Spirals

<p><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>The sequel to the critically acclaimed novel AWAKE</em></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>They escaped the simulation.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>They defied the loop.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>But the truth was never meant to be found.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Chaya Jian Omar and Khalid have emerged from the constructed biosphere into a reality even stranger than the one they left behind. The world beyond is vast ancient-and listening. Every step forward uncovers echoes of the past they were forced to forget and whispers of an alien intelligence that may have shaped not just their lives... but all of humanity.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>As the Spiral Worlds reveal their secrets the four must navigate shifting timelines haunting memories and the terrifying possibility that they were never truly free. The spirals are not just patterns-they are blueprints prisons and promises.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>In a place where memory can be rewritten and reality bends to thought what does it mean to be real?</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>The journey continues.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>The spirals awaken.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>And the story you thought you knew is only the beginning.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span>* * * * * * * * * * * *</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>They escaped the loop. Now the Spiral remembers.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> ~</span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Sci-Fi Monthly</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)></span></p>