The Siren

By M. O. Muriel

The Grunge, a race of interdimensional alien explorers, stole Janie's body and made her a prisoner inside her own mind. Janie's mind is linked to the Honeycomb, a construct of the human Collective Consciousness, where everyone she has ever known or loved has also been enslaved. But Janie is the only one awake inside the Honeycomb—until she discovers a ragtag group of survivors who all share a secret: it's the reason why they're awake while the rest of humanity sleeps. And they're hell-bent on taking their bodies back from the Grunge.

By Writers and Illustrators of the Future author/illustrator award winner, M. O. Muriel. Story, cover art, and internal illustrations by M. O. Muriel.

• Language: English
• Publisher: M. O. Muriel
• Release date: May 12, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310774669

M. O. Muriel

M. O. Muriel is the winner of the L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future 2012. She is also the winner of the Illustrators of the Future 2011, making her the first woman to win both contests since their inception, and the first to do it in back-to-back years. With a B. A. in Creative Writing from the University of New Mexico, which she earned with High Honors, cum laude (May 2004), she has sold both short stories and illustrations to speculative fiction e-zines such as AlienSkin and NewMyths. Fulltime, Muriel is mother. For 11 years she was a Marine spouse and, after an inter-service transfer, a 1st Cav Army wife. Part time, she can be found illustrating her novels, composing their soundtracks, watching Red vs. Blue, and studying both canonical and non-canonical biblical prophecy. Currently, Muriel resides near Syracuse, NY. When she's not busy herding kids and ferrets, and generally holding down the fort, she's trying to squeeze in a moment or two for writing and illustration—forget the katz!

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