Description
In a paradise without death, the first story ever told was the choice to make life mortal-so that hope, art, and meaning could finally be born. Serpent's Vine retells Eden as a paradise where perfection decays the moment imagination awakens. Adam carves the first words in drunken despair, Eve shapes the first pictures from mud, and Felix-wild, gleeful, unrepentant-discovers death by cracking skulls and wielding fire. What begins as pleasure without consequence mutates into violence, chaos, and invention. Each act of destruction-each corpse, each scream, each flame-becomes the soil where story, art, and creation take root. Luce, proud of his "perfect" garden, watches in horror as his children turn his gift inward, crafting weapons from vines and stone, drawing inspiration from pain, and giving language to loss. What was meant to be eternal bliss becomes a battlefield of imagination, where inspiration thrives only because death exists. In this brutal vision of origins, paradise is not lost-it is transformed. For in Eden, death did not end life. It began story.
In a paradise without death, the first story ever told was the choice to make life mortal-so that hope, art, and meaning could finally be born.
About the Author
Matthew Medney Founder, Publisher, Creator Matt Medney is a visionary storyteller, co-founder of Iconic Arts LTD, and Founder, Publisher of Gungnir Books. Former CEO of Heavy Metal Magazine and co-founder of Hero Projects, he is a best-selling author of Beyond Kuiper, Above The Ground, Dark Wing, and The Adventures of Adrienne James. Medney has led major collaborations with icons like Floyd Mayweather Jr., Shaggy, Steve Aoki, and brands such as Disney, the NFL, Coca-Cola, and Live Nation's Rolling Loud. He made history by bringing comic books to the NFL with the Bobby Wagner and Seattle Seahawks graphic novel on Monday Night Football. Medney was also Head Writer for the $300M-raised MMO Star Atlas and continues to innovate in online gaming. Stefan Petrucha is a prolific author whose literary achievements have captivated readers worldwide, with his works selling over a million copies. With a repertoire of over twenty novels, including original works such as Ripper and Dead Mann Walking, Petrucha has proven himself as a storytelling virtuoso. Additionally, he has crafted hundreds of compelling graphic novels, spanning iconic franchises such as The X-Files, Beowulf, Mickey Mouse, and Nancy Drew. He has also delved into the realm of licensed prose novels, penning gripping tales like Spider-Man: Forever Young and Deadpool: Paws for Marvel. His upcoming original science fiction epic, The Stars Within, promises an enthralling read. Born in the Bronx, Petrucha spent his formative years moving between the big city and the suburbs, both of which made him prefer escapism. A fan of comic books, science fiction and horror since learning to read, in high school and college he added a love for all sorts of literary work, eventually learning that the very best fiction always brings you back to reality, so, really, there's no way out. An obsessive compulsion to create his own stories began at age ten and has since taken many forms, including novels, comics and video productions. At times, the need to pay the bills made him a tech writer, an educational writer, a public relations writer and an editor for trade journals, but fiction, in all its forms, has always been his passion. Every year he's made a living at that, he counts a lucky one. Fortunately, there've been many.
Book Information
ISBN 9781962594110
Author Matthew Medney
Format Hardback
Page Count 126
Imprint Gungnir Entertainment
Publisher Gungnir Entertainment
In a paradise without death, the first story ever told was the choice to make life mortal-so that hope, art, and meaning could finally be born.
About the Author
Matthew Medney Founder, Publisher, Creator Matt Medney is a visionary storyteller, co-founder of Iconic Arts LTD, and Founder, Publisher of Gungnir Books. Former CEO of Heavy Metal Magazine and co-founder of Hero Projects, he is a best-selling author of Beyond Kuiper, Above The Ground, Dark Wing, and The Adventures of Adrienne James. Medney has led major collaborations with icons like Floyd Mayweather Jr., Shaggy, Steve Aoki, and brands such as Disney, the NFL, Coca-Cola, and Live Nation's Rolling Loud. He made history by bringing comic books to the NFL with the Bobby Wagner and Seattle Seahawks graphic novel on Monday Night Football. Medney was also Head Writer for the $300M-raised MMO Star Atlas and continues to innovate in online gaming. Stefan Petrucha is a prolific author whose literary achievements have captivated readers worldwide, with his works selling over a million copies. With a repertoire of over twenty novels, including original works such as Ripper and Dead Mann Walking, Petrucha has proven himself as a storytelling virtuoso. Additionally, he has crafted hundreds of compelling graphic novels, spanning iconic franchises such as The X-Files, Beowulf, Mickey Mouse, and Nancy Drew. He has also delved into the realm of licensed prose novels, penning gripping tales like Spider-Man: Forever Young and Deadpool: Paws for Marvel. His upcoming original science fiction epic, The Stars Within, promises an enthralling read. Born in the Bronx, Petrucha spent his formative years moving between the big city and the suburbs, both of which made him prefer escapism. A fan of comic books, science fiction and horror since learning to read, in high school and college he added a love for all sorts of literary work, eventually learning that the very best fiction always brings you back to reality, so, really, there's no way out. An obsessive compulsion to create his own stories began at age ten and has since taken many forms, including novels, comics and video productions. At times, the need to pay the bills made him a tech writer, an educational writer, a public relations writer and an editor for trade journals, but fiction, in all its forms, has always been his passion. Every year he's made a living at that, he counts a lucky one. Fortunately, there've been many.
Book Information
ISBN 9781962594110
Author Matthew Medney
Format Hardback
Page Count 126
Imprint Gungnir Entertainment
Publisher Gungnir Entertainment
