City Beyond The Last Gate

Jack Mercer survived Blackwater.Now reality knows his name.Stranded far beyond the world he knows, Jack finds himself in an impossible city suspended between realities—a place where the streets end at the edge of existence and an enormous gate stands between the city and something that should never be allowed through.The people of the city have been waiting for him.They even built his statue.According to their history, Jack Mercer is the Destroyer of the Five Anchors.And tomorrow, their city will fall.Jack refuses to believe a future written in stone cannot be changed. But the deeper he searches for the truth, the worse it becomes. Other versions of Jack have come before him. Ancient forces have manipulated the Anchors for centuries. The mysterious Keepers are hiding secrets of their own, and something beyond the Last Gate has been waiting a very long time for Anchor Zero to arrive.But the city is only the beginning.As Jack fights his way back towards Blackwater, he discovers that the network connecting worlds is far larger—and far older—than anyone imagined. Entire civilisations have been hidden. Histories have been erased. Trillions of lives may depend upon systems built by beings who regard people as little more than components.Jack has heard that argument before.This time, he intends to change the rules.With his family and friends scattered across worlds, the Anchors failing and powerful forces determined to restore the old order, Jack must decide what matters more: preserving a system that has survived for countless ages…Or giving the people trapped inside it the freedom to choose what comes next.And beneath Blackwater, the oldest door in existence is waiting.The City Beyond the Last Gate is Book Two of The Chronicles of Blackwater, a fast-paced science-fiction fantasy adventure filled with alternate worlds, impossible cities, ancient mysteries, shifting timelines, friendship, family and choices powerful enough to reshape reality.Because sometimes the most dangerous thing in the universe isn't opening a door.It's deciding who has the right to close it.