Aria of the Forgotten, Book One: Bloodletting – Sean Thomas 


 

The planet Syrullia, once a military and economic superpower, is in crisis. Reactionary bigots control the government. A vicious private military organization occupies the poorest sections of its cities. The threat of galactic war looms ever-larger. And a raging drug epidemic, fueled by a cheap, highly addictive narcotic called bloodspice, claims thousands of lives a day.

Amidst this turmoil, private investigator Raivena Moss is hired by a grieving mother named Halunek to look into the death of her son, a university dropout and bloodspice addict. His death was ruled an accidental overdose, but suspicious bruises on his wrists and neck give Halunek reason to believe he was murdered.

The investigation leads Raivena to the most dangerous corners of the galaxy and forces her to confront her identity as a “Forgotten.” Racially mixed and rumored to possess preternatural abilities, most “Forgotten” were hunted down and killed by a fanatical theocratic government years ago.

As Raivena plunges deeper into the investigation, she realizes the case goes far beyond a single murder. With the help of an unlikely source, she uncovers proof of a ghastly crime, shocking in its scope and cruelty. Now she must risk her life to expose this insidious plot before millions of innocent men, women, and children suffer a horrifying fate.

An allegory about the compounding violence of hate, "Bloodletting" is both a portal to a strange, new world—and a mirror image of our own.

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Subgenres: Crime & Mystery, LGBTQIA+, Space Opera

Date first published:  August 4, 2022

On Kindle Unlimited: Yes

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Biography:  am a high school English teacher by day, writer by night. I self-published another novel, a mystery called "Sattler's Woods," in 2017. I've been obsessed with science fiction ever since binge-watching "Twilight Zone" episodes as a kid (every New Years and Fourth of July) and am very excited about entering this competition.

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