Standstill (2024-)

A top-secret temporal device is missing. Its creator, a run-of-the-mill science geek, watches as global events fracture: world leaders are found dead, priceless art vanishes from secure vaults, and impossible crimes dominate every news feed. He alone understands the cause. The perpetrator is Ryker Ruel, a clinically insane sociopath now operating outside the flow of consequence. With time itself as his weapon, Ruel’s personal revenge tour has no apparent end, each frozen moment allowing for a new, grotesque violation of reality. The inventor races against a clock only he can perceive, chasing a phantom through a world held in perfect, silent standstill.