PREQUEL to Mostly Human and Fully Human (Although honestly, if you read the description and want to read it, it stands on it's own pretty well.)
Culver Morront never saw his life headed for the position of second in command to a ruthless and brutal woman heading a dictatorship. But his father had other plans for him, and so even when his morally grounded old school-mate Celeste leads a rebellion against him, Culver finds himself trapped in his dead-end job. To continue his ruling would be to lose any humanity he may have once had, but to defect means almost certain death. Will this young man raised in a loveless household learn what love is and to fight for what's right? Or will he take the more comfortable path and revel in his wealth and power, even at the expense of any and all human connection?
Origins is a fast-paced story of humanity, friendship, and ultimately redemption. It is the last book in the Synecdoche Series.
After her father and brother were killed in the failed rebellion, Cecily never imagined that things could get worse. But one night, soldiers storm her small village and show her how wrong she was. As part of their punishment for daring to rise against the king, soldiers are permitted to ransack the rebel villages, destroying or taking whatever they want, and killing or capturing whoever they want. In a split second, Cecily's world is turned upside down as she is ripped away from her family and the only life she's ever known. She has no idea where she's headed or what will happen to her once she arrives, and she's terrified of finding out. Will she even survive? Did her family survive when they tried to defend her? Will she ever see them again if they're all lucky enough to stay alive? One man will determine her fate and if he's anything like the others, Cecily is positive that will mean nothing good for her. (Companion story to Keira's Fire)