City of Yesterday: A Thieves Tale.
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In the mechanically marvel of Tomorrow City, a heist gone wrong reveals a hidden layer of reality. Thief Maggie finds herself caught between the city's controlling AI, a shadowy organization, and a woman with the power to shatter the world as they know it. Now, she must master a newfound ability to manipulate the very fabric of the city if she hopes to survive.
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The cutting-edge of science can be treacherous. Brandon Norallis is a college professor and world-renowned scientist, famous for his advancements in the understanding of the magical phenomenon known as the Aether. His mathematical discoveries have led to an explosion of technological innovation, and he has spent the last decade of his middle-aged life basking in the rewards of society. And yet, when the police deliver a stolen Aether crystal to his lab for analysis, he comes to several troubling conclusions. The crystal has been modified in ways that shouldn't be possible. Someone out there must have incredibly advanced technology, one that could be incredibly dangerous in the wrong hands. His suspicions are confirmed when his son is severely wounded by a mysterious figure demanding to know the location of the crystal. The figure, some call the Phantom Scythe, demonstrates incredible abilities beyond Brandon's comprehension. In a frightening encounter, he is given a difficult choice. Return the modified crystal to its rightful owner, or witness the death of his son. One brings certain death, the other... unknown chaos.Complete
𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 𝘖𝘧 𝘚𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝄂︎ ☠︎︎ 𝄃︎ 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘗𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳
𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘈 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴, 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘈 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘦? 𝙵𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚢 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚕. 𝙴𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚗𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚜. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚜𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎. 𝚃𝚘𝚛𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚊 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝, 𝙴𝚜𝚖𝚎 𝙻𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚊 𝚂𝚗𝚊𝚙𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜. 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚍𝚞𝚝𝚢 𝚟𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚟𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚜𝚎? 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎, 𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚝?Complete
A Delicate Web (gxg) | ONC2020 |
In a future Earth where technology and magic combine, Maud Freeling, the spellcaster princess of the Northerns and heir to rulership of the country, spends her nights disguised as a man and performing vigilante justice, specializing in taking down users of dangerous dark magic. When she meets Gem, however, a girl who can't seem to keep herself out of trouble, Maud finds herself building a complicated series of lies to keep her intriguing new friend from discovering her true identity. She's fallen for someone who doesn't know of her royalty - doesn't even know she's a girl. Although greater threats loom on the horizon, Maud realizes one misstep is all it will take to destroy her delicate web. Written for ONC 2020.Complete
THE EMPRESS | NYSM
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𝐃𝐎 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐌𝐄 • 𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐊 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐀𝐍
Iɴ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ, 𝐘/𝐧 𝐘/𝐥/𝐧 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝗼 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝗺𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝗼 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝗼𝐲𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝗺. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝗼 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝗼𝗺𝐞𝐭𝗼𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥, 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝗼𝐤𝐞𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐘/𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝗼𝗼𝐧 𝗺𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐘/𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝗼𝐰? 𝐎𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡 𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝗺𝐚𝐲 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐫? [𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥]Complete
Cyberwitch Academy: Learn or Burn
Imagine you wake up one day and discover that your body is a cursed organic computer. To make matters worse you keep getting possessed by AI demons. You know you can use their power, if only you could figure out how. But the clock is ticking, because you're a cyberwitch now, so you better learn before somebody burns you alive. Meet Ursula Loveless, 13 year old coding genius from Manhattan, newly crash landed in the Republic of London circa 2077 in the middle of a witch hunt. Ursula just wants to find her missing mommy and escape back to NY, but she soon finds herself dragged into the cyberwitch underground, where a secret school for augmented girls is hidden in cyberspace. Ursula and her misfit coven mates get a lot of hate at the secret school, because she keeps glitching out at the wrong time, exposing them all to the attention of the Witch Finder, Marketta La Fey and her psychopath son GoldenBoy. To make matters worse, Ursula finds herself a pawn in a political game between the two warring witch clans, Clan Weaver and Clan Siren. Welcome to your new school kid, now learn or burn.Complete
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ʟɪꜰᴇ ʜᴀᴅ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ʙᴇᴇɴ ɴᴏʀᴍᴀʟ ꜰᴏʀ ᴄʜᴀʀʟᴏᴛᴛᴇ, ʙᴜᴛ ꜱʜᴇ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅɴ'ᴛ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴡᴀɴᴛᴇᴅ ɪᴛ ᴀɴʏ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴡᴀʏ. ᴡʜᴏ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴄʜᴏᴏꜱᴇ ɴᴏʀᴍᴀʟ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴍᴀɢɪᴄ ꜰʟᴏᴡᴇ ᴅ ᴀᴛ ʜᴇʀ ꜰɪɴɢᴇʀᴛɪᴘꜱ? ʜᴀᴅ ᴍᴀɢɪᴄ... ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀɪɴꜰᴜʟ ᴛʀᴜᴛʜ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ꜱʜᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ɢɪᴠɪɴɢ ɪᴛ ᴜᴘ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴏꜱᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ʜᴀᴅ ᴏɴᴄᴇ ʜᴜɴᴛᴇᴅ ʜᴇʀ ᴋɪɴᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʙʀɪɴᴋ ᴏꜰ ᴇxᴛɪɴᴄᴛɪᴏɴ. ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜᴇʀ ᴛʀᴀɴꜱꜰᴏʀᴍᴀᴛɪᴏɴ, ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀꜱᴛ ɢᴇɴᴇʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ᴡɪᴛᴄʜᴇꜱ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴠᴀɴɪꜱʜ ꜰᴏʀᴇᴠᴇʀ... *𝔽𝕦𝕝𝕝 𝕊𝕦𝕞𝕞𝕒𝕣𝕪 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟* *ᴘʟᴇᴀꜱᴇ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ᴏɴᴇ & ᴛᴡᴏ ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴏɴᴇ* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ᴄᴏᴠᴇʀ ʙʏ: ᴍᴇ {ꜱᴇᴛ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴡɪʟɪɢʜᴛ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ} {ʙᴏᴏᴋ ᴛʜʀᴇᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ 'ᴄʀɪᴍꜱᴏɴ' ꜱᴇʀɪᴇꜱ}
The Liberal Assassin
Many galaxies away on a frigid planet called Spxtro, humans are nearly extinct. It is up to the survivors of The Great Combustion to build a new society. 800 years later, under the rule of a corrupt Parliament, humanity is once again divided. The rich lived in the Inner City while the poor lived in the Slums where supplies were scarce. Out of curiosity and mischief, Titus sneaks out of the Academy and the Inner City to visit the Slums. There he met a former hitman who taught him the way of the Slums. When Mia Elliot's body turned up in the wastelands near the Slums, Titus vows to find and punish the ones responsible for her gruesome death. Some digging revealed the Parliament's involvement and human experimentation. Can Titus bring down the corrupted Parliament and free Luna from the system? Full Book Available on Amazon, weekly updates. *Mature rated for violence and murder scenes.Complete
The Neo-Metropol Heist
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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧'𝐬 𝐒𝐰𝐚𝐧 [𝐎𝐜 𝐱 𝐎𝐜] 𝑾𝑻𝑴
√ 𝐥𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐨 𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 '𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝' 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐝𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧. 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐲𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧. 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐨, 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞. ______________ 𝐎𝐑 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇... 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧'𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐧'𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐥𝐟 𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐤, 𝐦𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧'𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐛𝐲 𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐨 𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭. 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 '𝐛𝐨𝐲𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝'𝐬' 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧'𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐥? 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞?
The cutting-edge of science can be treacherous. Brandon Norallis is a college professor and world-renowned scientist, famous for his advancements in the understanding of the magical phenomenon known as the Aether. His mathematical discoveries have led to an explosion of technological innovation, and he has spent the last decade of his middle-aged life basking in the rewards of society. And yet, when the police deliver a stolen Aether crystal to his lab for analysis, he comes to several troubling conclusions. The crystal has been modified in ways that shouldn't be possible. Someone out there must have incredibly advanced technology, one that could be incredibly dangerous in the wrong hands. His suspicions are confirmed when his son is severely wounded by a mysterious figure demanding to know the location of the crystal. The figure, some call the Phantom Scythe, demonstrates incredible abilities beyond Brandon's comprehension. In a frightening encounter, he is given a difficult choice. Return the modified crystal to its rightful owner, or witness the death of his son. One brings certain death, the other... unknown chaos.
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