Salt and Light: Science Fiction
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Lita and the Unknown God by NixieJave
NixieJave
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Something about the world was fundamentally wrong, but no one knew it except nineteen-year-old, Lita Skye. After almost dying of sand poisoning and calling out to the gods of her people, Lita realized that her life left in their hands was soon to be extinguished...until He-the Unknown God-saved her. With His power, the Unknown God wiped her lungs, throat, and mouth clean of sand and saved her from a surely agonizing death; from that moment on, Lita vowed to know Him and denounce the Trinity. If only it were that easy. Lita soon finds that family ties, political roles, and public appearances held more weight than religious truth and at her refusal to complete the Oath to the Trinity, she is exiled from Vexmoor to live life in the Outlands until her trial. While in the Outlands, Lita must make a decision. Either she will repent and serve the false Trinity to gain her fiancé, friends, family, and status in society back; or, she can serve The One and be lost to everyone forever.
Still Frames by Kayla-Writes
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The Order is a group out to find one child. One child that isn't human like the rest, and Cecelia is that child. * * * How special is your life? Cecelia often questioned this in her young life as an orphan. She had no idea what the future could hold, or how it felt to have someone to love. She had planned out what to do, and how to act, but then that changed the day she found it. A camera of some kind, one completely special . . . One with a power to traverse time through the photos that it made. Cecelia never knew her life could take such a drastic turn, but it did. From making a new friend, to realizing the world was not what it seemed. There was more out there, more depth to explore. And she was the special one. |Chapter Four will be posted soon!| |Edited by @Andicook|
Penance by Missing_Puzzle_Piece
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In the near future, the human race has been forced to quarantine an entire country after the Known Virus, also known as the K-Virus, spread throughout their lands, killing millions and mutating thousands. The Alliance, the supreme government of the world, have imprisoned them all in specially designed jail cells, more than 200 million innocent citizens. Every time the virus emerges from within a person, soldiers haul them away, never to be seen again. Now, Audra, herself a victim of the K-Virus outbreak, has begun to show symptoms. The soldiers come, and Audra finds herself in a new world, and realizes what really happens beyond the cell doors... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cover credits to @RebellionOfALifetime
Fallout Cures by KacaBella
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As everything around them crumbled to mere existence, Earth's greatest scientists made one last effort to save the world that had been ravaged by climate change and human fault. Gene enhancement. The testing on pregnant women was indubitably dangerous; but what else was there left to try when Earth faces the ineluctable consequences? If there was any chance of volition that this generation could make the difference, it had to be taken. But with no palpable differences at their birth, only time will tell if these children will truly be the key to Earth's salvation. Not only for humanity but also for the place they live in. Even if that is the case, can they get the better of the ignorance that destroyed the planet in the first place? Book summary by @minusfractions (mostly some parts). Book cover by @Apollyon- (it's so awesome!) Ranked #710 [04-16-16]