5 Facts About My Current WIP: Viral Eradication

5 FACTS ABOUT MY CURRENT WIP: VIRAL ERADICATION

I recently started two new projects, and I thought that this week I'd give you five facts about one of them, and the other one will be next week. So I'm on the final book in the Viral trilogy. The facts for book one can be found here, and book two here. This is an explosive book for me to write because I know the ending is rushing closer and to be honest I'm not one hundred percent sure how to get there! But for now I will keep plodding through the draft and edge closer every session.

So Viral Eradication is the third book in a YA dystopian trilogy. It deals with Nia and Neema, identical twins who have been born into a world where you grow up in a pod of no more than six people. Along the way you're supposed to be matched, married, and eventually leave your home pod to start your own family. You're checked constantly for signs of the virus via a smart watch, the very virus that brought about the pods. Nia and Neema have been on a journey during this trilogy and we're right near the explosive end that might bring about a better world for them to live in. So let's get on with the facts!

FACT #1: NEEMA HAS A BIGGER PART TO PLAY IN THE THIRD BOOK
Normally this trilogy has been told from Nia's point of view. Her twin has been elsewhere or present but not the main character. Now that's all changed. With the ending of book two, Nia and Neema were, once again, forced apart, and the only way to tell this story effectively is to focus on both of them. The majority of it will still be from Nia's point of view, but Neema's in there and they have a big part to play in bringing about that ending. It's more just interesting to work out just how they'll do it and whether or not they'll get back to their sister in time.

FACT #2: THE POWERS WILL STOP AT NOTHING TO GET WHAT THEY WANT
I have to be careful not to give away spoilers, but the Powers are basically the person who runs the country. For both the first and second books, they didn't really appear. They were there in the background, but you didn't get a chance to really see how they operated, and now in the final book, you do see them. You also get to watch as they rally their guards and try and bring about the ending that they want, despite the huge cost it would carry.

FACT #3: NIA ISN'T SURE IF SHE'LL MAKE IT TO THE END
Given the events of both the books before, Nia isn't in a good place. She has something the Powers want, and there's no chance of her willingly handing it over. She's aware of the end game and she'll do anything she can to prevent that from coming to pass. While she's coped with a lot up until now, it feels like some of what's being done to her will make it impossible for her to survive going forward.

FACT #4: NOT EVERYONE IS AS GOOD AS THEY SEEM
One thing that's clear is that a lot of the people, both on the good side and the bad, have their secrets, their own wants, their own desires, and their own wishes for the outcome. While the twins and their allies will be trying to bring about what they see as the right answer, there are people working against them. Some of it obvious, some of it hidden beneath the surface, but it's there and it's a question of whether the twins will work out who the right people to trust are, or will they fall prey to someone else's wishes?

FACT #5: THE OUTCOME MAY NOT BE THE BEST FOR EVERYONE
While Nia and Neema have an idea of what they want the ending to be, there's all these other people who have influence over it. It might turn out okay, it might be that the twins are able to stop the Powers, save the Unknowns and bring about a peace, but nothing is certain in this world, and nothing is set in stone. They may still battle and win, but that doesn't mean they won't lose people along the way.

So there we go, those are five facts about Viral Eradication and I have to say that I'm loving writing it and getting to explore it. The characters are just perfectly complicated and all the twists and turns that I have planned should bring about that ending that I'm hoping for in the right time.

Any questions? Lemme know in the comments!

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