Perdita
One World
by Melody Lily Jade

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Perdita, the sequel to Intrabit: One World, finds heroine “M” lost (Perdita meaning “lost” in Latin) in two startlingly different yet deeply connected worlds. The first world of Sanctuary City and the Tealers, where “M” has the mystical moniker as the Messenger on Mondays… and the second world of The Orpheum, which hides a deadly secret linked to disappeared children where she must learn of their fates. “M” exists on two different planes, whose parallel lives are linked spiritually with memories coming in like waves, by the same struggle to heal from pain and discover the truth of their names. As “M” alternates between dimensions and identities, struggling against the dark forces in each, she uncovers her real relationships to the interconnected characters she meets. “M” and the members of Gh0st work as a team to clear through the fog of her misty dreams. But are they ready… to face the horrors of the “Doctors’” twisted remedies? Self-discovery, fighting depression, and healing from trauma are just a few of the themes in Perdita: One World. This sequel further develops the lyrical rhyming style and puzzle-box structure of Intrabit: One World, and the interconnecting storylines, with an emotionally driven plot that takes the reader on a path parallel to the reality of Melody’s own journey for a true, and safe, home.

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The author, Melody Lily Jade (She/Her) is of Chinese ancestry but was born in a Refugee Camp in Chon Buri, Thailand after her parents fled the Khmer Rouge Genocide. The three of them immigrated to Canada when Melody was three years old, after losing her older sister to malnutrition in the Refugee Camp. She has since made a life for herself as a writer, actor, photographer, and filmmaker in the Cowichan Valley located on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. She lives a quiet life with her house bunnies in the serene countryside under Maple trees. Melody enjoys writing stories that have subtle underlying themes of societies limiting beliefs based off of backwards logic and/or fear, environmental concerns including the current economy, and self-discovery. This book is a love story to the scientific and general society, an ode to religions visions, and art inspired by the beauty seen in everything.

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