The Meliora Chronicles · Book 1
The 716
Humour, engineering, a touch of romance, an adorable robot bestie and the courage of everyday heroes.
Sir Julius Vogel Award finalist
Will they do what is expected, or what is right?
The 716, book one of the Meliora Chronicles
In Meliora, your light decides your life
In a futuristic society where men are second-class citizens and only binary gender norms are acceptable, two people have to decide what kind of world they want to live in.
Olivia
Destined to be the future leader of Meliora. She’s smart, rich, and innovative, and she has a pink Identifeye light.
Andy
Destined to be a waiter and househusband. His blue Identifeye light prevents him from pursuing his dream of becoming an engineer. After all, who ever heard of a male engineer?
But when Andy’s life becomes entangled with Olivia’s and he gets the chance to prove himself on the female stage, everything starts to change.
Will they do what is expected or what is right? And will the wrong choice spell disaster?
For fans of Divergent, Legend and The Lunar Chronicles
“The 716 is the kind of story I want my future children to read. To give them the courage to challenge standards, stand up for one another, and be strong enough to not only embrace change, but create it.”Sarah Newland, award-winning author of Extant
“If I could give this book 6 stars, I would.”Goodreads review
“I think The 716 might just be the book that persuades me to try more SciFi.”Goodreads review
Engineered, for real
I co-founded an aerospace engineering company in 2017, around the same time I started my first novel. So the engineering problems in my books are real ones, made fun.
- Day jobSelf-heating batteries for space, magnetic propulsion, small satellites that house science experiments
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S.J. Pratt
Writing with coffee, joy and unfortunate amounts of cat fur.
I write young adult sci-fi and fantasy from Christchurch, where I live with my incredible husband and incredibly needy cats. My stories have appeared in Sponge, The Quick Brown Dog, The Commuting Book and Antipodean SF, and I narrate for the Antipodean SF Radio Show.
I’m also a rock climber and a budding ballerina, and I’m working on book two.
As a sci-fi nerd, I look forward to culminating my existence as an omnipotent space whale.