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A plague turns skin to glass. The survivors surrender their future to a machine.
A century later, the colony worships the machine, and disturbing the tainted soil is the ultimate sin. After a life support failure kills Quinta’s father, she is forced to do the unthinkable: dig. But what she finds beneath the surface threatens everything the colony believes about its savior.
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In 2083, a thousand scientists escape a dying Earth, but when they dig into the Martian soil, they uncover a bacterium that turns their skin to glass.
Within days, half the colony is dead. Desperate to ensure humanity’s survival, the survivors vote to hand total control to an AI.
A century later, the colony worships Valence as its AI savior, and disturbing the soil is the ultimate sin.
When a life support system fails, Quinta accepts the unthinkable risk of digging to repair it. But what she finds beneath the surface makes her question the one thing no colonist is allowed to question: Valence.
Glassborn is a dual-timeline, claustrophobic dystopian novel for fans of Wool and Mickey 7
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★★★★★ “A realistic struggle to survive in an enclosed colony.”
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The Glassborn Chronicles
Reading Order
Read the books in chronological order or start with Glassborn, the official book one and a perfect entry point if you prefer to begin with a full-length novel.
