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The Cost of Air

The Cost of Air By Ajani Musa In a city where even breathing has a price, one man dares to make it free. Lagos — restless, loud, unrepentant — is a place where the powerful thrive on chaos, and the poor choke on what’s left. Amid the noise and greed stands Bayo Adeniran, a principled engineer determined to build clean projects in a dirty system. But when he saves a gasping child from dying in traffic, the act of mercy shatters his carefully controlled world. That single moment pulls him into a storm of corruption, secrets, and power — where air itself has become currency. The government’s grand “Air Renewal Project” promises progress, but Bayo soon discovers the truth: it’s a front to profit from pollution, a silent weapon designed to suffocate the city’s poor. As he digs deeper, allies turn to threats, and silence becomes survival. Beside him stands Tope Adegoke, a fearless journalist haunted by her brother’s death in a factory explosion the system buried. Together, they expose a network of elites who control the very air Nigerians breathe. When Lagos is plunged into darkness and fear, their resistance becomes the city’s last breath of hope. But defiance has a cost — and every truth uncovered demands payment in blood, faith, or freedom. The Cost of Air is a powerful socio-political thriller — raw, emotional, and urgent. It asks one question that echoes through every page: If air is life, what happens when life itself becomes a luxury?
Ajani_Musa · 13.8k Views

The Mariner's Codex: The Second Attempt

The discovery of the Mariner’s Codex—an indestructible, 12,000-year-old crystalline manuscript found in a non-Euclidean chamber beneath the Atlantic—shatters the line between history and cosmic truth. For skeptical historian Lia Vance and brilliant physicist Marcus Chen, the ancient text is a beacon. It transmits frequencies that wake dormant evolutionary consciousness, selecting them and six other students (The Seven Frequencies) for an irreversible transformation. But studying the forbidden knowledge attracts the things that guard the boundaries of reality: the hostile Daemons (beings of smokeless fire) and the personalized, psychological torment of the Doppelgangers. When their professor vanishes, the Seven are forced into the university’s hidden catacombs, realizing the "invasion" is a devastating Exodus. 34,000 refugees from a collapsing parallel dimension are seeking asylum, fleeing a terrifying cosmic entity known as The Consumption—a conscious impulse that dissolves dimensions into formless rest. The stakes are absolute: Lia and the Seven must risk their minds and identities to merge consciousness with the refugees, pioneering the Hybrid Awareness that will create a new human species. They have eight days to make the civilization-defining choice between mercy and caution, knowing their compassion could save 34,000 souls... or doom their own world to consumption. The Second Attempt has begun. Success means irreversible evolution. Failure means universal dissolution.
HandsomeKimDokja · 18.2k Views

GIFTED H- E#

Gifted humans with extraordinary abilities .frictions they call them totally forgotten. until one was born again the last of the species.One heavy rainy night, it was due for mrs. jornas to give birth .every one in the birth house was tense ,anxious and worried it had been ages since something like this had happened. it's been six hours since mrs.martha jornas had been in labor.her husband, mr.jornas, was worried. he was pacing back and forth, then he remembered what his father told him five years ago: "Son, there are seven different children born in this universe humans,angles, gifted,werewolves,vamps,sirens and goblins , each child born with different signs and different life spans ,some short and some long ,some destined for good and others the way around, "he wasn't sure why his mind kept going to what his father had said years ago ,although he wasn't sure how it had anything to do with him ,his child is human because both he and his wife are humans. but something seemed off , he Decided to ask his dad when he got the chance . twelve at noon, she finally gave birth to a beautiful baby girl.but the very strange thing was that the child had brown hair and bright shining orange eyes .everyone was terrified , but mr.jornas stepped closer. with his sleeping wife and his glowing child he was terrified and at the same time, stunned , could his wife had cheated on him with another man but who and what could she had been with to have a child such as this innocent child ,was it a vamp no he said ,she has no pointy teeth ,a werewolve no he said she's not hairy and he has never seen a werewolve with orange eyes , a siren no she has no gills ,an angle ,they are rearly born ,a human he's not sure , goblin no she doesn't look like one , but a gifted those are extinct there's no way they still exist , NO, his wife would never ever cheat on him , shocked he took the child in his arms and saw the resemblance between himself and his child. then he sighed did his family have a history with breeding with other species . that evening, mrs.jornas woke up and was asking to see her child. she was surprised when she saw her daughter's looks . but she smiled. look at how beautiful she is ,she said. and then she saw her husband looking like he was in deep thoughts .I know you probably thought I cheated at first, right ? mr.jornas gave a surprised look . but I'm disappointed in you.you thought I would do such a thing .answer me, Henry, do you have any idea how hurt I am that you thought I would do such a thing .u know what? Just leave my sight, and if you decide that u won't accept your child just because of how she looks, I'm more than ready to raise my child . Henry was ashamed of what he had thought he wife had done ,so he decided to go meet his father. Henry arrived at his father's house ,senior "Mr. parker jornas " Dad he called has he knocked on the door . minutes later, his dad opened the door . "What are u doing here his father asked. "Aren't u supposed to be at the birth house with Martha, and how's the baby? Is she okay? yes father, she's.... fine, but there's something wrong what's wrong? Are you nervous no father ,I'm not nervous then what is it ? speak up . your mother and I were about to go to the birth house ,speak up, son she's not human what ? Who ? the baby isn't human ,I don't know if it's martha's gene or maybe someone in our family wasn't human , it's just that I'm so confused .What's going on ? mr.parker was in deep thought before he hurriedly told Henry to come in u said she wasn't human, right? yes, father how does she look? she has brown hair and bright shining orange eyes mr.parker gasped a little what is it , Father ? she's a gifted what !! what do u mean, and what exactly are gifted humans yes, with her looks, there's no doubt she's gifted . STAY TUNED .,.,
Esther_Hamed · 3.5k Views