About Remnants by Kristin J. Wall
Recovering from the near extinction of her species at the hands of the Outsiders, Copy 13 is in critical peril from ruthless, tri-factioned primitives inhabiting the toxic life sphere she finds herself imprisoned on.
It is the year 2044. Copy 13, the sole remnant of the highly advanced, self-replicating Haldis species, is reeling from the fated deaths of her late Primary and her twelve co-copies on a foreign, contaminated life sphere. After fuelling new life from their lifeless bodies in the form of a magnificent Nourisher tree, a welcome reminder of her idyllic native life sphere, Copy 13’s determination returns. She is unstoppable… She accepts her inevitable fate… She must become the new Primary…
Her first encounter with a filthy primitive speaking in a rudimentary dialect on a crude communication device leaves her shocked at the inferior intelligence level of the creature. It will only make what she needs to do easier…
But Copy 13’s resolve begins to unravel when she learns the horrific truth about the state of humanity from a plump primitive hiding in a small shack on the toxic beach. The pitiful economic landscape. Excessive pollution. Greed. Self-destruction. Selfishness. All of it spiralled out of control. All of it culminated in the turning point. The point of no return for humanity. The splitting off of humanity into three distinct remnant factions. The dirters. The leafers. The fleshers… The ruthless cannibalistic faction feasting on the flesh of its fellow humans… The eternal dance of death and despair in the nearby remnant city…
The end of civilization on a global scale…
Copy 13’s convergence with the plump primitive terminates with an auto-replication, the sacrificial primitive freed from the insanity of its own species. Her first… Her first copy as Primary. She couldn’t be more relieved… But, her relief is short-lived. When Primary witnesses a quad-walking flesher up close, its bloody salivating mouth, its heavy panting, its piercing, knifelike teeth, and its taloned body hunched over on all limbs digging into the cool sand, an air of dread washes over her…
The inevitable shakes her to her very core. She will face the nearly impossible task of replicating on a foreign, toxic, scorching, uncivilized, tri-factioned life sphere… There is too much at stake… She must replicate. She must reach stability. She must return home to her life sphere with her copies in tow. If not, her highly advanced species will cease to exist….
Her strength, will to live, and sanity will be pushed to the brink as she embarks on a hopeless journey into the remnant city, her sole copy at her side. A journey that will test their devotion to the Haldis way of life. A journey that will force Primary to shed her former shell as Copy 13. A journey that will be infused with intense memory waves. A journey that will cross paths with a pair of desperate dirters with an unbreakable bond. A journey that will force Primary to decide the fate of the tri-factioned humans…
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Kristin J. Wall has a Ph.D. in chemistry and several years of scientific research, mentoring and teaching experience. She has authored several scientific publications in peer-reviewed international journals. Her passion for all areas of science, technology, nature and the environment propels her newfound journey to write fresh, accessible, genre-bending, page-turner science fiction novels that are rife with emotion and feature strong female leads. Remnants is her debut sci-fi novel.