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The Girl Who Kept Running by RhodoraO
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He ran into her at street theater. She was a force of nature, not a casual first time hire. She brought the house down with her performance, literally pulled the audience to their feet in standing ovation. Her performance was too real, unnerving, deeply unsettling to him. He spent all his energy keeping up with her. At the end of the play, she snatched her earnings from the director's hands and ran away, leaving a trail of questions behind her, the most burning one in his mind was: Would he ever see her again? ____________________ This ongoing novel imagines a world that our younger generations inherit after a series of successive presidencies in the same vein as the current model. There is no need for erecting walls, as the biggest divide created by humanity - that of social class - takes care of a post modern segregation. The poor are literally marginalized into slum-like townships and tend to be of color. The names of these townships would be enough to tell you their story. The rich, well, remain happily oblivious in the big American cities. In this world find a mysterious girl whose identity must be hidden or she would be hunted down and a young street actor who falls for her intrigue. Discover how they survive, born into a society not prepared to give them a chance. For them, the dystopia came without an apocalypse. Copyrighted 2018 _________________________________________________ Updates every 5-6 days. Currently on hiatus for revisions. Most impressive rank: #87 in dystopia/dystopian #90 in future (17/09/18) ________________________________________________________ Cover credits: Thanks are due to the amazing New Zealand artist Shane Rebenschied who allowed me to use one of his illustrations on his portfolio at http://blot.com. I used basic photoshopping to add some shades and used the awesome text effects from http://picturetopeople.com
Army of the Cursed - War of the Last Day #1 [EXCERPT] by KarimSuliman
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AN EXCERPT of the story that is now a published book on Amazon. ____________ The Last Day has begun. The Cursed Army foretold in the ancient scrolls descends upon the kingdoms of Gorania, starting with the Murasen realm. Leila, the teenage Murasen lady who is still grasping the ways of ruling, finds herself in a position to decide whether to fight for her country, or run for her life. Nardine, the Crown Princess of Bermania, hears a rumor that her long-gone father was so close to finding a weapon against the Cursed Army. While she investigates what has happened to his unfinished work, a rebellion threatens to tear apart her kingdom. Far in the harsh northern lands of Skandivia, Halgrim, starts a perilous journey to reclaim a birthright he has been denied because of a lie. If his journey goes according to plan, nothing will stand between him and his ultimate prize. Nothing, except the Army of the Cursed.