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jon_chaissonJust finished a first take of a query letter for A Division of Souls, the first in the trilogy.
Let me know what you think...the word count mentioned is a rough guess, as I haven't actually done a count in a while (I seem to remember it being more like 150k, but I do plan on doing a bit of pruning). I know it needs work, but any critiques and comments are of course helpful. :)
Regardless of religion, the worlds ultimately survive on belief.
Earth believed the all-too-human Trisandi when they made their historic first alien landing just outside Bridgetown Province, a bustling metropolis on the east coast of the North American continent, and claimed they were our long-lost ancestral race. We believed them when they taught us about the Goddess, the spirit of the universe. We believed the ability to use a person’s spiritual energy as physical power. And most importantly, we believed, and later witnessed, the reincarnations of the messianic One of All Sacred who would return to teach us peace and strength. Two hundred years after that Landing, a number of us have spiritually awakened and become Mihari, watchers and protectors of those who are unawakened—or we’ve become Misuteru, believers of equality and strength. The two factions have tried to keep a delicate balance with one another over that time...though it has broken down, almost like clockwork, every twenty-five years…only to be mended by the return of the One.
That balance is threatened when a powerful Mihari leader performs an awakening ritual of vast proportions that affects a large swath of Bridgetown. Thousands of people are affected in one evening, suddenly realizing they are also Mihari, ready to follow their leader, whatever he has in mind.
However, that leader’s also awakened the One of All Sacred, signaling another approaching schism.
It’s up to a ragtag team of investigators from the Alien Relations Unit of the Bridgetown Police to retain this balance before it unravels. Alec Poe, an officer with an uncertain past but a warm heart, witnesses the awakening firsthand and is compelled to solve this case. On the other hand, his partner Caren Johnson, a second-generation ARU officer, is troubled by this chain of events, especially having to bring up her younger sister Denni on her own during all of this. Together with a hacker gang of questionable trust, a duo of second-tier agents, and two exceptionally strong Mihari hired by the ARU, they need to find the leader behind it, quell the anger of the rising Misuteru, and keep the One from harm before it all spirals out of control and into another Dark November.
Especially once they realize Denni is the reincarnated One of All Sacred.
In my 130,000-word science fiction novel A Division of Souls, the first book in the Eden Cycle trilogy, Alec and Caren are forced to question their beliefs...do they really believe in the strength of the Mihari and the Misuteru? And more importantly, do they have enough faith in themselves to bring a peaceful end to these events, without losing anyone in the process?
Let me know what you think...the word count mentioned is a rough guess, as I haven't actually done a count in a while (I seem to remember it being more like 150k, but I do plan on doing a bit of pruning). I know it needs work, but any critiques and comments are of course helpful. :)
Regardless of religion, the worlds ultimately survive on belief.
Earth believed the all-too-human Trisandi when they made their historic first alien landing just outside Bridgetown Province, a bustling metropolis on the east coast of the North American continent, and claimed they were our long-lost ancestral race. We believed them when they taught us about the Goddess, the spirit of the universe. We believed the ability to use a person’s spiritual energy as physical power. And most importantly, we believed, and later witnessed, the reincarnations of the messianic One of All Sacred who would return to teach us peace and strength. Two hundred years after that Landing, a number of us have spiritually awakened and become Mihari, watchers and protectors of those who are unawakened—or we’ve become Misuteru, believers of equality and strength. The two factions have tried to keep a delicate balance with one another over that time...though it has broken down, almost like clockwork, every twenty-five years…only to be mended by the return of the One.
That balance is threatened when a powerful Mihari leader performs an awakening ritual of vast proportions that affects a large swath of Bridgetown. Thousands of people are affected in one evening, suddenly realizing they are also Mihari, ready to follow their leader, whatever he has in mind.
However, that leader’s also awakened the One of All Sacred, signaling another approaching schism.
It’s up to a ragtag team of investigators from the Alien Relations Unit of the Bridgetown Police to retain this balance before it unravels. Alec Poe, an officer with an uncertain past but a warm heart, witnesses the awakening firsthand and is compelled to solve this case. On the other hand, his partner Caren Johnson, a second-generation ARU officer, is troubled by this chain of events, especially having to bring up her younger sister Denni on her own during all of this. Together with a hacker gang of questionable trust, a duo of second-tier agents, and two exceptionally strong Mihari hired by the ARU, they need to find the leader behind it, quell the anger of the rising Misuteru, and keep the One from harm before it all spirals out of control and into another Dark November.
Especially once they realize Denni is the reincarnated One of All Sacred.
In my 130,000-word science fiction novel A Division of Souls, the first book in the Eden Cycle trilogy, Alec and Caren are forced to question their beliefs...do they really believe in the strength of the Mihari and the Misuteru? And more importantly, do they have enough faith in themselves to bring a peaceful end to these events, without losing anyone in the process?
