The Legend of Aster — Book I — Silver City

FILMon
FILMon
Nov 1 · 5 min read

Below are excerpts from Book I, The Legend of Aster ‘Silver City’. The series is intended to be 7 Books in total. The genre is Christian Science Fiction. The main character is a young Black Girl. The book is mostly for tweens but can also be enjoyed by younger and older audiences. I have completed the writing for Book I and am creating the remaining artwork. It will take me 1 month to polish. Below is the table of contents. Each title contains 3–4 paragraphs. They are short and easy to consume. The format is something between a Children’s Book and a Graphic Novel. Not too much images or text but not too little either.

Table of Contents

  • The Year is 2093
  • Putting Out Fires
  • Signs of a Storm
  • My Friend Kiesha
  • The Harvest Begins
  • Lonely Liz
  • Digging the Mega Tunnel
  • Feeding the Masses
  • Martha the Physician
  • New Home, New Challenges

I hope you enjoy the story & artwork and I look forward to publishing with you.


The year is 2093

I don’t know how it works but I can talk to animals. I was born sick. Just about everyone is born sick these days. The planet is sick. We have made it sick. The only people who aren’t born sick live in the Silver Dome cities. Everyone says that it isn’t fair…they’re not wrong. It really doesn’t bother me though. People obsess about what they don’t have. If we lived in the Silver Dome cities we’d obsess about the Golden sector. I’m Christian so my life consists mostly of Prayer & Work. I’ll be honest, I haven’t found other things to be beneficial.

My Prayers are simple, consistent and frequent. That’s how my Grandpa taught me to Pray.


Mr Tamolo’s costly mistake

Take for example this Zamalian Rider, Mr Tamolo. One day he tried stealing the tail of a Zio Cat. You can trade those things and live off the credits for a month. The reason why people don’t attempt such a thing is obvious…for the rational person. He lost one foot and blinded an eye. Even though he has an implant and both eyes look the same I’m pretty sure it’s his left eye that’s blind. When we all play Air Tag he’s always slow to react on that side.

All this disaster started when he took a “break” from reciting his daily Prayer. He thought it was too repetitive, like brushing your teeth I suppose. Then he stopped Fasting. He felt he needed more energy in order to work harder and acquire more…things I guess. This removing of virtues and productive habits continued until he appeared to live for the sheer joy of eating and entertainment. He was miserable and wanted only what he didn’t have. Well, you know what woke him up from that nightmare. It cost him much but he’s much more joyful and content now. Work hard to get into a higher state of being then work even harder to stay there! Pray & work.


Don’t overwork the Zio Cat

I work with the Zio Cat to bring these old machines to life and either use them in our greenhouse or sell them. Every beast has a different temperance. The Zio Cat has an unmatched temper. It’s triggered when it’s tired. I learned this the hard way. I only let it work in fifteen minute sessions. It’s my preferred method of work anyways. People want to get stuff done fast and when they’re done they get depressed because their work in ugly and because they have nothing to do. Work should be done beautifully and at a balanced pace.


Wasting a girl’s time

I use to work near our greenhouse but eventually I needed to go further but still be able to come back home fast enough to do my evening Prayers. Gabagu has really helped me solve this. Most days he’s my ride. The only thing he expects is a decent snack. My Grandpa always use to say “Never eat alone. It’ll keep you slim and make you more friends.” It’s true in both cases. The animals do love me. Male humans are more complicated on the other hand.

Even the most modest of boys have impure thoughts when eating with a woman. I just don’t entertain the idea at all. Do you know how many people in the city feel pity or anger towards me for not “socializing” with the opposite. Many. I feel it’s a waist. Most of them are just wasting people’s time. They go through the whole process of dating and enjoying each other’s company in more ways than one and then what? Nothing. It’s bad Design and if there’s one thing I hate it’s bad Design. I’ll keep saving myself and energy for a Man who is serious.


A word from the Author & Illustrator

My name is FILMon H Abraha. I go by Film. I’m a Technologist & Designer by trade and have been for 15+ years. My wife, Aster Ogbamicael, and I have 4 beautiful children, Mikael, Misael, Hermela & Esrael. We live in Columbus Ohio and I felt I needed to write this series after reading many children & tween books with my kids. I would love your feedback and support as I develop this 7 book series that I believe will be enjoyed by many.

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Christian Science-Fiction Stories with beautiful art. Best part? It’s clean, read it with your kids :)

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