The Seeds Of Dissolution

By: William C. Tracy

Sam van Oen barely escaped a void of energy. Now he must cope with anxiety while exploring an interstellar society of planets, connected by music-based magic. Not all is as it seems, with the ten alien cultures, ancient stories, or the nature of the Symphony, for the Dissolution is coming.

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Book Description

Space opera with music-based magic. It's like "Bards in Space!"

"Science fantasy with fantastic queer rep" -J.S. Fields, Author of the Ardulum Series

Eighteen year old recluse Sam van Oen lives with his aunt near Charleston, South Carolina. He takes online college courses, works in technical support, and tries not to remember the freak storm that killed his parents ten years ago.

But never leaving the house fuels his anxiety and his hoarding brings up memories he doesn't want to have. Just as Sam gathers courage to send in his application for college, away from home, the temperature drops and the sun goes dim. Ice forms in August, and a portal opens up in his fireplace. This time, Sam can't run.
This time he's sucked in.

Now Sam must survive in the Nether, the flourishing capital of ten alien species, home to thousands who can change the Symphony underlying the universe and alter reality. Sam's anxiety attacks and fear of crowds transforms the Nether into a frightening, expansive city. To find his home again, Sam must learn to control the music inside him, while devastating voids threaten to destroy the Nether and everyone he has grown to love.

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