A boy thief named Joshua who grew up in a very poor town called No Name City #1977 tries to battle the evil that fell on his city together with his new friends Robo and Hannah.
In the year 2,400, a boy thief named Joshua lives an ordinary life in No Name City #1977. The people of the city have no hope, are poor and struggle to eat every day. He stumbles across an ancient book which gives him courage, hope and faith to help the city be free again, but he doesn't do it alone. With his two new friends, an android named Robo and a sassy girl named Hannah, he goes on an adventure to battle against an enemy they didn't know existed, the evil Lord Shadow.
Join Joshua, Hannah and Robo as they experience many challenges, fight against evil, face betrayals and discover the truth behind what's going on in No Name City #1977.
Excerpt from Chronicles of Joshua · The Shadow Revealed © Copyright 2024 A.I.E. Rodriguez
Chapter 1: The Unhappy Thief
Our story begins in the distant future, the year 2,400 in a city called No Name City 1977, or NNC1977 for short. In NNC1977, there was a boy named Joshua. He was just twelve years old, yet his eyes looked tired, as if he had seen a lot. He had messy dark hair, blue eyes, and wore a torn black t-shirt and jeans with a few holes. His days were usually hard as he wandered around the city, and he often felt hungry.
As Joshua was walking around one day, he just stood and looked at NNC1977. He could see the city was mostly a run-down city, with messed up looking streets. Plants were actually growing from roads, sidewalks and even buildings. He moved closer to one of those broken sidewalks and he could see tons of old technology junk all around as if someone took out the trash and just dumped it there. As he continued walking, he could hear the breaking of glass under his feet.
Joshua had lived in NNC1977 all his life, but even with that he could still not get used to the smell in the city, which smelled wet and damp. He looked up towards the sky and could see the sun trying to get through, but there was so much dust in the air that instead of good sunlight it gave off more of a dingy glow. Joshua looked across the street and he wondered what all of the super tall and broken buildings used to be for. The buildings were now mostly destroyed, with all sorts of old junk inside.
There were many people who lived in NNC1977, but almost all of them were poor. They lived on the streets or within some of the old buildings themselves, and they were always looking for something to eat.
Children could sometimes be seen playing, not knowing yet how tough life was in NNC1977. Nobody seemed to know or remember why the city was so destroyed, but everyone seemed to know that there were many cities around the world that were just as destroyed as NNC1977.
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