Cold and alone, a boy awakens with few memories - and those faded. As he searches for aid, he is confused by the reactions of the people he encounters. He turns to a strange man that promises help - but the man's motivations may not be as innocuous as they first appear.A quest for truth and valor as the young man struggles to understand the world around him.
What good is a second chance, anyhow, if the choice to take it isn't yours to make? Or if the life you live isn't yours to stake?Continuing the story started with the Monsters of Amapa, Madeline Oughton agrees to join the same program in which Brian unwittingly became entangled, only to find that it is less an opportunity, than an unbearable obligation.Terence' program begins to be revealed as Madeline finds herself with one of his greatest assets, on the wrong side of the equation. Third in a series of monsters: Monsters of Amapa, Twisting through the waves, T3W: Just another day (short), The replacements, Return, A scourge rising from the land of rain, fine fortuna, The history of Ech (short), Assignment of order TQ-1
The escape to gain greater freedom of choice failed to bring greater freedom in life. Circumstances that once seemed unbearably intolerable, came to seem comparatively quaint.The new circumstances for Maddie and her family are nothing like they had hoped for, and the delicate semblance of order where they live is nearly overturned by their rejection of their hosts' corrupted principles.The fallout takes them out of the exchange and underground, where they meet with familiar company - company that is making final preparations for rebellion.Change - often desired: Most efforts fail with catastrophic totality. Worse - success does not always find it brings change for the better.Fourth in a series of monsters: Monsters of Amapa, Twisting through the waves, T3W: Just another day (short), The replacements, Return, A scourge rising from the land of rain, fine fortuna, The history of Ech (short), Assignment of order TQ-1
The influence of outside interests continues to effect and guide those that remain at the decimated remains of the Barajanusy colony. The long-standing divisions of the past fray at the fragile unity formed to culminate the fall of the island's operations, as resources diminish and new ideals are presented - not shared by all.With little at their disposal for protection and survival, the colony is left to consider in whose hands to rest their fate and faith - a decision that soon leaves the few survivors outnumbered as they cling and hope to share their vision, as the likelihood of their oppressors' return becomes ever more apparent.Fifth in a series of monsters: Monsters of Amapa, Twisting through the waves, T3W: Just another day (short), The replacements, Return, A scourge rising from the land of rain, fine fortuna, The history of Ech (short), Assignment of order TQ-1
The Queen was dead. That hadn't been a considered possibility - but, she was gone. The news passed in a wave of shock across existence, and all the usual commotion and misgivings fell to silence. Of course, there's always someone that's gonna take advantage of that kind of moment, and nobody mentioned much about it when it started. But the balance began to waver. The Queen was dead: As balance failed, the full weight of that realization fell, and - realization that a replacement had to be located. Every decision the Queen had ever made had been sound, until that last one: It didn't make sense - it left her dead, it left existence out of balance. Worse yet - she left human.Sixth in a series of monsters: Monsters of Amapa, Twisting through the waves, T3W: Just another day (short), The replacements, Return, A scourge rising from the land of rain, fine fortuna, The history of Ech (short), Assignment of order TQ-1
Dull Harbor was a small border town in the far southeast of the country, right along the coastline and just north of a small marsh that was only significant as it could be contested. There was a lot of trouble with those people over across the border, as they had a whole lack of understanding of simple decency and the concept of dividing lines, often crossing over where they weren't wanted and putting their own feet on soil over which they had not dropped from their mother's wombs. That was the sort of behavior that had led to the wars of many years ago, that led to the massacres of our people, of our innocents, of our children - massacred in parks as they played, massacred in the bedrooms as they slept, massacred in their mothers' arms. If it hadn't been for old Walker, they would have exterminated the entirety of our country - every one of us. But Walker had the rigs, and those had brought about a peace that stayed with us for over three hundred years. They came across the border, they came across and visited the shops - especially those on Chronic Creek - but they more or less knew their place since the last war. They more or less stayed away. But you've got to watch them - 'cause they're sneaky: Everybody knows, you can't trust a cat.
A chapter that never quite fit in -- the tie between the Monsters and T3W: Relevant for those diversions, but a stretch to get to from them. The story of how Kenzie was far more influential in Brian's experience than he ever knew. At least, for several decades... And then, of course, the opposite was true - but that gets complicated...
Activity on Barajanusy ramps up as the technology brought together rapidly transforms the planet, with focus continuing on defense against the threats known to lurk not far away.Their hopes to keep a low-profile are blown when the family from Amapa is called to push against intrusion, bringing attention to the odd cooperative. That, in turn, leading to the revelation of the larger forces that have shaped their fates.Assignment of order TQ-1 brings the final pieces to The Monsters of Amapa.Last in a series of monsters: Monsters of Amapa, Twisting through the waves, T3W: Just another day (short), The replacements, Return, A scourge rising from the land of rain, fine fortuna, The history of Ech (short), Assignment of order TQ-1
