Young Adult Fiction / Science Fiction > The Outcast
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The Outcast
By Ashton Fenix
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Publish Date
December 18, 2024
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Young Adult Fiction / Action & Adventure
Young Adult Fiction / LGBTQ+
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Hok’ee Jareb has nowhere in the galaxy to call home. Abandoned as an infant on the desert planet Korritorjim, he is ascertained by its inhabitants, the Das nervin, to be an aresh—an instrument of war—sent to them by Hok’ee’s home tribe, the Xai. In order to maintain a fragile peace—given the nervin tribes’ thousand-year history of warring amongst themselves—the Das decide to let Hok’ee live.
Hok’ee is raised an outcast. He does not look anything like the Das nervin around him. He is ostracized, bullied, and abused. But not broken. The injustice Hok’ee experiences and sees around him only serves to ignite a fire, a fierce desire to right the world’s many wrongs, to rise up from the dust of his circumstances. Somehow, Hok’ee feels certain that he is destined for more.
Along the way, he is betrayed and abandoned repeatedly until he finally finds one person who sticks by him, who teaches him what it means to truly be loved: his haliin—his soul mate—and childhood friend, Öökyo Varkinis. Together, Hok’ee and Öökyo must navigate a disjointed, perilous world. Together, they discover a danger that no one in nervin space is prepared for. Hok’ee knows that salvation of the nervin race is up to him. But how? And at what cost?
Will love be enough to give Hok’ee the strength he needs to become the person he was always meant to be?
Ashton Fenix discovered fanfiction as a teenager and has been writing novels ever since. The Outcast is his first publication—inspired by his own experiences as an underdog, and his desire to write a relatable story with an LGBTQIA+ hero. This book is part of a forthcoming series titled Galactic Conquests.
When he’s not writing, Ashton enjoys kayaking, video games, and anime art. He lives in Waterloo, Ontario with his cat, Fiddlesticks.
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