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Empress of Dust

by Alex Kingsley

Empress of Dust - Alex Kingsley - The Bastion Cycle
Editions:Paperback: $ 20.95
ISBN: 978-1-960247-26-1
Size: 6.00 x 9.00 in
Pages: 393
ePub: $ 4.99
ISBN: 978-1-960247-26-1
Size: 6.00 x 9.00 in
Pages: 493

There are monsters outside the city walls.

Harvard is small, anxious, and plagued by a constant tremor, which is not an ideal combination for a desert scavenger. He and his crew are under constant threat of desertwalker attacks, and Harvard is nearly useless against them.

When the biggest mistake of Harvard’s life separates him from his crew, he must learn the secrets of the desert beasts in order to survive the dangers of the dusts. Returning to Bastion with a surprising ally, Harvard is forced to choose between saving his crew or allying with the “monsters” who rescued him.

Harvard never saw himself as a hero, but when the beasts of the dusts implore him to aid their rescue mission, he holds the lives of crabs and humans alike in his trembling hands.

For awesome post-apocalyptic action, where Earth is ruled by gargantuan crab beasts, get your copy of Empress of Dust today!

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Tropes: Band of Misfits, Cross-Species Friendships, Dying World, Dystopian Governments, Evil Megacorporation, Found Family, Interspecies Adoption, Post-Apocalyptic, Reluctant Hero
Word Count: 130,000
Languages Available: English
Tropes: Band of Misfits, Cross-Species Friendships, Dying World, Dystopian Governments, Evil Megacorporation, Found Family, Interspecies Adoption, Post-Apocalyptic, Reluctant Hero
Word Count: 130,000
Languages Available: English

About the Author

Alex Kingsley (they/them) is a writer, comedian, and game designer. They graduated from Swarthmore College with High Honors and are a part of the SFWA. They are a co-founder of new media company Strong Branch Productions, where they write and direct science-fiction comedy podcast The Stench of Adventure and edit weird fiction anthology show Tales From The Radiator . Their sci-fi play “The Bearer of Bad News” was produced by the Annenberg Foundation. In addition to their fiction, their non-fiction has appeared in Interstellar Flights Press, Ancillary Review of Books, and more. Alex’s tabletop games can be found at alexyquest.itch.io, and their dramatic catalog can be found on the New Play Exchange.