A Dystopian Novel
Living a life seems a fantasy for an eighteen years old girl, Pyramid Devin.
In a world where the sun doesn't shine anymore, where the last drop of fresh water already run dry, and where hope and love are just a fading memory and a flourishing myth, how can she survive?
This is the After World, a big city inside a protective dome which shields its inhabitants from the unpredictable weather condition, either burning or freezing storms and constant danger of unknown natural elements.
A place of poverty and inequality. Nothing lasts in this place, everything is temporary, even your life. Death is always lurking around, be it natural death, catastrophic or man-made.
But what can you do? If this hopeless place is the only hope you could get in order to survive.
Do you rather die without living or live so you can finally die?
Or...
Would you defy death in order to live?
When tuning in to the parallel world seems to be the only way to explain Liz's sudden disappearance, high school students Maxx, Zero and Axes try everything they could to bring her back. But the more they try to make things work, the more they realize that things aren't as simple as they seem.
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Maxx, Zero and Axes are three typical seventeen-year-old high school students who discovered a way to get into the parallel world. Wanting to find their friend Liz who suddenly disappeared two years ago, they attempt to tune in to the parallel world to try and get her back. Just when they thought they are getting everything under control, their situation becomes more complicated than they have ever imagined. Scientists trap and use them to open up the portal to the other world while secrets and lies continue to muddle their already problematic relationship. Unsure of whom and what to believe in anymore, will the three of them be able to achieve their goals and tune out in time?
DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish.
COVER DESIGN: Regina Dionela