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❖ When a sentient planet turns hostile after 150 years of quiet, two rival research groups must join forces to find out why---and to stop it before it kills the people who call it home. ❖ For five generations, Jenu has been a shining example of planetary colonization done right. Its surface boasts three cities---with a fourth on its way---and its history of amiable weather and hospitable citizens land it high scores on livability indices. The people who live there love it dearly. Lingmei Liu sees a different picture. In recent years, violent dust storms on the planet have been on the rise, threatening the cities' aging infrastructure. Just why is a mystery, but one clue looms large: Jenu is conscious, and might be able to control its surface weather. Commissioned to investigate, Lingmei and her scientific colleagues team up with a rival research group to put data and sense to Jenu's vagaries. What starts out as a simple study, though, soon veers into politics, the media, and shady business practices that may or may not be connected to the planet's new behavior. And all the while, the storms keep building. As half-answers multiply, three core questions remain in the scientists' hands: Can Jenu's cities be convinced to take action to protect themselves? Is the planet sending its own storms to strike those cities? And if so, why? ❖ ❖ ❖ Patreon exclusive. Updates on Fridays. Free sample on Wattpad. Keep reading here: https://www.patreon.com/collection/349787?view=expanded

[FULL KELS SERIES] When Ande wakes up on the bottom of the ocean with a fish's tail, she's not sure what she did wrong. Getting sacrificed by her island is a likely bet, but why---and why her---is a mystery. Out of her depth in an unfamiliar world, she soon finds herself wrapped up in the society of the Kels, the people who live under the sea. Desperate to get back to her island, she strikes an agreement with a squid-tailed boy whose sunny smile and knowledge of her language are a welcome assistance at first. Soon, though, she begins to sense that he's hiding something. Things take a turn for the worse when her way home gets complicated by the Kels' wars and several eerie myths about her people that may not be myths at all. The history of the Kels goes back farther than her own culture, and the harder she struggles to get back to land, the more the question arises: Does she belong in the water after all? ❖❖❖ Marked mature for darker themes and scenes, not spicy content. Compiled Kels Series: Book 1: Listen to the Water (COMPLETE) Wattys 2022 Shortlister Book 2: Song of the Deep (COMPLETE) Book 3: City of Coral (COMPLETE) Book 4: Sing to the Moon (COMPLETE) Book 5: Water Will Rise (updates every Thursday) Comments and critiques are both welcome and appreciated. I write characters from many different backgrounds, with many different experiences. If you share those traits and find that I have misrepresented anything, please let me know! I am feedback-friendly and here to learn :)