SynopsisWren is alone, and that’s how she likes it, especially since ruinous things happen when she loses her temper. Her days are spent wandering the wilds and hunting or foraging or just…being.
When she stumbles upon a man, wounded and mute, she knows he’s trouble, but she’s not quite so cold hearted as to leave him to die in the woods, a silver-studded collar digging cruelly into his throat. Besides, she knows exactly what those collars are for. Or rather, for whom… ⤷ a story about healing, self-acceptance, and belonging set in a post-apocalyptic world. Update | 02/11/2023
Rivener is in the process of being rewritten and expanded. The summary currently reflects the original manuscript and will undergo some changes once the new manuscript is released. I'm currently hoping to [self-]publish it by September 2024!
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Stats
status: 1st draft complete, 2nd draft in progress
genre: new adult, post-apocalyptic fantasy started: 1st draft - Apr. 2019, 2nd draft - Aug. 2023 |
pov: third/present
draft: second wordcount: 1st draft - 36.9k words |
Inspirations
• The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
• Looper (2012) • Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) |
• The Snow Queen by Hans Christen Anderson
• Princess Mononoke (1997) • the X-Men |
Themes
• slowburn romance
• oppression • growth & development • trauma recovery • emotional healing • disability |
• mutation
• slavery • fantastical racism • found family • strangers to friends to lovers • mutual pining |
Characters
Wren: a woman who lives in the wilds, trying to smother her ruinous abilities, haunted by her devastating past.
Kai: a mute wolf-shifter on the run from the people who enslaved him, looking for somewhere to belong.
Cormac: a militant extremist, who can create a disorienting fog on command.
Calla: a wolf-shifter on a mission, with an indomitable sense of hope.
Ben: a wayfinder able to see the safe paths through the Dead Lands.
Kai: a mute wolf-shifter on the run from the people who enslaved him, looking for somewhere to belong.
Cormac: a militant extremist, who can create a disorienting fog on command.
Calla: a wolf-shifter on a mission, with an indomitable sense of hope.
Ben: a wayfinder able to see the safe paths through the Dead Lands.