About the Book
Death Remedy was shortlisted for the Andromeda Award in 2024.
Death Remedy is the first novel in the Akman’s Angels Trilogy, a character-driven science fiction series about redemption, identity, and the search for connection in a conquered world.
Thirteen years after the fall of Kraji, its people live under occupation—governed by ancestral law, haunted by collective failure, and shaped by traditions rooted in a war they lost.
Once celebrated as protectors, the genetically engineered warriors known as Angels survived that war only to become symbols of betrayal.
Against that backdrop, two people struggle to survive:
- Remedy Ivanov, daughter of Kraji’s most revered hero, honored by her people but isolated by the expectations placed upon her.
- Nith Oblem, a disgraced winged soldier carrying impossible guilt and trying to preserve the only connection he still has left.
Their paths collide in a society where memory shapes identity, tradition governs survival, and the enemy rules through division.
Blurb
The dead rule the past. The enemy rules the present. Their love threatens both.
Two hundred years of war have shattered Earth into rival superpowers. Between them lies Kraji, a conquered nation bound by blood, duty, and ancestral law. To die defending Kraji is to earn eternal honor. To live after its fall is something far worse than death.
Thirteen years after the EO claimed Kraji, Remedy Ivanov lives as a sacred untouchable. Daughter of the nation’s most revered general, she is honored for her mother’s sacrifice and quietly blamed for her own failure to stop the invasion. She longs to use her brilliant mind to ease her people’s suffering, but tradition condemns her to isolation.
Nith lives in a different kind of exile. Descended from genetically engineered super-soldiers, he bears massive wings and inhuman strength. When his kind refused to fight to save Kraji, they were shamed and then enslaved under EO law. Nith endures this life for one reason: to support the child he is forbidden to see.
Neither Remedy nor Nith dreams of saving Kraji. But when they’re drawn together by a shared hunger for connection, they form a forbidden bond that threatens more than tradition. In a nation ruled through division, defending that bond becomes an act of defiance—one that may be powerful enough to bring their country back from the dead.
Genre and Themes
Genre: Adult Science Fiction
Setting: Far-future Earth in the war-scarred nation of Kraji, a world where advanced biotechnology once created superhuman warriors, and where the aftermath of war has reshaped society, culture, and faith.
Style: Character-driven science fiction with grounded worldbuilding, layered political tension, and deeply personal stakes
Tone: Emotionally intense, morally complex, and suspenseful, with moments of dark humor and fragile hope
Core Themes
-The burden of legacy
-Guilt and redemption
-Power and responsibility
-Faith, superstition, and control
-Human connection in isolation
Why Readers Connect With Death Remedy
Death Remedy explores what happens after the war is already lost.
Rather than focusing on rebellion or conquest, it follows characters trying to rebuild identity, find belonging, and decide what parts of their culture are worth preserving.
Inside you’ll find:
• Character-driven science fiction
• Redemption arcs and emotionally complex characters
• A post-collapse society shaped by memory and tradition
• Genetically engineered super-soldiers
• Slow-burn relationships
• Themes of guilt, legacy, and forgiveness
• Deep worldbuilding grounded in culture and consequence
• Science fiction with science fantasy atmosphere
Perfect For Readers Who Enjoy
-Character-driven science fiction centered on redemption and identity
-Complex moral dilemmas and layered worldbuilding
-Stories about defeated heroes learning how to live after failure
-Science fiction where history, culture, and the loss of technology shape everyday life
-Post-collapse civilizations
-Slow-burn emotionally driven relationships
-Morally complex worlds with no easy answers
-Sci-fi that reads like fantasy
Readers who enjoy emotionally driven speculative fiction, richly developed cultures, and morally complex worlds may find themselves at home in Death Remedy.
Fans drawn to the emotional depth of Emily St. John Mandel, the speculative social questions of Margaret Atwood, the momentum and tension of Blake Crouch, and the thoughtful science fiction of Adrian Tchaikovsky may enjoy this series.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Death Remedy dystopian science fiction?
Death Remedy is adult science fiction with science fantasy atmosphere, exploring the aftermath of war, cultural survival, and the consequences of engineered power. It contains many elements of dystopian (oppressive powers, a society under tight control, a need for rebellion), but many of the conventions and tropes stray from the typical flow of dystopian novels, and it is firmly in the adult category rather than young adult.
Does Death Remedy include romance?
The story includes a slow-burn romantic relationship that develops alongside larger themes of identity, redemption, and belonging.
Is Death Remedy plot-driven or character-driven?
Death Remedy is strongly character-driven, focusing on emotional growth, relationships, and difficult choices, but it does contain many scenes of action and strong tension between these more thought-provoking scenes.
Is Death Remedy a post-apocalyptic story?
The story takes place long after war and societal transformation have reshaped culture and everyday life. While this world did not experience an apocalypse in the traditional sense, 200 years of war and extensive resource shortages have created a world more like the Dark Ages than what we might imagine of future Earth.
About the Author
S.T. Seitz is a science fiction author, freelance writer, and editor who crafts stories about the future through the lens of what it means to be human.
With a background in biology and a lifelong fascination with living systems—human and otherwise—she creates near-future and speculative science fiction that blends big ideas with emotional depth. Her work explores themes of grief, power, and connection, grounding cosmic concepts in deeply personal stakes.
She fell in love with storytelling in the second grade and wrote her first novel in high school, confirming early on that she prefers imagined worlds to the real one—though she remains deeply invested in both. Her novels in progress have been shortlisted for the Launch Pad Prose Competition and the Andromeda Award.
She lives in the foothills of Colorado with her husband, their wildling daughter, and a small menagerie of animals. When she isn’t writing, she’s outside marveling at the planet, worrying about the planet, or observing its creatures with gentle scientific curiosity.
The Akman’s Angels Trilogy was born during one of the most isolating periods of S.T. Seitz’s life. In that quiet space, the story grew from questions that linger after loss—not just for one person, but for an entire nation. What happens after defeat? How do people keep living when the world they believed in has collapsed? The series explores how traditions can both shelter and trap us, and how the connection between two people can become a small, stubborn act of rebellion against despair.
Where to Buy
Death Remedy is available on Amazon. You can order it here.
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One failure is all it takes to break a nation. And the person meant to save it.
Thirteen years before Kraji fell, Remedy Ivanov was still trying to live up to her mother’s expectations.
Raised in the shadow of a legend, she was taught what it meant to lead, to sacrifice, and to be worthy of the name she carried.
But no one taught her how to live with herself if she failed.
In the final days before the collapse, a single moment of doubt will define the future, not just for the country, but for those who must live after its death.
Pre Mortem is the story of the loss that changed a nation. And the isolation it left behind.
This standalone prequel novella is set in the world of Akman’s Angels, a character-driven science fiction series about isolation, identity, and what remains after defeat.