hi guys, i'm trying to finalize the back cover text for Cynetic Wolf, a post-gene-editing dystopia where humanity has diverged to four unequal subspecies under an all-powerful world government
when it comes to back cover text (not amazon listing etc...), which of these three do you like best, and why?
Raek Mekorian is wolfish, a member of the half-human animote caste that serve the cynetics and immortals rulers of the post-Bioplague world of 2096. Like other gene-edited mistakes, his life is meaningless, destined for whatever the all-powerful, techno-advanced Global Democratic Republic deems necessary.
“Keep your head down,” his mom always says. And he does, until his older sister is murdered and he discovers hidden cybernetic powers. Overnight his simple life is shattered, fracturing the rigid governmental caste system as he is thrust into the dangerous world of superhuman hit squads, Resistance uprisings, and secrets better left unsaid.
With only built-in blasters, the advice of a mysterious professor, and a wolfish nose for trouble, Raek must navigate crushing betrayal, self-doubt, and a limitless enemy whose evil knows no bounds.
Can Raek unify his people and free them from tyranny? The fate of mankind may rest in his hands.
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It's 2096, sixty years after ninety percent died from a man-made Bioplague. Humanity has splintered into four unequal subspecies: immortals, cyborgs, enhancers, and subservient animotes (the half-human, half-animal hybrids from The Experiments).
The world is anything but equal. Animotes everywhere are suffering, but sixteen-year-old Raek Mekorian, a wolfish with a nose for trouble doesn’t see any alternative. Except the Resistance, who didn’t stand a chance against the world government. And his mom always said, “Keep your head down.”
And he does, until his sister is murdered by a pair of city cyborgs. That changes everything, especially after he kills the elites and discovers hidden cybernetic powers in the process. But everyone knows interbreeding is impossible.
After a governmental hit squad descends on the town to “dispose of the evidence,” Raek’s forced to run, fight an all-powerful police force and decide whether he’s willing to destroy all of it to free his people.
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3.
Life sucked until cyborgs murdered his sister. Then things got worse: hit squads, cybernetic powers, secrets better left unsaid.
Raek’s your average sixteen-year-old wolfish: claws, keen eyes, no future, and a nose for trouble… There’s just one thing: he’s got built-in blasters and is a threat to the immortal world government and its rigid caste system which enslaves his fellow hybrids. And that’s why the Resistance wants him, and the cyborgs want him dead.
With only the advice of a half-human professor and the help of a fragmented Resistance, Raek must navigate crushing betrayal, self-doubt, and a limitless enemy whose evil knows no bounds.
The fate of mankind may rest in his hands.
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posting an image of cover art here too just for reference :)
when it comes to back cover text (not amazon listing etc...), which of these three do you like best, and why?
thoughts on how to improve?
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thanks guys,
matt
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Raek Mekorian is wolfish, a member of the half-human animote caste that serve the cynetics and immortals rulers of the post-Bioplague world of 2096. Like other gene-edited mistakes, his life is meaningless, destined for whatever the all-powerful, techno-advanced Global Democratic Republic deems necessary.
“Keep your head down,” his mom always says. And he does, until his older sister is murdered and he discovers hidden cybernetic powers. Overnight his simple life is shattered, fracturing the rigid governmental caste system as he is thrust into the dangerous world of superhuman hit squads, Resistance uprisings, and secrets better left unsaid.
With only built-in blasters, the advice of a mysterious professor, and a wolfish nose for trouble, Raek must navigate crushing betrayal, self-doubt, and a limitless enemy whose evil knows no bounds.
Can Raek unify his people and free them from tyranny? The fate of mankind may rest in his hands.
—
2.
It's 2096, sixty years after ninety percent died from a man-made Bioplague. Humanity has splintered into four unequal subspecies: immortals, cyborgs, enhancers, and subservient animotes (the half-human, half-animal hybrids from The Experiments).
The world is anything but equal. Animotes everywhere are suffering, but sixteen-year-old Raek Mekorian, a wolfish with a nose for trouble doesn’t see any alternative. Except the Resistance, who didn’t stand a chance against the world government. And his mom always said, “Keep your head down.”
And he does, until his sister is murdered by a pair of city cyborgs. That changes everything, especially after he kills the elites and discovers hidden cybernetic powers in the process. But everyone knows interbreeding is impossible.
After a governmental hit squad descends on the town to “dispose of the evidence,” Raek’s forced to run, fight an all-powerful police force and decide whether he’s willing to destroy all of it to free his people.
—
3.
Life sucked until cyborgs murdered his sister. Then things got worse: hit squads, cybernetic powers, secrets better left unsaid.
Raek’s your average sixteen-year-old wolfish: claws, keen eyes, no future, and a nose for trouble… There’s just one thing: he’s got built-in blasters and is a threat to the immortal world government and its rigid caste system which enslaves his fellow hybrids. And that’s why the Resistance wants him, and the cyborgs want him dead.
With only the advice of a half-human professor and the help of a fragmented Resistance, Raek must navigate crushing betrayal, self-doubt, and a limitless enemy whose evil knows no bounds.
The fate of mankind may rest in his hands.
—
posting an image of cover art here too just for reference :)