Cinta pandang pertama – “Hmm... aku tak percaya pada ungkapan ini sebenarnya. Tapi, sejak bertemu Naura... kenapa hati aku rasa lain? Naura nampak cute sangat. Mana tahu kalau ini memang jodoh aku! Terima ajelah.” – Ammar Bakhtiar Tak kenal maka tak cinta – “ Aduh, macam mana nak cinta kalau kenal pun tak? Macam kahwin dengan orang asing. Kenapa pulak lelaki ni tiba-tiba setuju? Suka-suka hati dia aje. Atau dia ada agenda lain? Dia nak jual aku ke? Ibu, tolong!” – Naura Namun, walau macam mana pun kata hati Ammar dan Naura, mereka tetap disatukan. Bahtera itu harus dikemudi dengan apa cara sekali pun. Kalau karam, lemaslah mereka. Kalau dilanda badai, hancurlah semua. Selebihnya biarkan cinta bercerita...
Kau beri cinta sejati, saat aku menolak teman pengganti... Andai ada jodoh bersama Khalif Azhan, Naura Izdihar mahu bersama lelaki itu hingga ke syurga. Tidak disangka, janji yang terlahir secara spontan pada pertemuan pertama telah mengikat dirinya. Darah yang sama mengalir dalam tubuh Khalif Azhan dan Izran Hilman tidak menjadikan kedua-duanya lelaki yang sama. Walaupun mempunyai raut wajah yang hampir seiras, namun karakter kedua-duanya cukup berbeza. Mencintai gadis yang sama tidak pernah menjadi impian mereka. Mereka juga tidak pernah berebutkan cinta dari gadis yang sama. Namun aturan takdir membuatkan kedua-duanya terikat dengan gadis yang serupa dalam waktu yang berbeza. Cinta Naura Izdihar hanya untuk Khalif Azhan. Itu sesuatu yang dia amat pasti. Namun mampukah Naura mempertahankan kesetiaannya pada Khalif apabila Izran bersungguh-sungguh cuba menawan hatinya? Bagaimana harus dilawan perasaan sendiri dan aturan takdir yang telah tertulis? Tegarkah Naura meminggirkan janjinya untuk terus setia? Nak buang, hati rasa sayang. Nak terima, jiwa rasa tak tenteram. “Saya tak pernah berniat untuk jadi pengganti dia. Tapi saya nak berada bersama Naura di waktu Naura sedih kerana dia. Juga di waktu Naura boleh kembali tersenyum kerana saya.” - Izran
ZOTHIQUE?is the last inhabited continent of Earth. The continents of our present cycle have sunken, perhaps several times. Some have remained submerged, others have re-risen, partially, and re-arranged themselves? The science and machinery of our present civilization have long been forgotten, together with our religions. But many gods are worshipped, and sorcery and demonism prevail as in ancient days.
In 2795, the citizens of Earth stand at the edge of a hopeful crossroad. For the first time in centuries, humanity appears to be entering a new golden age of peace, progress and technological rebirth. But the new Renaissance comes at a tremendous cost; it took a lingering period of global strife, seas of spilled blood and acts of senseless decimation to wedge the splintered race together. Two hundred years prior, history’s deadliest war came to a crashing halt after hydrogen mining operations prematurely forced the sun into its final state. The world’s five major powers disarmed and bonded in a unified attempt to forge a superstructure that would allow future generations to eventually leave Earth and survive the wrath of the growing star. A young man named Vikaré Raymond, scarred at birth by a life-saving titanium shunt inserted deep in his brain, uses his intelligence to support the superstructure project. Struggling with a damaged limbic system that strips him of emotions, Vikaré takes solace in throwing himself into his analytical work. Despite a strained relationship with his parents and aunt, who are members of a terroristic underground cult hell-bent on delivering humanity to the sun as payment for their ancestors’ sins, Vikaré manages to find a sort of mundane tranquility in his stark surroundings. When an extraterrestrial vessel unexpectedly lands in the Panama Canal to investigate the celestial turbulence two centuries prior, he learns that the shrapnel wedged deep in his brain is the key to deciphering the adaptive encryption of the beings’ language. As the only human capable of interpreting their vocalizations, Vikaré feels the weight of mankind’s future bearing down on his already damaged mind. The turn of events forces him to make a life-altering choice: either rise to his place as his parents’ son, or eschew his blood-bound duties to fight the growing threat from the dying sun. Adding further fuel to the chaos, Vikaré must also counter the deadly whims of the pervasive shadow cult, whose leaders interpret the recent chain of events as the imminent prophetic arrival of their new leader: a maniacal celestial goddess who will soon be reborn in a nearly unstoppable digital form. Vikaré’s decisions trap the entire Raymond clan in a global web of twisting motivations, shifting alliances, revelations of long-held grudges and bold power plays to survive and thrive in their toxic, doomed world. Will Vikaré abandon his parents–and the shadowy enviro-terrorism organization they support–to beseech the aliens to help spare humanity? Can the residents of Earth rally long enough to finish the superstructure? Which is ultimately more powerful: destruction, or conservation? Combining family drama and a tale of introspective self-discovery with neurological, linguistic, religious and space themes, Rising Son is a complex fictional story that weaves many journeys and paths together to create an engrossing tale. Its edgy, gritty perspective and occasionally mature subject matter appeals to adult and very late-teen readers alike. The story is inspired by epic fantasies and space operas but forgoes conventional plot devices, creating a fresh and unexpected read that requires readers to think about their own place in the wide, dark universe.
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