Sundered Query: New Directions

July 16, 2011
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I think… this just might be it. Aakesh, king of the alien Sundered Ones, has struggled for centuries to free his people from human enslavement. Now, humanity’s greatest weapon – ironically called the “Hope” – is about to be turned on the Sundered in an act of genocide, putting Aakesh’s subtle manipulation and hobbled powers [...]

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Sundered Query: Revision!

January 22, 2011
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Update: click here. Tried a completely different direction. Here we go!Harry Iskinder is searching for the Hope of Humanity, and if he doesn’t find it, everyone on earth will die. The world is flooded with black water that kills on contact. Powerful but mentally damaged creatures called the Sundered provide food and shelter, but under [...]

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The Sundered Query

January 22, 2011
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Update: click here. Thoughts, questions, suggestions are all welcome!Harry Iskinder has no future, but it doesn’t matter. Nobody else on Earth has one, either. Black water that kills on contact covers the entire planet. Humanity survives because of the Sundered Ones, creatures unaffected by the black water but incapable of disobeying human beings. The Sundered [...]

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The Sundered Query (next draft)

October 5, 2010
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Thank you so much for your feedback, everyone! I’ve tried to incorporate your comments into this next draft. Please let me know how it strikes you! The world is flooded, technology is all but gone, and  Harry Iskinder is crazy enough to think there’s hope. The mysterious “Hope of Humanity” is supposed to fix everything: [...]

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