Anamnesis
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The taser slowly inches closer to her already scarred skin, heightening Vhera’s struggle into intense desperation. Shock travels through her arm, and the girl screams for her life, though this time they were excessively haunting, putting yesterday in no comparison like a quick scare. Her wails feel as if she were close to death, crying every ounce of life from her soul. The sadistic woman could not help but smirk at the suffering child. Usually, she would remove the taser by now, but she keeps it on her skin tearing through Vhera’s scar into her flesh. Then the room, the classroom, the entire school, trembles; the lightbulb violently flickers in a strobe effect. Suddenly, Vhera’s other arm is free from the clasp, grabbing the neck of the taser and lifting it to the teacher’s chest—the lightbulb stops flickering, rather, it sustains an enhanced radiance gradually brightening—the intense shock sends the teacher shrieking in ample suffering, tumbling to the ground and the taser hitting the floorboard like a block of iron. The shaking ends, and light returns to its natural luminance. Vhera is light-headed as the room around her slightly blurs, the teacher carefully tries to get up while stumbling back a few times. When she finally stands, she notices the clasp where Vhera’s arm was freed from is still locked, as if the girl’s arm somehow passed through like an apparition.
“Demon child.” the teacher condemns both fearfully and weakly.
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Unfortunately, young Vhera has already known heartache of the worst kind. Her parents have been taken far away from her to a place where it is impossible for her to go. Although she is now fiercely protected by her guardian Daelan, even he cannot defend her from abuse by her fellow elementary school students and teacher who all believe she is a cursebringer.
One day after Vhera is condemned to a room in her school, a kindly fellow student joins her. After they decide to play chess, it is not long before they hear a marching sound and he urges her to lock herself in the room for safety. When she emerges, everything changes. As Vhera discovers her otherworldly abilities while defending herself from sudden attacks by soldiers of the UH, she seeks to uncover the truth of her existence and destiny by retracing her origins with the help of Daelan. But as she embarks on a dangerous journey, Vhera has no idea that the horrors of the world will soon unravel a greater truth than her own.
In this science fiction thriller, a girl either born or destined with special abilities must use them to her advantage to save those she cares about the most.
About the Author
A.V. Banzon was born in Quezon City, Philippines. He earned a bachelor’s degree in creative writing from the University of North Texas. Today, he writes novels and screenplays with themes of self-deterioration, self-reflection, vengeance, society, and tragedy. Anamnesis is his debut novel.