Opaque
by Calix
Leigh-Reign
Genre: YA Scifi/Fantasy
Release Date: October 22nd 2016
Summary from Goodreads:
Highly controversial debut novel by Cālix Leigh-Reign is taking the nation by storm! For those who've been craving an untapped damsel-in-distress-less Sci-Fi niche - Opaque delivers in this gripping page-turner involving mutated Limbal rings, biokenretic anomalies, mental dysfunction, perplexing Russian ancestry & romance. Cālix takes us on an adventure that begins when 16 year old misanthropic Adam Caspian unknowingly reaches biokenretic puberty, and his supernatural abilities awaken to save him from his murderous intentions. His every thought revolves around the extinction of the human race until mysterious Afro-Russian Carly Wit stumbles into his English class one morning. Adam notices something otherworldly about her immediately but denies the bio-synch taking place inside of him. As he resists their blossoming love, he battles with unnatural thoughts of his mother. Discovering his origin isn't what he'd thought, he becomes determined to peel back the layers of his lineage and unmasks a multitude of mind-bending secrets along the way.
Genre: YA Scifi/Fantasy
Release Date: October 22nd 2016
Summary from Goodreads:
Highly controversial debut novel by Cālix Leigh-Reign is taking the nation by storm! For those who've been craving an untapped damsel-in-distress-less Sci-Fi niche - Opaque delivers in this gripping page-turner involving mutated Limbal rings, biokenretic anomalies, mental dysfunction, perplexing Russian ancestry & romance. Cālix takes us on an adventure that begins when 16 year old misanthropic Adam Caspian unknowingly reaches biokenretic puberty, and his supernatural abilities awaken to save him from his murderous intentions. His every thought revolves around the extinction of the human race until mysterious Afro-Russian Carly Wit stumbles into his English class one morning. Adam notices something otherworldly about her immediately but denies the bio-synch taking place inside of him. As he resists their blossoming love, he battles with unnatural thoughts of his mother. Discovering his origin isn't what he'd thought, he becomes determined to peel back the layers of his lineage and unmasks a multitude of mind-bending secrets along the way.
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Excerpt from Chapter 14 [Afrax]
“Mom,
what is this place?” I can’t resist asking the question any longer.
“This
is Afrax. A safe house and headquarters in International Falls for other
descendants.”
“I
never knew this many descendants were still living.”
“They
not all exhibit the trait but do possess.”
“Then
how can they pass through the corridor?”
“They
are cocooned by another descendant.”
“So,
it isn’t fail safe?”
“Not
completely. But the Iksha, as we know, only possess medically-induced artificial
traits. Those will not pass through. Our threat lies with the captured
descendants who have joined the Iksha.”
“I
haven’t told Adam that part.”
“Don’t
worry, I will.”
She reveals her idea and I listen
intently.
“We
would never lure them here where they could determine this location and capture
all. No. Instead we lure them to remote location, retrace their steps and
destroy them.”
It
is time that these monsters be stopped. Permanently.
“If
we cannot retrace their steps to locate Dad?”
“They
still die!”
Her
voice lowers, and growls in a way that makes the hairs on the back of my neck
stand up. My mother is truthfully the only human being on the planet that I
fear. I’ve seen what she’s capable of.
“Then
let’s kill them Mom.”
“That’s
my girl. But first, we must discuss your boyfriend.”
Gulp.
I’d rather discuss the Iksha.
About the Author:
Cālix is the published author of the
Russian-mutant, psychological Sci-Fi fantasy novel, Opaque. She's a certified
paralegal and has studied creative writing under English teacher, script writer
and published author Larry Strauss. Her earliest literary inspirations include
Alice Walker, Larry Strauss, VC Andrews and Stephen King. She spent a majority
of her childhood in libraries and developed an intense relationship with words.
She's a member of YARWA and RWA and is currently serving as a judge for YARWA's
2016 Rosemary Contest. She enjoys prayer, discovering the minds of those who
rebel against social programming, listening to music, a great cup of coffee,
exquisite ethnic cuisine, spending time with family & friends, attending
movie premieres, traveling and the arts. She spends her free time in the gym,
fantasizing about story plots and different ways of changing the world.
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