mary_olajire

"Fear is a feeling, but it tends to run deeper than that. It's like a virus. Resilient and highly contagious. And even the smallest seed of it can grow to destroy you."

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It's the year 2280. Airborne particles were invented with the intent to eradicate diseases but instead they become radioactive, toxic and severely deadly to anyone who breathes in even a tiny amount.

The world becomes a dystopia and is uninhabitable.

With time running out for humans on earth, Hiro Tachibana is one of the scientists that has to find out if a new planet is fit for habitation. But when people start turning up dead on the spaceship and there are more questions than answers, Hiro realizes that he may not be able to trust anyone.

Not even himself.


DISCLAIMER: The picture in the book cover does not belong to me.


AN: This book is undergoing a MAJOR rewrite. The previous chapters are not available for now so don't start reading it. I'll post an announcement when I'm done editing. Thank you!

Beyond Earth

Rain poured down over the town with a roar. The steady downpour hit the roof and windows like gravity had been turned up a notch while the wind howled, cried and bayed like a wolf into the night. The sound of emptiness was occasionally disrupted by the loud gregarious boom of thunder after lightning bolts split the sky.

Somehow it calmed me, seeing the night sky so dark and the rain trickle down the window which I stood next to. Thunder rolled across the sky with a cracking boom that was violent to the ears and I instantly ducked. I knew it was silly but I couldn't help it. I stood straight once again before walking away from the window and to the centre table where one plastic bag containing food lay on next to the lamp that illuminated the room.

I pulled out two canned peaches, two bottles of water and my can opener before using the can opener to open the cans.

Chapter 125