Descending

By Ryan J Southworth

Sometimes, even the best plans lead to destruction. Sometimes, they are meant to.On the planet Hollen there are many tall, windswept plateaus. On one of them-and only one-there is a city. Hamlinas perches there as a lonely egg in a high nest, hung safely between the inhospitable Beneath below and the unrelenting suns high above her head.But the egg is about to crack.For most of his long life, Councilman Lanet Perre has seen prejudice grow against the Albin minority of which he is a part. Now, subtle bigotry threatens to turn into open violence. He has long laid up plans to lead and preserve his people, but his body is failing-and perhaps his will as well.Young Dasha Federov is having visions. Confusing, painful, prophetic visions, and the only hope of explanation seems to lie with a small group of religious cultists. Within this strange and despised faction there seem to be real answers, but the cost may be the rejection of all those she holds most dear.Renice Jakson is captain of the city's Constabulary force and an Albin. Although married to a member of the majority, he too feels the weight of growing persecution and finds himself doubtfully enacting Lanet's plans. The Albin seem to be trading one kind of death for another, but perhaps something beyond them all is at work: the girl, that little Dasha Federov, has begun dreaming of him.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1721812598
• ISBN13: 9781721812592
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 546 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.2" x 6.0"