Planet Zero #1

Welcome to Crescent City, the political, cultural, and economic hub of North America in the year 2194. Trillionaire sorcerer Dr. Aliestair Martius and his apprentice Genix report disturbing news to a secret cabal of vampires. Little do they know that the head of this cabal, the vampire Marquis de Sade, is an agent of AntarctiCorp, the autocratic megacorporate state and reigning global superpower. Genix’ android friend Psymon may be the best psychologist on the planet, but his new patient is the target of its best assassin. This shouldn’t surprise him, however, since his patient is the planet’s best journalist, on the trail of a story that will change everything. Meanwhile, their neurosurgeon pal Dr. Bob is working with a telekinetic child in a coma, at a hospital under mysterious ownership. But while he’s learned a great deal about the boy’s powers, he and his friends have only begun to scratch the surface of his employer’s sinister plans. Hear the gruesome sounds of the deadball diplomacy league! Smell the stench of an underground lair of undead horror writers! Feel the fury of a global zombie outbreak! See the brutal logistics of the evacuation of Earth! Taste the bittersweet end of humanity as we know it! Sense it all, in MirthQuake's signature blend of hard sci-fi, cut with trashy fantasy, and an extra helping of postmodern gibberish.