You're In Carcosa Now

Apparently, it took me a while to decide how to spell Jannan’s name.

These characters will be featured, in small roles, in my upcoming book A Kingdom of Curse and Ruin. (Read the working draft of the Prologue + Chapters 1 & 2 HERE)

After the Curse and Ruin trilogy, Jannan and Arelda will get their own series :)

In the far future, humanity has fled underground. Never-ending storms and radiation have rendered the surface uninhabitable. The android Satine is their last hope; only she can return them to the surface.

But Satine doesn't know the humans have been wiping her mind for centuries, preventing her from reaching singularity.

Devon Orchard, the Prime Scientist, is there when Satine activates. He must be her creator. But he acts strangely around her. He's afraid and doesn't seem to trust her.

Elena, Satine's handler, is kind and open. She talks to Satine as if they've known each other for years, but they've just met.

Other people are apprehensive around Satine. They keep children away from her and speak in hushed voices.

Then, a mysterious memory emerges, revealing the humans are hiding something. In the memory, Satine is on the surface, in a vibrant field, kneeling near a dying woman.

"You can't trust them," the woman says.

Satine's prime directive is to return humanity to the surface. But as she explores her consciousness, the emergence of feelings, and secretly strives toward singularity, she must investigate the odd memory and answer a bold and dangerous question: Is humanity worth saving?

But the clock is ticking.

If Satine's core melts before she discovers the truth... she'll die.

The new covers are completed for my sci-fi book series Legacy of Celestials! I couldn't be happier about them! They're all available in eBook right now on Amazon, and they're in Kindle Unlimited! Paperbacks coming soon.

For my fellow Star Wars nerds, strap in:

Three times Sidious has attempted to shift the balance of power in the force to the dark side. First, he and Plagueis tried to create a being of pure sith energy and the force fought back and created Anakin Skywalker; an individual equal in the light and the dark.

Later, Sidious seduces Anakin to the dark side and does shift the balance of power. The force pushes back again and gives us Luke and Leia; two to fight two. While Luke physically battles and emerges victorious against Vader and Sidious, Leia works with the Rebellion and defeats the Empire on the militaristic front. Both being the keys to repelling the dark. 

In his final efforts, Sidious attempts to create a clone of himself in order to essence transfer his consciousness to extend his life. As we have seen from Palpatine, he gains knowledge then grows in power. Had he been successful in this, we can theorize that he would've continued to gain knowledge and grow in power until he would be too powerful to stop. The force fights against this as well, and through what Sidious considers a defective clone, the force creates Rey; another balance of light and dark. Rey eventually defeats Sidious, the last known Sith, with the help from the past great Jedi.

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I don’t know when this was asked, I’m bad at checking messages. Kind of difficult for me to answer as I don’t really feel ‘guilty’ or embarrassed for liking certain films or shows or singers or anything really. If I like it I like it, so I’ll try to answer in the general context: