Welcome to the droughtlands

Home of the works of Jonathan Weiss, and the post-apocalyptic, sci-fantasy world the novels are set in.

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About the droughtlands

The Droughtlands is a world of sandstorms and scrap metal where magic clashes in forms both known and unknown. A world where water itself has been sealed into the air, only to be breathed.

Those living on these harsh sands use runes painted on their skin to twist winds, summon fire or even enchant machines into life.

Yet a far more dangerous magic lurks beneath the sands.

Pillars of shattered glass and hyper-machined steel dot the wastes, acting as the final markers of a civilisation known only as those-of-glass. It is thought the magics and technologies they discovered led to their demise, leaving behind a danger that is still deadly to the distant generations that have since followed.

Only below ground in those places are the means for magic more abundant.

Water.

Without water there’s no ink, no runes, no magic, and in the vast desert wastes of The Droughtlands, magic means power.

About Me

Jonathan Weiss is an Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy Author.

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