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Science. Magic. Both sources of unimaginable power. All that prevents ultimate control, ultimate power, is that science and magic do not exist in equality in the same dimension. Until now. It is the thirtieth century, and mankind has learned a new kind of programming. Pentrinsic code, which uses zeros, ones, twos, threes, and fives, runs on a three dimensional platform: Reality. The result of running a pentrinsic program is a warping of reality itself. In other words, magic. But still science had the superior position, for learning to 'cast' even the most basic pentrinsic program took decades of study. Until now. Kerri Marks was born of human parents. But she is also the first of an entire race. Homo Magicus is an offshoot of mankind that is born with the inherent ability to understand and use pentrinsic code. Other children with this powerful, inherent gift are born. And so a race is born. But their numbers are low. They are young. They are not organized. They do not have a way to express their raw power, this blend of science and magic. Until now.
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The Science of Magic Peter W. Prellwitz Copyright © 2004 All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in Canada by Double Dragon eBooks, a division of Double Dragon Publishing of Markham Ontario, Canada. This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. Published by: Double Dragon eBooks PO Box 54016 1-5762 Highway 7 East Markham, Ontario L3P 7Y4 CANADA http://double-dragon-ebooks.com Layout and Cover Illustration by Deron Douglas ISBN: 1-55404-142-2 First Edition eBook Publication May 20, 2004 The Science of Magic a collection of short stories by Peter W. Prellwitz Science. Magic. Both sources of unimaginable power. All that prevents ultimate control, and thus ultimate power, is that science and magic do not exist in equality in the same dimension. Until now. It is the thirtieth century, and mankind has learned a new kind of programming. Pentrinsic code, which uses zeros, ones, twos, threes, and fives, runs on a three-dimensional platform: reality. Running a pentrinsic program results in a warping of realty. In other words, magic. But still science had the superior position, for learning to "cast" even the most basic pentrinsic program took decades of study. Until now. Kerri Marks was born of human parents, but she is also the first of an entire race:Homo Magicus, an offshoot of mankind born with the inherent ability to understand and use pentrinsic code. Other children with this powerful, inherent gift are born. And so a race is born. But their numbers are low. They are young. They are not organized. They do not have a way to express their raw power, this blend of science and magic. Until now. POP QUIZ October 12, 2953 Miss Hennessy had always been pretty, Kerri decided on the first day of school. She was pretty in their normal classroom in the puterverse, where her brilliant pinks and glowing blacks always excited the children with the way the colors wrapped and floated around her body. And now that Kerri was seeing her in real life for the first time since school started two months ago, she was even more pretty than in the puterverse. With a keen child's sense, Kerri could see Miss Hennessy as she looked when she was a little girl like her: small frame, brown hair, blue eyes and even the same smile, with the same missing front tooth, the grownup tooth not quite ready to show. Kerri Marks had only been in school for two years; but at the age of six, she was quite certain no one was as nice and wonderful and pretty as her teacher, Miss Hennessy. And now they were in the same room! "All right, children!" Miss Henne