Javi Barasa, descendant of refugees, accidentally kills a soldier sent to liquidate the shanty town that’s been his home all his life. Meanwhile Arien Lakhami the agender youngest child of the King of the home planet of Javi’s ancestors, barely escapes an assassination attempt and now, like Javi, they are looking for a way off the planet. Both take entry level jobs on a freighter, where Javi meets First Mate Razz Jensen, and hopes for more than friendship. But Razz has a policy about dating crew. Meanwhile Arien arranges to meet their bodyguard–and fiance–Tapuh, at the freighter’s next stop.

Despite Razz’s policy, he and Javi spend the night together at the space station stopover. Arien finds Tapuh waiting there and learns the royal family has been murdered in a coup. Arien is now the strangest claimant to the throne, and since they’ll have to make a political marriage, Tapuh says their engagement is off. Rescued from another murder attempt against Arien, the damaged freighter is taken by the loyalist General Queza to the base where Arien’s allies are gathering for a counter coup. Javi and Razz have time to relax and build their relationship, but Arien has to juggle suitors for their hand in marriage. A marriage that can never result in an heir.

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Before Razz Jensen can do anything drastic to rescue Javi from prison on his home planet, General Queza arrives with a proposal from Arien—to take all the Ixellan exiles home. As the ship full of refugees leaves, Javi and Razz are reunited, until Queza offers training to the refugees to become a defence force for their community and Javi joins up. He regrets that when Razz becomes an instructor and tells Javi they need to cool it during the training. Meanwhile Arien is continuing to cultivate allies, and juggle suitors. A powerful house proposes the solution to the problem of Arien not being able to produce and heir, Arien fears their fate is sealed and this is the end of any chance they can ever marry Tapuh and be happy.

Razz is happy to heat things up again when Javi finishes his basic training. Queza makes the recruits the New Legion of Ixellan and wants them to fight for Arien, to regain the throne, leaving Javi feeling he and his people are being used by Arien. But Arien is shocked by the New Legion and disappointed to learn Javi has become part of Queza’s staff, fearing they’ve lost his friendship. That he’s fallen for Queza’s romantic ideas of glory. Only after Arien and Javi reunite, do they understand that they are caught up in other people’s ambitions. Now they must take back control of their destinies and try to make a future where they can be with the people they love.

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A box set of both books is available from the 18th of October 2025

After a night of violence and treachery, two fugitives form an unlikely friendship. Javi and Arien should never have even met, but now their destinies are intertwined and will determine the fates of entire worlds.

This box set contains both books of the duology To Feed on Dreams, a space opera which features two different couples, one gay and one ace.

Exiles: Javi didn’t intend to kill a soldier. Arien doesn’t want to be assassinated. So entry-level jobs aboard a cargo freighter provide the best route off planet for a pair of fugitives. Javi also didn’t intend to fall in love with the freighter’s First Mate, Razz Jensen. Arien wants to find Tapuh, their bodyguard and fiancé. But when they do, it only leads them to a new destiny they never wanted.

The Way Back: Javi is rebuilding his relationship with Razz, even as his friendship with Arien is torn apart by other people’s schemes. Arien fears they will never be able to claim the happiness they want with Tapuh, chained by duty as they are. Only when Javi and Arien find each other again can they regain control of their destinies.

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