Ellie Quin Book 2: The World According to Ellie Quin by Alex Scarrow Page B
Authors: Alex Scarrow
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into her eyes, it could foresee the enormity of her destiny, what awaited her and what awaited all of mankind, and then proceeded to explain this to her. So it is said, from that moment on, she was a woman with a mission, with an understanding of what she had to do, and most importantly, a woman with certain knowledge that she would one day have to give her life to save humanity.
It is tempting to believe that the fascinating story of Ellie Quin’s life was somehow authored by her foreknowledge of the destiny that awaited her; that every decision she made in her tragically short life was intentional, driven by what she knew lay ahead. Driven by what she knew she had to do.
Another popular myth that emerged from the city in the years after The Event was the
Crusade Myth
. The myth tells how she led a crusade through those ancient city streets, a crusade that united the poor, the disenfranchised, the ill and the infirm against the greedy corporations and the money-makers who ensured that the people of Harpers Reach were anchored to servitude by poverty and debt.
A third story tells of how, in the short period of time that she lived in the city, Ellie Quin amassed a fortune by setting up and running a business empire that spanned the planet. That she ruled the world for a few short years, setting to right all the evil that she found in the two cities. The tale goes on to tell how she grew weary of her fabulous wealth and power and left Harpers Reach for the wilderness and anonymity of space to discover her greater destiny.
There is no real evidence of
any
of these myths having any basis in truth. If one were pushed to favor a particular story as being vaguely plausible, one might gravitate towards the crusade myth. The ‘fortune-teller’, ‘divine inspiration’ and the ‘rags to riches to rags’ concepts are oft-used fables that date back as far as the Old Earth Christian bible, and beyond, and have been more than likely appropriated and adjusted to feature Ellie Quin in the starring role.
In all honesty, all of those myths are just that….just stories. We know nothing certain about her time in New Haven, other than, at some point, she finally made it out of the city and eventually off-world.
User Comment > Digi-EeZee
She never existed people! Don’t you see? She’s a made-up thing; like Wintersaurus, The Egg Fairy, Sean the Mystic Snail. SHE NEVER EXISTED!
User Comment > Herod889
I believe in her. I believe in her. I believe in her. I believe in her. I believe in her. I believe in her. I believe in her. I believe in her. I beli [message characters deleted]
User Comment > n00b-boob
Zealots. *sigh*
CHAPTER 13
‘It’s a revolutionary new drink. This is going to change how we, as a species, view liquid consumption!’ the young woman announced, holding the moment for as long as possible so that her assembled audience could truly understand the magnitude of her statement.
Ellie shuffled uncomfortably as the speaker, a smartly presented business woman who had energetically introduced herself as
Juliette
, momentarily locked eyes on her, before moving on to stare intently at someone else behind her.
This had been Jez’s idea, of course. She had spotted the holographic advert drifting across the street like a lost balloon whilst out and looking for work. Being fired so publicly from StarBreaks a few days earlier seemed to have put a small dent in the self assurance she wore like a force field around herself, and Jez was eagerly looking for a quick opportunity to bounce back spectacularly and prove to the world, perhaps more so to Ellie, that she was a trooper; a survivor who really didn’t need a cruddy job in a burger bar. Jez said she was tired of working for other people anyway and had announced that she thought it was about time that she, and Ellie, worked for themselves.
So it was no surprise that she had been immediately seduced by the promise on the floating billboard of fabulous wealth within only a
It is tempting to believe that the fascinating story of Ellie Quin’s life was somehow authored by her foreknowledge of the destiny that awaited her; that every decision she made in her tragically short life was intentional, driven by what she knew lay ahead. Driven by what she knew she had to do.
Another popular myth that emerged from the city in the years after The Event was the
Crusade Myth
. The myth tells how she led a crusade through those ancient city streets, a crusade that united the poor, the disenfranchised, the ill and the infirm against the greedy corporations and the money-makers who ensured that the people of Harpers Reach were anchored to servitude by poverty and debt.
A third story tells of how, in the short period of time that she lived in the city, Ellie Quin amassed a fortune by setting up and running a business empire that spanned the planet. That she ruled the world for a few short years, setting to right all the evil that she found in the two cities. The tale goes on to tell how she grew weary of her fabulous wealth and power and left Harpers Reach for the wilderness and anonymity of space to discover her greater destiny.
There is no real evidence of
any
of these myths having any basis in truth. If one were pushed to favor a particular story as being vaguely plausible, one might gravitate towards the crusade myth. The ‘fortune-teller’, ‘divine inspiration’ and the ‘rags to riches to rags’ concepts are oft-used fables that date back as far as the Old Earth Christian bible, and beyond, and have been more than likely appropriated and adjusted to feature Ellie Quin in the starring role.
In all honesty, all of those myths are just that….just stories. We know nothing certain about her time in New Haven, other than, at some point, she finally made it out of the city and eventually off-world.
User Comment > Digi-EeZee
She never existed people! Don’t you see? She’s a made-up thing; like Wintersaurus, The Egg Fairy, Sean the Mystic Snail. SHE NEVER EXISTED!
User Comment > Herod889
I believe in her. I believe in her. I believe in her. I believe in her. I believe in her. I believe in her. I believe in her. I believe in her. I beli [message characters deleted]
User Comment > n00b-boob
Zealots. *sigh*
CHAPTER 13
‘It’s a revolutionary new drink. This is going to change how we, as a species, view liquid consumption!’ the young woman announced, holding the moment for as long as possible so that her assembled audience could truly understand the magnitude of her statement.
Ellie shuffled uncomfortably as the speaker, a smartly presented business woman who had energetically introduced herself as
Juliette
, momentarily locked eyes on her, before moving on to stare intently at someone else behind her.
This had been Jez’s idea, of course. She had spotted the holographic advert drifting across the street like a lost balloon whilst out and looking for work. Being fired so publicly from StarBreaks a few days earlier seemed to have put a small dent in the self assurance she wore like a force field around herself, and Jez was eagerly looking for a quick opportunity to bounce back spectacularly and prove to the world, perhaps more so to Ellie, that she was a trooper; a survivor who really didn’t need a cruddy job in a burger bar. Jez said she was tired of working for other people anyway and had announced that she thought it was about time that she, and Ellie, worked for themselves.
So it was no surprise that she had been immediately seduced by the promise on the floating billboard of fabulous wealth within only a
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