A storm. A crash. A universe rewritten the moment he survives. When Tune pulls a strange device from the wreckage of a falling star, his life ends-and something far more dangerous begins. The device, known only as the Mutacore, doesn't give him power. It reveals him. Nightfall turns into a battlefield as Tune is hunted by creatures wearing his face, pulled into collapsing dimensions, and confronted by a silent figure who always arrives too late: his own brother, Spacie, a ghost the world seems designed to forget. Drawn into Division 3825, an interdimensional organization he somehow founded in another life, Tune must learn to master the Mutacore's Styles-Lockrage, Nightblood, Redline, and more-each one an echo of a version of himself that could have existed. But the Mutacore carries a horrifying truth: He has broken the multiverse before. He is destined to break it again. Hunted by corrupted versions of himself, tormented by missing memories, and guided by allies who know more than they can say, Tune races through fractured worlds to uncover the origin of the Cycle-and the monster he may have already become. The Founder's Protocol has begun. And Tune is out of time. Perfect for fans of Arcane, Ben 10: Alien Force, Into the Spider-Verse, and Destiny 2, The Founder's Protocol launches a multiverse epic full of transformation, identity, cosmic horror, and brotherhood.