The Sporelock Orchards of Dustward

About this book

In the soft-collapsed world of 2147, the Dustward Enclave endures among the Sporelock Orchards—luminous groves of puzzle-fruit and vine-woven halls where every harvest, door, and water filter answers to botanical ciphers left by vanished engineers. When the enclave’s master seed-ciphers begin to vanish, threatening famine among two hundred survivors who bond over lantern markets and shared stews, reluctant Keytongue Lira Voss and her steadfast forager friend Theo Kane must untangle the thefts. Told in reverse chronology and dual perspective, their investigation peels backward from a hard-won reunion feast through wilted false trails, forged tokens, buried debts, and a staged disappearance, revealing that the orchards’ greatest locks open only to mutual reliance rather than solitary destiny. A cozy, puzzle-bright New Adult mystery of found family, amateur ingenuity, and friendship’s quiet endurance amid glowing fungal labyrinths.

Book details

Genres:

Cozy Mystery, New Adult Speculative, Post-Apocalyptic

Language:

en

Published:

2026-07-19

Content rating:

PG-13