Everything Not Saved

By N M J Coveney

Book Overview

A debut Queer YA novel combining the power of video games, and the potential of young love with magic, horror and the supernatural.

Praise for Everything Not Saved

"HEARTSTOPPER MEETS READY PLAYER ONE" - Josh Silver

"THINK SEX EDUCATION MEETS BUFFY. MY MIND WAS BLOWN!" - Justin Arnold

"RIVETING...TOLD WITH HEART AND PASSION BY AN EXCITING NEW VOICE IN YA FICTION" - Benjamin Dean

"A GRIPPING PAGETURNER FOR GAYMERS YOUNG AND OLD" - Will Kostakis

"A BREEZY AND HEARTWARMING ODE TO GAY GEEK CULTURE" - L.C. Rosen

'CHILD OF DARKNESS,

CHILD OF LIGHT,

ONE BORN TO MOURN,

THE OTHER TO FIGHT.

TEACH WHAT YOU KNOW.

SEAL THE BELOW.'

Everything Not Saved follows two very different teenage boys: Mikey Redman & Kris Dwyer and the unlikely bond between them.

The boys' shared love of computer games glues them together over the years and helps them overcome struggles at school and at home.

While they try and understand what is happening to their friendship, and figure out why increasingly unpleasant things are happening in Pytt End.

There's more magick about both of them than they realise.

There's also more than it seems to the creepy well in Mikey's back garden, where an ancient evil is stirring underneath the village.

Can they save the world without losing each other?

Trigger Warnings

This book contains serious content which might be upsetting to some readers. This includes depictions of: alcoholism, bullying, childhood trauma, domestic abuse, death, gender dysphoria, homophobia, queerphobia, sexual health scares, sex, sexual assault and violence. Please be mindful of these, and other potential triggers, and consult the resources listed on page 373 if affected.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1068235810
• ISBN13: 9781068235818
• Release Date: September 2026
• Publisher: Fire Hills Press
• Length: 386 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.0" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 16 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 11 to Postsecondary