Tell Us We're Human

by Peighton Marsh

The end is up to her.

After returning from the rescue mission that saved Reuben, Nadine finds Malta reduced to charred ruins– and a familiar figure waiting in the wreckage. With the town scattered and its survivors seeking refuge in a nearby city, Nadine steps into an unexpected role: helping guide her overwhelmed community toward a new beginning.
Yet as others rebuild, she feels the old pull of the Wishbone. Torn between the life she’s helped revive, and the one she left behind, Nadine begins a journey back through grief and memory, discovering that family can be lost, found, and chosen.


Tell Us We're Human, the finale of the Children Of The Collapse series, coming February 2026

288 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 19, 2026

About the author

Peighton Marsh is a Connecticut author with a love for speculative fiction. Her debut book ‘Gifts From Crows’ was published September 2nd, 2023, and the following sequel, 'On Copper Wires', was released June 1st, 2024. The series came to a close on February 19th, 2026 with the release of 'Tell Us We're Human.'

When Marsh isn't tapping away at her keyboard, she can often be found at her local elementary school as a full-time paraprofessional, or lounging on the couch with her wife and cats.
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Marsh also enjoys crafting, sewing, thrifting, and binging fantasy lore videos.
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Currently, Marsh is working on a new speculative middle-grade fiction titled 'The Summer of Pandra'.

Reviews

[Kimberly Byrd · Rating 5 out of 5]

I this is a 5 star review.
This book had a very good ending I loved it though I can see some people not likening the fast end to her adventure but I think it is fitting, for time stops for no one. I also love where she gets to say one last goodbye to her family in the end. I also think that Fermont’s end was fast but that is life, death seams so fast in times like that also I’m glad I could feel all of her feelings and see the authors painting she was making for us. All in all these books will hold a special place in my heart.