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What do you do when a monster is in your circle?
Zavier Freeman should be focused on one impossible truth: he has force field powers.
One accident changes everything. After waking up in a hospital with no clear explanation for what happened to him, Zavier slowly realizes that something inside him is different. His body reacts before he understands it. His instincts sharpen. His emotions feel heavier. And then, in one terrifying moment, he creates a force field strong enough to save someone he loves.
For a nerdy programmer from Memphis who now lives in Salt Lake City, that should be the biggest thing happening in his life.
It isn’t.
As Zavier tries to understand his new abilities, a darker mystery begins to take shape. Something dangerous is moving through the trees. Something feral. Something wounded. Something powerful enough to turn fear into violence. When that creature crosses into Zavier’s life, he is pulled into a conflict far more personal than any fight against a monster.
Because the truth behind the creature’s existence is not random.
It is connected to someone Zavier knows.
Someone he trusted.
Someone who has been smiling in his face while hiding something horrific behind closed doors.
Before he becomes the hero known as Z-Force, Zavier Freeman must face the painful reality that protection is not just about blocking attacks or throwing up shields. It is about listening when someone is hurting. It is about standing beside people when their world collapses. It is about confronting guilt, betrayal, trauma, and the consequences of not seeing the signs sooner.
As the truth begins to break open, Zavier’s relationships are tested in ways he never expected. His love for Aiden, his loyalty to his friends, his grief over the past, and his fear of becoming someone he hates all collide with the responsibility of his growing power.
But power cannot undo betrayal.
It cannot erase trauma.
And it cannot protect everyone from the fallout of the truth.
Z-Force: Foundations is a character-driven superhero origin story about power, accountability, queer love, trauma recovery, found family, and the devastating discovery that sometimes the monster does not come from the shadows.
Sometimes that monster was sitting right beside you.