Dystopia and J.G. Ballard
Cristián Londono Proaño
Writer, editor, producer, academic and researcher
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New release
The Instinct of Light
(2024)
The trilogy “The Instinct of Light” tells the adventures of Awi, a young yachac apprentice, who has the ability to travel to the ancestral worlds (Uku Pacha, the world above and Jahua Pacha, the world below). , must receive ancestral knowledge and defend his people from the disastrous revenge of Chusko, the shaman with a black soul. In this series of short novels we witness the growth and learning of a young man who is chosen by the ancestral spirits. In each story we become aware of the need to preserve ancestral knowledge and marvel at the magic that lives in the Ecuadorian Andes.
In this first book, Awi discovers his ancestral powers and his destiny. At first he doesn't accept it, but then he becomes aware. He must pass some tests and learn about ancestral knowledge, from the hand of the old yachac Taita Wairi. The spell of eternal sleep breaks into the town. Awi and Taita Wairi fight to reverse it. In the end, they learn terrible news: El Chusko seeks to resurrect and take revenge.
COMMENTS
IVAN RODRIGO
Cristián Londoño Proaño's science fiction is intelligent and suggestive.
ALEXIS CUZME
The Unproductives reminds us that confronting power is dangerous, that it is deadly to question “reality.”
MARÍA ALEJANDRA ALMEIDA
A fast and immersive writing style, allowing readers to immerse themselves in the story without problem and devour the pages at full speed.