The Sunlit Seed

By W.F. Gatewood

For centuries, the kingdom has quietly thrived under the care of Gardeners, healers who tend both people and land. Now, it stands on the brink of destruction, threatened by a neighboring nation's devastating biological weapon.

One last goodbye.

On a final camping trip, Beren's plans to join the navy are cut short when an enemy gunship and its dying pilot crash in the rainy valley, drawing him and his sister Sira into the beginning of the end of a war. With Beren infected by the same poison that killed the pilot, and their village decimated in an attack, the siblings must journey to the capital to warn the council and beg for help.

One last seed.

In Castle Hemeja, the capital's heart, every servant is enslaved by a drug that burns away their will to leave. Addicted for years, Jana grapples with the dwindling supply of the red seeds that sustain her. Suffering from withdrawal, she hatches a desperate plan with a fellow servant to steal the stash.

One last sunrise.

When these lives intertwine, each must confront what grows in others-and what has taken root in themselves.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0DPKYFFCS
• ISBN13: 9798335721493
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"