Humans First

The Astrolabe Trilogy #2

by Kyle Cornell

Senior year has finally arrived for 23-year-old Cole Bennett, but what is typically a time of joy and anticipation turns out to be quite different. He has to navigate disastrous job interviews, his boyfriend Gabe wants to take their relationship to the next level, and, as if that wasn't stressful enough, his father starts dating a mysterious woman that he refuses to warm up to. Postgraduate life is quickly approaching, but Cole isn't ready.

Things take a turn for the worse after a terrorist group named Project Hominum arrives in Mechanica City and starts wreaking havoc. Their goal is simple -- rid the world of all mechanicals. A series of random attacks shakes the city to its core.

After traveling back in time and committing a brutal murder, Project Hominum alters the past and takes over Mechanica City. Cole's friend Karma, along with every mechanical in the world, suddenly ceases to exist. Cole, with the help of Gabe and his best friend Brody, uses the Astrolabe to travel to Victorian London to try and reverse the damage. Will he and his friends be able to fix the past, or will mechanicals be lost forever?

263 pages, Paperback

First published July 11, 2021