Books by Clare Rhoden

Exiled from the Pale, humachine Hector has found a home with the tribes Outside.Or has he?While the canini struggle to care for the human twins, Feather travels Broad Plain to reunite them with their father. But his own family is scattered as the Pale sends out its terrifying army and the land itself buckles beneath them.Can anyone survive theruination of the land?

"e;A gripping tale of resilience, survival, and how we define the 'other' - this is intelligent SF that speaks to our time."e; - Jennifer Mills, author of DyschroniaThe Outside can be a dangerous place.But so can the inside.It's been years since the original cataclysm, but life has been structured, peaceful, and most of all uneventful in the Pale. The humachine citizens welcome the order provided by their ruler, the baleful Regent.However, when one of their own rescues a human boy, Hector, from ravenous ferals on the Outside, their careful systems are turned upside down.As Hector grows more and more human-strange, the citizens of the Pale grow uneasy.What will happen when the Outside tries to get in?