Hiraeth

preface

a b o u t

WOMEN DOMINATE SOCIETY and due to their superiority, men are forced to live on the lowest rink of the "Beringia", a space station that orbits the desiccated Earth.

Meredith "Red" Hamasaki, a seaboard expeditioner on the "Beringia", voyages to the abandoned planet Earth. Unbeknownst to her, she is a pawn in a perilous conquest, and pursues the truth behind the apocalypse and why she dreams of a past life on Earth. People are told that Earth was a dead planet, but what happens when Red finds a terrifyingly charming man remaining on Earth?

Jessamyn Arendse, a mischievous lieutenant and Red's best friend, likes to indulge in confidential military affairs by using her tech skills and "assets" to extract the latest information. Nothing makes her more excited than to play with a certain high-ranking general.

Olufunke "Lulu" Ivers, a rebel force messenger, is a young girl disguised as a man to deliver coded messages through espionage and to continue living with her sickly father and her five brothers in the slums of the "Beringia".

This is a story of love, affliction, self-discovery, and what it means to be human. Follow along their different perspectives as they navigate post-apocalyptic life in space and on the abandoned Planet Earth. Who knows what they'll find.

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a u t h o r ' s   n o t e

Hi, Ryla here.

Thank you for choosing to read this book. I have been wanting to write a story where I combine my favorite genres: sci-fi, mystery, and romance. I've always had this idea of mixing sci-fi dystopia into a post-apocalyptic mystery/thriller.

This story is set in a futuristic world not too far from our time now, but our main character dreams of a past life at the time of bubonic plague. The mystery lies in the reason why these dreams seem more like memories even though it seems impossible for someone living in the near future to experience them.

I hope you guys enjoy this story as much as I had writing it!

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d i s c l a i m e r

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