Save your soul. Burn the world.The last of humanity survives on a sprawling raft of neon-lit slums high in the Arctic Circle. Scavengers pick off the sunken wreckage of the past, eking out a pitiful existence before the last of the lights go out.Ritry Goligh, a broken ex-marine, seeks only to drown his losses in liquor. In the Arctic War he scarred his sanity a thousand times, diving into the minds of enemy soldiers. Now he works on the slums, implanting false memories for money, until a shadowy figure named Mr. Ruin offers him a devil's bargain: relief from his suffering, in exchange for his soul. And Ruin won't take no for an answer.Ritry can't hope to fight. He can't hide. All he can do is dive; deeper into the searing maze of his own mind than ever before, racing past the border of insanity in search of a legendary core of raw, volcanic power, strong enough to defeat Mr. Ruin, or erase every living soul from existence.But Mr. Ruin knows about that place too. And he wants it for himself...'Bladerunner' crashed into 'Inception', packed with blood, twists and space marines of the mind.A standalone novel that is nothing like your standard YA vampire romp. This is grit, gore, and the end of the world, kicking off the Ruins War series, which is continued in book 2, King Ruin.Readers have said:"Loved Mr. Ruins and look forward to reading the rest." - Bestselling thriller author Robert Ferrigno."This is Grist's best work yet!" - Rob Nugen."... a mind-twisting thriller through the tsunami-ravaged future." - Christine Hooker."This is powerful science fiction with lyrical prose." - John Chris.