Story The creators of Akeron embrace the notion that storytelling and imagination can be enough to motivate people to act - to change their world..



Akeron is a forsaken place on a small, isolated island. There is no history and no future. The destroyed city festers at the foot of a gigantic tower that rises like a monolith from the center of the island. The island is permanently shrouded by thick black clouds, plunging it into a permanent state of near-darkness. It’s been like this for ages. On Akeron, no one has ever seen the light of day...



The people of Akeron are permitted to exist by the unseen superior beings that live above the black clouds, so long as they provide electricity to the tower. A mysterious race of Elders controls the coal mines and everything else that exists on the island. They spy on the people of Akeron and warn them to abide by the strictest of rules and that curiosity kills. Yet a 17-year-old boy, Machai, befriends a group of rebellious teenagers, and follows them to a secret place they go...



Over the past decade William Maher has been developing the dystopian storyworld of Akeron. Set on this post-apocalyptic stage, the extreme future scenario mapped here is desperate and threatening, but also terrifyingly possible. We go way beyond the post-megawar state and reach far into the evolution of humans, both in their physical forms and their cerebral development. Ultimately, Ascent From Akeron is about the power of the human spirit and its ability to overcome oppression.