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Episodes 1 and 2 are currently in stores but are available on NetGalley while the new Episode 3 ARC is available for requests. (pub data. Mar. 6/2018).

This series is designed for readers who want to become the characters who are narrating and discover the world from the inside of their heads with their unique voices, actions, and emotions at times lyrical, cryptic, dramatic, broken, silly, or introspective.

SYNOPSIS (Episode 2, series "Nemecene")

The city of Eadonberg rests at the edge of a precipice as a tide of vengeance rises from within.

Amidst suspicions of Orwellian double-speak and doctored evidence, and driven by a knowing he cannot explain, Keeto leaves the cocoon of the archives to face the adventurer he aspires to be. If only his impatient twin sister, Elize, were able to slow the whispers in her mind from feeding the voices in her head, as their chatter tests her highland upbringing with each argumentative intrusion, time would surely bend in her favor. But the search continues … and they are still looking.
 
In this episode, the role of first narrator falls to Nepharisse, the soft-spoken sapphire-eyed redhead whose quiet dealings play to misguided expectations. No human can resist the sparkles that dance on the wings of her words, while she glides through time by the grace of her kind.
The murders resurface. They spread to an unsettling new set of young victims, and, once again, the twins and their poke-happy dweeb-of-a-genius co-conspirator, Zafarian, are sleuthing. This time, however, they venture outside their bio-walled haven to uncover something much more personal.

Nepharisse also has a few choice words about the shocking developments, as she gathers some facts of her own. Even as she questions her own value, she aspires to more than current constraints would impose upon her. But that is not her place.

As new alliances are revealed, still others are suspected. A degenerative virus fuels distrust between cultures as the twins discover they aren’t the only ones being hunted. While the government intensifies its secret campaign against the Gadlin underground with allegations of biological terrorism, Zafarian, the twins’ half-Gadlin friend, questions his own loyalties. Could the Unification broadcasts be true?

Humanity trades freedom for fear. Control passes to the very entities Keeto has vowed to hide Elize from, the ones who had caged their mother — the Global Health Unit.

What price would you pay for safety?

A conspiracy is indeed growing, but by whom and towards whom may surprise you.

MEET THE NARRATORS

The novel has three narrators whose timelines cross and move forward as the story unfolds.

NEPHARISSE: She captivates wandering minds with lyrical incantations

No human can resist the sparkles that dance on the wings of her words. When chaos worries the thoughts of men, she sashays in step with her calm intensity to soothe their angst. But if their actions interfere with her heart’s desire, a master puppeteer slices through the veil of her verses.
     As it was with Nathruyu, Nepharisse’s voice emanates from a deeper place. Her body serves as a host for a larger presence, while she glides through time by the grace of her kind. The sweet innocence behind her eyes is hers to wield when matters call for a little mischief, wrapped in a sheath of trust.
     You need someone to trust. Trust is key. You can trust in me.

ELIZE: Her restless tough-girl attitude betrays her splintered mind.

Keet is such a pup. Honestly. There’s nothing mystical about my nightmares. It’s a scientific fact that dreams are just our brain’s way of processing things. And in my case, it’s simply trauma nothing more. Keet’s afraid I’ll get lost in some mental void like Mother and that Father will commit me to the GHU. That’s where Mother died. Wipe that image. No more tears. Good. So we’re keeping everything hush. Crazed, eh? Anyway, I hope he’s wrong. Better keep the voices to myself. Everybody hears some. They just won’t admit it. It’s not considered normal. Right. Normal. At least, we’ll be gone soon and maybe even…Crap! No. Not now.
     Breathe, Eli, breathe. Here he comes. Breathe. Act normal.

KEETO: His courage hides inside the cocoon of an armchair archaeologist.

Time has not filled the void you left when Eli and I were just nine years old. As I cloister myself here, sprinkling the pages of another journal with my emotions, I image that you see through my eyes, and write through my quill. It is this insanity that keeps me sane while my days spent digging for answers to questions that constantly change consume my sheltered life. If only your spirit could materialize into the Mother I need you to be once again. But reality reminds me otherwise. My only hope is that connecting with you, in these quiet and sometimes not so quiet moments of reflection, will uncover truths that liberate us all.
     But will they come soon enough?

Episode 1, Nemecene: The Epoch of Redress ( ISBN 978-1-988814-00-1) and Episode 2, Nemecene: The Gadlin Conspiracy (ISBN 978-1-988814-01-8) are currently available in stores across Canada and the US and via your favorite online retailers.

Episode 3, Nemecene: Through Fire and Ice ( ISBN 978-1-988814-02-5) is NOW available as an Advance Reading Copy (printed copies available from the publisher directly) and launching March 6th, 2018 in stores across North America..

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