WIP Introduction: Grey Blinds and Sunflowers
[Image Description: two images edited together with text over the top. On the left are bright yellow sunflower petals, laid over the top of each other in a line. On the right is a semicircle of skyscrapers extending up to the sky, seen from the ground and tinted grey. In the centre, a patch of darker yellow blends the two pictures. In the top left corner is the words “GREY BLINDS” in grey writing, and in the bottom right is the words “AND SUNFLOWERS” in a yellowish brown, both written in hard block capitals. In the centre, in curly black calligraphy, is the words “A Novel By Low’s Lore”]
Title: Grey Blinds and Sunflowers
Current Word Count: 59k Intended Word Count: 75k
Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Adult (Contemporary vibes I think), New Adult, Dystopian, Crime Fiction
Status: Editing to create draft 2
Tropes: Found Family, romance/relationships, capitalist villains, tough guy expectation subversion, reluctant heroes, Object Of Power (but it’s a creature?? Of some sort?? Very eldritch and mysterious), Orphans, redemption arcs, convoluted plans, fake capture, stake outs, prophetic dreams, ordinary lives made extraordinary, detectives/spies,
Synopsis: In a world in which most people only see in grey (except when staring at a screen), Liesl stands out. She’s a Dustie (or, to some, a Blindie), someone who can see in multiple colours, and this could put her in danger - Blindies are labelled with inherent criminality at best, and Liesl feels she has to hide it. She tries her best not to stand out in any way. But when developments occur in her Missing Persons case which might reveal the reason Dusties exist, Liesl can’t help but continue to pursue it - even as, gradually, her normal life is taken away from her; her home, her family, and maybe her freedom. With the help of her team, Liesl must find out what is really happening behind the society she lives in, while trying to keep everyone together - even when one person is determined that only they can be the team’s person on the inside, despite the danger, and there’s one person on the team who doesn’t know she’s a Dustie because he hates them.
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