Ed Rodriguez
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Ed Rodriguez

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Ed Rodriguez is a Bronx-born Navy submarine veteran whose creative work spans multiple mediums, from prose fiction to tabletop game design. His military background includes training at Navy Damage Control and Fire Fighting Schools, experiences that inform the tactical and survival elements woven throughout his storytelling. His debut novel, "No Horizon: Survivor's Edge," examines human psychology under extreme circumstances, while his follow-up, "Animus: Vanishing Point - Tales from the Multiverse," expands into cosmic-scale storytelling that he describes as twenty years of world-building finally given proper form. Both works reflect his interest in how individuals respond when familiar structures collapse-whether societal or cosmic. Rodriguez's creative journey began with the Animus Draft-Building Card Game, where strategic gameplay and narrative depth intersect. The game introduced characters who would later populate his prose work, demonstrating his approach to building interconnected fictional universes where individual stories serve larger thematic purposes. His diverse interests in film, comics, video games, anime, and literature influence his multimedia approach to storytelling. As a former competitive swimmer, martial artist, and fencer, he brings physical understanding to action sequences, while his submarine service provides authenticity to scenarios involving technical problem-solving under pressure. The contrast between his works-from the intimate brutality of post-apocalyptic survival to the philosophical scope of multiversal conflicts-reveals Rodriguez's central fascination with how consciousness responds to impossible circumstances. Whether exploring the tactical decisions of isolated survivors or cosmic entities debating the nature of existence itself, his writing consistently returns to questions of choice, responsibility, and what defines humanity when conventional frameworks fail. Through both his literary work and game design, Rodriguez creates spaces where readers and players must confront difficult questions about power, survival, and the price of knowledge-themes that emerge naturally from someone who has experienced both the isolation of submarine duty and the broader perspectives that military service can provide.
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