Before the world reads it, you can enter it.
A faith-driven steampunk allegory about truth, illusion, and the last man who must decide what is real.
Limited Founders Hardcover or Bespoke Edition – available only directly from Descendant Publishing before retail release.
Endling Founder's Edition Hardcover
Signed First Edition Hardcover With Dust Jacket
- First Edition Hardcover With Dust Jacket and Signed Bookplate
- FREE Early Edition Endling eBook
- Exclusive Endling Swag Pack
Endling Bespoke Edition Hardcover
The Version The Author's Grandmother Buys
- Signed Bespoke Edition Hardcover With Dust Jacket
- Author's Personal Artistic Embellishments
- FREE Early Edition Endling eBook
- Exclusive Endling Swag Pack
With Both Editions You'll Receive
Exclusive Dust Jacket Hardcover
FREE Endling eBook
Official Swag Pack
Possible Treasures Inside Your Preorder Bundle
Your preorder may include a selection of exclusive Endling collector items such as the ones shown here. Each bundle is carefully curated and may vary slightly, but every preorder pack includes limited items created specifically for early supporters of the book.
Endling Character Cards
Endling Stickers
Official Endling Bookmarks
The Invitation
Stories shape what a generation believes about truth, good, and evil.
Many modern fantasy worlds invite readers to escape reality.
Endling asks a different question:
What if the safest place in the world might also be the most dangerous?
Written by debut author Elicia Johnson, Endling is a pilgrimage tale in the tradition of classic allegory, where monsters are real, but the greatest danger is believing the wrong story.
This Story Is For Readers Who:
- Love meaningful Sci-Fi/Fantasy, not empty spectacle
- Enjoy deep lore and symbolic storytelling
- Want hope without shallow answers
- Enjoy classics but want to try something new
- Are weary of nihilistic fiction
- Appreciate stories where faith costs something
- Grew up loving allegory but want an adult version
About Elicia
Author Elicia Johnson began writing this story while wrestling with what it means to hold to truth in a world that rewards comfort over conviction. The result is a world where safety can deceive and where choosing what is real may cost everything.
Elicia's Bio
Elicia Johnson is an author, Charlotte Mason educator and shepherdess. Though she has many interests, her passion is for the written word. When she’s not reading or writing, you’ll find her hiking, paddling or sketching in the mountains or along the shore. Her extensive bucket list includes a ride-along on a MotoGP track and a degree in anthropology. She loves studying cultures, languages and singing and playing music, especially those of her own heritage.
Elicia operates a small farm in Montana, focused on her flock of Finnsheep. She lives with her husband and their four children where the Rocky Mountains meet the high plains in Montana. They love to throw a good backyard dance party and share the freedom and joy found in God’s love with those who need it.
Official Endling Blurb
Endling (noun): the last surviving member of a species whose death consequently means the extinction of that species.
Safety is the gospel.
Survival is god.
And nature will enchant you to your end.
For Nico, anything is worth escaping the dangers of the wilderness and its strange keeper, the Wilderman, a figure whispered in legends to claim more than lives. Nico trades everything—his family, his home, and all he has known—for a safe life in Sanctius City. Not even his brother’s final message, a collection of folktales, can lure him from his beloved steam-run city.
When the population plummets and the wilderness encroaches on his safe haven, the tales in his brother’s scroll begin to look alarmingly familiar. Still loyal to Sanctius City’s creed of safety and survival, Nico clings to the world he trusts—until everything he knows collapses in a pile of iron and ash.
Nico is the endling. And the hunter of souls has come for him.
As illusion and reality become indistinguishable and gods and monsters invite him to the table, Nico must decide which path leads to life and which leads to destruction.
A pilgrimage tale for modern readers, in the spirit of The Pilgrim’s Progress and C.S. Lewis’s Space Trilogy.
When Will My Order Ship?
Our goal is to send all Founder's Edition and Bespoke Edition hardcover bundles before the official release date of April 21 so early supporters can enjoy Endling as soon as possible.
Because these editions include special printing, author embellishments, and curated swag packs, shipping timelines depend on final printing and delivery schedules. As soon as the books arrive from the printer and bundles are prepared, we will begin shipping preorders immediately.
All preorder customers will receive the Endling eBook before April 8, so you can begin reading early while your collector edition is on its way.
We will keep supporters updated throughout the process and notify you when your package ships.
How Will I Receive My eBook?
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