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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. 

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...


Available Editions

EDITION Paperback
ISBN 9798197695420
PRICE $16.00 (USD)
PAGES 272

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