The mountains, grass, and water-that is all there is in the vast world... except at the Wellsprings. Mankind clings to life around these miraculous, shifting sites-places where stone and precious metals erupt from the earth, where beasts and blessings pour forth in equal measure. Beneath them lie dungeons and mines, twisted labyrinths crawling with monsters and ancient relics. But when the Wellsprings recede, they leave behind the Blight, and all their gifts begin to rot. Magic turns sour. Beauty becomes horror. And still, mankind endures-bound to the lands of Lyvaris, kept alive by the Wellsprings... and imprisoned by them. Auren is a hunter with no tribe, no loyalty, and a reputation for failure. When he accepts a contract to retrieve the mythical Heartscale-a relic no one has ever claimed-he finds himself entangled in a struggle older than the cities themselves. The Heartscale is not a cure. It's a key. It unlocks the truth behind the Wellsprings, and the Church will kill to keep it buried. Armed with a soul-bound knife and haunted by the corpse he left behind, Auren must decide whether to flee the coming storm... or break the chains that hold his world together

In Qorluna, a city where skyscrapers claw at the sky and magic pulses through the streets, John Walker tries to escape his past. Once a soldier, now a man haunted by memories of war and loss, he keeps to the shadows, searching for a life beyond the violence that defined him. But in a world where ancient spells linger and new threats emerge, peace is elusive. When a string of disappearances and strange magical disturbances sweep the city, John is forced back into action. Dark forces are rising, intent on harnessing forgotten powers, and John's unique abilities might be the key to stopping them. As he confronts old allies, dangerous enemies, and unsettling truths about Qorluna's hidden past, he must decide how far he's willing to go to protect a city that may never offer him redemption. With every step, he faces a brutal choice: fight for a world that may never accept him, or let it all burn. In the end, survival may come at a cost even he isn't prepared to pay. Psa: this is in draft form. Expect changes

Pandora Paige Alexander is the main focus of what the government has cleverly named the P. P. A. Project. The project is a series of government run facilities, tests and inspections to learn and replicate a rare condition Pandora has lived with for more than 90 years and yet still has the face of a 17 year old. But what Pandora didn't expect after all these years of tests and questions is that there is more to her than simply a rare genetic condition but the key between this world and another.

What if you weren't a complete person..... What if you were only a part of a whole..... What if your soul was split up.... What would you do to get it back?

[season 1] In the near-future, mankind succeeds in curing A.I.D.S. However, something much worse fills the void, an aggressive sickness that only affects females. Though only 50% of Earth's population is at risk of contracting M.A.I.D.S., the illness impacts everyone. World War III begins as panic-stricken governments seize healthy females in order to ensure the survival of their people, but even warfare and forced breeding programs can't halt the inevitable: mankind is dying out. An international team of scientists combine existing technologies, theories, and desperation to create Synthia, a synthetic human female capable of M.A.I.D.S.-free existence and, most importantly, reproduction. Biomechanical humans, dubbed Synthias, are mass-produced, and mankind's population begins to slowly increase after being decimated by the illness and war. The cost of salvation is souls. Synthias are denied basic human rights because they are manufactured, not born. After staging an unsuccessful uprising, the facilities where Synthias are mass-produced undergo great changes. Synthia manufactories are re-opened as boutiques where a man's mate can be custom-ordered, right down to the various skills and knowledge the Synthia possesses. A truly male-oriented world emerges around this new technology. Adam, the first son of a Synthia, wants something more than a mere breeding machine. He wants a true partner and something like the "love" he only knows about from pre-war media. The Synthia he creates is something new that threatens to destroy the status quo... Adam's Synthia is not an it. Adam's Synthia is a she. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- M.A.I.D.S. is the winner of two Watty Awards (2011).