Where the Dust Still Glows
(2026)(The first book in the Dream Lord Wars - The Corruption Event Trilogy series)
A novel by F J Blooding
Two women are reshaping Dreamland.
One climbed out of the mines to save a father who can't be saved.
The other was built to be replaceable, but yearns to live.
Lixiss was made to carry light to the dreamplanes, like her brothers and sisters before her. But she doesn't just light the planes. She reaches into the shadowed souls of the dreamers themselves and relights their hope.
Which would be impressive, except it breaks every rule in their world. Dreamlanders exist to serve. They aren't allowed to dream, or to want more than the roles they were given.
Then Lixiss answers a dreamcall from Dream Lord Dreyma and finds something so dark, so hungry, that she fails. And her failure begins to poison Dreamland itself.
The only thing that holds her together is Yade. Every time the dream lords wipe her memory, Lixiss finds her way back into Yade's arms, even when neither of them remembers why.
Now Dreyma's passion is devouring everything Lixiss loves. To stop it, Lixiss will have to become the one thing her world swore she could never be: irreplaceable.
Lyrical, aching science fantasy for readers of Sarah Chorn, M.L. Wang, and Martha Wells.
Genre: Science Fiction
One climbed out of the mines to save a father who can't be saved.
The other was built to be replaceable, but yearns to live.
Lixiss was made to carry light to the dreamplanes, like her brothers and sisters before her. But she doesn't just light the planes. She reaches into the shadowed souls of the dreamers themselves and relights their hope.
Which would be impressive, except it breaks every rule in their world. Dreamlanders exist to serve. They aren't allowed to dream, or to want more than the roles they were given.
Then Lixiss answers a dreamcall from Dream Lord Dreyma and finds something so dark, so hungry, that she fails. And her failure begins to poison Dreamland itself.
The only thing that holds her together is Yade. Every time the dream lords wipe her memory, Lixiss finds her way back into Yade's arms, even when neither of them remembers why.
Now Dreyma's passion is devouring everything Lixiss loves. To stop it, Lixiss will have to become the one thing her world swore she could never be: irreplaceable.
Lyrical, aching science fantasy for readers of Sarah Chorn, M.L. Wang, and Martha Wells.
Genre: Science Fiction
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