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Be among the first readers to experience Endling, a faith-infused fantasy pilgrimage from debut author Elicia Johnson.

The Founder's Edition Hardcover is a special preorder bundle created for early supporters of the book. When you purchase directly from Descendant Publishing, you’ll receive exclusive items inspired by the world of Sanctius City, along with early access to the eBook.

What You'll Receive

Your Founder's Edition preorder bundle includes:

• Endling Founder's Edition Hardcover
• Endling eBook (delivered before April 8)
• Exclusive swag pack featuring items inspired by the world of Endling
• Early supporter edition available only through this preorder

Swag items may vary slightly by bundle but will include exclusive items created for early supporters.

When Items Will Ship

Our goal is to ship all Founder's Edition hardcover bundles before the official release date of April 21 so early supporters can receive their books as soon as possible.

Because these bundles include special printing and curated swag items, shipping timelines depend on final printing and delivery schedules. Once the books arrive from the printer and bundles are assembled, we will begin shipping preorders immediately.

Customers will receive a shipping notification when their order leaves our fulfillment center.

eBook Delivery

All preorder customers will receive the Endling eBook before April 8.

The eBook will be sent via email to the address used when placing your order. That email will contain instructions and a download link so you can begin reading while your hardcover bundle is on its way.

If you do not see the email, please check your spam or promotions folder.

About Endling

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.