Everything was falling perfectly into place for (Y/N), the new fish in town. Bikini Bottom was the perfect place for her, especially when a certain squid was her neighbor. But nothing is as perfect as it seems.

Asteria stands divided. After the world burned in the fires of the Great War, the old order died, and a new order arose. But along with the old order died the stability the great empires brought. Now, bloodshed is all too common in Asteria, with hundreds of kingdoms, republics, and empires tearing at each other's throats. And far away from the conflict, deep within the mountains of the Floating Isles, a horrifying spectre is rising, the rage of the Draekon. The Draekon peoples, humiliated after the Great War, are preparing for revenge against those who destroyed their empires. Mankind is divided, more willing to fight each other rather than the threat that looms over them all, and the Moraks, the great arbiters of freedom and justice, have become complacent, not willing to send another generation to die for others. But even though all seems lost, hope is still alive, and whether they know it or not, the people of Asteria can find a way through the dark time. Asteria waits with bated breath, to see if its people will find the path.

2020 WATTYS WINNER in NEW ADULT! Oliver Ausman has been given a second chance at life, but it's hard to feel grateful when he was the one trying to end it in the first place. Returning to his normal life after being released from the hospital is hard, especially since his parent's idea of normal is made up of dinner parties, prep school, fancy suits, and fake manners-- all paired with a complete disregard for the mental health of their firstborn. He's long been fed up with it, but the final straw is when he finds out that his "father" isn't actually his father at all. Oliver decides he's had enough of the perfect facade, so he packs a suitcase and grabs his younger brother, "borrowing" his mother's car to sneak off on a trip to find his biological father. But he never expected to pick up a girl with her own similar set of problems, to be followed across the country by a money-hungry pair of criminals, or most of all, to find out that maybe this life thing isn't as bad as he thought. 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐃 (𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝) - 𝟏/𝟐𝟐/𝟐𝟎