The mind behind
the universe

Frank Di Rosa dreamed the ARC story as a ten-year-old boy, across three consecutive nights, and wrote all three parts down in his diary. That first version was, in his own words, a much more childish one — filled with bubble gum, candy wrappers, and the boundless imagination of childhood. He imagined traveling through space, witnessing epic battles among the stars, exchanging laser fire, and possessing extraordinary powers.

That sense of imagination stayed with him until high school, when his life began to change. After experiencing bullying and later going through marriage, two separations, and eventually a divorce, he lost his sense of direction.

On his 50th birthday, he made the decision to revisit the places connected to his childhood memories — the site where his family home once stood, his old school, the flea market where he used to spend hours playing video games. Eventually he visited his former elementary school teacher, whose photographs of the past brought back a flood of warm memories. He suggested organizing a class reunion, and she enthusiastically agreed.

The reunion took place on 2 November 2024, and in many ways it became a turning point in his life. He read passages from his childhood diary aloud to his former classmates and his teacher — including the story he had dreamed over those three nights decades earlier. Some parts were wild, exaggerated and undeniably unrealistic, but there was something compelling hidden within them. One former classmate told him: you have a great imagination, you should write a book about it.

At that moment, something clicked. He began filling notebooks with ideas, and quickly realized that parts of the original story needed to evolve in order to resonate with a broader audience and create a stronger narrative. Nearly two years later he had completed three books, revising them repeatedly to strengthen the storylines, improve continuity, and make the overall arc more cohesive.