Borne of Sand and Scorn: A Forgotten Lands Prequel

When the world begins to crumble, love becomes the only refuge.

In the soot-choked cities of Victorian America, black lung claims rich and poor alike. Lizzy West flees Baltimore's dying streets with her family, seeking sanctuary in the untamed Arizona Territory, only to discover that survival demands sacrifices she never imagined.

Marshal Brandon Cunningham protects the frontier town of Sagebrush, carrying the weight of his father's legacy and haunted by scars from his past. But when a train arrives carrying refugees from the industrial apocalypse, one woman's quiet strength threatens to crack the walls he's built around his heart.

As storms ravage the earth and society collapses, Lizzy and Brandon find solace in each other amid the chaos. But in a world where death stalks every doorway, their hard-won happiness may be the most fragile thing of all.

This gritty, soul-stirring tale reveals the origins of the Forgotten Lands—where hope blooms in the harshest soil and love endures against impossible odds.

Suggested Forgotten Lands reading order:

Dust and Shadow

Earth and Ember

Tide and Tempest

Borne of Sand and Scorn (Prequel)