The Cultist: Powers, Masks, & Capes Universe, #3

By Tao Wong

The Mysterious Power of the Cultist

 

In this exclusive interview, our intrepid reporter speaks to the enigmatic Cultist, about his past, his present and his future. Whether he is a Cape, a Mask or a Power, the Cultist has remained enigmatic and silent, a figure that pulls the strings of many without revealing much of himself.

 

Now, in this exciting interview, he reveals all.

 

Read the full interview of the Cultist, only available in the Daily Messenger!

 

The Cultist is the third novellete in the Powers, Masks and Capes Universe and is written by bestselling author of the post-apocalyptic LitRPG the System Apocalypse and xianxia A Thousand Li, Tao Wong.
 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Starlit Publishing
• Release date: May 1, 2023
• ISBN: 9781778551215

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The Cultist

A Power, Masks & Capes Novelette

Tao Wong

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Starlit Publishing

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

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The Cultist

A Power, Masks & Capes Novelette

Copyright © 2023 Tao Wong. All rights reserved.

A Starlit Publishing Book

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Ebook ISBN: 9781778551215

Books in the Powers, Masks and Capes Universe

The Technopath

The Paragon

The Cultist

Contents

The Cultist

Author's Note

About the Author

About the Publisher

The Cultist

I knew better, but I did it anyway. What can I say? I’ve always been a weak man.

When I first gained my Powers, I was thirty-eight and a loser. Sure, I had a decent job managing logistics for a multi-national company, but it wasn’t an important job. All I did was make sure the containers from one factory made it to another.

Yes, it was both more and significantly less complicated than that. But compared to someone like the Paragon or the Vigilante? Capes who had saved the world over and over again?

Loser.

It’s hard, living in a world where gods in all but name walk the earth. Where celebrities who are famous for nothing more than being famous and pretty, or having a cool – or different – Power, exist. Where the rich flaunt their wealth, the conmen tell you how small you are, and the religious rant about how we’re all going to hell. Where meteors rain down upon you