Sign-In
Cart
Beaconfall
Paperback
Series: The Long Way Out, Book 1
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 17 2026
Pages: 496
Weight: 1.45
Height: 1.11 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
He survived the crash.
That was the easy part.
When Gabriel Vark comes down on an alien world with a shattered knee, failing equipment, and no rescue in sight, survival becomes a matter of math: water, distance, pain, and time.
Then he finds her.
She is alien, injured, and unable to speak-but leaving her behind would cost more than carrying her forward. With a weak distress beacon as their only hope, Gabriel is forced into a brutal march across hostile terrain where heat kills faster than hunger and every decision has a permanent price.
There are no enemies to fight.
No technology to save him.
No second chances.
Beaconfall is a tense, immersive survival story told entirely from one man's perspective as endurance replaces heroism and survival becomes something heavier than staying alive.
For readers who want grounded science fiction, psychological intensity, and a relentless sense of consequence-this is not a story about escape.
It's about how far you can go before the world takes everything else.
Also from
Volbrecht, Jonas
Also in
Science Fiction
On the Calculation of Volume (Book I): Shortlisted for the 2025 International Booker Prize
Balle, Solvej
Paperback
Life Out of Order (Deluxe Limited Edition): The Long-Awaited New Novel by the Mega-Bestselling Author of the Time Traveler's Wife
Niffenegger, Audrey
Hardcover
Life Out of Order (Standard Edition): The Long-Awaited New Novel by the Mega-Bestselling Author of the Time Traveler's Wife
Niffenegger, Audrey
Hardcover
Red Rising 3-Book Box Set: Red Rising, Golden Son, Morning Star, and an Exclusive Extended Excerpt of Iron Gold
Brown, Pierce
Paperback