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The Vital Current Of Montreal
Paperback
Publisher: Guy Roberts
Published: Aug 19 2025
Pages: 152
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.35 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Breathe in four, out six-save a city between.
After a near-fatal crash, synesthetic med student Liora Vale begins seeing Montréal's hidden vital current-glowing lines of life-energy that thread hospitals, trams, and bell towers. A celebrated clinic promises resilience, but its visionary director is quietly archiving people's memories to power an etheric machine beneath an abandoned observatory.
With hacker-engineer Tova Haldorsdóttir, uncompromising Dr. Mireille Kwan, and bell-keeper Sister Evadne, Liora learns a precise, visual magic system-pocket anchors, breath counts, and bells-to re-harmonize the four bodies (dense, vital, desire, reflecting) without stealing anyone's choice.
When the clinic's glossy miracle becomes a citywide gray hush, the only defense is a grassroots blueprint: Vital Commons. Recipes, not prophecies. Consent over capture. No solos.
Perfect for readers who love:
- Urban fantasy with hard rules and a fresh magic aesthetic
- Biotech conspiracies vs. community care
Dark-academia atmosphere without the nihilism
Bells beat biotech. The city keeps its tail up.
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