The Rule of One (The Rule of One, #1)

by Ashley Saunders

grow. Jules Massenet’s “Meditation” from the opera Thaïs.

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Water is a fickle bitch. Entire cities—Houston, Miami—flood and sink from too much, while others—Phoenix, Las Vegas—shrivel and diminish from too little. Millions die every year over the world’s most precious resource, from wars waged over lake and river rights, contaminated and depleting aquifers, dwindling crop yields, and the ever-increasing demand of a bloated population that has reached well beyond our planet’s carrying capacity.

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We’ve allowed our country to deteriorate into a military state. We’ve allowed ourselves to be monitored, controlled, ruled unchecked by the corrupt elite—subservient to leaders like Roth and his State Guard.”

In Greek mythology, humans were originally created with four arms, four legs, and a head with two faces. One soul in two bodies. These beings had great strength in this form, and the gods, fearing their power, sent Zeus to divide them into two separate parts, splitting apart the soul. Weakened and consumed with yearning, humans were condemned to spend their lives in search of their other halves in order to feel complete. I was born with my soulmate. One soul in two bodies. I didn’t have to search the whole world over. But now mine is gone. Mine turned and walked away from me.

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