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Desert Wasteland
Paperback
Series: Wasteland, Book 1
FantasyScience FictionGeneral GLBTQIA Fiction
Publisher Price: $25.00
Publisher: Good Stuff Books
Published: Aug 1 2026
Pages: 372
Weight: 1.09
Height: 0.77 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Jennifer Kain's speculative dystopian sci-fi fantasy takes a group of artists that have genetically mutated tattoos which gives extraordinary powers to some not all. Harmony Syndicate, the ruling government hunts all tattoo wielding people because being unique is dangerous and conformity is safety.
Olivia is a mother doing everything she can to protect her thirteen-year-old son, Kyle, an autistic boy whose powers are just beginning to emerge. To keep him safe from the Syndicate, Olivia lives on the run, constantly hiding her true nature. After an unlikely turn of events Olivia settles in a tiny town on the outskirts of Barstow, California, called Newberry Springs where she buys an dilapidated waterpark to hide in plain sight.
When her best friend Sara's fiancée, CeCe, is captured by the Harmony Syndicate, Olivia is forced to join the fight. Joined by her small band of found family, Sarah, Markus, June, Adam, Santiago, and Kyle. She risks everything to rescue CeCe and confront the forces hunting them.Olivia must embrace the full power of her tattoos and stand with the Resistance in a battle against the ruthless Harmony Syndicate and the mysterious, powerful Vacka. In the wasteland, creativity is the most dangerous weapon of all.
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