Young adult Dystopian Apocalyptic Fantasy Sci-fi
the BURNT SUNSET
a young adult book series
I am Solstice Dayton, and I have seen the apocalypse.
Fire will scorch the sky like a burnt sunset when lightning strikes the eastern seaboard tens of thousands of times in one night. By dawn, fire storms will spread westward, ravaging the countryside. Days later, on July Fourth, the United States government will collapse, when the flames reach the capital. Many of you will burn alive while trying to escape. But you’ll be the lucky ones.
Nearly everyone you know will devolve while wandering in the ash fallout. Neither dead nor undead, they'll be trapped in their minds while their bodies decay in a daze.
But a few survivors will evolve, outlasting all others. I will lead them in the wasteland, bringing hope where there is none.
For this is my past, present, and future, and today, this doom is upon us all.
The Solstice Dayton
One girl shines at the edge of darkness.
Solstice Dayton, a fourteen-year-old epileptic, has seen the apocalypse in her dreams. She could prepare for the end, but that’s not what her visions tell her to do. With only seven days remaining, there are friends to save, a talent show to conquer, and a mystery to solve.
THE BURNT SUNSET
The fire rose as the sun set on humanity.
Solstice Dayton discovers three truths in the desolation of the Firegale. First, the government let everyone she knew burn. Second, survivors were doomed to decay in the daze virus. And third, her only hope was to rise above the ashes and evolve.
THE AURORA DAZED
The sun’s first light is their last hope.
Solstice Dayton races against time to combat a new power rising from the ashes. While dazers roam the wasteland spreading the virus, an eclipse fuels the madness. As hope fades, she learns the way forward is back and the dark is the key to the light.
THE EVOLVED DAWNING
Even darkness must yield to the dawn.
Solstice Dayton searches for allies in the wild, determined to recapture what was lost. But the world is changing after the flames and the daze virus. In the former capital of America, a dark power is growing, and she cannot delay challenging it for long.
THE SUNRISE NADIR
The sun is bound by shadow and flame.
Solstice Dayton combats the dark power’s reign of terror by establishing a haven. She gathers those that oppose Nadir to her. When it’s not enough, she must venture from safety and challenge evil in its own land.
THE SOLSTAR FLARE
When the last lights fail, one still shines.
Solstice Dayton hunts for the mysterious origins of a falling star. She discovers the roots of her true heritage. While kindling the power within her, she finds allies and friendship where she thought none could still be found.
THE SEVEN SUNDERED
The sun burns brightest at dusk’s dawn.
Solstice Dayton unites the four kinds in a world covered in darkness. She resolves to defend all that remains from a mysterious new force. In a desperate final battle, she sparks the last of the light far from her home.
MORE TO COME
The end is only the beginning.
The tale of Solstice Dayton, Baer Wayfarer, and the Elementals continues.
TALES FROM THE BURNT SUNSET SERIES
Solstice Dayton's influence through time.
The EVENTIDE BLAZE
A mother sacrifices all so her daughter may rise.
Elle Dayton’s sole purpose in life is to protect her daughter, Solstice, the future leader of the last remnants of humanity. But she holds a secret. Her daughter is not only the last hope for the Terrans, but also for the ancient Soleria Clan.
THE WAYFARER DAWNING
A girl has one chance to change a boy’s fate.
Baeran Sheridan is like any typical teen boy. He’s awkward and shy and he can’t imagine ever being kissed. But one day a new girl named Solstice shows up at his middle school and changes everything forever.
THE AURORA BRAND
A feud as old as time, begins anew.
There are seven clans: Soleria, Aetha, Airo, Eartari, Ferocity, Wydro, and Nemar. But it wasn’t always that way. Long before Solstice Dayton, the Soleria ruled the galaxy and helped form what we now know as Terra.
THE SOLERIA PYRELLAX
Only by another’s death, can she truly live.
Passed over for leadership of her clan, Pyrellax volunteers to track down the rebels Solelena and Nemesis. She vows to save the Republic of the Seven Clans and destroy the future leader of the resistance, Solstice Dayton.
March 21, 2024
THE RISING SUNS SERIES
Solstice Dayton and the Seven Clans.
THE SOLSTICE VARIANT
There is no present like your future’s past.
Solstice Dayton rides the slipstream, challenging fate. There are losses she cannot accept, but even the strongest, she learns, are bound by destiny and the choices they make.
June 21, 2022
THE RISING SUN
There is no sunrise in the shadow’s void.
Solstice Dayton searches for her family and the last of their light, finding it in a place least expected. She journeys deep into the unknown, kindling new friendships and enemies while exploring the solar system.
September 21, 2022
THE DUSK SINGULARITY
Only a song can beat a singularity.
Solstice Dayton searches for her sister in the center of the dark star Nemesis, the twin star to our sun. Her sister is not who she once was, and only Solstice can turn her again toward the light.
December 21, 2022
THE ASTRAL SEASCAPER
Not all who are saved are better for it.
Solstice Dayton needs allies in the coming Seven-Clan Civil War. With a handful of friends, she explores the other clans and their worlds, looking for help. Because to prevail, she needs a fleet of ships and the crews to fly them.
March 21, 2023
THE soleria bane
In the shadow of the flame rise the dazed.
Solstice Dayton discovers her true self in this gripping sci-fi epic. The galaxy is gripped by war and only an alliance of Elementals can save it. The gang is all back and they’re heading to the center of the galaxy in search of the mythical Terra Prime.
June 21, 2023
THE lost solace
Victory is paid for with the blood of friends.
Solstice Dayton must make a difficult choice. On the shore of Terra Prime, everything she’s ever dreamed of comes to fruition. Surrounded by friends, she walks into certain death to challenge the Dazed Unclan.
September 21, 2023
THE slipstream echo
Haven is what the heart desires most.
Solstice Dayton pays a terrible cost so that others may live. The slipstream theory is real but that doesn’t mean there aren’t consequences. She’s back in the apocalypse again, doomed to relive the fall of Terra.
December 21, 2023
MORE TO COME
The beginning is at the end.
2024
