The Legend of Zye
X48
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Raymond Green was standing with a sword out and ready in the mouth of Ash’s cave. He was grinning horribly and his black cloak, so much like his son’s, was burned slightly on the ends. When both of us faced him, he curled his lips into a devilish snarl.
“You kept me waiting, boys,” he said, kicking my sword sheath over to me.
I picked it up with the realization that he wanted to fight, he didn’t just want to stab me and be done with it. He wanted to enjoy my death, and things that were fast never offered much satisfaction. In a single movement though, I had my sword off the ground and in my hand. I was desperate and half blinded by uncontrollable rage, but I rushed at my brother’s murder with his son at my side.
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When your destiny is laid out for you from birth, it should be easy to fit into it. But that isn’t always the case.
On the planet of X48, everyone is born knowing their name and future, and deviating from that plan is unheard of. It sounds easy, but sixteen-year-old Zye isn’t so sure. Since birth, he’s been slated to become a soldier, but he’d much rather be a healer instead.
After he graduates from high school, he receives orders to report as a soldier and travel to planet Silver. Here he will train to become a fierce warrior. But when he hears his older, war-hero brother speaking about an upcoming fight against a group of powerful magicians called the Draes, Zye uncovers a secret that will change everything he’s ever known.
Now, old powers left forgotten have begun to gain new strength, and Zye learns things about himself, his brother, and his planet he had never imagined. The young man who believed for so long that he was just one of millions now might be his planet’s only hope. Yet it is the tragic murder of Zye’s beloved older brother that spins his life out of control, and Zye’s future may, for the first time, be irrevocably altered.
About the Author
Rachel Carter is a senior at Lakota East High School. She marches a sousaphone in her school’s marching band, shows a western quarter horse named Whodunit Dee Lux, and works as a rides operator at an amusement park. This is her first novel.