Deadwood Burning
Young Adult ✦ Science Fiction ✦ Dystopian
Recommended for Ages 13+
Follow Aaron on a dangerous undercover mission gone wrong in a thrilling prequel novel set before the events of Lone Player.
Deadwood Burning is best read between Cut Deck and Book 3.
“I don’t feel sharp. I just feel jagged.”
Aaron would trade anything to be someone else.
Life at the Cut is a cage he dreams of escaping. His father wants him to take over his position as healer, but he’s seventeen and restless, and the idea of confining himself to one place or purpose makes him want to break something—or steal a goat from the city he’s forbidden from visiting.
Eager to prove himself and experience the outside world, he volunteers for a dangerous mission that could turn the tide for the Unseen.
He fails—and it nearly costs him everything.
Frequently Asked Questions
Find answers to frequently asked questions about Deadwood Burning.
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Deadwood Burning is a prequel novel that takes place before the events of Lone Player.
However, you will likely need the context of the first two books to understand what’s going on in DB. So, we are calling Deadwood Burning Book #2.5.
To get the most out of DB, I highly recommend reading it between Cut Deck and Book 3.
Here is the reading order for the Lone Player trilogy:
Lone Player - #1
Cut Deck - #2
Deadwood Burning - #2.5
Title TBA - #3
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I recommend waiting to read Deadwood Burning until you have read both Lone Player and Cut Deck.
It won’t make any sense without the context provided by the first two books…trust me 😅
Deadwood Burning also contains spoilers for Cut Deck.
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While you can enjoy Book 3 without reading Deadwood Burning, it does provide some important context about Aaron’s character and backstory.
It also introduces some characters, themes, and world-building that will be relevant in Book 3.
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Lone Player is a young adult trilogy recommended for ages 13+. The characters are in their late teens.
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The Lone Player trilogy contains some mature themes, violence, and/or language.
The romance in this trilogy is “closed door.” It contains no graphic sexual content.
The trilogy explores themes of death, grief, suicide, obsession, anxiety, chronic illness and disability (specifically chronic Lyme disease), and population control.
It contains some graphic descriptions of injuries and illness.
Expect arson, murder, poison, symbolic animal deaths, and fight scenes.