The Burned City [Camp NaNoWriMo]

[April/July Camp NaNoWriMo]

Survive, don't thrive.
This had been the mantra passed down in every city and through every race of Raenata, a phrase to protect those who speak it from the vengeful Gods, who destroy all those who seek to attain their power. Cities like Linden have disrupted the peace that comes with the saying in a futile attempt to rebel, but they burned. Those who remain are in charge of the future, and they are responsible for passing down a small collection of words from one generation to the next.
However, in Klaerice, things are beginning to change. Their oppressive motto hasn't been lost, but a shift in leadership makes the citizens believe maybe they can do a bit more than just survive.
Celia Rastor and Greyce Winsir are just two young students in Klaerice, but both will discover secrets about themselves that they never hoped to find, from an emblem with connections to one of the burned cities being emblazoned on Celia's body to surviving in the toxic air outside the protective dome of Klaerice.
Only they can save not only their thriving city on its path to destruction, but perhaps their whole world as well.

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Only Gods decide what's right and wrong.

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Cover by @sublime-