What happened after the storm?
Summer is over. But the events on the estate were only the beginning.
HOUSING ESTATE / 1997AFTER THE STORM, EVERYTHING CHANGES
Ron D. Lux / A MYSTERY SET IN THE ’90S
THE STORY OF SUMMER ’97 CONTINUES
Until First Light (Paperback)
The storm was
only the beginning. Until First Light.
Martin, Patrik, Saša and an ordinary housing estate. One autumn storm changes everything. On an apartment-block rooftop, Martin meets a girl who may not belong in his world at all.
SOMETHING IS WRONG HERE
Three questions. One night.
Who is Luna?
And what was she doing alone on a rooftop in the middle of the night?
What will autumn 1997 bring?
The world Martin and Patrik knew is beginning to fall apart.
EVERY WINDOW HIDES A STORY
All characters ↗Faces of the estate
FILE / 01
Martin
An ordinary guy from a tower block who would rather play games than live his life. Until a storm steps into it.
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FILE / 02
Luna
A girl with eyes like stars and a touch as cold as marble. She hides a secret as deep as the night.
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FILE / 03
Patrik
Martin’s best mate. A sarcastic realist who supports him far more than he ever would have expected.
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FILE / 04
Saša
The class beauty and Martin’s platonic love. A symbol of the normal world that is beginning to fall apart.
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A FIRST GLIMPSE
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She was standing there. At the very edge of the roof, like a figure torn from a forgotten dream. Her black hair rippled in the wind, and the dark coat rustled around her slender figure as if it had been woven from shadows. She gazed at the constellation of city lights below her, at that pulsing, distant life.
“Luna?” he called softly, and his own voice sounded strange to him.
She turned. Her eyes caught his gaze, and a smile spread across her face — one that, for a moment, took Martin’s breath away. The air around her smelled of ozone and cold, like the aftermath of a storm.
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1997 is still here.
Switch on the computer. Walk between the blocks. Some stories live beyond the pages.
01 / PLAY
INTERACTIVE GAMES
Martin’s computer
The screen glows green. Your next game is waiting.
Switch it on
AN INTERACTIVE ESTATE
Archive ’97
Behind the lit windows, the estate keeps its secrets.
Enter the estate
THE PREQUEL SERIES
Summer ’97
Rewind to the summer when it all began.
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A TEST OF YOUR MEMORIES
Quizzes
How much of the nineties do you remember?
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Echoes of the story
„Tento príbeh ma úplne pohltil. Kombinácia napätia, tajomna a temnej romantiky pod hviezdami je niečo, čo sa len tak nevidí. Stránky sa čítali samé a knihu som odkladala len nerada. Vrelo odporúčam každému, kto má rád originálne a mysteriózne príbehy!“
„Možno niektoré príbehy nekončia poslednou stranou. Možno ešte chvíľu doznievajú... niekde medzi hudbou, spomienkou a tým zvláštnym tichom, ktoré po nich zostane.“
„Dočetl jsem knihu, viděl celý prequel a můžu říci jediné - chce to Léto 98 :P“
TAKE THE STORY HOME
Until First Light (Paperback)
Continue where Summer ’97 ended.
RON D. LUX / AUTHORBEHIND THE STORY
The darkest stories begin in places we know.
I write about housing estates, night streets and the silence between apartment blocks. About moments when ordinary reality cracks – and familiar places reveal something strangely magical.
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