Phenomenon: Psyche and Ember

A Twisted Pair

By: Jonathan Spain-Collins

Narrated by: Jeremy Parris

The Nartakaturian Governor Esmara has been killed by the evil conqueror Orvak the Relentless. Esmara’s only daughter, Princess Etsilla and a band of survivors from a massacre orchestrated by Orvak, made the choice to leave their planet Nartakatur of the Eayila system to find a new home that they can feel safe. Before leaving, Etsilla took Orvak’s valued relic with her, the Mura Stone, an orb which has the power to absorb and counter all elements. Throughout their search of the universe the Nartakaturians have found the planet Earth and began to settle there.

As Etsilla went out on a reconnaissance mission alone in the Blue Hills Reservation near Boston, Massachusetts, she ran into a lone hiker, a young African American woman named Patricia Blackburn. Out of care for others, Patricia regularly visited the Nartakaturians and gave them more food to ration. In return for Patricia’s kindness Etsilla and her companions transferred some of her telekinesis powers onto her after hearing her story of child trauma. Through the betrayal of Etsilla’s friend Orion, the governors of the remaining planets of the Eayila system found out that her and her companions were living on Earth and planned to destroy it. Now Etsilla, Patricia and the remaining nartakaturians are forced to defend their home from this invasion. What will happen from this war? Find out in this thrilling tale of Psyche and Ember.

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