MAN UP.

MFEC-19, aka "The Beast," is an offshore oil platform behemoth in the Pacific Northwest. Kyle Hamilton, an experienced derrickhand who has survived a brush with death, is its newest resident. Forced back into the drilling world to pay for his wife's cancer treatment, Kyle is thrilled and terrified to be part of the team that keeps the monster in check.

But the Beast bows to no man.

One slip, one mistake, and hell breaks loose above the storm-swept water. Kyle and his crew find themselves in the fiery jaws of death as the Beast thrashes itself apart, unleashing an industrial cataclysm unlike anything the world has ever seen. Using his quick wits, hoping for good luck, and praying for a miracle, Kyle tries desperately to save himself and those around him, but the will to survive comes with heavy costs.

And the Beast will show no mercy.

    Each member of As Cities Burn differed greatly from one to the next in regards to spirituality and theology. Sure there was plenty of common ground, but no real way to all be 100% behind every single action, thought, or word spoken by any one member of the band [...]
    When you gain notoriety, people start to look at you as role models, but they do that through their own lens of what they believe a role model should be. Add religion into the mix and it intensifies exponentially. Fans have their version of Christianity [...] then they take this and apply it to the bands they love. When the bands fail to fit into that box, the fan feels betrayed (Lunsford, Backstage, 113).