First published 2022
Jared lives in complete darkness beneath the earth. His people, the Lower Level Clan, survived some ancient catastrophe by retreating underground. Now their descendants know the surface world only through old stories and myths. They worship Light as something sacred and fear Radiation as the greatest evil. As son of the Prime Survivor who leads their clan, Jared grows up hearing these legends. The underground teems with creatures both real and imagined. When Jared decides to seek out the mythical Light, he begins a journey that will prove far more perilous than he expects. His quest forces him to confront not just the monsters lurking in the darkness, but the truth about what really happened to drive humanity below ground. In this world where sight means nothing and survival depends on other senses, Jared must discover whether the Light his people remember in their stories actually exists, or whether some truths are too dangerous to uncover.
Genres: adventure, dark-fantasy, alternate-universe, apocalyptic
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, quest, survival
Setting: Lower Level Clan
174 pages · Paperback · CAEZIK SF & Fantasy