Dive into seven stories of danger, desperation, and survival in the most hellish reaches of Earth and space:

"Just Resolved"

In a city repeatedly demolished by weaponized lightning storms, a worn-out wrestler must find shelter for mankind's last survivors.

"The Delicate Days"

A haggard couple must overcome shipwide caregiver burnout and survive a seizure-inducing pandemic before colonizing a barren new world.

"Eight Hundred Games of Ping Pong"

A crewman in perpetual orbit must develop a formula for abiogenesis to make a hostile world habitable.

"The Ropes"

On a Venusian resort for immobile isolationists, the slavish caretaker must resist killing them all to impress the new servant girl.

"The Broken One"

On a desertified Earth, a mute survivalist must guide children across the deadly wasteland without corrupting them along the way.

"Rictus"

After global cooling, giant crows, prowling bears, and fanatical researchers take over a frozen city.

"Only I Know How It Ends"

A deadbeat survivor of the worldwide suicide apocalypse watches the last of humanity's internet content.

Get Barrens Volume 1 now for the ultimate test of willpower and unprecedented toughness you can only find in science fiction.