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Shapers – an underground community of scientists and mystics – must take subtle action in a time of political tyranny in Rhonda.

Continuing her search for the Real, the rebellious young Ana recasts as Mesa, centuries ahead to Rhonda, AD 2450, where Governors uphold a law that inhibits emotions as the solution to crime. As anarchy looms, Mesa navigates her soul bond with Ana and Cara.

Mesa, an agent of the Ypocs, a genetically enhanced species, is re-called by Cassia, the Shaper oracle, from a future timeline to alleviate the crisis in Rhonda. As Mesa aids the survival of Rhondeans and Shapers, she must also explore the origin and myth of her being and her tribe of Ypocs to find clues as to why time is slowing in her utopian world.

Time is a bridge that Ana, Mesa and Cara traverse towards the realisation that they are a triple soul, existing in different places at once. Each bears the urgent task to mend relationships across parallel epochs.

As they encounter each other, they must explore the myth of past, present and future...

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Release dateJul 28, 2023
ISBN9781805145707
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Ashen Venema

Ashen Venema worked as a photojournalist in Munich, until she moved to the UK, where motherhood inspired her to pursue a career in transpersonal psychotherapy. She has previously published articles, short stories and poetry. Shapers – follows her debut novel, Course of Mirrors (Matador 2017). Ashen now lives in Surrey. You may enjoy the archive and her monthly posts on www.courseofmirrors.com

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