DeepBound Volume 1

Twenty-two-year-old cave explorer Ren Vale has spent his life searching for places no one has ever seen. But when an expedition takes him impossibly deep beneath the Earth, his descent becomes a one-way journey into the unknown. After ten days underground, Ren discovers something that should not exist. Another world. Beneath the crust lies Agartha—a vast realm with its own sky, oceans, ecosystems, civilizations, and creatures. Ren’s journey eventually brings him to Lumen, where he learns of mysterious injections called Serums, capable of awakening extraordinary abilities known as Gifts. But these powers are controlled, traded, and fought over—and behind them lies the influence of the dangerous organization known as Black Needle. Ren came underground looking for unexplored caves. Instead, he found an entire world. And the deeper he goes, the more he realizes that Agartha may be hiding secrets far greater than the way back home.