Heretic by KN Tristan, The Glassborn Chronicles book 3; image of pendant necklace on a woman's neck, a V with orbital paths encircling it, leaning to the right because the necklace is fraying badly

every eye reports to valence

In a Martian colony ruled by AI, the founder’s heir cuts the implant from her own eye and joins the underclass to shut the system down. To the faithful, she’s a heretic. To the AI, she’s the one thing it never saw coming.

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The Glassborn Chronicles

Reading Order

Read the books in chronological order below – each story builds the legacy of resistance on Mars – or start with Glassborn, the official book one and a perfect entry point if you prefer to begin with a full-length novel.

Book cover for Exodus by KN Tristan. The cover features a minimalist design in red, black and beige tones. At the top, the title “EXODUS” appears in large white letters with the tagline “Every Lie Costs Oxygen” beneath it, followed by the line “Propulsive Dystopian Prequel to Glassborn.” The lower half depicts a stylized space shuttle launching from a cracked red landscape beneath a black sky and crescent moon, capturing a retro sci-fi aesthetic and sense of tension.

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Book cover for Children of Glass by KN Tristan. The cover features a minimalist design in red, black, and beige tones. At the top, the title “CHILDREN OF GLASS” appears in large white letters with the tagline “Comfort Belongs to the Worthy” beneath it, introduced by the line “A Chilling Dystopian Novella.” The lower half depicts a beige silhouette of a rabbit with deep glass-like cracks spreading across its back, set against a red landscape under a black sky with two pale moons.

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A book cover in red and black featuring a Martian landscape with a domed habitat with a crack running down the center and two silhouettes looking helplessly out from it

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Book cover for “Unworthy” by KN Tristan in a retro propaganda poster style. The design features a stylized close-up of a woman’s face in tan and black, with bold red and teal accents. Her eye is centered in the frame, the iris rendered in teal with a fractured, glass-like pattern. The tagline above reads “Every eye reports to Valence,” with “A Haunting Dystopian Novel” beneath it.

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Heretic by KN Tristan, The Glassborn Chronicles book 3; image of pendant necklace on a woman's neck, a V with orbital paths encircling it, leaning to the right because the necklace is fraying badly

Book 3

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