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    Of Masks and Chromes
    Of Masks and Chromes
    Of Masks and Chromes
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    Of Masks and Chromes

    By Roberto Ricci

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    In a world where everyone wears masks and superstitions abound, the color of your chrome determines who you are and where you will live. And if you will live. Asheva, a fourteen-year-old Chrome of the Black Nation, will see his world crumble underneath him as events too big for his age will force him to run away from his native city of Axyum. A new journey will take him to lands with different colors and different ways from the Black. From a desperate escape through the hills and forests of the Black Nation to the vast Blue Plains of the city of Ayas, Asheva will learn to face the dangerous wilderness and the even more dangerous nature of the Chromes, including the worst accusation a Chrome can be charged with. Only then will he realize that, beneath the masks that all Chromes wear, nothing is what it seems.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media
    Release dateApr 7, 2020
    ISBN9781662013867
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    Roberto Ricci

    Roberto Ricci is an author who specializes in novels, short stories, and screenplays. He is best known for The Red Harlequin series, which has been translated into four languages and has been adapted into graphic novels.

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      What beliefs do you hold onto? A lovely allegory on racial purity and those who use it to stay in power.
      I also love that the books come in little installments which make them easy to read and finish in a single sitting. Highly recommended for YA readers and those who like YA books.

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