The Chronicles of Puffin: Remastered

**The Chronicles of Puffin Part I: Remastered** (abbreviated as **TCOP1: R**) is an remastered Shadowverse novel written by Tex Cornwallis III. The official name is "**The Father of Evil.**" It serves as a reboot to the original Chronicles of Puffin, with two more installments having been confirmed. The novel released two days early, on January 19th, 2024, to critical acclaim.

## The Chronicles of Puffin Part I: Remastered

"The Father of Evil"

A teaser title image

## Description

Serving as a remaster to the original novel, “The Father of Evil” follows a anthropomorphic puffin as he obeys the command of a mysterious deity. But rebellious thoughts threaten to break everything that Puffin has ever known.

## Plot

In 1981 Poland, two teens encounter an entity known as Admiral, who kills them both. The entity appears with a young puffin, and Admiral orders the puffin to work for him now.

Three years later, the Cold War is at its breaking point as Admiral, Puffin, and new recruit Frigid wish to send the world into a nuclear holocaust by initiating World War III. After hijacking a submarine, missiles from both the United States and the Soviet Union are launched, decimating both countries, especially the US. The trio retreats to their Alaskan base, where Admiral orders Puffin and Frigid to storm a Soviet lab to find a bio-engineered virus with no cure. The two arrive in Siberia, where they storm a three-story laboratory and enter the containment room. Frigid tries to unlock the case to the virus, but in doing so activates a self-destruct sequence. Puffin grabs the virus sample, and the two make it out of the facility as it explodes, killing everyone inside. He falls unconscious outside.

Puffin awakes in an unknown location as a voice inside his head tells him to open a door. As Puffin does so, he is transported to a wormhole and is barraged with events occurring in Part I of the Shadowverse. He is then transported to a grassy hill, where a man kills another man in cold blood. A voice in the wormhole warns Puffin of “The Taker” and then Puffin sees himself being kidnapped by Admiral from his home. With shock, Puffin realizes that Admiral is “The Taker”.

Puffin is awoken by Frigid, who reveals that Admiral has left them to die. The two attempt to flee through a wormhole, but Frigid is killed by a Dark Being that Admiral has summoned. With no hesitation, Puffin jumps through the wormhole, transporting him to Paterson, New Jersey.

## Development

On December 12th, 2023, the book was confirmed. Soon after, the title page was released along with a shot of the prologue. Details about the book were also confirmed, such as that it would combine the first two books (including the cancelled third book) for a remaster of the series.

On December 15th, the prologue was released. On that same date, the book was confirmed to just be Book 1 Remastered, with Books 2 and 3 confirmed to be coming at a later date.

On January 1st, 2024, the release date was revealed to be January 21st, 2024.

On January 19th, 2024, the book had a surprise release to all audiences.

## Reception

For its official Shadowmeter ranking, the book stands at a 96%, indicating ‘critical acclaim’. The book is regarded as one of if not the best book in the Shadowverse, with praises for its length, writing, and plot line, although reception on the characters was mixed.