Dream in the Ash
(2026)(The first book in the Other Half of the End series)
A novel by Jacquelyn Gilmore
Only when you’re standing in the ashes of your despair can you finally dream.
For Audrey, those ashes are about to ignite an inferno.
Ten years ago, in a near-future society, telepath Audrey Sarafian was convicted of murdering her family. She remembers the truth—another presence, another voice in her mind—but no one believed her. Now suddenly freed, she wants only one thing: vengeance against the man who destroyed her life.
And he wants her too.
His voice stalks her thoughts'''intimate, taunting—pulling her deeper into obsession as she slips into the city’s decaying underworld, where addiction festers, and people like Audrey—ex-convicts—can hide from curious eyes. There she meets another rare telepath hunting the same man, and together they descend into a truth far darker than either imagined. Because nothing about the killer—or Audrey’s new ally—is what it seems, and her own hunger for violence is waking.
Their hunt drags her to a desert moon where telepaths are weaponized and rebellion brews in the dust. And when she finally confronts the murderer, everything she believed about him—and herself—shatters.
In a world where nightmares wear human faces, Audrey must confront a devastating truth:
Some monsters are born.
Some are made.
And some are invited in.
Perfect for fans of the psychic warfare of X-Men, the post-apocalyptic world of Divergent, and the dark psychological tension of Donnie Darko, this gritty dystopian sci-fi romance is ideal for readers who crave dangerous powers, unreliable allies, and a heroine walking the knife’s edge between sanity and villainy.
Readers Beware: This book is for adult readers and contains mature and explicit content (see the author’s website for a complete list of trigger warnings).
Genre: Science Fiction
For Audrey, those ashes are about to ignite an inferno.
Ten years ago, in a near-future society, telepath Audrey Sarafian was convicted of murdering her family. She remembers the truth—another presence, another voice in her mind—but no one believed her. Now suddenly freed, she wants only one thing: vengeance against the man who destroyed her life.
And he wants her too.
His voice stalks her thoughts'''intimate, taunting—pulling her deeper into obsession as she slips into the city’s decaying underworld, where addiction festers, and people like Audrey—ex-convicts—can hide from curious eyes. There she meets another rare telepath hunting the same man, and together they descend into a truth far darker than either imagined. Because nothing about the killer—or Audrey’s new ally—is what it seems, and her own hunger for violence is waking.
Their hunt drags her to a desert moon where telepaths are weaponized and rebellion brews in the dust. And when she finally confronts the murderer, everything she believed about him—and herself—shatters.
In a world where nightmares wear human faces, Audrey must confront a devastating truth:
Some monsters are born.
Some are made.
And some are invited in.
Perfect for fans of the psychic warfare of X-Men, the post-apocalyptic world of Divergent, and the dark psychological tension of Donnie Darko, this gritty dystopian sci-fi romance is ideal for readers who crave dangerous powers, unreliable allies, and a heroine walking the knife’s edge between sanity and villainy.
Readers Beware: This book is for adult readers and contains mature and explicit content (see the author’s website for a complete list of trigger warnings).
Genre: Science Fiction