Initiated

Is this a shared hallucination? Or has reality been warped forever?

In the Community, children and teenagers take a daily pill to develop their immunity to a hallucinogenic plague. Upon reaching adulthood, their immunity is tested. Those who fail the test are forced to leave their homes and sent to a remote facility for treatment, while those who pass join the hardworking ranks of society.

Reclusive high schooler, Erin, keeps to herself and a few close friends. She can’t risk exposing her secret: that she’s already experienced the plague’s symptoms.

But when the door to the nurse’s office vanishes and the halls shift, revealing a haunting treatment facility with monsters for patients, she’s not the only one who sees the monsters.

As Erin faces the unnerving possibility that everything she’s believed about the Community masks a terrible secret, she’s forced to decide which version is real.

She’ll have the choice to escape, but to where?

Escape with Erin…

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Other Books in the Series:

Initiated is a prequel to the Deceived series, but also serves as a good introduction to the Distant Horizon universe as a whole (Distant Horizon, The Glitch Saga, and Deceived).

Book Details

Title: Initiated
Series: Deceived #0.5 (Distant Horizon Universe)
Authors: Stephanie and Isaac Flint
Publisher: Infinitas Publishing

Genre: Young Adult Dystopian Adventure
Sub-Genres: Sci-Fi, Superpowers
Age: 14+
Length: 12,500 words (Short Story)

Release Date: May 31, 2022 (Distant Horizon Newsletter Exclusive)
ASIN: N/A
eBook ISBN: N/A

Available Formats: Ebook

Themes: Identity vs. Conformity, Hidden Truth, Belonging
Tropes: Secret Facility/Government Conspiracy, Chosen One (Subverted), Hidden/Suppressed Powers, Unreliable Reality
Similar to: Divergent by Veronica Roth, Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson, Scythe by Neal Shusterman

Content Warnings: Psychological Horror, Threat of Institutionalization, Medication/Drug Themes, Brief Depiction of Nudity (Non-Sexual), Violence (Non-graphic)