Spoiler-free worldbuilding details and lore for the world of Aethr, the setting of my book Echoes of Asphodel. Includes a full map and worldbuilding explanations that I couldn't fit gracefully into the novel itself. Essentially, an excuse to exposition-dump some stuff without worrying about silly things like 'pacing', haha.

Aethr never truly recovered from the old wars. June salvages airship wrecks across the largest region of battle fallout - the Reach. To her the wasteland is a haven; the Scavenger Order would shelter anyone in exchange for work...no matter who they'd been before. But even the Order has its secrets, and when June stumbles upon a bizarre datalog in the deep archives, she realizes just how fragile her safety always was. Now on a mad dash to solve the mystery of the 'Sand Rose' before winter, June begins to unravel the truth behind old mysteries - reuniting with old friends, and making new, dangerous enemies. (Cursing, violence, and descriptions of some gore. Rated Mature to be safe.)