The instant USA Today bestseller from CJ Leede, author of Maeve Fly—a scorching and sweeping new novel about the end of the world as we know it.“A blistering, feverish ride through a uniquely American apocalypse."—Chuck Wendig, New York Times bestselling authorNamed one of the Best Horror Books of 2024 (Esquire, Vulture, Paste, ScreenRant, and Literary Hub)• A GoodReads and Publishers Weekly Editors' Pick • An Indie Next Pick!A virus is spreading across America, transforming the infected and making them feral with lust. Sophie, a good Catholic girl, must traverse the hellscape of the midwest to try to find her family while the world around her burns. Along the way she discovers there are far worse fates than dying a virgin… The end times are coming.Also by CJ Leede:Maeve FlyAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. Read more

The Imperials of Helion rule their world with violence.Cyprian Creighton is desperate.Adopted when he was a baby, he has lived his entire life being an outcast. Different. A shy introvert with bright yellow eyes that keep everyone away. Now he wants to know where he’s from.When his research brings him to a completely different planet, Cyprian has it all planned out. He’ll stay in the shadows, focus on his studies while finding out who his family are. That is until a shard of fate sets Cyprian in the spotlight. Now one of the Imperial princes of Helion decides he wants him. Whether he likes it or not.Moargan Zephyranth is trouble.Violent and arrogant, the Imperial Prince and first in line of the throne has a the reputation. Times are chaotic, and Moargan has an agenda that includes dealing with a threat that leaves death in Helion’s dark streets. When Moargan lays eyes on that skittish crew member of the space shuttle, he doesn’t understand the physical pull. In times of many insecurities, Moargan knows one thing for sure. Cyprian creates a smouldering fire inside him. A pull both men can’t ignore.Their destiny.𝔹𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕃𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 takes place in the same universe as the 𝔻𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕝𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕍𝕚𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕪 best-selling series by Chani Lynn Feener, with permission of the author.* This book is set in Chani Lynn Feener's universe with permission from the author.Trigger Warning: This is a stand-alone dark romance which means there are some themes that some might find disturbing. These include, but are not limited to, dub-con, violence, a seriously obsessed male lead, and explicit sexual content not suitable for all readers. Please be sure to read the Author's Note for a complete list of warnings! HEA guarantee! Read more

A planet at war. Two alphas forced into a political marriage. Attraction that defies all reason and logic… Or does it?The Kingdom of Pelugia and the Republic of Kadar have been at war for decades. Peace isn’t popular, but the planet can’t survive without it.Forced to marry an enemy prince for the sake of peace, Senator Royce Cleghorn doesn’t like his husband, his alpha scent, or his damned pretty blue eyes. More than anything, Royce hates what Haydn makes him become: a primitive alpha cliché who’ll do anything to mark his territory, even if that territory is his alpha husband. Royce likes omegas; he isn’t into alphas, no matter how pretty their eyes are. It’s just a weird territorial instinct. It has to be.Prince Haydn has always tried to be the perfect alpha his father wants him to be. He’s the heir to the throne. He’s a war general. He isn’t supposed to bare his throat to an enemy alpha—and it isn’t supposed to feel so good. Everyone knows a marriage between two alphas is a recipe for disaster. He isn’t supposed to crave his husband—their marriage is just a political arrangement, nothing more.But when disaster strikes and loyalties are tested, which bond will be the strongest: their marriage, or their allegiances?This MM romance is set in an omegaverse world similar to contemporary Earth, and it contains mating cycles, two men obsessed with each other, and a happily ever after. While mpreg exists in this world, it's only mentioned and doesn't appear on-page. Read more

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A Devil of Vitality always stalks the one they love.Zane Solace is determined to make himself irreplaceable. All his life, he's either been a second choice or someone's backup plan. Zane's promised himself that won't be the case ever again, and the best way to achieve that goal is by becoming the Royal Physician of the Imperial family. As a senior at Vail University, he's close to his goal, but juggling his responsibilities among the Retinue, his duty toward the Imperial Heir, and keeping his brother out of prison keep him busy. The last thing he needs is another distraction, especially one in the shape of Pavel, a fellow Retinue member who suddenly seems far too interested in Zane for comfort.Pavel Hart is desperate to be seen. He's spent the better part of the last five years standing on the sidelines, waiting for the perfect opportunity to make himself known. When he finds out Zane has finally ended things with his other lovers, he realizes that perfect time has come, and he isn't willing to take things slow or gently. Pavel has wanted Zane for a lot longer than anyone realizes, and that want has grown into a cloying obsession even he can't control. He'll seize every opportunity he can to bring Zane closer to him, to make him accept that the two of them belong together and always have. Even if Zane can't seem to remember the past they once shared or the promises they once made.Zane isn't willing to be used and discarded ever again, and the last thing he wants is to trust the wrong person based on pretty words--no matter how great the chemistry in the bedroom is. He's torn between his growing interest in a man he hadn't paid any attention to in the past and his goal. When the Imperial Heir and his brother both cause issues, Zane has to decide if he should lean on Pavel or abandon him.No matter what he chooses, one truth remains. Pavel isn't willing to let go, and it isn't that easy to escape the devil.Trigger Warning: This is a stand-alone dark romance which means there are many themes that some might find disturbing. Some of these include, but are not limited to, dub-con, violence, an obsessed stalker who doesn't hold back once he's made his presense known, and explicit sexual content not suitable for all readers. Please be sure to read the Author's Note for a complete list of warnings! HEA guaranteed! Though this book takes place on the same planet as the previous in the series, each of these is a stand-alone. Read more

The tall alien’s eyes flashed. That was the only warning I got. He charged at me, throwing my crew mates aside as if they were nothing. In that moment, I was certain he would kill me. But no death blow came. Instead, he spoke, his deep voice heavily accented, each word like stone slabs falling into place.“You are mine.”ClayI don't ask for much from life; I get paid, and then I get laid. And piloting spaceships across the galaxy keeps my solo lifestyle well funded. I don't need a relationship or any of the baggage that comes with it. I like my men like I like my coffee; to go.That is, until the most boring job in the universe goes horribly wrong and I’m snatched from my ship by a seven-foot alien. He's huge, he's purple, and he's ripped as hell. I'm sure I'm a dead man.Only it turns out he doesn't want to kill me. What he wants is far worse.ArcayI am the Second; Aldar royalty, the right hand of our leader. I live a half life. On my planet, alphas and omegas are believed to be two halves of a soul. But Omegas are a rare treasure, all but extinct, and I have resigned myself to never knowing the joy of a soul bond.But that all changes the moment I step onto the human ship. By some miracle, their pilot is an unclaimed omega. It does not matter that he is a different species, I have to have him.That should be my happy ending; omegas are supposed to be meek, obedient, and willing. Clay is anything but. He resists me at every turn. I must bend him to my will before his potent pheromones draw every unmated alpha on the ship–my rank will only hold them back for so long.How to Train Your Human Omega is a beauty and the beast retelling in the form of an action-packed, spicy, M/M sci-fi romance (with no mpreg) featuring an alien race of beefcakes, a stubborn human, and a very confused and grumpy alien trying to find his happily ever after in all the wrong ways. This book is the first in the Coveted Bonds series, with overarching storylines and recurring characters. Each story follows a different couple to their HEA.*TWs*Please check the TWs in the front matter before reading. This book contains some dark themes Read more

At Ms. Broussard's Home for Bountiful Beaus, even the unlovable can find a love story for the ages. That's what Elliot Price was promised by Mother.Elliot's mind has been playing tricks on him. He can remember leaving Master Price's home in a rush. He can remember the bus ride to Genevieve, Georgia. He remembers the a little life growing inside his stomach, though he doesn't remember how it got there.There's something else, tucked away in the corner of his mind. A memory he wants to remember. A small flickering of something that feels a lot like hope. A late-night stroll across Sugarplum Island. Plum jam cookies. An adorable fieldmouse. A gentle kiss on a ferry dock with Mr. Alexander Davenport.Elliot doesn't know what the memories mean, but he knows they mean everything to him, and he'll stop and nothing to find out why.The Lonely Hearts Guide deals with heavy themes. Forced pregnancy, an abusive spouse (Jared), and heavy trauma. Please review the content warnings before reading. Read more

Sometimes kissing the Beast doesn't turn it into a Prince Charming—instead, he's a charming prince you want to punch...Jules is an ordinary nineteen-year-old omega from a perfectly respectable family. He’s not the most beautiful, or the smartest, or the strongest of the four Blake siblings. And he’s fine with it, really. He isn’t ugly or anything, but by omega standards, he’s nothing special. “Nothing special” describes Jules’s whole life. It’s utterly boring.So when strange things start happening in their house, it piques Jules’s curiosity. There’s a beast in the Blake family mansion; Jules is sure of it. He sometimes hears growls and screams coming from the basement, and the men guarding the door look positively terrified. What could terrify grown alphas? Jules will have to investigate!But his investigation comes with surprises…like the Beast’s overwhelming effect on Jules’s omega nature. It doesn’t mean anything. Of course it doesn’t. Jules is just curious; that’s all.Curiosity can change a life, but when you’re attracted to a feral alpha whose real face you haven’t even seen…will it change for the better? What if the Beast is no Prince Charming but a cold-hearted, cynical bastard? A bastard Jules shouldn’t want—but does. A bastard Jules should stay away from—but can’t. Please note: while mpreg exists in this world, it is only mentioned and does not appear on-page. This book can be read on its own or as part of the series The Wrong Alpha. Read more

Sam isn’t sure where he belongs.A fisherman’s son with hands more suited to painting than hauling traps, he’s spent his life caught between two worlds—between land and water, duty and passion. He keeps to the tides, drifting through life unseen, unnoticed. His father doesn’t recognize him half the time, his estranged brother has returned like he never left, and college is an uphill battle he isn’t sure he can win. The only place that feels like home is his father’s boat, where the world is quiet enough to think.Then Goldilocks arrives.Golden-haired and impossible to ignore, the merman doesn’t ask for Sam’s attention—he demands it. He lingers at the edge of Sam’s world, watches him too closely, gets under his skin in ways no one else ever has.Sam should ignore him.But Goldilocks won’t let him. Sam, who has spent his whole life being overlooked, suddenly finds himself the focus of someone who refuses to let him fade into the background. And the more Goldilocks pulls him in, the harder it becomes to pretend he doesn’t want to follow.Sam has always been alone. But maybe, for the first time, he doesn’t have to be.Goldilocks is an 18+ m/m merman mystery adventure. Read more

“Extraordinary . . . A future sci-fi masterwork in a new and welcome tradition.” -- Joanne Harris, author of ChocolatA stand-alone science fiction novella from the award-winning, bestselling, critically-acclaimed author of the Wayfarer series.At the turn of the twenty-second century, scientists make a breakthrough in human spaceflight. Through a revolutionary method known as somaforming, astronauts can survive in hostile environments off Earth using synthetic biological supplementations. They can produce antifreeze in subzero temperatures, absorb radiation and convert it for food, and conveniently adjust to the pull of different gravitational forces. With the fragility of the body no longer a limiting factor, human beings are at last able to journey to neighboring exoplanets long known to harbor life.A team of these explorers, Ariadne O’Neill and her three crewmates, are hard at work in a planetary system fifteen light-years from Sol, on a mission to ecologically survey four habitable worlds. But as Ariadne shifts through both form and time, the culture back on Earth has also been transformed. Faced with the possibility of returning to a planet that has forgotten those who have left, Ariadne begins to chronicle the story of the wonders and dangers of her mission, in the hope that someone back home might still be listening. Read more

Haunted space stations? Puzzling totems? Cursed relics? No job's too bizarre for the crew of the Nanshe.Lasadi doesn't like strangers on her ship, but she'll need a bigger crew if she's going to steal a mysterious artifact from a dead pirate's long-lost space station. She takes a chance on a charming grifter named Raj, along with a skilled hacker and her genius little brother. And it's . . . nice? If Lasadi isn't careful, she's going to start enjoying having a crew aboard.Raj's last bit of luck capsized right before he ran into Lasadi, and this job could finally get his life back on track — as long as Lasadi never learns the truth about his past. Raj isn't the only one on this crew with secrets, though, and Auburn Station holds more than long-dead ghosts. Unless this fledgling crew can learn to trust each other, none of them are getting off this station alive.And that's just the first adventure.This set contains the first three books in the Nanshe Chronicles, a series of fast-paced sci-fi capers full of lovable misfits, non-stop action, and just plain fun. Perfect for fans of Cowboy Bebop, Firefly, and Leverage. Read more

With the way things are going, alien abduction doesn’t sound all that terrible.HugoI’m not saying I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the three years I’ve spent in captivity on a pleasure planet, shaking my money-maker for intergalactic patrons… but, I mean, it hasn’t been all bad. The jelly donuts were a perk. And granted, I didn’t really know what I was signing up for when I agreed to be purchased by the sexy pink shark-man, but things seem to be looking up. Even though we don’t speak each other’s languages, he seems pretty nice—if his sharp-toothed smiles and gentle touches are anything to go by. If only I could get my hands on a translator device so I could ask him what exactly his intentions are. I truly hope I’m not just a pet!RoarkThe moment I set eyes on my fluffy-haired, spotted, little huu-man, sitting so sad in his glass prison, I knew I needed to free him, to make him mine. To rid him of this godawful planet and show him a life outside of gilded cages. But as captain of a space voyager, my missions are dangerous and it will be difficult to keep my small mate safe. He’s so full of life and excitement and curiosity, but he’s also fragile and soft. He must be protected at all costs. And no matter how badly my hearts ache to claim him, I worry if maybe a life with me would just be a different sort of prison.Find out more in I'M NOT YOUR PET! which is part of the EXTRA! EXTRATERRESTRIAL shared world series with Eryn Hawk, where each book focuses on its own pair and their HEA. While these stories can act as standalones, it is best to read each authors' books in the order of their publication due to world-building.I’m Not Your Pet! is a standalone sci-fi alien MM romance with high heat, a HEA, and no cliffhangers. Includes a blossoming romance between a pink alien named Roark and the clever human he rescues. Together these two are hilarious, adorable, and tooth-achingly sweet. If you like funny stories with language barriers, opposites attract, age gap, aliens with interesting anatomy, graphic steam, and the slowest, sweetest of all burns then read on! Read more

Nix Monroe has a plan.Infiltrate the Enigma app and lure out whoever his cousin was last speaking with before everything went to shit. Nix won’t stop until he finds answers, even if that means transferring to a different university and getting entangled with the infamous Demons of Foxglove Grove.Lake, West, and Yejun. Three of the most powerful men on the entire planet, and also the deadliest. When Nix finds himself on their radar, he thinks maybe it’s not all bad, and he can twist the situation to his advantage. It’s not long, however, before he discovers the Demons have their own objective.Someone is after them, and they want to use Nix to lure out whoever that may be. Forced to pretend to be their new mutual plaything, Nix struggles to search for clues about his cousin and maintain personal boundaries between himself and the guys. They might take his body, but he refuses to give them any other part of himself, especially since there’s no way of knowing if one of them happens to be the person he’s after.Lake is next in line for the throne and will do anything to stop those secretly trying to prevent him from taking it. He treats Nix like a possession, something he has a right to take. And potentially break.West is an up-and-coming boxer who rules the school with boyish charm and iron fists. He doesn’t try to hide who or what he is, not even from Nix, the first of the Demons to bend him to his will, laughing all the while.Yejun is considered the flirt of the group, the one who’s hooked up with practically everyone on campus. Initially, he’s not interested in playing pretend with Nix, but it isn’t long before he’s changed his tune.It doesn’t take long before Nix realizes he’s in danger of falling for these monstrous men. He needs a way out, and fast, preferably before any of them realize he’s been using them as well. Nix needs to check their names off the list of suspects so he can move on and find his cousin’s killer.But what happens when they catch him scheming? Will they help him?Or destroy him?Trigger Warnings: This is a Dark MM Sci-Fi Enemies to Lovers Why Choose Romance. There are themes of bullying, control, and manipulation, as well as a man character who is shared between three other men. This is also book one of a tetralogy. Read more

"I didn't know that I wanted to read a science fiction series that feels like age of sail ships duking it out in space until I picked this up. Now I can't wait to read the rest of the series. ... One of the best Science Fiction stories in years."-M.D. Cooper, author and creator of the Aeon14 universeIn a world of pirates and murderous ghosts, one naval cadet must choose between loyalty and survival.In the Level's Naval Academy, officer candidate Silas Hunt stumbles across a secret that could get him hanged for treason. His only hope to save his life and to find justice lies with a ruthless pirate captain, a woman known as Mad Dog. But if Silas wants to talk the pirate into helping, he'll have to join up with the crew of the Sweet Jenny for a deep-space raid against his own navy that could quickly turn deadly.The Verity is just a ship of the line, but for Stacks-born Captain Hollis Ives, it's not just her first command. It’s her one chance to prove that a woman from the slums can handle a high-ranking naval position. But when her mission orders send her out after a ship whose distress signals have been picked up by pirates, she quickly realizes the posting could be a death sentence. And that's before she recognizes which pirate ship she’s up against--the Sweet Jenny, captained by Mad Dog herself, and legendary for taking naval ships and leaving no survivors.Treasure Island meets Master and Commander with a science-fiction twist and a diverse cast in R.M. Olson’s thrilling series, The Devil and the Dark. Read more

In New America, 2095, women have been liberated from childbirth, and natural pregnancy is expressly forbidden. Individuals are no longer classified by biological sex, but by their inherent nature: Manx are ambitious and logical while Femina are sensitive, communicative, and nurturing.By all measures, thirty-three-year-old Manx Aureole Agnor is living the dream. She has a meteoric career as head of the nation’s defense and intelligence command; she is a celebrated pugilist, she enjoys a high standing in society; she has a loving husband and growing son. Yet when she meets a young, pregnant woman who has been arrested for breaking the law banning natural births, she gives into her longing to experience pregnancy and childbirth herself. Forming an alliance with the underground Red Dawn Movement, Aureole secretly plots to conceive herself.Eighty-four-year-old Femina Aurora Alvia Agnor, known to her family as Mommy Grand, is Aureole’s grandmother. She reared Aureole as a daughter, and she firmly believes in the nation’s founding principles of science and rejects the “Old Ways” of human reproduction. As one of New America’s most prominent and beloved matriarchs, her life is upended when Aureole goes missing. When the truth of Aureole’s plans come to light, she’s faced with an impossible choice: stand firmly with the beliefs of her nation or protect her daughter and unborn grandchild.As authorities close in, mother and daughter are forced to face the deep cracks in their relationship, as well as the fissures in the philosophical pillars of their nation. As Aureole and her child’s life hang in the balance, will she renounce her allegiance to human reproduction as practiced in the “Old Ways”, or will she decide that The Interchange is truly best for the nation’s––and humanity’s––survival?The Interchange fits neatly in the sub-genre of humanist science fiction. Its character driven plot and progression of contemporary issues (e.g., gender parity, feminism, maternal attachment, surrogacy, scientific apotheosis, climate upheaval, and social order) encourage readers to envision how facets of life today might evolve in the future. Read more

Forced to marry an alpha three times his age after his first heat, Lucien no longer believes in happily ever after. Bound by a marriage of convenience to a distant husband who loves his first spouse, Lucien doesn't expect to ever know true love or attraction.But Aksel changes everything.Aksel Cleghorn, his husband's alpha son.Aksel is the only person in the world who makes Lucien feel like he belongs. Over the years, the connection between them grows into something more. Something they are not supposed to feel for each other. Something neither of them can control or resist.It's wrong on so many levels.They have to stop. But can they?Please note: this book is set on an alien planet similar to contemporary Earth, and the characters don't have human biology [alpha/omega mating cycles, shapeshifter sex, a male with breasts, male lactation, scenting, knotting]. The book contains non-explicit references to past sexual assault and mpreg, codependency, body dysmorphia, and hurt/comfort—and happily ever after, against all odds. Read more

Two new apprentices. One charming engineer. A potential battle with both sea serpents and evil sorcerers. When Sorcerer Adrien Danvers takes on a job that leads him into the slums of England, he never imagined he’d end up with not one, but two apprentices. Despite his doubts in himself, he’s the only chance the two pre-teens have to escape their hellish life. When Sir Hugh Quartermain contracts him to deal with the mysterious circumstances surrounding his home on the Isle of Man, Adrien finds the more time they spend together, the more his walls come down around the beguiling engineer–an unusual occurrence and a terrifying prospect. But as it turns out, this case is about to take a turn–a battle with both beast and man, the ultimate test of Adrien’s willingness to accept help. When he does, Hugh proves to be a fierce protector and friend, more so than Adrien could’ve ever bargained for, and he finds himself longing for something he shouldn’t. Falling for his new friend is not a complication Adrien needs. (His matchmaking apprentices disagree.)Tags:Magical AU, Adrien’s way of dealing with bad days is to curse things, repeatedly, fortunately lots of targets keep presenting themselves, Hugh has precisely zero chill where Adrien is concerned, as people will learn the hard way, here we have Extremely Competent MCs because that is my jam, set after WWI, but no worries, I can’t write angst to save my life, curses, magic, bit of mystery, apprentices are acquired, something of a slow burn, Hugh’s a sweetie, right up until you endanger his boys, then he’s your worst nightmare, man’s a knight in multiple ways Read more

A very proper prince and a rude, dangerous man who may or may not be a stableman: a fairy-tale love story... Ice Prince. Prince Jamil of Calluvia has always disliked that moniker, but he is responsible and proper, and it’s probably accurate to say that he isn’t good at emotions. After being widowed, Jamil’s life has revolved around his duties as a crown prince and little else. But one night, everything changes. One night, Jamil meets a man at the royal stables, a man who is the opposite of proper, a man with eyes as black as sin. Rohan di’Lehr is everything Jamil should despise. He’s a rude, lowborn criminal. He’s terrible for Jamil’s self-control. He makes Jamil behave like a wanton creature, not the crown prince. They have nothing in common. They have no future together. He still can’t stay away. A story of forbidden, twisted attraction and love that defies all odds. Publisher's note: This novel contains explicit M/M content and graphic language. Book #3 in Calluvia's Royalty series, but it can be read as a stand alone. Read more

The Devils of Vitality always catch their prey.Bay Delmar is pretty done with life. There’s a reason even his friends refer to him as the Undead or Robot. It’s been years since Bay’s been able to feel anything other than emptiness when he isn’t straddling a hoverbike and risking his neck in one of Vitality’s infamous street races. By day, he’s Professor Delmar, the reputable—yet stony—youngest staff member at the prestigious Vail University. But by night, he’s either racing or sneaking off to the Seaside Cinema where he partakes in other…questionable pastimes. The fact that he suffers from emotional detachment, likes fast bikes and violent porn, aren’t even his biggest secret. No, the one thing Bay can never risk the world finding out is that he has an obsession. With a student.Sila Varun is an apex predator. Being a genius and all-around perfect specimen sort of ensured from the get-go he would be. He’s lived his life at the top of the food chain, and the best way to get prey to let down their guard? Give them a false sense of security. The mask he wears on a daily basis provides him and his brother with a layer of protection, but boredom is always there, scratching at the back of his psyche. Until he discovers Bay Delmar lurking in the shadows—both literally and figuratively. What was meant to be a quickly handled task soon turns into a fixation. Sila’s never grown attached to anything before, and he has no intention of doing so now, so what harm could playing a long game bring? Bay is shocked, and admittedly a little thrilled when the person he’s been secretly yearning for suddenly shows an interest in him, only it’s clear from the start that Sila isn’t the kindhearted boy next door type he’s led the planet to believe. His psychopathic nature is revealed the very first night the two of them share together, and the worst possible thing that could happen does. Bay realizes that only makes him like the younger man more. Since his emotions went dormant, he needs constant stimulation—of both the pain and pleasure sort—in order to feel anything, and Sila’s vicious nature easily calls to the soul Bay thought was gone forever. This psychopath may be the only thing that can breathe life back into him. But how can he convince Sila he’s worth more alive to him than dead?Sila’s always in control, always in charge. He plays everyone like pieces in a game of chess. So why does he feel like he’s stumbled onto someone else’s board? And why is he suddenly wondering if the Devil kills the King after all, or if perhaps he lays claim to him instead?Trigger Warning: This is a stand-alone dark romance, which means there are many themes that some might find disturbing. Some of these include but are not limited to, dub-con, violence, and a heartless male lead who's incapable of feeling guilt or remorse, along with explicit sexual material not suitable for all readers. Please be sure to read the Author's Note for a complete list of all warnings! HEA guarneteed. Though this book takes place on the same planet and within the same timeframe as Echo and These Silent Stars, those books do not need to be read first, or at all, to enjoy this book. Read more