Volume 1

**Volume 1 - "*The Exam*"** is the first volume of *Armistice*. It contains chapters 1-22.

The volume can be accessed here.

## Plot Summary

At a young age, Mack Mendoza witnesses a reality show star he's familiar with entering the Promised Land. He learns from his foster parents that the Promised Land is a place for the most special of individuals, but that nobody who enters ever leaves. Finding this to be abnormal, Mack decides to devote his life towards getting himself into the Promised Land. Because of his determination, his best friend, Dave Malder, promises that either he or Mack will get into the Promised Land. After practicing for many years, both Mack and Dave pass both the fitness and intellectual requirements for taking an exam that decides who will get into the Promised Land or not. Before even entering the exam, Mack and Dave have to contend with the rich Chris Meedlemeyer and his followers. Their actions to get past the group make them the group's enemies, which makes them have to deal with Chris's group during the first portion of the exam, which involves studying from a textbook. While dealing with Chris's group, they meet a social justice hacker named Valencia and a pink-dressed girl named Chelsea. Both pass to the second portion of the exam, a physically taxing obstacle course, where they deal with another adversary: a giant by the name of Umoga Loinfield.

While the exam is taking place, the son of Kaipa's President and the head proctor of the exam, Ryan Dylard, attempts to push a public agenda to prepare for war against Demons who are invading the world. While proctoring the exam, he watches as the city of one of his friends, Miles Megacity, is invaded by Demons.

## List of Chapters

* Chapter 1 - They Never Leave: A young child, Mack Mendoza, learns about the Promised Land and wants to find out why nobody ever leaves.
* Chapter 2 - They Never Leave Part 2: Mack and his best friend, Dave Malder, train for an exam to get into the Promised Land.
* Chapter 3 - Train to Fourth Hampshire: Mack and Dave go to the location of the Promised Land Exam, Fourth Hampshire, and encounters the rich Chris Meedlemeyer and his followers.
* Chapter 4 - The Testing Facility: Mack and Dave attempt to find a way past Chris and his followers so that they can enter the Promised Land Exam's testing facility.
* Chapter 5 - The Examinees: Mack and Dave take a look at the other participants of the exam and meet their head proctor, who is the son of their country's President.
* Chapter 6 - The Exam Rules: Ryan Dylard, the exam's head proctor, explains the rules of the exam and warns the examinees that a Demon invasion is guaranteed. The examinees are left with textbooks to read by the next part of the test.
* Chapter 7 - Proctor: Ryan is scolded by his father over the phone for being so assertive about a Demon invading the Promised Land Exam.
* Chapter 8 - The First Test: Mack and Chris read through their rulebooks to find out how to pass the first test, and they end up encountering a part of Chris's group yet again.
* Chapter 9 - The Meedlemeyer Accusation: Dave bluffs his way towards convincing Chris's followers, specifically their leader Valencia, that he might not have been the one that sent out a rumor-filled text that divided his group.
* Chapter 10 - Camera Four: Ryan watches as a giant holds back other examinees from reaching the exit locker, and he finds out that his friend is in the midst of a Demon invasion.
* Chapter 11 - The Pink Dress: While stuck as a prisoner of Valencia's group, Mack finally gets to speak to a girl in an old-looking pink dress.
* Chapter 12 - Miles Tax Excursion: Four Demons attack Miles Megacity, the city of Ryan's friend, and attempt to kidnap the city's mayor.
* Chapter 13 - The Magician Demon: A high-ranking magician Demon confronts one of the four invading Demons and states that it is too early for the Demons to be invading.
* Chapter 14 - Locker 712: Mack, Dave and Valencia's group all attempt to pass through the exit locker to reach the next test.
* Chapter 15 - The Second Test: The second test of the exam is shown to be an obstacle course consisting of five obstacles, where falling off results in immediately failing the exam.
* Chapter 16 - Stepping Stones: Chastity, Chris's girlfriend, catches Mack and Dave and attempts to have them both fail the exam.
* Chapter 17 - Jumping Balls: The giant from before, named Umoga Loinfield, starts traversing the obstacle course. This forces Mack, Dave and their new comrade Chelsea to press onward.
* Chapter 18 - The Ladder Rungs: With the threat of Umoga looming, Mack, Dave and Chelsea are pressured towards taking the next set of obstacles in spite of not being prepared for them.
* Chapter 19 - The Reflex Wall: Mack has to deal with immense trauma as he tries to pass the fourth obstacle without any preparation beforehand.
* Chapter 20 - Agel's Speech: Miles Megacity's chief of police, Agel, speaks about the losses from the Demon invasion and helps Ryan with his own campaign.
* Chapter 21 - The Fifty Foot Wall: The remaining examinees attempt to cross the fifth obstacle before Umoga can reach them.
* Chapter 22 - Myti: While recent failing examinees vacate the facility's premises, an unremarkable-looking individual along with several others try to get a despised examinee kicked out.

## Biographies

Biographies are listed for the following characters:

* Mack Mendoza
* Dave Malder
* Chris Meedlemeyer
* Ryan Dylard
* Valencia Ramirez