unLoved

by David N. Alderman

Leah Worth has been a bartered object for as long as she can remember. Sold into slavery when she was a child, Leah has traveled through the deep recesses of space only to be passed from buyer to buyer.

Degraded. Humiliated. Assaulted.

Life seems to have no meaning.

But amidst the stars, there is more than coincidence. There is purpose, the threads of which are strewn together by Leah's creator. When all seems lost, and when life seems to be nothing more than a black hole, Leah realizes the light can still penetrate the atrocities of a tortured past.

24 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 14, 2025

About the author

Born at the tail end of the 70’s, David reveled in the pop culture of the 80’s and 90’s, building his childhood around the success of Star Wars, the jokes of Ace Ventura, and the adventure of The Goonies. His passion for writing began in the early 90’s, and he finished his first novel when he was 16. With the death of his grandmother - who was his biggest fan - he stopped writing and sought adventure, traveling constantly between California and Arizona as he fought to find a purpose while also walking the long-winding, and incredibly narrow, trail of faith.
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Decades later, David finds himself here in Arizona, happily married, with a son to raise, and a long road of written stories behind him.