The Alters

The Alters

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Winner of Watty's 2017: Newcomers Winner of the 2017 Heavenly Awards: General Fiction- 1st Place Highest raking in General Fiction- #7 ***** Ages 15+ ***** People, by definition, are complex creatures. Iya Simmons just happens to be more so. Her goals were simple: to live a peaceful life alone, with a decent income, and a stable job. But, words like "alone" and "stable" are not in Iya's vocabulary, not when four other people live inside her head and insist on wreaking havoc in her life. Things could be fine, if she could just keep her illness a secret. But all it takes is one case of "wrong time, wrong place," to blow that plan clear out of the water. If only she hadn't met Warren Reeves.
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Aliens have been here before... one was left behind. Eighteen-year- old Zoe must find him and she doesn't have much time. Along with the alien, a beacon was left on Earth which when activated, opens a portal through which the aliens will return. The extraterrestrials visit Earth to usurp Qi, Earth's vital energy. If the extraterrestrials go too long without Qi, people on the alien planet will die. However, when Qi is extracted from Earth, the weak and elderly of Earth will die. The beacon can only be activated by the alien who was left here and only when the planets are in a particular alignment. The next time is only two months away during the Autumnal Equinox. When Zoe discovers who the alien is, it's a complete game changer because the alien is closer to her than she ever could have imagined. The story takes place in a small town surrounded by forest near the Oregon-California border. Of course it does, after all, the highest concentration of Qi is found in forests where ancient redwoods grow. You might be wondering, what is Qi? In Japan it is called "ki," and in India, "prana"." The ancient Egyptians referred to it as "ka," and the ancient Greeks as "pneuma." In Africa, it's known as "ashe" and in Hawaii as "mana." Qi, Prana, Ki, call it what you will, this energy is the life force itself.

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