
Project Titan
Defect
Rian Adara(Author)
Spiteful Dark Press
Published on 13. November 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
378 pages
978-0-9978743-3-4 (ISBN)
Description
"I don't have a say in how this starts. But I decide how it will end."
Seven Hills is a thriving city on the edge of a dying world struggling to survive as the Wastes around it creep in. The mayor's solution to save their home? Kill an entire district's worth of people. And it's up to Lottie Merchant, the mayor's deadly right hand, to see it through.
Except Lottie is doing no such thing, her boss's orders be damned. Unfortunately for her, the only way to stop the massacre is from within. That means playing nice with the Hounds, the city's elite security force, and their commander, her ex, Gabriel, who are supposed to help her execute the plan. But when they expose her to new, secret technology that changes her in terrifying ways, everything unravels as horrible secrets from within the force come to light and put a target on Lottie's back. In order to save the city, she's going to have to figure out how to save herself first, assuming Gabriel doesn't kill her in the process.
Project Titan: Defect is a spicy, fast-paced, romantic dystopian thriller that explores how far down the wrong path complacency can take us and what it will take to correct it. Perfect for grown fans of Divergent looking to explore the adult side of dystopian fiction!
More details
Language
English
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 133 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
475 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-9978743-3-4 (9780997874334)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Rian Adara is a multi-genre author who has a deep love of morally gray (or black) characters, writing with a hint (or a lot) of darkness, and varying levels of spice. She enjoys destroying her readers with her words and riling them up at the same time. And may or may not derive joy from creeping them out too. When she's not writing she's reading, papercrafting, taking moody photos, wrangling her cats, and spending time with her husband. The gothic aesthetic of New England will always be considered home, no matter where she lives.