The peace still held. Not that Tova didn’t expect it. After the great war one hundred years ago, Concordia formed a colony with those who valued community and peaceful communication. It was all she knew. On the way to work, she loved hearing the greeting and response of “I’m content” among all the people. It was like pulling a warm blanket around you on a cold evening when the heater couldn’t keep up. It reminded her that the community was one and, with each person glowing with contentment, nothing could harm them.
As a new graduate psychologist, Tova learns the cost of keeping the peace when trying to help the “malies’—malcontents—recover from past trauma, and learn to express their feelings without anger or aggression. The work is not easy, but is definitely worthwhile. Each step puts her on the brink of becoming a malie if she’s not careful.
Will she be infected by the malies and rebel? Or will she find a way to preserve the peace for all? Concordia hangs in the balance.
Maggie Lynch is the author of 30+ published titles, as well as numerous short stories and non-fiction articles. Her fiction tells stories of people making heroic choices one messy moment at a time.
After careers in counseling, the software industry, academia, and worldwide educational consulting, Maggie chose to make her joy of writing a full-time job. Her fiction spans fantasy, science fiction, romance, mystery, suspense, and middle grade/YA contemporary fiction. Her non-fiction focuses on guiding authors to business success in their career through planning, distributing, and marketing their completed work.