A rescue becomes an awakening. A man becomes more than mortal.Shawn Rourke has built his life on service lawman, husband, father. He's not chasing glory. He's chasing purpose.But on a storm-lashed night in the Sierra Nevada foothills, a desperate dive rescue shatters the boundaries of what he thought was possible.Dragged from the river into a starless void, Shawn stands before the Primordials ancient architects of existence. They do not ask. They imprint.The Codex fuses into him, igniting powers he doesn't yet understand and binding him to a purpose older than Earth itself.Back in the mortal world, nothing feels the same.Threads of golden light beneath his skin. Whispers without sound. An unfamiliar star burning where no star should be.This is not the story of a man gaining strength.This is the story of a man discovering the cost of already having it.Echelon Prime - Issue #1: The Mortal Resonance is the gripping first chapter in an epic saga of cosmic scale and human heart where the line between protector and legend begins to blur."The Codex didn't just choose him. It remembered him."