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Adults are slowly dying off and children are becoming “Antisenent”—not aging, confined to their young bodies. Unable to reproduce, the population will soon reach a standstill.
This is the dismal fate of the people of the planet Eiyesa.
For Sergen, his inability to age holds a darker reality. He and his mother are restricted from leaving their home by his father, Erek.
A powerful political figure, Erek may be combating a harsh political regime and its misguided ideologies but he is the opposite at home, secretly violent with his family. Sergen’s only visitor is his healer, who mends their wounds but is otherwise powerless to help them.
Surely, there must be a way out of Sergen’s tragic circumstances?
*Content warning: Major theme of domestic violence and child abuse (chronic, aftereffects); major theme of discrimination (political, verbal, genocide); plague; mental health (depression, anxiety, grief, post-traumatic stress order); attempted murder; murder; suicide; death due to natural causes; drowning; fire; missing persons; chronic illness; maternal death during childbirth; animal cruelty; animal attacks; implied pedophile; violence (adult-adult, adult-child, adult-Antisenent, Antisenent-Antisenent).
On the planet Eiyesa, the last of the adults have died. Antisenent children remain—people with adult minds, confined to their childhood bodies.
Sergen is alone in the capital city of Mesidus, while the love of his life, Arina, is imprisoned.
Drimys has proclaimed himself King of Eiyesa. His methods of controlling the population are getting out of hand. Sergen is fighting the king’s injustices of issuing unlawful arrest orders and subjecting citizens to a fate worse than death.
And the king is taking out his grief on Sergen, punishing him and making life difficult for him in the capital.
Sergen must save Arina and help Mesidisians flee the city.
But can he save himself from Drimys’s wrath?
*Content warning: Major theme of domestic violence and child abuse (chronic, aftereffects); major theme of discrimination (political, verbal, genocide); major theme of imprisonment and torture (post-incident only, threats, branding); refugee status; plague; mental health (depression, anxiety, grief, post-traumatic stress disorder, hallucinations, anorexia nervosa, suicidal ideation); attempted murder; murder; suicide; drowning; missing persons; chronic illness and illness; animal cruelty/death; animal attacks; implied pedophile; substance use disorder; executions (capital punishment); violence (adult-adult, adult-child, adult-Antisenent, Antisenent-Antisenent, violence to self).
Centuries ago, Earth tested planet Eiyesa for human habitation using prisoners. Now, their descendants consist of Antisenent children, people whose minds grow but their bodies refuse to age past childhood.
The Eiyesans are unprepared for the sudden arrival of Earth’s people.
King Drimys has a stranglehold on the public. He has weapons ready to destroy the forest dwellers north of the city.
The Resistance isn’t ready to attack.
And Sergen is in shambles from Drimys’s relentless mistreatment.
Dr. Alex Nymaria arrives on Eiyesa to find a strange society of Antisenents. To gain access to his starship, he agrees to work on a cure for their Antisension.
Alex must follow through if he wants to make it off the planet alive.
*Content warning: Major theme of discrimination (political, verbal, genocide); major theme of colonization; major theme of imprisonment and torture (post-incident only, threats, branding); domestic violence and child abuse (chronic, aftereffects); refugee status; plague; mental health (depression, anxiety, grief, post-traumatic stress disorder, hallucinations, anorexia nervosa, suicidal ideation, panic attacks); attempted murder; murder; suicide; drowning; fire; missing persons; chronic illness and chronic pain; loss of a child; animal cruelty/death; animal attacks; implied pedophile; substance use/substance use disorder; executions (capital punishment); sexism; vehicular accident; violence (adult-adult, adult-child, adult-Antisenent, Antisenent-Antisenent, violence to self).