About The Phenomena of Fireflies and Star... Novel
Ames Andrade is a highly determined doctoral candidate who has dedicated his life to the pursuit of progress in the field of education. Fueled by grief due to the death of his long-term boyfriend at the hands of a superhuman terrorist, Ames braves the current of his reality to complete his greatest work yet as an educator: The Mastermind.\n \n Gabriel Clemente is the Alpha Phenomenon. More popularly known as Alpha, he is the most beloved and the most celebrated superhero operating in the Philippines. Following a complicated turn of events, he decides to fake his death to regain the past eight decades of his life that he could not live as a result of his duties as a superhuman enforcer of the law. Gabriel brings with him not only both the known and unknown horrors of history but also the harsh truths of the seemingly promising present-day world and the omen of a complicated future.\n \n Two struggling souls forged in the flames of their pasts cross paths in a complicated journey of grief, empathy, healing, friendship, love, struggle, and perseverance. Faced with a Philippine society changed forever by the existence of powerful beings unbound by social constructs and belief systems as well as the looming threat of the dark consequences of their decisions, Ames and Gabriel find themselves battling their fates to fulfill their destinies. Together.