Thread:Plasmaster/@comment-5055855-20151114163544/@comment-6684591-20151115001806

Wow! I know my stories are good ones when my readers begin to develop fan-theories.

To answer your questions, the story actually takes place in an alternate time-line. Humans had evolved to control the elements with their minds approximately 200 years prior to the events of the story; because if you remember from Book One, Aiden is a Pyro, and one Pyro is born every one-hundred years from the ashes of the Pyro before them. The first Pyro, the one Aiden was born from, was not born in this way, but was born the natural way.

However, though human evolution has gone this far, technology had not; the technology was the same as we have it in our timeline, until the Technological Revolution occurred after the events of The Great Furnace (which I haven't talked about yet in the book). Basically, the first Pyro was NOT a nice guy. He went mad with his power and used it for evil. You will get to see what exactly The Great Furnace is in Aiden's dream; the dreams are how Aiden knows about the first Pyro. After the events of The Great Pyro, the government knew they had to develop technology to prevent such events from happening again; pyrokinesis became illegal, the Technological Revolution occurred (giving us drones, psychometers, psychocuffs, and hover cars) and the new members of the aristocracy slowly made their way into office through some underhanded political deals. Once they were all put in power, they threw the world into the Modern Ice Age, which is when the events of the books occur.

The psychometers, by the way, are not as innocent as you think; the government has psychometer tests at schools so they can monitor the power levels of students and make sure none of them get too powerful. Cassidy, being a Level 10, was actually spied on by her teachers and a few other faculty to make sure she did not do anything that would endanger the government's power. Once Cassidy and Walter had to leave the school due to her father's job loss, the government was unable to spy on her as much.

In addressing the event that caused this evolution, a group of scientists discovered that the human mind was capable of controlling the elements; these scientists sought out and found the genes that controlled these and used said genes to create genetically engineered super-soldiers. Once the soldiers went home from the war, they still had their powers, so their children were born with those genes that gave them said powers. The genes spread like wildfire across the United States and soon to the rest of the world.

I have been told by some of my friends that The Pyro has many similarities to The Last Airbender. The Pyro was not based on this; funny story, I had to write a Creative Writing assignment; I had to have the plot ready by next class and was tossing and turning in bed trying to think of a plot, which was due the next day. Suddenly, I had an image of Finn from Adventure Time, lying in a bed with a pair of lions keeping him warm (this was from an episode of Adventure Time). I thought to myself, 'Those lions would keep him warm, especially in the snow...' So that is where the Pyro all started. It started with the Modern Ice Age, Isaac, and Louis; the image of Louis lying across Isaac's chest to keep him warm was what formed the story as a whole. It wasn't until later that I brought in Cassidy and Walter, and heck, even Sierra wasn't there.

I have never read or seen Snowpiercer; it sounds interesting, I'll have to check it out.

I can tell you now that the singularity will not be happening in my story; however, I am very open to fan-requests, so if you'd like, I can write a spin-off story in which the singularity does occur; just let me finish Pyro Book Two first, haha.

I'm glad you finally had the chance to read Chapter One of Book Two and that you enjoyed it; I will assure you now, it will be MUCH better than Book One; I have lots planned for the book.

Unfortunately, I too have been occupied with lots of other things and have not written Chapter Two yet. I will try to get it out to you soon.

Also, quick question; who do you root for getting together with Cassidy, Aiden, or Isaac?