The Failures

by Benjamin Liar · 2024

In a world where the planet itself is a colossal, dying machine, the sky has cracked and darkness spreads across the broken gears of the Wanderlands. Drawn together by a haunting dream, a ragtag band of adventurers, outcasts, and children—known as the Failures—venture into the subterranean Keep, the only hope left to halt the encroaching void. Within its ancient halls they uncover a purpose that could either save their shattered world or doom everything they cherish, for beneath the Keep lies the imprisoned Giant, the greatest cage ever forged by magicians and gods. Benjamin Liar’s debut weaves apocalyptic sci‑fi with epic fantasy in a tightly coiled puzzle of danger, sacrifice, and wonder, launching the thrilling Wanderlands trilogy.