WE ALL HAVE DEMONS. SOME DEMONS HAVE YOU.
The world you know is dead. We did this to ourselves.
The epidemic struck at the end of the Third World War. Fighting over
oil, power, and religion, governments ignored the rise of an
antibacterial-resistant plague. In just five years, the Earth was
annihilated. Only one city survived--Etyom--a frozen hellhole in
northern Siberia, engulfed in endless conflict.
The year is 2251.
Two groups emerged from the ashes of the old world. Within the walled
city of Lower Etyom dwell the Robusts--descendants of the poor who were
immune to the New Black Death. Above them, in a metropolis of pristine
platforms called lillipads, live the Graciles--the progeny of the
superrich, bio-engineered to resist the plague.
Mila Solokoff is a Robust who trades information in a world where
knowing too much can get you killed. Caught in a deal gone bad, she's
forced to take a high-risk job for a clandestine organization hell-bent
on revolution.
Demitri Stasevich is a Gracile with a dark secret--a sickness that, if
discovered, will get him Ax'd. His only relief is an illegal narcotic
produced by the Robusts, and his only means of obtaining it is a journey
to the arctic hell far below New Etyom.
Thrust together in the midst of a sinister plot that threatens all life
above and below the cloud line, Mila and Demitri must master their
demons and make a choice--one that will either salvage what's left of
the human race or doom it to extinction ...
Awards
- Bronze Winner -- 2019 Independent Publisher Book Awards -- Science
Fiction
- Gold (1st Place) Winner -- 2019 Feathered Quill Book Awards --
Science Fiction/Fantasy
- Finalist -- 2018 Dragon Awards -- Science Fiction
- Winner -- 2018 New York Book Festival -- Science Fiction
