Parallax Smoke Energy
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We Swore Upon A Dying Sun (paperback and ebook)

A fresh take on epic fantasy, this solarpunk science-fantasy focuses on the platonic relationship between a brother and sister. For readers who enjoyed the vibrant world of DUNE, the complicated family dynamics of JADE CITY, and the malevolent gods of GODKILLER.After their king is murdered in a treacherous peace talk, a slacker prince and his regent sister must complete a deadly pilgrimage to beg for power from sadistic gods in a desperate race to stop a plague from extinguishing the sun forever.

About the author

EMERY ARDEN

Emery Arden is the professional overthinker behind the overthought world of We Swore Upon a Dying Sun. She spent six years training to professionally overthink the real world, at the end of which time she was awarded a PhD in theoretical High Energy Physics. Today she uses her degree to invent overcomplicated fantasy worlds, and sometimes to insist that people call her "Doctor".

She Was the Universe (short story)

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To save her brother, she will lose herself.

In a post-apocalyptic city choked by a supernatural smog, Morgant lives by one rule: protect her younger brothers at any cost. When a ruthless tyrant selects her brother for the power hidden in his blood, Morgant is forced to seek a desperate alliance with the ancient entities sleeping beneath the mud.