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Royal Road
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CURENTLY UNDERGOING A REWRITE! BOOK ONE: THE FLOODED CITY The city drowned. The experiments survived. Now the insects are choosing a side. Thirteen-year-old Eli lives in the flooded rings of near-future New Orleans, a ruin patrolled by levee drones and ruled by scarcity. For years, he has kept his head down: quiet, withdrawn, and terrified of the buzz in the back of his mind. But when armed men break down his door, Eli stops running. The insects do not just answer his fear. They answer his command. Eli escapes into the swamp, carrying a secret buried deep in his DNA. He holds a connection to every crawling, flying, and swarming thing that moves. Hunted by a nameless organization, he finds the Feral Class, survivors twisted by experiments that were never supposed to exist. Together, they are done hiding in the cracks of a dying city, but something best left forgotten sleeps beneath their refuge. It is something tied to Eli’s past. When he wakes it, no wall of steel or swamp water will keep the world above from hearing it's call. What to expect: Unique Setting: A flooded, sci-fi New Orleans (Biopunk/Dystopian). Swarm Control: A protagonist who grows to command armies of insects. Found Family: A band of outcasts surviving against the odds. Evolution: From scared refugee to the Bug Prince. [Winner of the October 2025 Royal Road Writathon challenge]
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