Pastborn
Other worlds and the magic within them
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Pub Date May 21 2026 | Archive Date Sep 24 2026
Mihail Băeșu | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles
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Description
The future sucks! Robots have taken over and declared all humans illegal!
Adam Connor holds a privileged position in this messed-up future society: he was born 200 years ago (even though he hasn't aged a day past 30), long before the robot law came into effect, making him the last legal human alive.
Given his unique legal status, the robots are not hostile towards Adam. Quite the opposite, most of them are friendly and some even serve him drinks!
Our hero is interrupted from exploring this sinister but fascinating world at his own pace by a shocking revelation: an existential threat is looming over both human and robotkind!
Will humans and robots learn to work together again in the face of imminent and total annihilation?
Will Adam manage to save his own skin, at least?
Will he find LOVE in this CRAZY, CRAZY WORLD!?!?!?
The answer to at least one of these questions is yes... But there are a lot more questions to be asked and a lot more answers to be given.
Pastborn is a comedy and a tragedy, a very fast-paced, dialogue-heavy narration, a venture into both the absurd and the unknown, and a deeply human story.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9798197695420 |
| PRICE | $16.00 (USD) |
| PAGES | 272 |
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Featured Reviews
Katie W, Reviewer
While the premise of the book drew me in, I found myself unable to get lost in the pages. I ended up DNFing this book in the fourth chapter (titled Day 4: One step forward, two steps up). For fans of Doctor Who, the characters amnesia reminded me a lot of The Doctor's regeneration sickness (which I found to be a fun nod), but when the same amnesia continued onto to later chapters it quickly lost its novelty. Overall, it's a funny story that is dialogue heavy. I hope that I can pick this up again and I want to thank the author for allowing me to read it via Netgalley.