Joseph Hashimoto is happy with his ordinary life. A man who believes in fairness and just action, Joe’s greatest love is his family. But as he moves about his days, he is completely unaware that his actions are carefully observed. With one momentous decision, Joe’s ordinary life is about to transform into an extraordinary existence. While attempting to save a little girl from danger, Joe is killed in a violent explosion. Instead of dying, however, his soul is brought before the elemental Architects of the Universe, who tell him he has been chosen for a sacred duty. Reborn as Lightrider, the earthly representative of Light, Joe is given leadership of the Elemental Knights, a group of half-man, half-animal beings. Charged with maintaining a delicate balance between good and evil, Joe must police both sides and destroy anyone who threatens to ruin it. As Joe struggles with his conflicting emotions and longing for home, he must face his greatest threat—the ancient Chaos Demons. In this fantasy tale, a man inadvertently thrust into a world of cosmic forces must come to terms with change and accept what needs to be done for the good of all.

When Joe Hashimotos life was ripped away from him in a brutal explosion, it was just the beginning of his adventure. Six years after being reborn as Lightrider, leader of the Elemental Knights, the half-human, half animal keepers of balance, Joe has found his peace with his new life. That sense of purpose is challenged when a new threat arises when the Equites, dangerous talismans sealed away by good and evil, are threatened. To save the world from destruction, the knights must protect the earthbound Equites at any cost. But Joes focus is threatened by strange dreams that pull into an unknown past. And the Knights find themselves divided, with new allies and foes, while a mortal girl begins to enter their world. And though it all, the Chaos Demons watch and wait