Published - August 2018
Highest Ranking - #5 in Quantum
Series - Quantum
All Books -
1. Quantum
2. Blue City
3. The Future
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"You're free of me now, Nixon. So do it," the demon's distorted voice echoed across the forest. "Or are you going to let me down as well."
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Quantum's a word from the future, yet a gift to the past.
Quantum: the name given to the power of our tribe; Pikseru. The power to 'pixelize' matter, separate atoms, and reconstruct materials. It was the weakest power among all tribes, yet the first.
In the era of first nations, men and women in white, long coats gifted all species with a gift. Every living being was able to harness some type of power. Due to this, a war between humans broke out, and one evil man controlled an entire army, brainwashing them to think they were doing good. The man was also able to manipulate foxes, an evil species.
The war ended half a century ago, peace was finally restored. At least until people realized that foxes returned.
Nixon, a boy believed to be a reincarnation with immense power, had his gift stolen the day he was born. Though he wasn't one of the gifted people, he wanted to find the secrets behind gifts. Unintentionally, he was dragged into the beginning stages of the second war. Would he want to stop it?
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But Brandon was faster. He had already transformed two handfuls of pebbles into thousands of flat square pixels coated with enormous blue energy. The pixels zoomed my way, weaving themselves into a complex pattern. The energy faded, and a knife entirely made of stone replaced it, rushing toward me.
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Li Xiang is the Priestess of the Moon, she can see read the stars and fortune as well as misfortune to her people. However, the life of a Priestess consists of nothing but loneliness: she can neither leave the palace nor meet with anyone but the Emperor and his advisors.
One day a mysterious servant boy named Rui sneaks into her room, daring her to go outside if he wins against her in a game. Upon meeting him, she also befriends a female warrior and a scholar, and realizes life is much more than the palace. When the day comes she can either choose to go down the road her heart truly desires but bring ruin to the kingdom, or ignore the one chance she will ever have to leave this life?
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"My fate has been decided for me."
"There's no such thing as that," he said. "We all make our own fate."
"But the stars tell me--" I stopped talking when he holds my face in his hands, warm hands cupping my cheeks, brown eyes looking into my eyes.
"Then stop looking at the stars. Look at me."
A love story about fate, finding one's identity, stepping out of your comfort zone, and, most of all, choosing between your happiness or the happiness of others...
[[Word Count: 80,000-90,000]]
Wattys Fantasy Winner 2021