After decades of looking for the Anti-Life Equation, Darkseid finally found the source of it, and he found it not to use it, but to destroy it. This battle took the absolute heaviest hitters DCeased's universe had to offer, including two Supermen, the Spectre, Ares, Black Racer, and Darkseid himself. According to Ares, Erebos had destroyed many universes before Darkseid accidentally drew his attention to the universe of DCeased.
Erebos is absolutely massive in stature and power.
When the heroes finally manage to confront Erebos, it's a terrifying sight. What was long thought to just be a mathematical equation was actually part of the literal personification of darkness. Erebos brought a dark crisis by driving everyone who was infected with the Anti-Life Virus into a violent frenzy, and the remaining heroes eventually decide to take the fight to Erebos directly, where readers finally get to see the Anti-Life Equation in its true physical form. Darkseid had unintentionally gotten the attention of Erebos, the Greek God of Darkness. After Darkseid accidentally corrupted the Anti-Life equation, he drew the attention of a primordial god, one that had long ignored the DC Universe. Readers get to see the true form of the Anti-Life Equation in DCeased: War of the Undead Gods #8 by Tom Taylor, Trevor Hairsine, Lucas Meyer, Andy Lanning, and Rain Beredo. (Mar.Warning: contains spoilers for DCeased: War of the Undead Gods #8!The universe has long been under threat by Darkseid in his search for the Anti-Life Equation, but Darkseid just came face to face with the physical form of what he's been searching for - and the result is terrifying. The result is a prescient page-turner and a provocative, believable portrayal of the seductive world of virtual gaming. As the narrative moves fluidly between the real world and the game, Poznanski plays with expectations and perception, incorporating SF, mystery, and ghost story elements, along with solid characterizations. When he and several other players investigate who or what is behind Erebos, they unravel a surprisingly personal vendetta at the heart of the game, driving players toward its ultimate, violent purpose. However, he's forced to question his dedication after the game starts to exert its influence on the real world, asking him to perform "missions" with potentially hazardous consequences.
When Nick Dunmore begins playing, he's quickly sucked in, learning the bizarre rules and advancing rapidly. It insists on absolute secrecy and discretion from its players, rewards and punishes in strange ways, and recruits through word-of-mouth. Called Erebos, it's deceptively immersive, insidiously addictive, and so complex that it might even be alive. In London, a new computer game is making the rounds. The lines between reality and fantasy blur in this stunning thriller, originally published in Germany.
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