The Optix Sanctuary - (The Optix Book 1)
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Last published Sat, May 10, 2025
Book 1 in "The Optix" series.
"ɪ ꜱʜᴏᴜʟᴅ ʀᴜɴ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴀᴄᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ꜱᴏ ɪᴍᴍɪɴᴇɴᴛ ʏᴇᴛ ᴀᴠᴏɪᴅᴀʙʟᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴛɪʟʟ ɪ ᴏɴʟʏ ꜱᴇᴇ ᴏᴘᴘᴏʀᴛᴜɴɪᴛʏ"
Roy Placumer has only wanted one thing for as long as he can remember; to be a member of the Optix Force. The world's most elite task force fighting against those who use the gifts of the Optix Gems for evil, and worse, facing off against the ghoulish beasts known as Mertem's. Roy has trained his whole life for this, so what could possibly be in his way? His very DNA. Roy is merely human, born without a gem. When all hope in his dream seems lost, a feat previously thought to be impossible for a human shows that maybe he has more of a chance than he ever thought before. Can the people standing in his way continue to keep him off the Force for much longer?
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"My frail fingers curl around the jagged rock. I press it into the stone wall and drag it up and down until a small groove forms. I drop the rock and step back, glancing over all the lines I've made. It is day 2,436 of being in this prison with my mother and younger brother." DATHER IS AN ISLAND THAT WAS ONCE KNOWN AS OHAU. A nation that rose from the ashes after an asteroid shower has divided itself when people began to discover their unique powers. At sixteen-years-old Adaline sits in prison with her mother and younger brother, and today is Parting Day where more prisoners will be executed. After seven years of being spared, Adaline's luck has run out. But she won't go quietly or easily. Her life depends on her ability to escape the grasps of the King and find a place of freedom. Discovering her unique powers is the turning point Adaline needs to get a second chance at her freedom. In this thrilling novel of friendship, family, and secrets Adaline runs for her life and learns the truth of her past along the way. "My brain sees him as a threat, as the enemy, a guard at the castle, but my heart feels he is a friend. The question is, which one is right?"
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