Worlds (Paperback)
Emanuel Siebert
Sold by CitiRetail, Stevenage, United Kingdom
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Add to basketSold by CitiRetail, Stevenage, United Kingdom
AbeBooks Seller since 29 June 2022
Condition: New
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketPaperback. Worlds - Seconds is a close, character-driven sports drama told from inside the breath of a reigning world champion.After a Vegas main event ends with a pro-wrestling-style moment that sets the feeds on fire, TKO triggers a cross-promotion cameo: no stunts, no fight-just presence under television lights. That is where Miran meets Aiko, a quiet, underused performer who rarely gets more than seconds on screen. Backstage corridors, committee rooms, and travel days become their map. He helps her turn seconds into timing; she teaches him how not to perform when the world demands a pose.Between the honest geometry of combat and the glittering theatre that sells it, Miran chooses restraint-health and clarity over noise-while learning what love looks like when no one is filming. Told in lyrical, precise prose, Seconds asks what it costs to stay true while everyone is spending your name, and whether the softest voice can carry the farthest when it counts. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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Worlds - Seconds is a close, character-driven sports drama told from inside the breath of a reigning world champion.
After a Vegas main event ends with a pro-wrestling-style moment that sets the feeds on fire, TKO triggers a cross-promotion cameo: no stunts, no fight-just presence under television lights. That is where Miran meets Aiko, a quiet, underused performer who rarely gets more than seconds on screen. Backstage corridors, committee rooms, and travel days become their map. He helps her turn seconds into timing; she teaches him how not to perform when the world demands a pose.
Between the honest geometry of combat and the glittering theatre that sells it, Miran chooses restraint-health and clarity over noise-while learning what love looks like when no one is filming. Told in lyrical, precise prose, Seconds asks what it costs to stay true while everyone is spending your name, and whether the softest voice can carry the farthest when it counts.
E.S. is not a professional author-just a lifelong reader who decided to try something new and write the book they themselves wanted to read on holiday. The result is a story set close to real life, where cameras may be loud but decisions are made in quiet rooms, and where people with ordinary strengths face problems that don't vanish in a chapter. E.S. cares about the small true things: a breath that runs too fast, a glance that says more than an explanation, a choice that hurts a little because it's right. Solutions exist here, but they're earned-by practice, clarity, and sometimes tears. The prose aims for closeness without noise, watching how timing, patience, and care can turn seconds into turning points. Between Worlds - Seconds (Act 1) is E.S.'s debut and the start of a five-act project about love, work, and the space between truth and spectacle.
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