Working Dog Heroes by Steve Austin

Working Dog Heroes by Steve Austin

In this extended tale of sci-fi-meets-historical fiction, Xenia, a woman with an integrated artificial intelligence, embarks on a mission to repair a malfunctioning relay at the edge of the wilderness now called the Flood Zone. As the mission turns to disaster, Xenia and her security contractor find themselves confronting a greater mystery in the woods, one that eventually leads them to a strange town in the middle of nowhere, where nothing is quite as it seems.

The town, called Harmonie, has a long utopian history. Half-abandoned for years, it has been revived by a group of secretive scientists and artists, who are still dealing with the echoes of a long and complex American past. Its traces appear in a set of peculiar 19th-century documents that chronicle the life of a free-spirited woman, the long forgotten reformer and troublemaker Camilla Wright, whose observations only deepen the riddles lurking in the heart of the forest.

Steve Austin is a former preacher, writer, coach, and podcaster whose work has appeared in USA Today, Huffington Post, The Mighty, and other publications. Austin has become a leading advocate at the confluence of spirituality and mental health after nearly dying by suicide after silently suffering from depression, anxiety, and PTSD. He is the author of Catching Your Breath and Hiding in the Pews, as well as the founder of the Religion + Mental Health app. Austin, his wife, and their two children live in Birmingham, Alabama.