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In 1892, a celestial event over the Oklahoma Territory dropped "Star-Silt," a crystalline powder that "tuned" the earth to a 432-Hertz frequency. This created the sanctuary of Boley, protected from a violent world by a shimmering "Vail". However, residents pay a price: the "Geometry of Pain," where their marrow vitrifies into "Marrow-Glass," eventually turning them into literal components of the town's machinery. The story follows Hester Cefferty, a maintenance man for the Pylon (the town's frequency generator), whose body is failing as the glass claims his joints. Desperate for relief, he accepts "Solvent-7" from Sloane Van Meter, an operative for the Syndicate-an elite collective of engineers who view humanity as a "Drafting Error" to be corrected. The Syndicate seeks to harvest Boley's frequency to power the Acheron, a massive, lead-shielded locomotive designed to "Assume" reality into a frictionless, silent archive. Hester consumes the Solvent-7, dissolving his Marrow-Glass but severing his connection to the sanctuary's "Hum". He crosses the "Sunder-Point" into the "Soft" world to aid the Syndicate, only to realize their leader, Cyprian Graves, intends to trigger a "Harmonic Meltdown" to harvest the Pylon's energy. Hester's sister, Lark, and Elias, a blacksmith whose wife was "hollowed out" by the machine, use "Dissonance"-shards of obsidian and specialized tuning forks-to disrupt the Syndicate's logic. During the "Grand Assumption," Hester realizes he must become a "Human Tuning Fork" to stabilize the world. He undergoes "Scripting," where dampening runes are etched into his bones, turning him into a "Closed Circuit" that can bridge the gap between industrial "Grit" and celestial "Gold". The novel concludes with a battle at the Apex-Node in the "Silent Mountain," where the trio shatters the Syndicate's "Harvest-Moon" to prevent the world from being "Assumed" into an eternal void. Hester survives as the "Governor of the Vail," tethered to the interface.

By Krystian Simms In a city built on lies, truth is a threat. When the streets of Solara start forgetting-parents losing their children's names, elders slipping into silence, memories unraveling like thread-the world blames disease. But seven chosen souls know the truth: the city's drowning in deception, and the cost is human consciousness itself. Gifted by the Sun God, armed with intrusive memories and righteous fire, witches, prophets, tarot readers, and urban mystics rise up to fight back. They're not warriors-they're truth-tellers. And in a world where too much truth can kill, every revelation comes with a price. Among them: Mercy, a vegan witch who throws the Tower card on a city she refuses to lie for. Zaire, an autistic prophet held hostage by the government for seeing destinies in birth charts. Malik, the child with fire in his veins and visions that could scorch the system. Layla, healing others while mourning the man who called her the wrong name. And the Circle-who refuse to forget, even as the world tries to erase them. But now, something worse is coming. Not erasure. Replacement. They don't just want your mind. They want to rewrite your memory, your truth-your soul. This is not dystopia. This is now. The Memory War is a raw, gritty, spellbinding journey through urban magic, spiritual warfare, neurodivergence, and the power of remembrance. For fans of Octavia Butler, N.K. Jemisin, and those who know that truth still matters-even when it burns.

Ashes of Nyota is about a girl who inherits a mistake she didn't make. Aseye lives on Nyota, a land that remembers everything. The songs. The wars. The love that once ruined it. When strange power begins to wake inside her, she learns the truth no one wanted passed down: the world didn't break by accident. It broke because two people loved each other when they weren't supposed to. Now the same pattern is forming again. Aseye is caught between friendship and desire, between staying loyal and wanting more. The past keeps pulling at her, asking her to finish what it started. Everyone has an opinion about what she should do. No one has to live with the consequences but her. This is a story about history repeating itself, about how love can be dangerous, and about a girl trying-desperately-not to become the reason everything burns again.

A hundred years before the rise of the chosen king of Chuckwu, the Wolf Clan answered the call to war. Seventeen-year-old Kwame of Wolfwood has been forged for battle since childhood. Raised by his clan and loyal to Alpha Chieftain Ato, Kwame believes his destiny is simple: fight, protect, and die for Nubariah if necessary. But when a mysterious signal from beyond the realm threatens the balance of Shiveria, war becomes something far greater than clan rivalry. As the warrior clans march toward the capital of Palasera, High Chieftess Imani of the Lion Clan uncovers chilling intelligence-an extraterrestrial force rising from the Outer Realms, determined to reclaim an empire lost to time. Ancient alliances, advanced technology, and cosmic warfare collide as Nubariah prepares for an invasion unlike any before. Blending Afrofuturism, science fiction, and epic fantasy, Echoes of the Wolf explores honor, loyalty, and the cost of leadership in a universe where ancestral power meets advanced technology-and the echoes of war travel across the stars. *More parts soon to come.