Aftertone

For one thousand years,
humanity believed it was alone.

A thousand years ago you could walk between worlds. Then every door went dark. One of them has just opened again, and one man can hear it.

Chapter five — read it now

New here? Start at Chapter Four — the wall comes down on page two.

A manga by Mike Grady.

CharactersMerch

Chapters

Aftertone chapter five, Aware. Two figures stand before a vast stone ring on a slope of red rubble; through the ring, a rain-soaked forest and a stone road running away under a grey sky.
Chapter Five Aware
Aftertone chapter four, Sounding. A whole bench of an open-cut highwall shears away in a wall of orange dust while one man in a long dark coat stands motionless in the foreground, watching it come.
Chapter Four Sounding

The beginning

Aftertone chapter one, The Anomaly. A young field scientist stands before a vast circle of ancient stone, half in red desert light and half in blue rain.
Chapter One The Anomaly
Aftertone chapter two, Stepping Through. The same figure walks away into the open circle, a rain-lit valley and two moons visible beyond it.
Chapter Two Stepping Through
Aftertone chapter three, Somebody Maintains This. A hooded figure in a long coat walks out of the stone circle carrying a lit hand-lantern, red desert on one side and blue rain on the other.
Chapter Three Somebody Maintains This