Exodus: The Valiant Chronicles

It began with a crack of thunder and a flash of green light seen around the globe. A hundred thousand people, in the blink of an eye, are gone. Growing up in a desolate and loveless home, Vann always had two choices in life: to press forwards or fall into a pit of despair like his fathers before him. Never one to be deterred, Vann spent each day in pursuit of something greater, until he too was caught up in the storm that shook the world. Now alone amongst a crowd of strangers in a mystical, yet deadly world, Vann must press ever-onwards to find purpose and reason and power in his new life. With countless lives hanging in the balance, he must join the ranks of the truly strong, or die trying.