Rainbows Wane

Rainbows Wane is a surreal and electrified dive into the limits of science fantasy following one man's quest to clear his name and save the shattered universe.

A soul divided cannot survive. The Vaynegia created itself, going against all natural laws and twisted reality into a magnetic state of decay called the schism. This schism splits the very soul and dooms its victims to burn away. In the twenty-fourth century our hero, Sayth, is searching for an interdimensional creature who can end this plight.

Sayth would rather be lucky than good, any day of the week. But he wasn't lucky. His luck had run so dry, in fact, he'd been framed for the destruction of a planet and told by a mad god that the universe would end in three days. -And there were none better.

Sayth joins Spiral, the guardian of a pocket dimension and the one woman who knows his innocence. Along their journey, they rescue two reluctant dragons—one a pompous actress who has studied at the finest academic institutions and the other a timid biological engineer who once was trounced by genetically modified fruit. Together, they traverse ancient battlegrounds, cities in crisis, and surrealistic horrors, unfolding the truth of how ancient civilizations used the Vaynegia to create a society that bends reality to their whims—at a price—and discover a well-intended plot to end the universe. Can Sayth overcome the losses of his past and learn to love again? Can he clear his name and stop the mad god's plans in time? The clock's ticking. The rainbow's broken. The rainbow wanes.

Matthew Stirts is an artist, caregiver, and author. He has always loved the art of creation throughout many mediums from painting to poetry and has been building worlds his whole life— out of Legos and clay when he was a child and digital illustration and novel writing as an adult. He believes words on a page should be like art on a canvas: playfully abstract yet keenly engaging. When not working on the abundance of projects that fill his head and home, he likes to read and hike in the beautiful state of Colorado. Rainbows Wane, the first book in his Signature series, is his debut novel.