The Ashborn Chronicles

One thousand years ago, something shattered global civilization. Now five great Houses rule the Citadels with an iron grip while the Wasteland clans fight for survival beyond the walls. No one remembers why the world is this way—they only know it's always been so.

Kael Ashborn's forbidden love for a High House heir leads to his exile. In the wastelands, he'll discover that the "savage" clans are survivors of systematic exploitation—and become the revolutionary leader the Houses never saw coming.