Rebound of Power: Rebound of Power, #1

By Lori Svensen

Meet Iyva, a homeless teenager in Irola with a strong connection with the leya. Totally untrained, her power rebounds catastrophically, leaving her close to death. A Nameless hero saves her life, but hides. Anyone would be proud to teach her, but will she choose the safe, trustworthy A'mara or the shady ones who teach her what she wants to learn? Can she trust her hero… the Nameless One?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Viking Ventures
• Release date: Jun 18, 2018
• ISBN: 9781386563099

Lori Svensen

Student-of-the-world, jill-of-many-trades; mother and dreamer ready to share dreams with the reader.  Lori has never been able to follow everyone else, nor always follow directions or social expectations. Hence, her writing also tends to cross genres to create her own unique blend. A'mara Books are stories about personal relationships with strong flavors of fantasy, sci-fi, action and adventure, all wrapped into one plus a sense of social and moral responsibility that tends to be lost in today's world. 

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Pronunciation Guide - Places

Pronunciation of places mentioned in Rebound of Power

Terrenden – (TAIR-en-den) – the planet where this series takes place.

Alacantis – A subtropical, northern continent

Tephsa – (TEFF-suh) – a country in Alacantis

Palerma – the capital of Tephsa

Almara – A northern continent

Avicen – (A-vih-sen) – note: A as in ant.

Balan – (BAY-lan)

Gaskarii – (gas-KAR-ee)

Loxos – (LOX-ohs) – the capital of Gaskarii

Iloren – (ih-LOR-en)

Jerven – (JERR-ven) – the capital of Iloren

Kasago – (kuh-SAW-go)

Abeloia – (A-beh-LOY-uh) – A as in apple - capital

Ke'oya – (kay-YOI-yuh) – market town in Kasago

Towani – (toe-WAH-nee)

Towani City – the capital of Towani

Kranisis – A southern continent ranging from tropical to subtropical countries.

Irola – (eye-ROLL-uh) – the global capital

Varkevand – (VAR-keh-vand) – an autonomous island

Ilim City – (IH-lihm) – the capital of Varkevand

X’lea – (Ex-LEE-uh)

Hailu – the capital of X’lea

Kri’enden – An arid, northern continent

Kri’enden – (KREE-en-den) – Note: K is pronounced similar to the German/Scottish ch or the Welsh ll

Joton – (JOE-ton) – thecapital of Kri’enden

No maps this time, because I have not yet worked out how to do the right map for Irola.

Pronunciation Guide - People

Groups

A’mara   - (uh-MAR-uh) - leya-talented people

Balan - (BAY-lan)  - rebellious leya-talented

Neví - (neh-VEE) - organized gang

Silatian - (sih-LAY-shun) - followers of the god Sil

Uugli - (OO-glee) - dissolved organized gang

Yerdua - (yer-DOO-uh)  - evil/chaotic leya-talented

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A’mara & Allies in Irola

Derick Aiden – famous actor

Iyva Erynnis – (EYE-vuh) – homeless teenager

Ja’tel Krijo – (juh-TEL) – first husband of the A’mara

Levon Tharn– (luh-VON) – chola to Tle-sun

Saraca Krijo – (suh-RAH-kuh) – Abári of Terrenden A’mara

Tle-sun Orivesk – (tlay-SUN) – maqla to Levon

Yewan Avicent

Zaynen Lev – (ZAY-nen) – struggles with several disabilities

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A’mara & Allies in Gaskarii

Jenna Fisher – elections worker and masseuse

Tirry Jelham – elections manager, Jenna’s best friend

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A’mara & Allies in Iloren

Akeld Majan – (ah-KELD) – maqla to Betel

Betel Seagle – (beh-TEL)  - chola to Akeld

Catalia Vendar – (kuh-TAL-ee-uh) – waitress & observer

Hira Raiden – (HYE-ruh)

Lataya Silna – (luh-T EYE-yuh)

Zara Vine – food writer

Zukie Vine Barns – (ZOO-key) – widowed gardener and mother

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A’mara & Allies in Kasago

Ek-ul  Forester – (EHK-ool) - cousin to Marc’la

Garian Dabherd – chola to Mikor

Marc’la Kiuran – caballus farmer near Ke’oya

Mikor Hammit – (MEE-kor)

Yo-te Bellin – (YOH-tay) – Marc’la’s neighbor

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Other People

Joen Vaala – (JOE-n) – deceased A’mara

Laisen Toban – (LAY-sen) – abári in Varkevand

Marosio Muran – (mar-OH-see-oh) – deceased A’mara

Murin Colí – A’mara in Towani

Yidal Sipper – (yih-DAHL) – deceased founder of the Neví

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Balan/Uugli/Neví & Assoc.

Belmara Wolfkin – Irola #1, World #2

Curator – head of everything

Fashi Wolfkin – Irola #2, World #3

Jasper Jarly – (YAR-lee) – World #1

Ralun Gullan – (RAY-lun)

Zarkonn – (zar-con)

Zilan – (ZYE-lan) – mysterious man with a mysterious past

The Calendar

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Terrenden operates on a 9-day week.

The days are named after gods except Terraday which represents the world or the void in popular mythology.

Muranaday (mur-AHN-uh)

Majanday (MA-JAHN)

Rinday (RIHN)

Terraday – midweek break – holy day for Faldur sects.

Fenjaday (FEN-ya)

Tharnday

Wirnday

Silnaday (SILL-nuh) – weekend – holy day for Silatians.

Vasanaday (vuh-SAHN-uh) – weekend – holy day for followers of Vasana and other Faldur.

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The month is roughly 45 days always ending with the double full moon and beginning with a festival. Terrenden has 8 months in a year as follows:

Solstice

Brezanari

Kalinari

Equinox

Komanari

Lashanari

Solstice

Casminari

Tulinari

Equinox

Sebenari

Avrinari

Solstice / Year End

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Note: glossary and image credits at the end.

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Author’s note about the structure of this book:

Rebound of Power is a novella which wraps around the stories of Friendship on Fire, Courage to Trust, Elect to Change and Ocean of Empathy.

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Prologue

850 T.C.E.

Irola

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Irola is the global capital of the planet of Terrenden. It occupies about 1000 square kilometers, approximately the size of Tahiti in the Other World.

In 850 of the Terrenden Common Era, its population is about 100 million people with a population density of about 100,000 per square kilometer. As such, the entire island is paved over and built on to at least ten stories deep, and much higher in certain places such as in the Parliament District.

At this time, there are several notable groups of people you need to know about.

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A’mara

The A’mara are a sub-race of highly-gifted and highly-skilled people. Tradition says that the A’mara originated in the country of A’mara in the north. Leya-sensitives comprise of approximately 0.01 % of the population of Terrenden and are usually marked with some red in their hair. A’mara are highly-trained and adhere to high moral and ethical standards as well as a code of honor.

Of course, not everyone who is sensitive is recognized or trains and some don’t train with the A’mara – which brings us to the next group.

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Balan

The Balan argue that they were the Original A’mara. Most (even A’mara) dismiss the argument as a border dispute and ignore it, but it’s very important to the Balan. These are leya-sensitives who have decided to do things a different way. They tend to see the A’mara as overbearing, self-righteous and unnecessarily rule-driven. This is also a place where disaffected A’mara tend to go when they’ve run into problems of authority.

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Neví

This altruistic society originating in 829 TCE have made themselves a very sharp thorn in the A’mara sides. They originated as a bunch of disaffected A’mara who didn’t want to be Balan, but developed an idea to build public housing projects which would be funded by fleecing the rich in the form of entertainment. These projects succeeded beyond their wildest dreams, but lead to even further greed to the extent that many elections are corrupted through their (oft-successful) attempts to manipulate the voting public.

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No matter who is in charge and who is butting heads with whom, there are always people at the bottom who somehow manage to slip through the net.

Please meet Iyva Erynnis.

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Part 1 – Chapter 1

(early in the year - mid-Kalinari

850 Terrenden Common Era)

Irola - Understory

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Iyva Erynnis waited at a traffic light under a tattered umbrella in the cold seasonal downpour in Irola. She shivered as the drops came through a large, ragged hole and hit her skinny bare arms. She mused about how amazing it was that, despite all the looming skyscrapers, broad skywalks and busy skyways two dozen stories above, so much rain still got to the lowly, dirty street level. The moisture washed away some of the pollution out of the foul Understory air and made it smell a little better.

Most of the street traffic all over Terrenden had been halted years ago, before she was born, in a feeble political effort to conserve waning resources and reduce severe pollution. In reality, the rich and elite could still drive whatever and whenever they wanted. All they had to do was pay the extra taxes. Those in the middle used mass transit or appealed to those above them for highly-coveted Luxury Passes for special occasions where the best transport was justifiable. Those at the bottom were conveniently forgotten – as tends to happen whenever governments have more urgent things to worry about – which is most of the time.

Despite that, people-powered modes of transport were still thick in the Understory. Bikes, trikes, scooters and even the occasional animal-pulled wagon crowded the dangerous roads on the ground. No police ventured down this far, so mishaps were usually settled with fists and veleda laser bolts. Signs were frequently ignored and road rage was the norm.

The signal changed, the traffic stopped.