FLUX – Forced Move (Audiobook)

Seit siebzehn Jahren wütet ein verheerender Krieg – einer, den niemand gewinnen soll. Der ehrgeizige Stratege Lycon ist kurz davor, den wahren Grund dafür aufzudecken. Drei mächtige Nationen kämpfen um das kostbare Mineral Syncanit: die Quelle kristallbetriebener Geräte und der Schlüssel zu unnatürlich langem Leben. Am Machtzentrum in Rhiel trifft Lycon auf Kara, die Tochter des Herrschers – eine gefeierte Duellantin, die ihre Reliktwaffe dem luxuriösen Leben des Hofes vorzieht. Als die fragile Allianz des Südens zu zerbrechen droht, führt eine heikle Mission die beiden weit über die Grenzen ihrer Heimat hinaus. Doch bald finden sie sich in einem Spiel wieder, in dem nichts sicher ist. Welche Geheimnisse werden enthüllt, wenn klar wird, dass die Fäden dieses Machtkampfes tiefer reichen als der Krieg selbst?

Born on March 18, 1998, in Paderborn, Timon Lorenz Thöne began working on the FLUX trilogy at the age of twelve and completed the first draft in 2015. A publishing agreement that was subsequently close to being finalized fell through when the small publishing house became insolvent. Thöne then immersed himself in the field of self-publishing and ultimately decided to establish his own publishing company. The then Arkanite Productions GbR developed the project from a novel trilogy into an interactive, audiovisual augmented reality (AR) experience. In 2019, the project was awarded, among other honors, the Special Prize for Innovation by the Leipzig Book Fair. The team was also nominated as one of the German federal government’s “Cultural and Creative Pilots” and invited to participate in the Content SHIFT Accelerator organized by the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, the German Publishers and Booksellers Association. In 2022, Thöne was recognized there as one of the Top 10 Entrepreneurs in the German book industry for his consistent application of AR technology in books — including for the book *Understanding the Jewish World*, published by Marix Verlag as part of the “1,700 Years of Jewish Life in Germany” initiative. The SYNCANITE GmbH was founded in 2023 and operates, among other things, as a publisher of books and board games based on the FLUX trilogy. The company was established after Thöne received the second prize from the Entrepreneurship Institute of the International School of Management (ISM) for the business plan associated with the project, as part of his B.A. in Business Administration with a specialization in Finance. From that point onward, the project, together with the resulting “AR for Books” service division, developed into an independent company. In 2025, SYNCANITE GmbH reached profitability with the Kickstarter launch of *SYNCANITE FOUNDATION*, a board game based on the book, and continued to grow thereafter. In 2026, SYNCANITE GmbH is expanding into the fields of books, audiobooks, music, and film. This expansion was made possible through a second successful crowdfunding campaign. As a result, after more than a decade of development, Thöne is publishing the special Frankfurt Book Fair edition of *FLUX – Zugzwang* at the 2026 Frankfurt Book Fair, thereby laying the foundation for his company’s book publishing business. The first edition of the book can be ordered through the German Books in Print (VLB) database.