From Malki Press comes the first book in the Badwater trilogy.



When her village is consumed by the advance of industrialisation and her folk are cleared from their homes, a young girl defies her position and sets out to return her older brother.



Accompanied by a blue-skinned man, familiar with violence, the pair traverse an indifferent and harsh landscape, attempting to reclaim her kin, a part of his soul, and some semblance of peace. A task seemingly impossible as their oneiric odyssey through suffering, cruelty and the fabric of time distorts all they know.



A Badwater story.



”Toman is a master manipulator. His ability to have the reader giggling at his vivid grotesquery, then reeling in horror in the turn of a page is second-to-none. I loved this book, and now I fear for my psychological health. A powerful, deliciously bleak dive into the dark heart of man."

- Euan McBride, author of A GIRL IN A POOL.