Artificial Paradise
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Last published Tue, Aug 7, 2018
"The purple star crosses the sky, it gives off a sign to his alert eyes, like ancient civilizations, his gaze is set to the starry night; the light in his dreams will guide, to a place where mysteries hide;
find her before he does, or the world shall cry."
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Evan is a young student at Prius Academy. He must discover the truth of an ancient tale about an artifact of enormous power, capable of bringing war or peace and fight against a strange artificial disease while a new era begins with his cousin's Robotic Ascension.
Evan and his friends, the confident Aveline and the analytical Elliot behold their friend become patient zero of an unknown, man made pathogen and his academy and world becomes the stage of something greater than everything he once knew. All the while he has strange visions of a child bathed in light that warns him about perils in his way and guides him to the fallen star.
"The Novis Orbis Series is a work that explores the depths of the mind, humanity, society and conscience through the eyes of many characters. Artificial Paradise is the first story of the series."
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