Bastion

In this arid, desolate world, Kine of the Wolf Clan is the water-bearer, serving his people who cling to survival in the uppermost levels of the ancient fortress. Their sworn enemies, the Sol Clan, have isolated them from the rest of the Redoubt. When Kine's lifelong friend, Vianna, mysteriously disappears, he suspects she's fallen victim to the Sol Clan's treacherous grasp. Determined to rescue her, Kine embarks on a perilous journey that leads him to an unexpected encounter with Celeste, a High Priestess fleeing her own people. As Redoubt's cutthroat politics unravel around them, Kine and Celeste form an unlikely alliance. Together, they plunge deeper into the heart of the fortress, endangering the lives of its inhabitants while racing against time to save their world. With relentless pursuit by Celeste's adversaries and no clue to Vianna's whereabouts, the fate of everyone hangs in the balance. Join the Wolf and Sol outcasts as they fight to safeguard their world in this enthralling sci-fi masterpiece. Bastion will leave you breathless, craving more with every turn of the page.

Gustavo Bondoni is an Argentine writer with over three hundred stories published in fifteen countries, in seven languages. His latest novel is Jungle Lab Terror (2020). He has also published another monster book Ice Station: Death (2019), three science fiction novels: Incursion (2017), Outside (2017) and Siege (2016) and an ebook novella entitled Branch. His short fiction is collected in Pale Reflection (2020), Off the Beaten Path (2019) Tenth Orbit and Other Faraway Places (2010) and Virtuoso and Other Stories (2011). In 2019, Gustavo was awarded second place in the Jim Baen Memorial Contest and in 2018 he received a Judges Commendation (and second place) in The James White Award. He was also a 2019 finalist in the Writers of the Future Contest.