Faded Ink: A Post-Apocalyptic Novel Where Books Shape Societies - Softcover

Wiener, Kenneth A.

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798186723974

Publisher: Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

Every adult is dead.

Killed during the devastating Bio Wars, they leave behind a world of abandoned cities, forgotten technology, and millions of unanswered questions. Some of the world's children survive.

With no parents to guide them and no memory of the civilization that came before, they turn to the only teachers left behind... books. From those pages, new societies emerge, each shaped by different ideas, beliefs, and knowledge. Some seek peace and cooperation. Others pursue power. Many choose isolation. Beyond their borders, children who never found a society to call home struggle to survive in a world that is still learning what it means to be human.

Set among the haunting ruins of Las Vegas and the American Southwest, Faded Ink follows the first generations of a new world as they explore, trade, fight, and discover one another. As they encounter societies unlike their own, they must decide whether humanity's future lies in unity, division, or something no one has yet imagined.

Faded Ink is a unique post-apocalyptic adventure that explores how civilization begins again, how knowledge shapes cultures, and how the ideas preserved within books can influence the destiny of generations. In a world where the past exists only within the pages of forgotten books, the future will be written by those who choose what comes next.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798186723974
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 275