Awoken (The Lucidites #1)
by Sarah Noffke
Release Date: 11/24/14
Around the world humans are hallucinating after sleepless nights.
In a sterile, underground institute the forecasters keep reporting the same events.
And in the backwoods of Texas, a sixteen-year-old girl is about to be caught up in a fierce, ethereal battle.
Meet Roya Stark. She drowns every night in her dreams, spends her hours reading classic literature to avoid her family’s ridicule, and is prone to premonitions—which are becoming more frequent. And now her dreams are filled with strangers offering to reveal what she has always wanted to know: Who is she? That’s the question that haunts her, and she's about to find out. But will Roya live to regret learning the truth?
In a sterile, underground institute the forecasters keep reporting the same events.
And in the backwoods of Texas, a sixteen-year-old girl is about to be caught up in a fierce, ethereal battle.
Meet Roya Stark. She drowns every night in her dreams, spends her hours reading classic literature to avoid her family’s ridicule, and is prone to premonitions—which are becoming more frequent. And now her dreams are filled with strangers offering to reveal what she has always wanted to know: Who is she? That’s the question that haunts her, and she's about to find out. But will Roya live to regret learning the truth?
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Excerpt
“I cannot grant you any more time,” Shuman says. “I need
your answer.”
I scan the surface of the water, looking for nothing in
particular. She can wait for my
answer. She will.
I push my fingers into my eyes and inhale deeply. This duel
is inevitable. Zhuang and his challenger’s futures are intertwined. Any attempt
to evade the other person will only bring the two together. And somehow I was
elected by people I don’t know, for a danger I only recently knew existed.
Still none of this makes sense, which is why I know I have to rely on instinct.
It’s all I have left. “Fine,” I say a bit pathetically. “I’ll do it.”
A smile would be nice, or maybe a “good for you.” Instead
Shuman, who appears to be all business, all the time, begins spouting
instructions. “Your next step is to find the Lucidite Institute. Since you are
relatively new to dream traveling there are many risks you face.”
No big surprises
there.
Shuman continues, “You must dream travel to the Institute
while fully submerged in water.”
Um, what? “Are you serious? I’ll drown.”
“There is that risk, yes, but the only way to enter the
Institute is through water. To travel there you must return to your body and
then immerse yourself in water. I advise you to know you are one with it. It is through this knowledge that you
overcome the fear of drowning and focus on the higher task of dream traveling.
If you remain calm and focus properly then you will travel and arrive at the
Institute. If you are unsuccessful, then yes, you will drown.”
“Oh, is that all? Sounds like a piece of cake.” I’m
wondering now if I made the right decision.
Shuman narrows her eyes, but doesn’t respond otherwise.
I rub my temples as an overwhelming pressure erupts behind
my eyes. “This is all so strange, it sounds like a recurring dream I’ve been…”
My words fall away as the inevitable truth dawns on me. “You put those dreams
in my head, didn’t you?” I accuse, staring at her rigid persona.
“The Lucidites are responsible, yes,” she says, her tone
matter-of-fact.
“What! That’s insane! That’s awful. Night after night I
dreamed I was drowning myself. Do you know how horrifying that is?”
“You should be grateful. We have prepared you for the
journey you are about to take. Your subconscious mind has already practiced
much of what you are going to do.”
“Grateful!?” I shake my head in disbelief. “I thought I
was losing my mind. I didn’t sleep well for weeks. No. I’m not the least bit
grateful. You invaded my subconscious,” I spew, more frustrated now than
frightened.
Shuman takes a long inhale and says, “Everything that has
been done was to protect you and the future.”
About the Author
Sarah Noffke
writes YA sci-fi fantasy and is the author of The Lucidites
Series. She’s been everything from a corporate manager to a hippie.
Her taste for adventure has taken her all over the world. If you can’t find her
at the gym, then she’s probably at the frozen yogurt shop. If you can’t find
her there then she probably doesn’t want to be found. She is a self-proclaimed
hermit, with spontaneous urges to socialize during full moons and when Mercury
is in retrograde. Sarah lives in Southern California with her family.
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