The Voice and the Silence
A WORLD TURNING INTO DESERT
A SOCIETY HELD TOGETHER BY LIES
A RELIGION FOUNDED ON SUFFERING
A CITY ON THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION
A RELIGIOUS ASCETIC WHO DREAMS OF FREEDOM
A VISIONARY WHO WILL STOP AT NOTHING
A REJECT WHO LONGS FOR FORGIVENESS
A HEDONIST WHO CRAVES MEANING
A DANGEROUS BATTLE OF FAITH
THE FIGHT HAS JUST BEGUN
Set in a not quite so unbelievable future, The Voice and the Silence follows three women struggling to find their place in one of humanity's last cities: an unwilling member of a religious order who craves freedom and gratification over saving the world, her disgraced friend who struggles to reconcile her sense of guilt and justice, and a women who has been taught to value only herself and her own desires but longs for connection and purpose.
As their quests for freedom, forgiveness, and meaning set them on a collision course with an outlawed faith and brings them under the attention of the most dangerous man in the city, each will have to decide what she will live — and die — for.
Dawn
How do you learn to trust again?
In a world slowly being consumed by desert, the balance keepers are mankind’s last hope of appeasing the anger of the gods. But Monroe has failed to do her part. Rejected by everyone around her and tormented by memories, she desperately tries to find the courage to end it all.
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When another balance keeper appears and shows her kindness, it seems that, perhaps, there could be more to life than endless guilt and misery. But can Monroe risk trusting someone again, after everything in her past warns her not to?
The Babbler and the Balance Keeper
Tell the truth... suffer the consequences.
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Chosen at a young age to serve as a balance keeper, Quincy chafes against the oppressive religious system of the anchorage. In a world where unorthodoxy is punished by death, she lives an elaborate charade, with one very simple rule: avoid the truth at all costs. When she accidentally discovers a way to communicate with the prisoner beneath her chamber, Quincy learns of a mysterious savior who has come to the prisoner’s rescue before. Escape could finally be within her reach.
If only it were that easy. The prisoner is more interested in discussing her strange new religion than any escape plans. Convincing her best friend Monroe to leave might be impossible — she believes that the anchorage is the only way to atone for her sins, no matter how cruelly she is treated. And a powerful visitor has arrived at the anchorage, with authority over their very lives... and plans of his own for Quincy.
As pressure builds on all sides, Quincy’s lies may finally catch up with her.
Status: Out to beta readers
