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 science fiction saga about guilt, redemption, and the consequences of engineered power.
Once celebrated as heroes, the winged, genetically enhanced warriors known as Angels abandoned the battlefield at the worst possible moment, leading to the fall of their nation. Thirteen years later, the survivors live under occupation. And under the weight of unanswered questions.
In the shadow of that failure, two people struggle to survive:
-Remedy Ivanov, daughter of Kraji’s greatest war hero, revered by her people but haunted by the belief that she failed them all.
–Nith, a disgraced super-soldier “Angel” hiding his strength and carrying a secret that could change everything.
Their paths collide in a broken city where superstition governs daily life, occupying forces control the future, and the past refuses to stay buried.
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
Perfect For Readers Who Enjoy
-Character-driven science fiction with deep emotional stakes
-Complex moral dilemmas and layered worldbuilding
-Stories about fallen heroes and reluctant redemption arcs
-Speculative fiction that blends biotechnology, politics, and culture
Readers who enjoy the emotional depth of Emily St. John Mandel, the biotech-driven dystopian worlds of Margaret Atwood, the high-stakes speculative twists of Blake Crouch, and the morally complex science fiction of Adrian Tchaikovsky will feel right at home in Death Remedy.
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 will be available June 2026. You can preorder it here.
In the meantime, you can download Pre Mortem, the Akman’s Angels prequel novella, for free by joining my newsletter.
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.