PendulumUpdated at May 10, 2022, 19:49
Zane Mallick lived an ordinary life. Everything in his life was the way it was supposed to be. Then, three years ago, things started changing. His best friend rescued a street girl, who started living with them. Zane’s father started travelling more, and he wasn’t as present as he used to be. Then a year later, someone killed his father and Zane discovered the truth that his father wasn’t who he thought he was.
Things get more complicated when Zane discovers his father had a son who was also a private investigator. When Zane thinks things can’t get even more insane, he uncovers the dark truth about who he is. Zane has a rare DNA strand called AE. And the street girl who now lives with his best friend has it too. That can’t be a coincidence. Fast forward to the present and Zane is living a lie. He is keeping so many secrets from those he cares about that it’s unravelling him.
To make matters worse, there’s a killer on the loose. He is killing anyone who has the AE DNA strand. The killer is connected with his father. They call him the Pendulum Killer. His target was to kill Zane. Now, Zane is on the run and has nowhere to turn to. The only thing left to do is figure out what all this means. Zane and his friends embark on a journey that opens their minds to an unknown world.
Zane has no choice. Either he does this, or he allows the secrets to take over his life. Now that he understands the hunter is in fact a bounty hunter, there’s danger wherever Zane looks. He meets a man called Umbra. Who he believes has the answer to who he is and why he’s being hunted. Though, finding the truth might ultimately change Zane’s worldview. It is then that he realizes his father held onto an even more dangerous lie. A secret that can forever alter the course of Zane’s life.
With time running out and a bounty hunter on the loose, Zane finds himself trapped. Either he fully embraces his destiny or he defies it. Regardless of what path he chooses, he can’t turn back the clock. His life and the lives of those he loves depends on him stopping the bounty hunter and the man he works for. Not knowing who he can fully trust and having to rework through his memories, it occurs to Zane that he never really knew his father. The man he thought he was he lied about. Zane questions about who he really is and how can he fulfill his destiny. They are unknown forces that want to prevent that from happening. And unseen forces that are trying to help him out. For Zane, the two most important things are saving his loved ones and finding out the truth. The latter could lead him down a perilous road. One that Zane is not prepared for.
In this gripping tale of discovery and coming to terms with reality comes a story about a seventeen-year-old boy who discovers that he has a greater destiny than he ever imagined. It is the destiny that will forever change the world.