Brenda
St Louis
Author, Educator, Visionary, Speaker
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“In a future where AI is banned and the race to control human consciousness rages on, a young girl holds the key to the survival of humanity.”
Ten-year-old Zephyr has a very different way of being in the world. She can feel the animals and trees around her and connect with the Mycelial Network—a mass of interwoven fungi fibers beneath the earth that joins all life on our planet. People, on the other hand, are trickier for Zephyr—except for her Gran. People have sticky energies that weigh her down and even hurt her if she is physically touched. Some have labeled her as “autistic,” while others see her as “gifted.” That is why, after Gran mysteriously disappears, Zephyr is accepted into Cloudhaven, an elite school for extraordinary children.
In addition to being a school, Cloudhaven is a powerful, privately funded research institute working to map and tap into the complete human brain. This brain-potential research has crossed ethical lines, and several Cloudhaven students, especially those without family, find themselves unwitting test subjects.
As Cloudhaven researchers attempt to use the Mycelial Network to connect students’ brains to a digital world, several children become sick from these tests and start to disappear. Zephyr—with her unique ability to connect with the Mycelial Network and the world around her—knows the experiments must be stopped. Thankfully, she is not alone. Zephyr bands together with her new friend and fellow student, Saafir, to collect allies and prevent Cloudhaven from abusing students—and to stop them from creating a technology that would provide the institute with limitless power.
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About Brenda St Louis
Brenda work and interests have always been related to creativity, healing, and connectivity. These themes are also reflected in her writing. She has eclectic interests, including economics, investing, somatic work, personal development, cold plunging, longevity practices for the mind and body, meditation, spending time with friends, and bargain shopping. After earning a degree in creative writing, Brenda worked for many years as a massage therapist before becoming a financial therapist and money coach. In this unique role, Brenda works holistically with her clients so they can better integrate their finances with their lives and communities.
Brenda often uses storytelling in her healing work. She is the co-author of The Thought That Changed My Life Forever, but The Lost Synapse is her first young adult novel. It is also the first installment of a three-part series.
She lives in Victoria, B.C., with her wife and three plants, which she has affectionately named: Alfred, Fernando, and Pricilla.
