METEORA: Meteora, Episode III: Cancer (ePub)

METEORA is a story about the fictional country of Meteora, set in the contemporary real world. After surviving the Occupation, a period of attempted colonization by imperialists from the West, the young nation industrializes its economy and modernizes its government to match its western counterparts. Five families rise up to become the wealthiest Houses in the country: Ariadne, Regina, Cyrene, Shanty, and Miranda.

Hundreds of years later, a cave called Icarus is discovered, containing Meteora's largest deposit of gold, a mineral used in all of its major industries. As each House tries to seize possession of the cave and gain more power, the nation is thrown into a horrific civil war. Ethnic inequality and class discrimination are brought to the surface, as Meteoran citizens protest against the government and the Houses, wondering if a revolution is truly possible.

Nolly Darling, the long-lost daughter of Ariadne, begins her search for the truth amidst this web of secrets, lies, and injustices spanning Meteora's entire history. Documenting the violent war through film, she and her friends lead the people as their faith is shaken in the beloved Houses, and attempt to save their country before it crumbles into chaos…

CANCER is the third episode of METEORA!

The conflict among the Dyiana continues to escalate, as mercenary gangs are hired to fight in the ghettos of different cities, causing serious upheaval among the people who live there, as well as inciting an unsettling response from the National Police Force.

Nolly meets a group of people who become the key to understanding her parents' legacy, particularly that of her lower-class father, West Darling. Inspired by her father's past, she begins wondering whether she and her friends can do something to keep innocent people out of harm's way while the war wages on.

Meanwhile, Baothy Harper, a journalist for the Persepolis Oracle, Meteora's largest daily newspaper, feels compelled to investigate the disappearance of an entire Andalus tribe, concerned that it might be related to the larger conflict.