This is a regular feature, where I shine a light on an indie/ small print/ debut author who has submitted their details to me on the Indie spotlight page.
So, let’s get started with today’s spotlight:
Indie spotlight: Kate S Toll
About Kate S Toll:
Katie is a queer indie author who loves to write stories about queer people who go on adventures, fight the evil and fall in love.
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Built on Ruins – Kate S Toll
Generations after The End, there are two ways of living — Gangs of scavengers roam the Wilds and hunt for relics of lost times, while the re-settlers spend their lives building a new civilization on the ruins of the old. Jan Xiaoli is the leader of Ryningare City — one of the largest and most prosperous settlements this side of the Rift. With the purist movement growing stronger, the scavengers getting more hostile, and the incurable disease spreading, ruling the city feels like sitting on a ticking time bomb.
When he meets Shi Saxe, the infamous Vulture, who lives alone in the Wilds, Jan Xiaoli feels as though the storm raging around him is sneaking its way into his heart as well.
An extract from Built on Ruins
The Vulture is leaning against his bike, which is a beast of a machine to Jan Xiaoli’s eyes —scratched and rusty but powerful. He’s tall and thin but not in the way of someone who starves. There’s enough muscle on his bones to make him efficient in a fight. His dark brown jacket and pants with many pockets are distinctly before-the-End, and he’s wearing an ugly mask on his head. Jan notices the beak-like shape but doesn’t get a good look because while he walks closer, the scavenger takes it off. He shakes his head and runs a hand through his hair which is, indeed, dyed bright blue.
The hair color is not what shocks Jan Xiaoli the most about his appearance. It’s his face. It’s definitely not mutilated. In fact, it’s a very handsome face —symmetrical and soft, too delicate to match his rugged visage or the rumors that precede him. Jan can see what makes people wary of the man, though. No matter how attractive his features are, his expression is cold and closed off. He watches the world like he wants to burn it down. “Shi Saxe, the Vulture?” Jan Xiaoli calls in place of a greeting. The scavenger cocks his head. “It’s a stupid nickname,”he says. The words roll off his tongue lazily like he has all the time in the world at his disposal.
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