RISING FLUX
Prequel Novella to THE FLUX CATASTROPHE
Released: 5th March 2023
Pillars of steel stand scattered across the dunes of the Droughtlands, left behind by those-of-glass. They’re the markers of a people long extinct, wiped out by a fusion of unbound magic and unfathomable technology.
The remnants of humanity who now dwell upon the desert wastes regard these places with suspicion, yet the temptation of forbidden knowledge is too strong a draw for the crews sent out by the Academy of Breggesa. At the age of twenty, freshly initiated Rettic jumps at the chance to join one such expedition, even if it means ignoring the whispered doubts of the rest of the crew.
At the helm is Archarus, a venerated scholar and sole survivor of the last crew the Academy sent to their destination, hellbent on keeping the details of his current mission secret. As mutinous mutters continue to grow, Rettic starts to wonder if they’ll meet the same fate as the failed expedition.
With the chance to make a name for himself in the Academy, Rettic conducts his own investigation into the fate of Archarus’ last venture. It takes him into the depths of the massive towers, deep under the sands where a rumbling voice older than the ruins themselves returns a sinister warning.
You control machines.
This machine will control life.
Do not control it.
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Genuinely one of the most original pieces of fiction I have ever read, Molten Flux perfectly marries science fiction with fantasy. The novel presents over-the-top concepts with such believability I only hope the popularity of this series grows and finds a wider audience.
If you are looking for a high-energy, brutal and original bit of fiction, there are few better places to start than the Droughtlands.
- Grimdark Magazine
Buried beneath the dunes of the Droughtlands are the remnants of those-of-glass, the marked by the spires of steel and glass built by a people long extinct, wiped out by a fusion of unbound magic and unfathomable technology. The scavengers that brave their depths rarely come back alive. Rarer still do they bring back anything that won't end up killing them.
All the books set in the Droughtlands can be read in almost any order. In fact, that’s the intention!
A key part of the philosophy in the setting is that one’s preconceived notions and bits of prior knowledge change how events are approached and interpreted.
As you read through the series, you will gain this knowledge and be unable to let it go, a core conundrum that lies deep at the heart of this setting, forcing you, the reader, to become a part of this world.
Do you begin at the earliest point you can, blindly watching events unfolding?
Or do you glimpse the future first, and use it to reinterpret the past?
In essence, there is no one true reading order, as long as you start with Book One of any of my series and progress through them ascendingly.