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The Ascension Myth

Prologue

When people of the ancient world Earth dreamed of the future, they imagined humans sprawled across the galaxies, ruling the world, making the right and just decisions. They imagined power beyond their comprehension and technology that looked like magic. Time machines. Vortex manipulators, and transporter beams. They imagined a civilization ...
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Awakened: The Ascension Myth

In the Future, Even the Broken Can Make a Change... When a nascent AI hacks her holo device, Molly Bates has to think fast and get out of the military before anyone discovers what has happened. The only problem? The swiftest way out is also the most embarrassing. Mortifyingly embarrassing ...
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Activated: The Ascension Myth

In the Future, Even the Broken Can Make a Change... When Molly gets called onto a case that she is uniquely qualified for, the team discovers a little more about her past. In the race against the clock to prevent the city of Spire from being subjected to a deadly ...
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Called: The Ascension Myth

After earning access to a secret base beneath their safe house, Molly and her team are beyond excited by the "toys" they find. However, before they get to explore the super advanced tech and ships they find there, they need to pass one more test. A test which may be ...
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Sanctioned: The Ascension Myth

General Lance Reynolds needs Molly’s team for a clandestine operation. The only problem? It kicks off in one week, and the Syndicate needs cleaning up once and for all. So what is a girl to do? Go on the offensive, of course. But with the ultimate take down planned for ...
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Rebirth: The Ascension Myth

Molly is back from the dead. And now even more capable. But the transformation is not without more serious issues. Problems that not even ADAM can help with. Feeling cursed, she undergoes a Vision Quest. The rest of the team prepare for the General's clandestine assignment back at the base ...
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Retribution: The Ascension Myth

Sometimes, retribution is a slippery slope towards self-destruction. When the General invites Molly and her crew to the ArchAngel, it's not long before news also arrives of a serious threat to the Federation. It falls to Molly and her team to deal with the threat, which winds up in an ...
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Cloaked: The Ascension Myth

Not everything someone sees is real. Now, both sides of the story are tested by those who hide their reasons. For some, the reasons are good, for others not so much. Molly, Oz, Joel, Sean, Jack and the others are back in Action, supporting the Etheric Federation to stop a ...
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Giles Kurns: Rogue Operator

How do you domesticate a roguish space archeologist who is addicted to adventure? Answer: You can’t. When Professor Giles Kurns discovered a crucial piece of intel he returns to the ArchAngel command ship with a compelling argument for him to be allowed to reopen an old research project. But this ...
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Bourne: The Ascension Myth

The same military base where Oz was created witnesses the birth of another AI. The only problem? The military is the one who sets the ground rules. So, what is a new daddy AI supposed to do? Meanwhile, others are attacking the college, and Giles has to get his game ...
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Giles Kurns: Rogue Instigator

Sometimes, it doesn't pay to get out of bed in the morning. For Giles Kurns, he is ready to not only get out of bed, but ready to get back into the field and start tracking a new lead for a relic the Federation wants. Unfortunately, When he and Arlene ...
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Committed: The Ascension Myth

Sean Royale is AWOL and in trouble. Molly’s Mom is encroaching on the operation on Gaitune. And the university is under threat from a new player in the system. Tensions mount as secrets unfurl, culminating in Molly walking down the aisle to try and save her ruggedly handsome friend. Meanwhile, ...
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Subversion: The Ascension Myth

Molly learns a lesson or two when what should have been a routine mission turns into a comical farce. Meanwhile down on Estaria Director Bates puts together pieces of a plot which point to a reality check for the Federenials who always thought that the Federation would be there to ...
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Invasion: The Ascension Myth

When a blip appears on the Ogg-Estarian military radar monitoring the Outer System, things in the system are set to change forever. Molly and her crew face one of their biggest challenges yet, and the problem isn’t the supposed threat from outside. It’s from the planet itself. Molly rallies the ...
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Ascension: The Ascension Myth

The end is nigh, and there is one small group willing to put their bodies in front of the insane. Sometimes, it isn't good people doing bad things, but rather bad people without a conscience making decisions for the rest. Decisions that Molly has been fighting for years. This time ...
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