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Before the Origin
2020
First Published
4.44
Average Rating
170
Number of Pages

Much has changed. Climate change has inspired a new generation of discrimination - one where the mutation of a hereditary gene has become the greatest crime. The others - a minority kept silent for years are now up to something sinister. Agent Amy Taff has moved through the world unnoticed until the recent disturbances in an otherwise perfect utopia require her expertise. Desperate to make her mark, Amy is hurled into a world of mystery and magic, deeply rooted in ancient African folklore. Discoveries that threaten her life and could not only change her reality but hold far-reaching implications for everyone on the face of a lone continent. Follow her into an epic tale that begins with accepting a new job at Scythe. Where it ends could swing the scales of balance toward life or death.

Avg Rating
4.44
Number of Ratings
32
5 STARS
59%
4 STARS
31%
3 STARS
6%
2 STARS
0%
1 STARS
3%
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Author

Fatima Bala
Fatima Bala
Author · 3 books

Fatima Bala is a lecturer, poet, and writer who lives in Canada with her family and a pet fish named Fishy. Her books have received starred reviews from The Los Angeles Tribune, London Post, and New York Weekly. She graduated from Algonquin College, Vancouver Island University, and Stanford, where she studied Tourism, Business Management, and International Women's Rights. She loves traveling, playing board games, and watching movies with unanticipated twists. Her Instagram account is @aka.fatima.bala

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