He died.

He came back.

Now he has outlived his own identity.

Is he willing to die....again?

In the part of the city known only as the Warrens, we witness the suffering from the extremeness of polarization. Factions separated by race, politics, religion, and special interests have turned the melting pot into a jigsaw puzzle and now the pieces have fallen apart. Political parties have moved in and here is a huge division among the classes and the races.

 

Into this world, murder sets the stage for a cadaver to come back to life for the cadaver was an experiment...an experiment that kept cerebral and corporeal function alive in an artificial sustention of life.

Born is the man now known as Tatters.

Tatters has the ability to speak to both sides of the boundary he has crossed. The living of course, but also the dead and it will be the dead that will provide him with all the answers.

But Tatters, having tasted death once.....will he want to die again for a cause?

Tatters, despite its science fiction and espionage trappings is foremost a gothic story with a gothic protagonist. The lead character is a lost and angry soul who is uncertain what course to pursue....retribution or anonymity. But an image keeps him going, it is of a young woman...a woman he does not know....but might have before. Her vision leads him down a dangerous path…

But to where?

Brief Description: A  gothic story in which a man dies, only to be brought back to life again because of a bizarre experiment. He is confronted by a governmental agency who feel he is a threat yet he doesn’t know why. He is unsure what his goal is but he knows one thing, he does not want to die again.

Key Elements: Government conspiracy. An eerie, almost creepy protagonist. All weaved into a story of love and espionage.

Association: Mix in the elements of X-Files and The Crow and it gives you an idea of where Tatters will most appeal.

Format: The structure of Tatters should be one of discovering...who he is and why he is. Afterwards, Tatters could become an ongoing saga that has the character fit into a world where everything is disjointed and disunited.