Frothroot

<p><strong>Frothroot: The Thirst That Ate the World</strong></p><p>by Matthew Petchinsky</p><p>In a world where the apocalypse doesn't roar-it <em>fizzes</em>-a mysterious organic soda known as ROOTWAKE™ sweeps the globe. Marketed as an ancient vitality elixir its taste is irresistible its effects euphoric... and its true nature monstrous. Those who drink it find themselves changing-not just in body but in memory identity and soul. Veins glow. Dreams unify. And thoughts begin to bubble.</p><p>As governments collapse and cities hum with syrup-soaked harmony humanity becomes a single frothing organism-surrendering to joy to flavor to <strong>the Pulse</strong>. But amid the fizz and reverence one child remains unbottled. Lena untouched by ROOTWAKE walks the wreckage with a journal and a match-fighting not to survive but to <em>remember</em> what it meant to be human.</p><p>From scorched deserts to vine-wrapped temples of carbonation <em>Frothroot: The Thirst That Ate the World</em> is a hyperrealistic body-horror epic of identity loss corporate apocalypse and flavor-driven assimilation. As the air becomes drinkable and thought itself ferments the question is no longer who are we?-but <em>what are we becoming?</em></p><p>This is not the end.</p><p>This is the first sip.</p><p>Book One of the <strong>Frothroot Saga</strong>.</p>