Wasteland Heart (Edge of the World: Book 1)

In order to escape being a worker drone in a dismal dictatorship, Sasha joins a group of people seeking asylum on the continent of Galvlohi. Once a world power, deadly nanobots wiped out much of Galvlohi’s population. A century later, cities have given way to wilderness, and descendants of the survivors live insulated and harmonious lives with the land, only opening their borders for refugees like Sasha. It’s the perfect place to start over, to get clean, and to figure out who he is.

But his fellowship is strict about not wandering off, and it’s willing to use violence to get the point across. It’s far from the adventure and freedom Sasha expected to find, and worse, his new life threatens to end before it’s even begun when he’s afflicted with continent’s deadly nanobots. A Galvloan woman saves his life by sharing the anti-malware in her blood, but his heart is irreparably damaged.

He wants to repay the woman’s kindness, and she wants someone to find her missing brother, Corvin, which seems like the perfect job for a novice adventurer. Escaping his fellowship with a debilitating heart arrhythmia might be the easy part. Because no matter how far he travels, he can’t outrun his own problems, and the world is full of people who could be friend or foe and terrifying animals he was sure were extinct.

Then there’s Corvin. And there’s nothing easy about Corvin.

Book 1 in a brand new post-apocalyptic series. (If you've read Yours Celestially, you'll recognize these characters! Think of them as AUs of each other.)

Projected release date: July 1, 2025

Rep: Bisexual, gay, queer, trans, and non-binary characters; M/M, M/F, and poly romance;  ADHD main character with medical disability; main character with anxiety and past trauma

CWs: past drug addiction, on page murder, profanity, attempted suicide, mention of past self-harm, mentions of past domestic abuse, mild sexual elements, depression and anxiety, mentions of child labor, mentions of child trafficking