by ChrisL555
John wakes up in a world that already knows who he is. Stabbed protecting a stranger and expecting a hospital bed, John instead opens his eyes in a forest shack—uninjured, dressed in peasant clothes, and carrying an identification card bearing a name that isn’t his: John Cobblestone. When he reaches the walled city of Blackstone, the truth becomes impossible to ignore. Cars, phones, and the life he knew don’t exist here. His questions earn laughter. His name earns judgment. In Blackstone, status is everything—and the world has already decided he belongs at the bottom. Stripped of his old identity and quietly sorted into the peasant class, John must survive a city built on rigid hierarchy, unspoken rules, and a past he never lived. But as he struggles to understand why this world recognizes him—and what the name Cobblestone truly means—John begins to realize that losing his old life may have been only the beginning. Because in Blackstone, names carry weight. And the wrong one can change everything.
