My theme for the 2026 A to Z Challenge is plotting Book Three in my Existence series — Cave of Existence.
This next part of the setup checks in with the "group vs group" antagonists.
After their narrow defeats in Proof of Existence, the Eyes in the Shadows must regroup and reassess how to best end all life on Earth. The Existence is causing life to reincarnate rather than end, according to the EitS. Paradise will never be obtainable as long as those meddling omnioptent beings keep them trapped here on this damned planet.
Ecoterrorism in reverse! Coerce societal change to accelerate the destruction of the planet. The past few decades, especially since the Industrial Revolution, have proven that they can weaken their enemies by polluting their essence. The capturing of their "Air" proved this. Yes, she survived, but only barely. They had been so close! And in Canada, had they been slightly more prepared, they could have defeated The Existence. Maybe if there were fewer people to worship them, even inadvertently (as almost no one still believes they exist), that would weaken them?
Yes. Reduce the population and pollute the world! That's the way to get to Heaven, or at least off of this rock and out of the cycle of death and rebirth.
Do you consider a goal to destroy all life on Earth to be villainous? Does it evoke happiness, sadness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, or contempt in you?
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/249351265-cave-of-existence - "Want to read" (Book is not yet published)
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That... Okay, now I want to read more. That's an interesting hook.
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