Son of Osivirius: A Science Fantasy Novella - Couverture souple

DeVries, Cathryn

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 176416671X ISBN 13 : 9781764166713

Editeur : Eclecta Perennial, 2026

Synopsis

A dystopian eco-spiritual sci-fi fantasy adventure perfect for fans of James Cameron's Avatar and The Hunger Games.

Jayden wants to do three things: find the rebel base, collect his reward, and never once let himself care.

Dispatched to locate a rebel settlement on the electromagnetically hostile world of Osivirius, Jayden Seymour crashes instead into a valley that should not exist: biodynamic orchards, hand-forged tools, and a society where no one is above serving the next meal or standing the next watch. This is not a rebel cell. It is a living argument against everything the colony was built to be.

But it’s the Masu that make the argument impossible to dismiss. Flying cats the size of small aircraft, they share a fungal mind-link with humans that opens up a wordless exchange no colonial education prepared him for. They do not ask to be trusted. They show him what trust feels like.

As the slow architecture of suspicion between Jayden and the woman determined to despise him begins to shift, so does everything he thought his life was for, and two people who built their entire existence around around half-truths slowly learn they're not so different after all. The cats have already decided, the only question left is whether Jayden has the courage to agree.

For fans of James Cameron’s Avatar and the ecological richness of Ursula K. Le Guin, this hopeful, slow-burn science fiction novel delivers lush alien world-building and a romance forged in shared grief rather than manufactured tension. What is at stake is not survival, but something far harder: the courage to choose a life that actually means something. This is soft science fiction at its most hopeful, with a slow-burn romance at its heart and giant flying cats who do not ask for your loyalty so much as remind you what it feels like to be whole.

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"A lushly imagined, and hopeful serving of adventure filled with heart, humanity and flying cats. I loved it!" — Trent Jamieson, award-winning author of Stone Road, Day Boy, the Death Works Series, and the Nightbound Land Duology

"Delicious worldbuilding and characters that sparkle with agency. Son of Osivirius deftly highlights the importance of the natural world and humanity’s place within it. Cathryn DeVries weaves a brilliant tale.” — Pamela Jeffs, Aurealis Award winner and author of Wilder

"I adored this story from start to finish. A gripping plot, believable characters, and a richly immersive world that overflows with imagination and compassion." –Kylie Chan, best-selling author of the Dark Heavens series and the Dragon Empire series.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Cathryn deVries is an award-winning fantasy and sci-fi author who explores themes of restorative justice, empowerment, connection with earth and spirit, and finding the true self in her work-all wrapped up in an epic package of immersive world-building and sweet romance. A former Air Force engineer and recovering perfectionist, she now home-schools her children, two of whom are on the autism spectrum. She and her family live in the Gold Coast Hinterland of Australia, where she enjoys living in a rainforest and pretending she's an elf.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Eclecta Perennial
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 176416671X
• ISBN 13: 9781764166713
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 175
• Éditeur: Sudlow Alice, Smith Kim
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Printed by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg