Author: S.G. Basu
Genre: YA Science
Fiction / Fantasy
Thirteen year old Maia thinks she has seen it all.
She has survived an assassination attempt, she has been threatened by the chancellor, and she has faced off with saboteurs trying to bring down a nation. She lets nothing get to her anymore-not the ominous nightmares she has been having lately, not the fear of being targeted for another soul extraction, not even the memories of her dead mother's terrifying communique.
More than ever, Maia wants the Initiative to resume. She longs to visit Zagran-the undersea capital of the Jjord. She wants to ride the underwater transport lines, learn about the Jjordic energy farms and most of all-she wants to goof off with her friends.
But, around the charming city of Zagran, evil is gathering. Maia and her friends do not know it yet, the countdown to their planned extinction has already begun.
She has survived an assassination attempt, she has been threatened by the chancellor, and she has faced off with saboteurs trying to bring down a nation. She lets nothing get to her anymore-not the ominous nightmares she has been having lately, not the fear of being targeted for another soul extraction, not even the memories of her dead mother's terrifying communique.
More than ever, Maia wants the Initiative to resume. She longs to visit Zagran-the undersea capital of the Jjord. She wants to ride the underwater transport lines, learn about the Jjordic energy farms and most of all-she wants to goof off with her friends.
But, around the charming city of Zagran, evil is gathering. Maia and her friends do not know it yet, the countdown to their planned extinction has already begun.
Author Bio
S. G. Basu is a telecommunications engineer by profession,
but she likes to call herself a dreamer. Imagination, fueled by a voracious
appetite for books, has been her steady friend since childhood. She
discovered her passion for writing quite by chance and there has been no
stopping her since then.
Find out more about the futuristic worlds she creates, the characters that come to life with their emotions and ambitions, successes and failures, joys and heartbreaks, at sgbasu.com.
Find out more about the futuristic worlds she creates, the characters that come to life with their emotions and ambitions, successes and failures, joys and heartbreaks, at sgbasu.com.
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Excerpts
“We’re almost there,” Dani said as the transporter glided
past a bluish-yellow embankment. “As soon as we turn around that ridge, you
will see—”
The transporter made its way past the ragged edge of the
underwater hillock. A stunned silence descended on all conversation, and Maia
forgot to breathe.
Sprawled
all along the left of the transport line was a structure that could have popped
out of a dream. It was a breathtaking arrangement of shimmering shapes, a
composition of gigantic bubbles stacked and connected with each other through a
complex series of tunnels, passages, and corridors. Its transparent surface
gleamed in the soft blue light filtering through the waters; the curves and the
bulges that housed the city reflected the myriad of colorful sea creatures that
swam all around it.
“This
is it,” Dani’s reverential voice came over the wristband. “This is Zagran.”
As
the transporter drew closer to the colossal mountain of bubbles, the lights of
the glistening city inside it slowly became visible. The Aquiccela suddenly
seemed miniscule—the length of the whole structure could easily rival the
Dorgashians, Maia guessed.
Dani’s
voice sounded again. “Zagran is built around the Mount Setna, an underwater
mountain. You can think of the Setna as Zagran’s backbone, it forms the axis to
which the frame of the city is anchored. The city now looks like a cluster of
berries, but it wasn’t always like this. The first few levels of it were
partially carved into the mount, and partly erected upon an impervious rocky
ledge. Slowly the structure grew. When our technology was advanced enough, the
buildings grew taller. The bubble meshes were built over them as a protective
cover.”
On
nearing the city, the TTL subdivided into narrower transport lines. The
Aquiccela picked one of these smaller lines that circled halfway around the
underwater city, and plunged into the side of a shabby-looking dome protruding
rather sorely from the middle of the superstructure. Within moments, the
transporter came to stop at a platform.
The doors opened one by one, and people streamed
out of the Aquiccela. By the time Maia, Kusha, and Nafi made their way out of
the transporter, Dani and Ren were already waiting on the platform.
“So, what do you think?” Dani asked the instant
they were together. Her eyes shone with pride.
“It’s ridiculously big.” Nafi exclaimed. “I have
to say, I didn’t expect anything as huge as this.”
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