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The Stars In Their Eyes
The Broken Stars, book 1
Survive together, or die.
For four years, Calay and Tess’s love has been their lifeline in a brutal, post-apocalyptic world devastated by alien invaders. When Calay finds herself fighting for survival and Tess missing, her only choice is clear: she must find Tess or risk losing everything.
Reluctantly, Calay ventures into the nightmarish wasteland of the ravaged Pacific Northwest, alone. What she faces is beyond her worst fears–alien executioners, a mysterious stranger, the rise of a dangerous cult, and a shocking family secret that could unravel everything she thought she knew.
Good and evil blur as Calay battles to retain her humanity, confronting the darkest truth: to survive, she must embrace her true self and resist the urge to become the monster herself. With time running out, Calay must decide if she’ll embrace who she’s meant to be and reunite with Tess, or face a future of terrifying solitude.
A fast-paced, heart-pounding sci-fi queer story about love, survival, and sacrifice.
Rave Reviews
An inescapable, harrowing, and beautiful tale. This book gripped me from the first page. The Stars In Their Eyes is chilling, thrilling, and full of emotional depth that will leave you on the edge of your seat, questioning your own reality.
–Madison Lawson, Author of The Registration
Visceral, creepy, and disturbing. I had to put Kristy Gardner’s novel down and go for a walk, but her images followed me out of the sunshine and into the grocery store. Dark horror fans will love this startling debut.
– Chana Porter, Author of The Seep
The Stars in Their Eyes first begins as a dystopian lost love story. But just when you think you know where it’s going, this novel slides right out of your grip and delivers a string of surprises—one after another. At once exhilarating and philosophical, this debut dark sci-fi is a tour de force of twists and turns.
– Sarina Dahlan, Author of Reset
A propulsive journey of resilience and survival, The Stars in Their Eyes charts a juicily twisted path through what it means to be human, what it means to be alien, and, above all, when our world is lost, what it means to find home in each other.
– Ann Fraistat, Author of What We Harvest
A gripping tale of survival. Gardner’s characters are raw and visceral, their journeys delivering one emotional gut punch after another as they fight for their lives and the lives of those they love. Combining sci-fi, horror and romance, The Stars in their Eyes shows us the dark, violent side of humanity, but also the promise—however out of reach it may seem—of something brighter.
– N.C. Scrimgeour, Author of The Waystations Series
A pacy, visceral and action-packed romp through a vividly depicted broken future. Readers will be with tough-as-nails main character Calay every step of the way on her desperate search for love and truth. Resident Evil meets War of the Worlds in this compelling debut.
– Kate Murray, Author of We Who Hunt the Hollow
Calay’s journey is both heartbreaking and heartwarming. This book has all the great chaos and all the feels. It’s sci-fi and adventure and romance and a must-read!
– Kelly Harper, Author of Marked for Grace
You can count on Kristy to deliver blinding twists that make you want to read it all over again. Violent and heart-throbbing, this is not an apocalypse adventure you want to miss!
– Heather Chambers, Author of Earth Sucks