The war doesn't begin with warnings. It begins with fire — sudden, coordinated, and everywhere at once.
In the chaos that follows, soldiers, civilians, and machines are thrown into a conflict too vast for anyone to fully grasp. Swarms darken the skies, cities fracture, and survival replaces strategy as the world spirals toward something unrecognizable.
Told through ten perspectives, Cascade captures the opening months of a war that alters everything.
Cascade is a visceral, cautionary story of technology, instinct, and the thin line between control and collapse
Justin Lindner writes speculative fiction that explores the boundaries between technology, myth, and human nature. His debut novella, Cascade, envisions the opening months of a future global war—but his work ranges freely across genres, from grounded realism to dark fantasy. Justin lives in Nevada and is the father of two.