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The Black Parade

Book 1 in the After the Dust trilogy

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Book 1 of After the Dust

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Pub Date 28 Apr 2026 | Archive Date 9 Apr 2026


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Description

An LGBTQIA adult horror/romance

The world may burn, but it will never take your heart.

As billions die from an apocalyptic cloud of polluted dust, David—a climate activist in a previous life—is holed up in an abandoned hospital in London offering a cure to anyone who needs it. Months earlier he escaped from a rogue government scientist whose illegal experimentation gave David two unasked for gifts: the ability to cure people with his blood and a locked collar around his neck. When Lysander, the sheltered son of an aristocrat, arrives and begs David to save his mother's life, David has to try. Together, the two young men begin a journey across the UK toward an island community they hope will provide food and shelter. 

Lysander struggles, longing for the security he took for granted before society crashed. He despairs over David’s hero complex and tendency to lead them both into danger. David is torn between protecting Lysander and the guilt that drives him to use his power to save the dying. Their clashing personalities, values, and ideas of what safety looks like, are woven together with an irresistible attraction that grows into something deeper. As they face the elements, other survivors, and a government desperately trying to reassert control, David and Lysander’s greatest challenge becomes staying together while fate conspires to rip them apart. 





An LGBTQIA adult horror/romance

The world may burn, but it will never take your heart.

As billions die from an apocalyptic cloud of polluted dust, David—a climate activist in a previous life—is holed...


Advance Praise

"It’s a powerful and timely love/adventure story full of great characters who have to navigate the tatters of a world destroyed by those in power." 

"a raw and vividly imagined tragic and romantic story..." 


"It’s a powerful and timely love/adventure story full of great characters who have to navigate the tatters of a world destroyed by those in power." 

"a raw and vividly imagined tragic and romantic...


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ISBN 9781648909375
PRICE $6.49 (USD)
PAGES 286

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Wow, this book hit me way too hard. Ilana Lindsey does an amazing job combining the large overarching themes in intimately personal ways. Lysander and David are incredibly human and relatable. The world is well thought out and the inability to determine who's in the right makes each decision that much more difficult. The twist at the end makes me desperate for the next book.

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Thank you Netgalley and Ninestar Press for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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