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The End of the World is Coming!

In a broken future governed by the oppressive Technocrats and their parasitic technology, enslaved warrior Animkii’s mind is a battleground for control. After an act of sabotage shatters her bondage, she faces a dire mission: ridding herself of the invasive tech implanted inside her before it consumes her remaining humanity. Seeking salvation, she forms an uneasy alliance with Mica Stone, a troubled black-market recycler, whose dreams hold the power to awaken an ancient alien god known as the After Lord.

Fleeing the bloody machinations of the After Lord’s dark cult, Animkii and Mica embark on a perilous odyssey that takes them out of the dystopian depths of the undercity and into the remote and icy Witherlands. There, amidst the ruins of an ancient world, they face a force that hungers for more than just flesh and bone.

With reality crumbling and Earth’s survival at stake, a battle between two worlds begins, leaving Animkii and Mica to confront the ultimate question: can they retain their humanity in a world on the brink of oblivion, or is the end of the world inevitable?

Editorial Reviews

“A masterful kickoff to a series depicting a fascinating world and the spellbinding characters who inhabit it.”

Kirkus Reviews

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“Gilchrist’s debut, the first book in her Primordial Engine series, kicks off with a mix of breathtaking action and terrifying scenes of horror, and it never lets up from there.”

BookLife Reviews (Editor’s Choice)

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“A stunning work of genre-bending sci-fi. The depth of detail behind this futuristic vision of Earth is remarkable and spine-chilling. Every page overflows with creativity and vivid world-building, such that even this far-flung dystopian Earth can come alive in the reader’s imagination. The prose summons a mixture of apocalyptic horror and survivalist fascination, while the cultists and their nihilistic obsession with annihilation also add a dark fantasy element to this sci-fi masterwork. Defying expectations and classification of genre, this mind-bending debut from Gilchrist is unbridled creativity at its best, laced with dire warnings, allegorical nudges, and moments of raw empowerment.”

Self-Publishing Review, ★★★★★

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War mod standing in front of the burning city of Delta. Scene from THE END OF THE WORLD, a dystopian, post-apocalyptic scifi novel by Author H.S. Gilchrist
War Mod standing before the ruins of Fourth City Delta. Artist H.S. Gilchrist