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Elements of a Soul

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Elements of a Soul is an evolving sci-fantasy saga by JM Roque da Silva— a journey through technology, spirit, identity, and the hidden architecture of existence.

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Generation 5 book cover
2 Suns book cover

The soul is not the end

A universe meant to be discovered.

Across the saga, human lives collide with artificial worlds, ancient systems, and forms of consciousness that refuse to fit inside familiar borders. Every answer opens another door—and every character carries a different piece of the larger design.

The HoloPad preserves the canonical novels while adding optional artwork, atmosphere, sound, poems, and spoiler-safe lore around them. Readers choose how much of the world they want to reveal.

A figure of light with a constellation burning in their chest
The architecture of a soul
2novels in the saga
150+original illustrations
1living reader

The novels

Begin with Generation 5.

Generation 5 coverBOOK 1

ELEMENTS OF A SOUL · BOOK I

Generation 5

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The opening of the Elements of a Soul saga: a generation shaped by technology, hidden histories, and forces that reach beyond the material world.

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2 Suns coverBOOK 2

ELEMENTS OF A SOUL · BOOK II

2 Suns

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The universe expands across worlds, bonds, and ancient mysteries as the soul’s deeper architecture begins to reveal itself.

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The world

Places that shouldn't exist.

From the wet neon of Rotterdam 2137 to roads of light between planets — the saga's locations, drawn.

Neon-drenched Rotterdam in 2137
ROTTERDAM · 2137
The De Grote Poort street sign under a violet sky
DE GROTE POORT
A road of light winding between planets
THE STAR ROAD
A crimson vortex above a ruined skyline
THE UNDERWORLD
A green, rebuilt Rotterdam skyline
NEW ROTTERDAM
Pastel plains beneath an impossible mountain
THE OTHERWORLD
A carved stone altar covered in glowing sigils
THE ALTAR
A gold and ivory dragon on gilded paper
THE OLD POWERS
A star tetrahedron of light resting on wet stone
THE MERKABAH
An overgrown alley at dusk
THE QUIET STREETS
A figure standing at the edge of a luminous lagoon

A drop of water fell into the lagoon of his mind, sparking a ripple in his soul.

Elements of a Soul · Generation 5

The cast

Everyone carries a piece.

Roku — The one who picks it up
RokuThe one who picks it up
The Watcher — Present before the question
The WatcherPresent before the question
Shugo Tenshi — Guardian unleashed
Shugo TenshiGuardian unleashed
Lilith — The other side of the light
LilithThe other side of the light
Ken — The friend who stays
KenThe friend who stays
Nanoko Ohara — Sharper than she lets on
Nanoko OharaSharper than she lets on
Bo Hoekstra — Knows the streets by name
Bo HoekstraKnows the streets by name
Zeto — Runs the wire
ZetoRuns the wire
The City — A character of its own
The CityA character of its own

What comes next

The future of the saga.

Everything below is being built. Statuses are honest — when something moves here, it moved in real life.

  1. A hand reaching for a glowing crystal on a rain-slick street

    NOWIn build

    The living HoloPad edition

    Generation 5 is being wired into the HoloPad: chapter artwork, atmosphere, sound, and spoiler-safe lore that unlocks as you read.

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  2. The Generation 5 paperback cover

    NEXTIn production

    The first paperback run

    Printed and shipped from Rotterdam, with the companion card that carries your HoloPad keys and Spectral Colors perks. Reserve a copy and you decide the size of the run.

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  3. The Generation 5 audiobook prelude artwork

    THENIn production

    The audiobook

    The saga narrated, scored with original Spectral Colors music, with chapter-synced artwork in the HoloPad.

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  4. The 2 Suns cover

    AHEADPlanned

    2 Suns and the wider saga

    Book two carries the story past the first horizon — other worlds, older systems, and the bonds that survive them.

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  5. A katana manifesting out of cosmic light

    BEYONDExploring

    The illustrated universe

    Manga pages, the Lore Codex, character archives, and a chapter-by-chapter image companion — the world drawn as well as written.

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The limited edition hardcover jacket, front and back

A SEPARATE EDITION · ELEMENTS OF A SOUL LLC

The numbered hardcover.

A limited collector run with the alternate jacket — numbered, signed, and produced only once the run is filled.

This edition is published by Elements of a Soul LLC, a separate company from Spectral Colors / Lux Splendore. It is handled entirely on its own site.

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JM Roque da Silva, author of Elements of a Soul

The author

JM Roque da Silva

Writer, composer, and founder of Spectral Colors. Elements of a Soul began as a question about what a soul is actually made of — and grew into a universe with its own cities, music, artwork, and reader.

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Roku meeting the Watcher in a radiant astral garden

Beyond the page

The universe continues.

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