As the clock strikes midnight on December 31, 1999, the world braces for Y2K chaos, but in Kamm R.’s powerful new novel “Awaken,” the real system reboot happens inside three young adults who discover they are anything but ordinary.
Ribecka Tommlyn, a driven athlete ruled by discipline and
her mother’s suffocating expectations; Florin Zōchbec, a combative outsider
hardened by brutal “training” at home; and Sean Mozzner, an introspective
observer who trusts ideas more than people, all share the same quiet ache of
not belonging. When the new millennium begins, that ache erupts into something
impossible to ignore.
Time bends around Ribecka. Objects answer Florin’s will.
Sean is flooded by other people’s emotions. Invisible tethers of light pull
them toward one another, even as the rest of the world carries on, oblivious.
In a shared dreamscape beyond Earthly logic, they finally meet the source of
their awakening: Jonda, a technicolor being who reveals the truth that shatters
everything they thought they knew.
They are Shrongian, children of a draconic lineage whose
dormant DNA has been triggered by the turn of the century. Human life was never
their full story. Claimed by a father from another world and bound to a
ruthless tournament tradition that will test their power, loyalty, and
identity, the three must decide who they are when survival, destiny, and found
family collide.
Blending the tension of character-driven drama with the
wonder of expansive world-building, “Awaken” launches the first
of twenty-three interconnected fictional universes Kamm has spent years
constructing. The result is a deeply emotional sci-fi fantasy that treats
trauma, control, and healing with the same care it gives to alien codes, dream
worlds, and inherited power. Themes of autonomy, resilience, and chosen
connection will resonate with anyone who has felt out of place.
“Awaken” is ideal for readers who love stories
where chosen family is earned, not granted; where power comes with a cost; and
where the journey from isolation to connection is as gripping as the battles
themselves. Fans of character-focused fantasy and found-family narratives will
find a new world to obsess over.
Kamm R. is a lifelong world-builder who has designed
twenty-three distinct fictional universes, drawing on interests in psychology,
spirituality, philosophy, and technology to explore what truly drives human and
nonhuman choices. “Awaken” marks the first Shrongian saga to
reach readers and the beginning of a larger, interconnected body of work.
“Awaken” is now available in print and digital
formats wherever books are sold.