any illusion, revealing the Void infiltrators hiding in plain sight.
Bailey Underwood | The Seer
Identity: A nomadic astronomer living under the vast, starlit skies of Arizona.
Luminari Essence: B’aila, the Violet Storm.
The Power: Foresight. She bridges the gap between science and spirit, seeing the ripples in time before they strike.
“They are keys to awakening. Joshua, Timothy, James, Ray, Susan, Bailey. Embrace the human frailty; it harbors strengths we lack.” — The Council Elder
THE ENEMY: THE VOID LORDS OF VORATH
“Where light ends, we begin.”
While Earth flourishes with life and color, its mirror dimension—Vorath—is a wasteland of jagged obsidian and eternal decay. The Void Lords do not just want to conquer Earth; they want to harvest it, siphoning the planet’s life force to feed their starving, shadowed realm.
Lord Malachar | The Great Hunger
Role: Supreme Ruler of the Void.
The Form: A towering vortex of inky blackness, pulsing with a malevolent, rhythmic hunger. He does not speak so much as he vibrates with the screams of a thousand harvested worlds.
The Goal: To tear the dimensional veil wide enough to step onto Earth in his true form. If he succeeds, the sun will go dark, and humanity will become nothing more than fuel for his eternal expansion.
Vexara | The Weaver of Lies
Role: Mistress of Psychological Warfare.
The Method: Vexara is a shimmering illusion of beauty masking absolute rot. She is the one who whispers in the ears of the powerful, sowing the seeds of greed, paranoia, and war.
The Threat: She specializes in corrupting the “vessels” of the Luminari. She doesn’t want to kill the heroes—she wants to convince them that Earth isn’t worth saving.
Korvath | The Corrupted Juggernaut
Role: General of the Shadow Legions.
The Form: A hulking mass of corroded armor and ancient malice. Unlike the ethereal Vexara, Korvath craves physical destruction.
The Threat: He is the first to cross the rifts, manifesting as an unstoppable force. He hunts the “Seer” and the “Warrior” specifically, hoping to snuff out the team’s vision and their shield in one brutal strike.
THE INFESTATION: THE SHADOWS
The Void Lords rarely fight their own battles. They deploy Shadows—ethereal parasites that slither through rifts and possess human hosts.
The Politicians: Turning diplomacy into a weapon of division.
The Tycoons: Converting global resources into Void-anchors.
The Common Man: Feeding on everyday despair to widen the rifts.
“They are vulnerable in their flesh. They have forgotten their light. Hunt them. Break them. Let the Recon protocol be their tomb.” — Lord Malachar
And this will be ready for this holiday season in December or before.
Author, Brian K. Larson 