Bøger af R K Gold

On his eighteenth cycle, Christopher has to join the ranks of the Formation. A society built on strict rules, where discipline is rewarded with immortality and inefficiency is punishable by death. Within the walls of the Formation, measurements control every aspect of a person's life, but the resources outside the walls offer the only means of survival. When Christopher is assigned to be a scout, his life is flipped upside down. Though it has the lowest causality rate in the Formation it is one of the most dangerous jobs because it puts him in danger of crossing paths with the Others. While searching the forest for the river, the Formation's final means of survival, Christopher is confronted by the truth of his world and his own existence. He learns the history of the war between his tribe and the Other's and questions everything he's been led to believe by the Formation. This novella dives into questions about free will, faith, and duty.

Death was celebrated when the reapers and humans coexisted. Back when the monsters from around The End stayed in their small pocket of existence, only coming out in nightmares and darkness. Ganedyn was paradise and shared its life with its mortal counterpart. Reapers rewarded those at the end of their time on Earth by leading them through the tree in the in-between to an eternity of color, life, and freedom. In return, they would bring tokens back from Ganedyn. Acorns capable of sprouting into an entire forest and flowers capable of curing disease. Everything was in balance.The Reaper in the Tree changed that. He saw humans as selfish creatures, more interested in the progress of their own comfort than the beauty of their gifts from paradise. They were handed something truly beautiful, truly colorful, and preferred to lay brick, pave roads, and live in gray; to them the bright colors of Ganedyn were nothing but a vacation. If it was gray they wanted, it was gray they would receive.He blocked the passage to Ganedyn and turned the tree connecting the two realms into a throne. Those who wished to reach the other side had to walk around The End. Without the constant flow of life between the two worlds all color faded. Sickness ran rampant but death was less common. Even those who walked with a reaper around The End were not guaranteed safe travel. Without balance a sickly fear from the darkness found a larger opening to climb through into the mortal realm. The monsters from The End infested the world. As his father prepares to walk around The End with the hopes of reaching Ganedyn, Clarence, along with his sister Jessi and his best friend Wakoba embark on a journey to the in-between to remove the Reaper in the Tree for good.

Neville Canton was about as average as any man can be. He had a mediocre job, a pleasant wife, an on-going feud with his sister, and an average case of cancer that took his life.But death wasn't the end of his problems and even average people have to learn to overcome.Now trapped in a cloud between the living and the dead, he must find his way to the afterlife.With the help of a spiritual guide he navigates through seven challenges; seven tasks to sever his final connections to the mortal world.If he fails, he forfeits his eternity and the consequences may be worse than death.

Far off in the mountains is a village surviving in turmoil. Constantly under the threat of food shortage, villagers live their lives in fear of the neighboring forest. It's evil. It's something they do not understand; something they can never understand. Living between the communities looming hatred and violence towards a being they cannot control, and the harsh political climate of their leaders, Jasper and McMichaels make a break for the unknown. With their friendship tested constantly, the two adventurers are put on a path they may not be able to return from. Trapped together, will they be able to escape, or will they remain prisoners?