about the author
Stephen L. Rolston
Stephen L. Rolston has been an enthusiastic reader of Fantasy since first reading the Lord of the Rings when he was ten years old. He played Dungeons and Dragons when it was first released. He loves inventing and telling stories to his children and now his grandchildren. He has been in software consulting for over forty years and has traveled around the world including Tokyo. Many of the aspects of this story come from his direct experiences. Not the magic yet, unfortunately, but perhaps there is still time. Stephen lives and works with software in Texas and writes when he can. More is to come.
about the book
Rising Sun
In 2036, the world does not explode.
It simply stops working.
Electricity fails. Engines die mid-flight. Guns will not fire. The laws of modern physics collapse overnight and magic returns.
Software consultant Jack Adams arrives in Tokyo hours before the shift. When technology vanishes, he discovers something impossible. He can wield elemental magic. As society descends into chaos, vampires emerge from hiding, werewolves hunt the living, spirits linger among the dead, and ancient forces rise to claim a world no longer protected by science.
The Reversion is not random.
For millennia, an 800-year cycle has governed reality, with technology fading into magic and magic fading back into technology. Humanity forgot. The cycle did not.
RISING SUN
The Cycle of Reversion
Stephen L. Rolston
ISBN: 9781977286208
February 21, 2026
People fight to survive in a newly tech-less world teeming with magic and mythical creatures in Rolston’s debut fantasy novel
Fifty-six-year-old American software engineer Jack Adams checks into Tokyo’s luxurious Emerald Palace Hotel. It’s a fairly routine business trip…until there’s a blackout followed by one guest transforming into a wolf. Jack protects himself and fellow guests by using magical spells—it’s an instinctual reaction, as he’s never wielded magic before. Additionally, he somehow can understand everyone, regardless of the language they speak. Electricity is out across the city and possibly around the world, so Jack and hotel general manager Satoshi Watanabe do their best to ensure the high-rise Emerald Palace is safe,