"Mages and Engineers can't cooperate. Not even against a common enemy."

     Eli considers himself to be a pretty normal guy--who just happens to also be able to use magic. At the beginning of his sophomore year at the University of Kansas, Eli moves into the Scholarship Halls, a set of quirky dorms that secretly function as a magnet program for magic-users, or mages, across the country. The mages living in Schol-Hall Land are free to study, practice, and talk about their craft relatively openly. Sounds great, right? Unfortunately, a long-running feud with a group of non-mages living across campus has cast a bloody shadow over the Scholarship Halls, and Eli joins the Schol-Hall community right as the feud is reaching a boiling point. Through a mixture of luck and skill, Eli draws the attention of some of the most influential voices on both sides the conflict. His choices may be able to set things right--unless he loses his own life in the process.
     The story and music of Catalyst ​will be written by Isaiah Hastings, and the art will be drawn by Jamie Holdeman.

Early concept art of one of Catalyst's major characters, drawn by Jamie Holdeman