To Be Determined
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For the last ten years, Professor Olyvia Saris has studied the globally eradicated plague that nearly wiped out civilization worldwide a century ago. When this plague resurges within populations of rodents in the desert surrounding her city, there is concern that another outbreak is on the horizon. There is only one problem: nobody knows what caused the plague to begin with. With the help of her husband, Iliad, and her eccentric twin brother, Asha, Olyvia explores the possibility that there is a supernatural, even magical component to the return of the deadly disease. They hit a bump in the road when Olyvia begins to develop magical powers herself. From exploring otherworldly realms ruled by omnipotent beings to projecting her empathic curse onto others, somethings off with Olyvia. Will this ragtag group of researchers get down to the bottom of this, or will they only make it worse? Will they succeed or will Olyvia's self-sacrificing tendencies be her downfall?
From a socially inept microbiology major taking a semester off, To Be Determined is described as "A rollercoaster from start to finish"; "Pretty good"; "My current hyper-fixation"; "A lot of fun until it isn't" and "The product of a cruel god, don't get attached". It's in your hand right now so you might as well just read it.
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