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The Reluctant One: When the World Made a Monster - He Made His Own Destiny
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 9 2025
Pages: 182
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.42 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Ren Kaido was engineered to be perfect-fast, precise, unstoppable. A living weapon built in a hidden lab and trained to obey without question.
But perfection has a price, and Ren refuses to pay it.
After escaping the scientist who created him, Ren is thrust into a city ruled by surveillance drones, corrupt corporations, and a rising storm of violence. Lost, wounded, and unsure of who he is meant to be, Ren collides-literally-with Kai Sato, a fearless street fighter whose reckless courage is matched only by his loyalty.
Dragged into a rebellion he never intended to join, Ren becomes part of an offbeat crew of rebels:
a neon-bright tech genius, a sharpshooter with trust issues, a jittery mystic with unpredictable powers, and Kai-the fighter who refuses to let Ren face his demons alone.
But Dr. Vesper Rayleon will not let her masterpiece remain free.
She unleashes Prototype-Zero, a monstrous, upgraded version of Ren built to reclaim him-and destroy anyone who stands in the way.
Now Ren must confront the darkest parts of his creation and choose his future:
return to the cage he escaped...
or fight for a life he never believed he could have.
Explosive, emotional, and relentlessly cinematic, The Reluctant One is a sci-fi adventure about identity, rebellion, and the messy, stubborn people who become family in the chaos.
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