DuO: A Novella Prequel to the ROAM Series

by Dez Schwartz

Previously released as a Ko-fi serial in 2020, this novella is a prequel to the ‘ROAM’ series but can be read as a standalone.

MM Speculative Fiction Novella

In the 1980s, two hitmen from Earth are transported to Planet Demonot to work for a secret society of occultists known as the Order of Azoth. Deadly partners, Doyle and Oscar, typically take out targets in the demonic world without questioning their directives, until the night they receive an out-of-the-ordinary mission that opens them up to a multitude of questions and, surprisingly, the multiverse itself. The pair fight demons and their growing feelings for each other as a sinister scheme shakes up the life they’ve grown accustomed to. Will they survive rebelling against an entire clandestine organization or die on the altar of the Order as two dangerous humans the world will never miss?

86 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 20, 2025

About the author

Dez Schwartz writes LGBTQ Paranormal and Dreampunk about dapper occultists, vampires, and ghost hunters.

She lives in a haunted Edwardian home in Texas with her family and pirate crew of pets.

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