Iron Like Dust

On a scorching afternoon in the war-torn city of Oryn, the impossible happens. Mid-battle, every gun, tank, and bomb on Earth simply dissolves into grey dust. The "Great Confusion" brings an abrupt end to decades of violence, leaving soldiers holding nothing but empty air. For seventeen-year-old Kiran, who has known only the sound of shelling, the silence should be a gift. But he quickly realizes that while the weapons have vanished, the war has not.
Governor Vane, the ruthless leader of Oryn, has found a new way to subjugate the population. controlling them not with bullets, but with thirst, darkness, and fear. When the city's children begin to disappear, Kiran and his sister Zoya uncover a terrifying secret hidden behind the walls of the Academy. The Governor is building a new kind of power-one that requires a deadly sacrifice from the youth of the city.
Forced to ally with Davin, a soldier from the enemy North, Kiran must navigate a world where the rules of survival have changed. Without weapons, they cannot fight fire with fire. Instead, they must wage a new kind of war-one fought with whispers, radio waves, and the unbreakable will of a people waking up. From the radioactive ruins of the Dead Forest to the marble halls of the Palace, Iron Like Dust is a cinematic and emotional journey about what happens when we put down the gun and pick up the future.
It is a story of a boy who finds his voice, a city that finds its soul, and a world that learns that the strongest hand is the one that is open.