Only Human
Kindle edition: NOW WITH BONUS PAGES FROM ONLY HUMAN 2!!
Love Twilight? Love Only Human!
A Human Borne of Vampires!!
Aecia is a deformity! A curious case of two members of the same species producing another one! Desperately lonely, and living a lie, she creates an imaginary human friend whom she names Amica. When she meets a real friend 'Garok' she is overjoyed, but her happiness is short lived when the truth of her origin is revealed, and it will shake the foundations of the cruel vampire world forever.
˃˃˃ Barbaric Clone Farming!
After the great war when vampires finally defeated humans, they needed a constant stream of blood to supply their need. Having killed most of the humans, the ones that remained were cloned, and hung in warehouses (farms) to be simultaneously fed with liquid food and drained of their blood.
˃˃˃ More Than A Human!
Aecia discovers that she has some abilities which other humans don't possess. Will this bring her closer to her group, or will it create a wedge between them?
˃˃˃ A Trip to the Vampire Government to Meet The Elders!
On a mandatory school trip she goes to he Ordinatio where she has no choice but to be in close proximity to the ancient Elders. Can she keep her humanity a secret from these magical and powerful beings?
Go with Aecia into a dangerous futuristic vampire world. Feel her fear, and her love, as she struggles to keep her secret or die!
The Story Behind This Book
I was always going to write in the teen/young adult fantasy genre. I have three young adults of my own ranging from 16 to 25 years and I always ask their opinion on my imagined, creatures, plot-lines, and settings for the story. Granted, the speed of their answers could indicate that they are not even listening, but I still feel better for having acquired their approval. Only Human was born after reading the superb Twilight series, but I wanted to create a teen who is going through all the normal difficulties associated with growing up, but also with the other mammoth complication of being the only human in a vampire-ruled society. Aecia deals with her life of lonely isolation by creating Amica (imagined human friend) who she speaks to constantly as if she was really there. Amica might develop into something more in the sequel 'The Blood Wars-Crystal Secret', or perhaps the third book! I'm saying no more. Creating the characters in Only Human has been a riot! I had great fun with our 'Bill". God love him; he's a midget with one ear, one eye perched in the position a face usually reserves for its nose, and a patchwork quilt of skin colours. He is one of the second batch (the first being the red-skinned sanguis) of clones attempted by the vamps with their flawed genetic swirl of DNA. Bill's beauty goes far, far deeper than the skin he is wrapped up in. Garok (Aecia's love) is not your average 'boy band' dude; he is Ed Sheeran with a peppering of tattooed, rough round the edges 'indie band' members thrown in. He is my girl's type of hero, from his ginger blond hair to his gingerbread man tattoo. I think all writers grow to love their characters, and I know I do. I only hope that you enjoy them, and the whole story of Only Human, and I thank you so much for reading this. Maria