Pathfinder

The Pathfinder Series: Book 1

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Genres

Survival, Science Fiction, Post Apocalyptic, Dystopia, Novels, Debut, and Young Adult

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Series

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Publication Date

Dec 14, 2026

Page Length

355 pages

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Pathfinder

The Pathfinder Series: Book 1

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Blurb

“You burn too brightly to control. So you must be extinguished.”

Will wakes in the dark. No memory. No idea he's being hunted.

Isolated colonies known as Holds are all that remain of the world. Each one is powered by the Source, a rare energy that keeps the darkness at bay and whatever moves within it.

When a Hold rescues him, Will learns what he is—a Pathfinder, a powerful amplifier of the Source. Everyone thought his kind were gone. This makes him a target.

One faction wants to use him to reach a great Hold lost in the dark. The other, a zealot cult serving a mysterious figure known as the Mother, wants him dead.

Someone put Will in stasis, and he doesn't know why. To find out, he must survive.

Right now, he's the most important person in the Hold.

And that's the only thing keeping him alive.

For now.

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Genres

Survival, Science Fiction, Post Apocalyptic, Dystopia, Novels, Debut, and Young Adult

Trigger Warnings

None

Type of Ending

AI Usage^Beta

Series

The Pathfinder Series — Book 1

Author Prefers A Review On

Goodreads or Amazon

Reader Spots Remaining

Number of days to read

Publication Date

Dec 14, 2026

Page Length

355 pages

Available Formats

ePub and PDF

Author

Josh Williams spent most of his childhood tinkering and making things. At first, writing felt alien, but after seeing his Grandad, David Williams, sit quietly in a chair writing, his young mind grew curious. Years later, he studied film, then pivoted to computer science, graduating in 2013. He found himself in Tech, pushing code, which eventually led to pushing pixels. As that childhood curiosity grew, he began juggling writing with product design. Now he lives in London, where he sits quietly in his own room, crafting complete obscurity and spewing words.