Query YA- The Last
Posted: November 4th, 2014, 10:53 am
Dear Agent,
I am submitting for your consideration THE LAST, a 74,000 word YA sci-fi that will appeal to fans of X-Men and steampunk.
To Rynn, locks are more of an invitation then an obstacle. She’s a pyrokinetic telepath, and one of eleven surviving Afflicted, a hidden group of human beings with supernatural abilities. She and the others have no memory of their childhood, of the great civil war, or the massacre of the rest of their kind…she remembers nothing before the Doctor.
The Doctor, the man who plucked Rynn and the others from the rubble of the war, is a genius machinist, and as the eldest of his adopted Afflicted children, Rynn’s job is to steal unique mechanical artifacts for his latest mystery project. Rynn is the Doctor’s number one tool, but she dreams of leaving the dying kingdom of Cymbria for the neighboring country of Evran where she can live as a typical teenager.
When a failed mission lands Rynn in the dungeons of the Haze, Evran’s secret police, she unlocks the truth about her Guardian. The Doctor plans to use the Afflicted to breed a master race of supernatural beings, and his machine has created a deadly weapon, an unnatural enemy that no human army could stop.
However, the Haze has their own weapon. Their youngest agent Callan is an Afflicted, who also survived the war, but escaped the Doctor’s clutches. If Rynn can tolerate Callan’s arrogance, and unleash the full potential of her powers, the two of them could destroy the Doctor’s machine and rescue her family.
Working with the Haze, Rynn will face the Doctor’s frightening army of half-dead Strikers, and her own complicated past to free those she loves most. Rynn knows she has to stop the Doctor, but can she destroy the only father she’s ever known?
Thank you for your consideration,
I am submitting for your consideration THE LAST, a 74,000 word YA sci-fi that will appeal to fans of X-Men and steampunk.
To Rynn, locks are more of an invitation then an obstacle. She’s a pyrokinetic telepath, and one of eleven surviving Afflicted, a hidden group of human beings with supernatural abilities. She and the others have no memory of their childhood, of the great civil war, or the massacre of the rest of their kind…she remembers nothing before the Doctor.
The Doctor, the man who plucked Rynn and the others from the rubble of the war, is a genius machinist, and as the eldest of his adopted Afflicted children, Rynn’s job is to steal unique mechanical artifacts for his latest mystery project. Rynn is the Doctor’s number one tool, but she dreams of leaving the dying kingdom of Cymbria for the neighboring country of Evran where she can live as a typical teenager.
When a failed mission lands Rynn in the dungeons of the Haze, Evran’s secret police, she unlocks the truth about her Guardian. The Doctor plans to use the Afflicted to breed a master race of supernatural beings, and his machine has created a deadly weapon, an unnatural enemy that no human army could stop.
However, the Haze has their own weapon. Their youngest agent Callan is an Afflicted, who also survived the war, but escaped the Doctor’s clutches. If Rynn can tolerate Callan’s arrogance, and unleash the full potential of her powers, the two of them could destroy the Doctor’s machine and rescue her family.
Working with the Haze, Rynn will face the Doctor’s frightening army of half-dead Strikers, and her own complicated past to free those she loves most. Rynn knows she has to stop the Doctor, but can she destroy the only father she’s ever known?
Thank you for your consideration,