Warrior One

David Campiti

Deborah Pratt

VGM PUBLISHING

In the not too distant future, the earth had evolved into a brave new world filled with equality, unity and hope for a better mankind. Humans, thanks to the genetic splicers, had just begun to remember the limitless powers of the human mind. But new technologies were also combined with human DNA and they have become sentient. Biologically based robots called Biodroids have discovered emotions, and declared an end to the age of man. They began to rise up, threatening the brave new world that had been so carefully constructed. Our story begins when this great change touches the life of Lazer, a teenage boy living through this great shift. Finding it hard enough to get through puberty, discover first love and stay out of trouble, his world was altered by a series of tragedies that shocked him into adulthood. He and his best friends Cashton and Kyla are jolted into a new reality and life as they knew it on Atlantia was about to be forever changed. There is one truth Lazer has yet to figure out, destiny has called and he must learn he is the hero this changing world needs. His best friends Cashton and Kyla (a secret love denied by circumstance), stand with Lazer at the beginning of a revolution to save humanity. They become unwilling witnesses to a great evolution and together they will learn the price that must be paid. The Atlantian VQ is a classic adventure that confronts the loss of innocence and the tender heartbeats of first love, a future held in hostage while the whole of human existence hangs in the balance. Come with me into the world of the new Vision Quest's THE ATLANTIAN VQ because… this is only the beginning.

The Atlantian (THE VISION QUEST)

Computers & Technology

Pratt, Deborah

Computer Science

THE ACADEMY VQ Book 2 of the VISION QUEST is part of an exciting science-fiction/fantasy series that takes place in the not-too-distant future where Earth has evolved into a brave, new, and unified world. It is the Age of Light, and three Atlantians—Lazer, Kyla, and Cashton—are struggling to find their place in this rapidly changing world as it stands on the brink of war. Spurred to rebellion by the growing danger of biologically based machines, our heroes find themselves facing the wrath of a sentient, mechanical demagogue called Five and its bio-mechanical army bent on the destruction of all humans. These three reluctant heroes prepare for upcoming war as they seek the wisdom of a powerful, half-human splicer named Masta Lia Poe to help them remember the limitless powers forgotten by humankind. They must discover the secret knowings of the mysterious Gnorbs left behind by Earth’s first inhabitants and hope the leaders of Earth rally to aid Atlantia, and untimely the world, in time to save humanity. Destiny calls, love and friendships are tested, as they learn how to become the heroes and sheroes we all must find inside our deepest, inner selves. Like STAR WARS set on Earth and the new adult friendships in HARPY POTTER, THE ACADEMY VQ is the next book in a classic, coming-of-age Sci-Fi/Fantasy and Adventure series. It is a true global odyssey that takes not just three friends, but the entire planet to stand at the brink of a magnificent, metaphysical evolution as together we become all that humanity was created to be.

The Academy (THE VISION QUEST)

PANAZIA back cover and Amazon summary The Vision Quest’s epic odyssey continues. In book 3, Lazer has survived his Rite of Passage and defeated the Black Guard leader Five's vicious, remote controlled splicer creatures on Passage Island. Bloodied but unbroken he and the other survivors board the rescue transport from Sangelino University only to learn that Kyla and Elana's transport was snatched from the skies above the domed continent of Atlantia and, if still alive, they face unimaginable danger under Five's warring rule. Triumvirate Aleece Avery is trapped there too fighting for the people of Atlantia with the outgunned and outmanned Wave rebellion forces. In the Ice Passages, Cashton and his new found friends survive their own list of Five’s remote controlled splicers. They are rescued from the ice fields by peophin splicers and between the danger of the journey and Cashton’s jealousy over the amazing girl who helped him fight, their journey is just as perilous as Lazer's. Demanding to go home, Lazer is dropped off at the closest landing point to Atlantia into what was once central Asia; the glittering, ultra-futuristic streets of Station City. Lazer finds himself inside the notorious gaming streets of Game Bangers Alley looking for the one person who might be able to get him home. Lazer has one chance to convince this dangerous, half human, renowned game banger splicer and cut throat water pirate, Pushkin Tao to take him home. The price for the journey home, Tao challenged Lazer to a Virtual Reality battle so illegal and realistic it can cause physical death if you believe when you see and feel the mortal wounds you receive while fighting. If Laze wins he still must face the deep underwater trenches of the world oceans and all its dangers and creatures to get home. His journey leads him to the underwater cities of Panazia for supplies. Meanwhile Elana Blue is held prisoner with her father on Atlantia. She is brutally tortured pushing Covax to give Five what he needs to build his biodroid army. Kyla finds herself cocooned and in the hands of a handsome WAVE soldier who becomes her protection from all who would harm her. Cashton and his Musette along with part human sea creatures must battle their way from his ice Passage with their help to a safe haven and a way back to Atlantia, Panazia. Five’s hunt for Lazer continues as all come together beneath the Atlantic Sea in an epic battle for the Red Gnorb. If they can get from the underwater cities of the sunken and domed old South America now called Panazia and hope they can get to Atlantia and under the dome as Five is closes in.

Panazia (THE VISION QUEST)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

THE VISION QUEST, BOOK THREE, THE ODYSSEY, is the next novel in an exciting and mysterious journey into a science fiction based, fantasy world of a futuristic Earth. The Age of Light and the hope of humanity have fallen into the shadowy hands of the sentient machines initially created to serve humans, now turned mortal enemies. As the saga continues, our heroes and sheroes, along with the remaining people of Earth, must awaken to a new cosmic paradigm that is unfolding faster than the speed of a single thought. Kyla and Elana, mortally wounded by a vicious Prometheus, have been sent to healers in Sangelino, but never arrive. Lazer and Cashton must make their Rite of Passage to have any chance of returning to save Atlantia, where the entire population is sealed inside a massive proton dome by Five, the leader of the Black Guard. The race is on as Lazer, Kyla, and Cashton must master the powers of the Visionistic Arts. Humanity needs their skills to survive the rage of the sentient machines threatening all they love. “THE VISION QUEST series is a masterwork primed to join the ranks of other visionaries in the field—Clark, Heinlein, and Roddenberry. Deborah Pratt proves herself a master storyteller.” —LeVar Burton, Star Trek, The Next Generation and host of Reading Rainbow “Deborah Pratt’s VISION QUEST series is a visual and creative masterpiece that comes alive on the page. She has created a profound message inside her mystical mythology of Earth’s future. I’m hoping for more.” —Gavin Boquet, production designer for Star Wars episodes I, II, and III “Modern spiritual classic dwells within this awe-inspiring sci-fi epic. It paints a bold, original portrait of the coming age.” —Whitley Strieber, author of Alien Hunter Series, Communion, and The Day After Tomorrow

The Odyssey (THE VISION QUEST)