Mark of Eternity / Zachary Moulder

Featuring beautiful illustrations that keep you immersed in the story, Mark of Eternity is a science fiction coming of age novella with a sprinkling of fantasy and an overhanging grimdark atmosphere to tie it all together. This is one story that you'll pick up and won't put down until you turn the very last page. Eve has never seen the light of day, nor known the beauty of a living world. Marooned on the dark side of an unforgiving planet, Eve and her parents, Eli and Nisma, scavenge the remains of their colony ship, the Eternity, with the hope of building their own means of escaping their post-apocalyptic prison. But with time running out and constant setbacks and delays pushing everyone beyond their limits, Eve and her family soon find themselves at each other's throats. Will they manage to pull together and flee their living hell? Or would they be doomed to a life of decay in an eternal night? (Amazon website, viewed 11/7/2023)