-- Piers Anthony’s Split Infinity -- Television Series --

Status: Development 2025

A Television Series Adaptation by True View Entertainment

Logline: A celebrated athlete on a technologically advanced world survives an assassination attempt and stumbles into a parallel magical realm—where he must master sorcery, uncover a conspiracy, and stop a threat that spans both realities.

Split Infinity is a bold and timely television adaptation of Piers Anthony’s cult-classic Apprentice Adept series—blending science fiction, fantasy, and socio-political intrigue into an immersive, genre-defining epic.

• Book 1: Split Infinity

• Book 2: Blue Adept

• Book 3: Juxtaposition

• Book 4: Out of Phaze

• Book 5: Robot Adept

• Book 6: Unicorn Point

• Book 7: Phaze Doubt

Welcome to the Game Beyond the Game

Fantasy is evolving. So is the audience.

For decades, science fiction and fantasy ruled in cycles. Sci-fi looked forward—toward machines, data, and imagined futures. Fantasy looked inward—toward magic, myth, and meaning. Each defined its time and gave audiences something to believe in.

Now, the lines between them are merging—creating a genre space where logic meets legend. And no story captures this fusion more powerfully than Piers Anthony's Apprentice Adept series.

Two Worlds. One Identity. Infinite Stakes.

The story begins with Stile, a citizen of the futuristic world of Proton. Much like the virtual competitions in Ready Player One, Proton’s society is built around an immersive system of Games—spanning physical skill, mental acuity, and social strategy. But these Games are more than sport: they are the economic engine behind Proton’s entire society. Business deals, social hierarchy, and even entertainment revolve around the outcomes of these high-stakes competitions. Success in the Games determines one’s access to privilege and power. Stile is best known as an elite equestrian racer—his unmatched skill in mounted competition has earned him both fame and high rank. But in a society where Games determine everything, his prominence also attracts dangerous attention. Behind his athletic prowess lies a sharp mind for strategy, making him a formidable competitor not just in the arena, but across all facets of the Games. In Proton, being the best doesn't just mean winning—it means surviving. And surviving means earning the right to remain. Time on the planet is a privilege: working-class serfs are granted limited stays, while only elite, oligarchical Citizens enjoy permanent residence and the freedom to shape their own destinies.

When he learns someone wants him dead, Stile is forced onto a new path. After losing his racing career, he must enter a high-stakes Tournament hosted by the Game Annex—a prestigious event that determines legal Citizenship. Winning it is now his only way to survive, uncover his would-be assassin, and maintain any form of agency in a society built on structured competition.

In the midst of this struggle, Stile discovers Phaze—a parallel world connected to Proton. Where Proton is ruled by science, Phaze is shaped by magic, reminiscent of The Witcher in its tone and lore. Every person on Proton has a counterpart in Phaze, though most are unaware. Stile’s counterpart, however, has just been murdered.

Already well-versed in the logic of Proton, Stile is suddenly thrust into the unfamiliar world of Phaze—a reality as disorienting and layered as The Matrix. There, he must navigate spells, prophecies, and mythical beings while reconciling his place across both realms. As the mystery of his counterpart’s death deepens, he begins to understand that his journey is not only a personal quest for survival—it’s a battle to preserve the delicate balance between science and sorcery. The fate of both worlds depends on him.These twin realms—once part of a unified whole—represent a fracture in reality itself. Earth once shared this connection, but lost its bond with the fantastical. What we now call myth, magic, and legend still exists in Phaze. And through Stile, these worlds are beginning to converge. Two worlds. One player. Two paths to power.

As the boundaries between realities begin to blur, so do the boundaries of connection.

In Proton, Stile is accompanied by Sheen—an android assigned to protect and assist him. What begins as a standard security protocol evolves into something much more complex. Sheen’s advanced programming allows her to develop emotional depth and fierce loyalty, challenging the traditional limits of artificial intelligence and revealing a relationship rooted in trust, companionship, and unexpected empathy.

In Phaze, Stile finds himself protected by Neysa, a unicorn whose bond with him defies logic and deepens with every trial. As their journey unfolds, Neysa transforms—literally and symbolically—into a being who forces Stile to reexamine what love and connection mean across species, dimensions, and identities. She is both myth and reality, instinct and intellect, a partner who reflects his innermost self.

And within Phaze’s tangled emotional legacy, Stile meets Lady Blue—the widow of his slain counterpart. Drawn together by echoes of a life not his own, their relationship is layered with love, grief, and destiny. Lady Blue offers Stile a glimpse of the man he might have been, and the role he must now grow into.

These three relationships—each grounded in a different aspect of his experience—form the emotional and psychological foundation of Stile’s transformation across the twin worlds.

The Medium Has Finally Caught Up to the Message

This adaptation is currently in development with a global creative team and cutting-edge production tools. It stays true to the heart of Anthony’s vision—while reimagining it for modern audiences ready to explore a world where magic has rules, games have consequences, and reality is always a choice.

This isn't about playing the game.

It's about mastering both worlds—because their survival depends on him.

About the Author: Piers Anthony

Piers Anthony, is one of the most enduring voices in speculative fiction. With a career spanning nearly six decades and over 200 published novels, his influence has shaped generations of readers. Born in England and immigrating to the United States at the age of six, Anthony’s journey is as storied as the worlds he creates—rooted in resilience, curiosity, and a lifelong bond with the natural world.

Much of his storytelling is deeply personal. Writing from his horse farm in rural Florida, Anthony’s life with animals—particularly horses—has left a distinct mark on his work. The Apprentice Adept series, one of his most visionary and personal creations, is infused with the rhythms and realities of life on horseback. Scenes like Stile carefully inspecting Battle Ax from head to hoof before a ride reflect a true horseman’s instinct—grounded, practiced, and deeply respectful of the animal. That detail comes from experience: Anthony and his first wife raised their daughters alongside two family horses, Sky Blue and Misty. Together, they would ride as a family, building memories that later surfaced—often unconsciously—in the texture of his stories. It’s no wonder the scenes feel so real. They are.

But Anthony’s real life is also filled with unexpected adventure. As a young boy fleeing the outbreak of World War II, he crossed the Atlantic aboard the SS Excalibur. For his sixth birthday, he was given a harmonica—an instrument he couldn’t quite play, but carried proudly through the ship’s corridors, unwittingly annoying fellow passengers with his endless tootling. Among them? None other than Edward, the abdicated king of England, traveling to his post as Governor of the Bahamas. Anthony imagines the scene with a wink—Edward sighing, asking someone to please take that harmonica from the child. That playful spirit lives on in Split Infinity, when Stile plays a duet with the unicorn Neysa, echoing the sound of a boy discovering music, freedom, and imagination for the first time.

With 21 appearances on The New York Times Best Seller list, 30+ million books sold, and a readership that spans the globe, Piers Anthony has built one of the most prolific legacies in speculative fiction. Known for groundbreaking series like Incarnations of Immortality, Xanth, and The Apprentice Adept, he has always dared to blend genres, challenge conventions, and ground the fantastical in emotional truth.

And yet, despite this extraordinary body of work, none of his stories have ever been adapted for the screen—until now.

The Story, Expanded

We open on a high-stakes horse race—Proton’s version of the Kentucky Derby—held beneath a protective dome on a world hollowed out by centuries of overmining. Life on Proton is artificial and tightly controlled. Technology governs every facet of existence. Survival depends on obedience. Power belongs to the elite Citizens. Beneath them are the Serfs—disposable, voiceless, and without rights.

Stile, a celebrated jockey and strategic genius, has risen as far as a Serf can. He’s a master of the track and the game, a master Gamesman, and a crowd favorite. But everything changes in an instant. Just as he’s poised to win the race, a sharp pain forces him to pull up. His career is over. The tendons in his knees have been deliberately burned. Sabotage. And worse—someone is trying to kill him.

While fleeing for his life, Stile stumbles through a shimmering rift—the quantum curtain—and crosses into Phaze, a parallel world where magic, not technology, rules. Where Proton is cold, overdeveloped, and rigid, Phaze is lush, alive, and governed by unseen mystical forces. And here, for the first time, Stile has something he never had on Proton: power.

In Phaze, every person has a counterpart in Proton. The fact that Stile can now exist in both worlds means his alternate self has been killed. His sudden arrival marks the beginning of a much larger mystery—one that stretches far beyond his own life. Guided by the enigmatic Oracle, who warns him to “Know thyself,” and aided by a mystical allies, Stile begins a painful but necessary transformation. He discovers that within this world of magic, he has the potential to become a powerful magic user—one whose abilities could shift the fate of both realms.

As he learns to channel this power, Stile begins to uncover the truth: a dual evil threads through both Proton and Phaze—two faces of the same corrupt system. One rules through science, the other through sorcery. And now, he’s caught in the center of it.

Interested in learning more?

If the vision behind Piers Anthony’s Split Infinity resonates with you—whether through the power of its storytelling, the scope of the series, or the opportunity to help shape a bold, IP-driven franchise—we invite you to connect.

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