AtlasCrafted

Say hello to my second novella, but my first posted here to InkItt.

Mind the Flowers takes place in the world of "Silicone Reverie," set 300 years in our future after unfettered AI takes control of world governments and fights an apocalyptic war against each other almost wiping out humanity who flees to sanctuaries in the southern hemisphere and hides.

A SciFi Western.

After over a century, the war ends as the AI's finally die, replaced by more advanced and emotional upgraded AIs who instead seek to fix the world. Humanity has also finally started to recolonize their old home of the northern hemisphere.

The story takes place in the former Southern US and follows Reil. A member of a violent gang called The Sons of Cain who roamed and pillaged across the former western US. He's lost control of his life and been reduced to just a tool for more powerful figures. But, through numerous tragedies he's finally shown another way. Shown that he still has choices, and that his life isn't wasted. That he can get revenge for the crimes against him and maybe redeem himself, even if a tiny amount.

Will he find something worth living for, or even dying for? Or will he return to old habits and wither away, a shell of the man he's capable of being.

A story of regrets, choices and clashing worlds. Featuring sentient machines, the deeply corrupt and hierarchical walled city of Lanta and people with wildly different drives. We can always choose to change, choose to stand up for ourselves and others. We are not our past. We are our potential futures.

Content warning for violence and coarse language. 16+

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