When a young girl named Aura finds out that an alien has given her telepathy and telekinesis, she tries to figure out why. When she meets another of her kind named Breccan, everything changes as she finds out more about herself and why she is gifted. Will she choose to return to normal, or be with Breccan? Read to find out! I'll try to do updates every Sunday, so keep checking back for new parts!

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Have you ever woke up and been in a strange place, well that was nothing compared to waking up on an alien spaceship! Snatched with two other people with a rare gift, Soren Alina is now being flown across the cosmos to fight for his life in a tournament that spans the vast distances of space to bring together races from all around the galactic neighborhood. The only catch, the fighting is done with the competetors' auras! Can Soren and his new friends work together in order to survive, or will they fall apart and be torn to bits in the first match? You have to read to find out in the book where spirit and body meld as one and the things most belive to be myth can turn out to be the most deadly.

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❖2021 Watty Awards Shortlist❖ Kevin was just a normal 10 year old kid until he saw a woman vanish right before his eyes. This made Kevin just a little bit different. He paid more attention to people now. Little did he know that this little difference would kill him the next time he encountered another alien about to return home. It would tear him apart, cell by cell, until he was unmade. His mind being transported away. --- So distantly far away there is a race that advanced to the point where they built dyson spheres to house their civilizations. In their continual expansion, they seeded galaxies with pods and connection satellites. Over time they upgraded their dyson spheres into matryoshka brain Cores. Imagine a computer powered by a star. Citizens of Cores no longer age once they upload their minds into the virtual living system of the Core. While they didn't age, most still choose to cycle through life and death though at a different scale of time compared to our lives. Citizens can visit other planets and live there as if they were on a "vacation". Mercury is Earth's hub connected to the closest Core and Earth is a remote vacation spot for wealthy citizens. When the main character was 10 he witnessed a citizen returning to the Core. The story continues 10 odd years later when he again witnesses a similar situation unfolding and manages to touch the person returning to the Core. This causes him to be swept up in the transfer as well and for his mind to join as a "Guest" user of the Core. As a Guest he has limited powers, a starting balance of zero cr or Citizen credits, and no idea how he can get home. He is the first human to ever become a Guest of a Core. Where money itself is the highest form of their science.

High scound fantasy . . .

Alien action

"Cores" follows Jacob, a young scholar who discovers a set of mysterious energy cores that grant him incredible powers. Along with a group of fellow core-bearers, Jacob must learn to harness his newfound abilities to fight against a powerful enemy who seeks to control the cores for their own nefarious purposes. But as Jacob and his team train and battle together, they discover that the enemy seeking to control the cores has a powerful hold on the world, and will stop at nothing to achieve their goals. The villains are shrouded in secrecy, but their power and influence are felt throughout the story, driving the narrative forward and keeping the team on their toes. With action-packed fight scenes and complex character relationships, "Cores" is a thrilling adventure that explores the power of friendship and the consequences of power.