Persephone Rising

In the dystopian landscape of 2073, New Chicago stands as the capital of an authoritarian America, battered by relentless storms and harsh droughts. A privileged few are preparing to escape to a new world through an ancient Martian wormhole, leaving the rest behind.Clera Diaz, twenty, and her eighteen-year-old brother Elio, navigate the treacherous streets of South Side, where survival is a daily battle. While cautious Clera fears wanting too much from life, reckless Elio invites fate to test his limits. Their fragile existence shatters when a catastrophic drug lab explosion destroys their home and claims their mother, forcing them into a fight for survival.With nothing left but each other, can they evade the dangerous gang known as Second City? Will they muster the strength to carve out a new future amidst their grief? Will their dreams stay small . . . or reach as far away as the stars?