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Between these two pitches, which sounds more interesting?

  1. After climate change eradicates society as we know it, civilization is much more like 1800 than the rapidly approaching 2100. Daniel Lupida never cared about politics of "rebuilding society" when he volunteered to join The Coalition and left his small village behind to go beyond the Gate. He only wanted to find his father. Instead, he found his destiny.

  2. When twenty three year old Cameron Winchester becomes the youngest rookie ever recruited into the Prime Guard, the elite squad that keeps the Kingdom of Kurisa safe, he should be elated. However; he feels nothing but pressure and anxiety. Will he measure up to the rest of the squad? What if they find out how he got the job? His trouble just intensifies when he makes a startling discovery while on a mission to the Neutral Zone that will lead him into a dangerous game of cat and mouse with illusive terrorist mastermind Uncle.

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[โ€“] liv@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Go with the one you feel the most passionate about.

The way the human mind works, I'm now assuming that Daniel Lupida's destiny was, in fact, to become the elusive terrorist mastermind Uncle...

I love the second more, just because I'm fed up with thinking about the first IRL. Pulling off the fight against this guy Uncle may be very rewarding for a reader, with high stakes and really tight mindgames\chases. If you feel like you have a well-reasoned villain to crown that, I'd go with #2.