Avendui 5ive: Jakkattu Shorts, #1

By P.K. Tyler

Biomechanically enhanced Humans called Series Teks are cogs in the machine of a distant future world. Each Series serves a purpose and Teks are designed, enhanced, and genetically coded to fulfill that role. When Avendui 5ive finds herself unable to perform to expectations, what will become of her? What is the fate of a broken machine, even if they are, underneath it all, still people?

This new short story from USA Today Bestselling Author P.K. Tyler is a companion to the Jakkattu series of science fiction adventures.

Evolved Publishing presents the first in a series of short stories that will be part of the overall Jakkattu series of sci-fi thrillers. [DRM-Free]

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Evolved Publishing LLC
• Release date: Oct 31, 2017
• ISBN: 9781622532735

P.K. Tyler

P.K. Tyler is the bestselling author of speculative fiction and other genre-bending novels. She is an artist, wife, mother and number cruncher. She graduated Smith College in 1999 with a degree in Theatre. After graduation, she moved to New York, where she worked as a Dramaturge, Assistant Director and Production Manager on productions both on and off Broadway. When not writing Speculative Fiction she twists her mind by writing horror and literary fiction. P.K. Tyler also writes under the pen names Pavarti K. Tyler (Erotic Romance) and Kara S Tyler (Children's Books).

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AVENDUI 5IVE

A Jakkattu Short Story #1

Copyright © 2016 P.K. Tyler

Cover Art Copyright © 2016 Holly Heisey

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ISBN (EPUB Version): 1622532732

ISBN-13 (EPUB Version): 978-1-62253-273-5

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Editor: Philip A. Lee

Interior Designer: Lane Diamond

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Disclaimer:

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author's imagination, or the author has used them fictitiously.

Books by P.K. Tyler

THE JAKKATTU SERIES

Book 1: The Jakkattu Vector

Book 2: The Jakkattu Insurrection (Coming 2018)

Book 3: The Jakkattu Exodus (Coming 2019)

Short Story 1: Avendui 5ive

Short Story 2: Twin Helix

Short Story 3: All These Bodies (Coming Soon)

Short Story 4: Station Cassiopeia (Coming Soon)

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SCIENCE FICTION

Two Moons of Sera

Moon Dust

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LITERARY/WOMEN’S FICTION

White Chalk

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More titles available in various anthologies and collections.

Check out www.PKTyler.com to learn more.

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Tyler is essentially the indie scene’s Margaret Atwood; she incorporates sci-fi elements into her novels, which deal with topics such as spirituality, gender, sexuality and power dynamics. ~ Indie Reader

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What Others Are Saying about THE JAKKATTU VECTOR:

"This is genre-busting at its very finest. There’s a little bit of everything in here, and it’s done with such skill and flair, I’m practically speechless. The Jakkattu Vector is like nothing I’ve ever encountered before." ~ Kristen Lewendon

"This wonderful epic book really deserves to be a bestseller, and I really hope that a lot of teens read it. I am in my thirties and I am very picky about sci-fi books, mainly gravitating to the classics like Asimov, Heinlein, and Phillip K. Dick. The Jakkattu Vector has a lot of depth, so it may become a new classic." ~ Diana in SC

The author has incredible writing skill. The story works its magic slowly and suddenly slams into you and leaves you breathless. ~ Plumbob

The overall story is mythic in scope.... While this story takes place in the future, this sprawling tale is filled with universal themes that reflect on humanity’s dark past while vivaciously bringing them to life in a science fiction setting. ~ Chris Fried

The e-book clocks in at 300 pages but it took me a week and felt like Sci-Fi epic. The best kind, the kind that dissects, examines, and illuminates human issues like religion, class, sexism, and racism. Plus, no damn Magical Space Minority or scantily clad humble-brag goddess or alpha males or condescending Space Racism. ~ Brooke Banks

BONUS CONTENT

We’re pleased to offer you a Special Sneak Preview at the end of this book, featuring the First 4 Chapters of P.K. Tyler’s THE JAKKATTU VECTOR, the first novel in this Jakkattu series. Just click on the link below the image to get your sneak peek.

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Special Sneak Preview: THE JAKKATTU VECTOR by P.K. Tyler

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Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright

Books by P.K. Tyler

BONUS CONTENT

1- Two Weeks Ago

2- Six Years Ago

3- Three Years Ago

4- Now

A Note from the Author

Special Sneak Preview: THE JAKKATTU VECTOR

About the Author

What’s Next?

More from P.K. Tyler

More from Evolved Publishing

TWO WEEKS AGO

Fifteen minutes into her first dig, Avendui 5ive fell to her knees, and her newly installed shin-plates shifted, threatening to reopen the healing wound holding them in place.

Rina 5ive rolled her eyes. Move it. You’re holding up the whole class.

Nineteen years old and barely out of Ecumenical School, Avi was going to die lying in the dirt. The dim light of the tunnel flickered in her vision as she grasped at her throat. I can’t breathe.

Each breath she pulled in came faster and the dusty air filled her mouth, drying out her tongue before she could get the next lungful. She was drying out from the inside, her lungs filling with dirt and grime with each inhale, making it impossible to catch her breath.

Just calm down. It takes a moment to get used to it, but you’re fine. Rina stood next to her, arms crossed but offering her no aid as she lay on the ground. Just like a Tek.

The underground tunnel tilted on its side in her vision. The rest of the class stood around her, annoyed. Part of Avi was surprised they didn’t just leave her there and keep going on their trek below Mezna City. It’s not like she had any friends. Being an opinionated Tek didn’t win positive attention, and questions were discouraged. Teks did the work their series had been designed for, nothing more. No friends, no parents, no lovers. They may have been born people, as organic as any other, but the implants and coding they received had turned them into Teks. All function and form, no soul.

But Avi was broken. Not