Remnant: The Palimar Saga: Book One
The Palimar Saga • Book 1
by K.R. Solberg, C.R. Jacobson
Why You'll Love This
A dead immortal shouldn't be possible — and the chaos that follows pulls one family of smugglers into a conflict they have no business surviving.
- Great if you want: morally grounded characters navigating corruption, loyalty, and survival
- The experience: layered and steadily building — multiple POVs that converge with purpose
- The writing: Solberg and Jacobson balance gritty world mechanics with genuine character stakes
- Skip if: you prefer standalone stories — this one clearly sets up a larger saga
About This Book
When an immortal turns up dead in a world where such things simply do not happen, the ripples spread far beyond the powerful and the corrupt—they reach a family of sunrock smugglers just trying to stay invisible. Jon Therman, a former slave who wants nothing more than to keep his children safe and his past buried, finds that neutrality is a luxury the world refuses to grant him. His daughter Ella is chasing her own desperate mission, and a jaded spy named Shane is tangled in both their paths. What begins as a manhunt becomes something far more personal: a story about protection, sacrifice, and how far ordinary people will go when the ones they love are threatened.
Solberg and Jacobson have built something structurally ambitious here—multiple viewpoints that each carry genuine weight, weaving together without losing momentum or individual voice. The world of Palimar feels lived-in rather than explained, with its smuggling networks, immortal politics, and cult intrigue revealed through action and consequence rather than exposition. At 404 pages, the book earns its length, rewarding patient readers with a fantasy that trusts its characters to carry the stakes.