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Synopsis
This is me in all my glorious and pathetic splendor, I'm the result of treacherous fate. This life is something that I could have never guessed. A choice that I would have never made, a shotgun-suicide that I would have never committed. Who would ever choose to become a brainless zombie begging for brains? No one in their right mind would do such a despicable thing. Boring sheep! All of them, I say Quite unfortunately for me I’m not just anyone. Most certainly I’m not a conformist and not the average Joe. When it comes to life, I like it hard and sexy all the way to hell even if it’s for my own misfortune. Mother didn’t raise no losers, if failure is my destiny then I shall majestically fail in such an epic way that no one will ever be able to forget my tragic ending. Not even me… For this is my righteous destiny and my glorious descent to the fiery pits of hellish damnation. This most precarious choice has a name. Her name is Julia, the reason for all my predicaments and failures. No, I’m not even selling it short. Everything happened because of her! The SheDevil! But what if life could be different? Could it all be something else? The what if and the maybe not, the unsolved enigma of my sweet life. This is the relentless question that I cannot answer. Just yet…
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Story Elements
Setting
| Geography: | Moscow |
|---|---|
| Realism: | Consistent with real world, no magic, no unachieved science |
| Setting Type: | Urban (city) |
| Time Period: | 2010 - 2019 |
Main Character
| Age: | Adult |
|---|---|
| Gender: | Male |
| Race: | Caucasian European |
| Religion: | Irrelevant |
| Sexual Preference: | Heterosexual |
Styles & Themes
| Humor: | Dark humor |
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| Inspires Reader to Feel: | Confident/Self-Motivated |
| Mysteries & Puzzles: | Modest mystery element(s) to story |
| Pacing: | Moves quickly |
| Physical Action: | Minor and occasional action |
| Political/Social Commentary: | Politics irrelevant to story |
| Romance: | Significant romantic themes |
About the author
Ralph Clayton
Ralph Clayton is the author of the Eterra Cycle, a mythic science-fantasy saga that blends cosmic worldbuilding, philosophical depth, and high literary fantasy. His work explores the fate of civilizations, the burden of memory, the danger of false transcendence, and the fragile dignity of remaining human in worlds shaped by power, silence, and sacrifice. Clayton’s fiction is known for its cinematic scale, elevated prose, and emotionally charged mythic atmosphere. Drawing on traditions of epic fantasy, speculative science fiction, sacred history, and dark philosophical drama, he creates vast imagined worlds where ancient laws, fallen empires, machine gods, and wounded survivors struggle over the meaning of freedom, identity, and the soul. His books include The First Architect of Eterra, The Founding of Thalerys, and other works set within the expanding Eterra universe. Through them, Clayton builds a connected mythology of origins, collapse, remembrance, and renewal, inviting readers into stories where the fate of worlds often turns on the endurance of a single human heart.
