The Deserterlands
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Last published Wed, May 20, 2026
A story about healing. Yara travels her desert planet with her father, learning from his example how to heal the land their family had destroyed, the relationships that died decades ago, and the pain they carry with them every morning when the suns rise.
Jonah must train his teen daughter in the ways of energy channeling if they have any chance of healing their home. Yara's eagerness to learn and passion to help takes her a long way, but a deep wound from her father's violent past lurks just below the surface. The harder she trains, the more she learns, the more she realizes just how serious this is.
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