UNAVERAGE SOULS

UNAVERAGE SOULS

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"By all means, stay and dream about a world without oppression. We both know that your ability to dream soundly was terminated long ago," he scoffed, his voice bitter. She was still getting used to hearing its solemn lilt, as if he weighed each word before speaking, only to toss them into a pile of neglected phrases at his feet. "Well, I don't work for the dreamers. I work for a predestined reality that simply needs the right measurement of potential and a proper jump-start. You see, unlike you, I don't follow orders in order to avoid pain. I fight for things you could only dream about," she replied, her eyes sardonic. The man stepped forward with all the speed of a panther that's lost its temper, but remains silent nonetheless. "This place... you're never leaving it. Nobody from your past will ever find you. The Institution is planning to wipe your mind and when they do, you will have forgotten this entire conversation." Was that a trace of fear in his voice? Leaning forward ever so slightly, she said, "The world that we live in is full of hidden places where people are forced to fight. The mind is simply one of them." ORIGINAL STORY (regular updates) Evan remembered the days when living consisted of breathing the same air as hilltop dreamers and soulful thoughts that warmed the edges of ambition. Years later, she is trainee with a radical association and is on a demo assignment when she is taken prisoner by ADMIN- the Average Deficit Management and Institutional Network. Ambition is dead, survival is essential. Not only a physical sort of survival, but a survival of the mind. At the heart of a decomposing land, she struggles to discover the reason she is being held captive by tyrants who seek to indoctrinate the masses, a method of potential escape- and the identity of a silent sentinel with pale, green eyes who stands watch over her cell at night.
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Centuries after the Fall, the United States has been wiped away. The crumbling remains of the great American empire are home now only to savage, lawless tribes and packs of ravening Damned-the twisted children of the apocalypse. Most of those few who survived humanity's destruction spend their short lives in a violent struggle for survival. But some light still flickers in the darkness: the Blessed of Bountiful live in seclusion, relying on walls both physical and spiritual to protect them from the Desolation that their world has become. Among them are the Saints, those few men and women born with superhuman abilities that the Blessed see as gifts from God. The violent apostate tribes of the Northeast Kingdom have always been a danger, but up until recently its small size and the vigilance of its people have made Bountiful an unappealing target. As attacks on the community grow harsher and more frequent, however, even the steadfast Blessed are forced to start preparing for the worst. With her home's very existence threatened, seventeen year old Ever Oaks, a Saint with the power to heal, is forced to make a difficult choice, one that may come to define her people's future... Exile was a semi-finalist in Mark Lawrence's Great Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (#SPFBO). Fantasy Faction said it was "extremely cool," and Bookish Lifestyle called it "more than just a story, a journey and an experience." When I'm asked about it, I often describe it as "X-Men meets The Walking Dead." In addition to reading it here for free, you can buy Exile in e-book or paperback on Amazon.com.

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