Laenif (Book One) – A Novel about the Spiritual Sister of Planet Earth

Laenif - Book One

by BW Derge

First published in 2013, "Laenif: Book One" follows one story on Earth - narrated by "Marsle," a human with ambiguous traits - and another on the Earth's sister planet. - a story told in the third person that involves an alien shaman trying to save both his species' innocence and his friend's life.

A younger three-eyed alien named Ghoid arrives on Earth and meets Marsle, proceeding to drastically change the human's outlook on life and elevate their consciousness. When Marsle's own third eye sprouts, they embark on a mission to figure out what the fuck happened to humanity to make the species so violent and disconnected....

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“Something Has to Change"

- Maynard James Keenan, Tool

Excerpts from the Laenif Series

And the Sun Let Go Laenif Book 2 Chapter One

From Laenif: Book 2, "And the Sun Let Go" - chapter One: "Between the Cracks"

Laenif excerpt - The Bodhisattva

From Laenif: Book 1, chapter 13: "The Bodhisattva" depicts an individual struggling with a messiah complex that is slowly consuming them. The Bodhisattva can only look on with compassionate confusion...

The Airport on Earth - Laenif 2: And the Sun Let Go, chapter Eight

From Laenif: Book 2, "And the Sun Let Go" - chapter Eight: "The Airport on Earth"