Adrian Holt

The Choir of the Never-Born (eBook, ePUB)

A Symphony of Dying Worlds
Redaktion: Ai

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The rusting cannery, a skeletal finger against the dying sky, watches over ten-year-old Kiran's decaying coastal town.  But the familiar groans of metal are now punctuated by a disquieting hum, emanating from luminous spires that pierce the earth.  These alien growths pulse with an unsettling energy, transforming the familiar into something eerily sacred.  Driven by an insatiable curiosity, Kiran touches a spire, and his world shatters. He sees Thal'Zeen. Not a god, but a caretaker of dying universes, a shimmering entity of countless eyes reflecting the decay of Kiran's world and the infinite possibilities of others.  Thal'Zeen offers not destruction, but salvation: a chance to join the Choir of the Never-Born, a metaphysical archive of lost realities. While fear grips the adults, Kiran sees opportunity.  He journeys into the Choir, a kaleidoscope of failed universes. He walks among the towering Arboreans of Xylos, consumed by sentient fungi, witnesses the shattered crystalline intelligences of Azuria, and hears the whispers of Elysia, lost in self-created illusions. Each encounter is a lesson in the devastating consequences of inflexibility and the urgent necessity of adaptation. Returning to his world, Kiran carries the weight of a dying universe on his shoulders.  He pleads with his community to embrace the Choir, but his pleas fall on deaf ears. Mayor Carolyn Cross, fueled by fear, sees only destruction. The community fractures, hope battling despair.  Only a handful, including the ostracized scientist Dr. Frances Morales and her daughter, Isabella, believe Kiran's vision. As the spires grow and the earth trembles, they race against time. Within the forgotten town library, they discover ancient texts hinting at past encounters with entities like Thal'Zeen, revealing the spires as conduits not of destruction, but of transformation.  But Mayor Cross rallies the terrified townsfolk against them, branding them as heretics. Meanwhile, Elias Vance, a solitary fisherman haunted by past loss, sees in Thal'Zeen another harbinger of destruction. But through poignant encounters with Kiran and Isabella, he begins to confront his trauma and recognize the potential for renewal.  And Isabella, initially skeptical, witnesses the undeniable evidence of Thal'Zeen's influence and begins to understand the interconnectedness of all things, her growing bond with Kiran a beacon of hope in the encroaching darkness. As the sky fractures, revealing glimpses of the chaotic beauty of the Choir, Kiran faces a stark choice: force the symbiosis and risk his people's wrath, or watch his world become another silent testament to failure. He chooses understanding, a choice that echoes through the Choir, offering a glimmer of hope for his dying world and the countless others within Thal'Zeen's embrace.  But will it be enough?

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: PublishDrive
• Seitenzahl: 227
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 6610000703081
• Artikelnr.: 72807047