Inside the Atom
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  • Reads 12,485
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  • Parts 7
  • Time 1h 5m
Ongoing, First published Nov 24, 2015
"Hi! I am so happy to have found you. For a long time I thought I was alone :-)"
 
Since humanity started texting a mysterious celestial neighbour, fifteen-year-old Leonard Yates had only one dream; to join Earth's finest scientists delving deep into space to meet the entity named Archer, who lives alone on a resource-rich planet.
 
But time for Leo is running out. Nearly all the crew for the expedition have been chosen and are already on their way. Leo knows. He has watched each member enter the Astral-Terrestrial Occum Machine known as The Atom to be teleported aboard a spaceship already soaring through the stars.
 
Leo has one chance; the competition for the last ten spots is on and to make the cut Leo needs an edge. This edge comes in the form of the local hermit, a gruff and mean former-astronaut named Trent Green. Leo must enlist Trent's help to be selected as a potential space-faring candidate.  
 
Will Leo have what it takes to reach his dream and step inside the Atom?
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