Introduction: Wasters. The word spreads like wildfire across the frontier鈥攚hispered in saloons, cursed in cathedrals. Born of rogue science and stitched metal, they鈥檙e outlaws in the eyes of the Church and monsters in the eyes of the world.Levi Wilson didn鈥檛 choose this life. Once a streetwise mercenary, he was captured, experimented on, and turned into something he doesn鈥檛 understand. Augmented with prototype Vaporguard tech and left with scars he can鈥檛 outrun, Levi escapes into a land already teetering on the edge鈥攚here the Church tightens its grip, bounty hunters chase Wasters for coin, and the Old World鈥檚 empire watches the New with hungry eyes.Now hunted and alone, Levi must learn to survive鈥攏ot just the bounty hunters and Inquisition his trail, but the growing power inside him. What begins as a fight to stay alive will drag him into something far greater: a war for the soul of the frontier, and maybe the world beyond it.**WHAT TO EXPECT**? Guns are outlawed鈥攂lades, fists, and augments rule the frontier? Alternate timeline where the Church controls global tech and power? Steam-powered war machines and brutal Inquisitors? Grounded, gritty combat with realistic consequences? Deep worldbuilding with political, cultural, and religious conflict? Third-person limited POV with strong character focus? No chosen ones, no prophecy鈥攋ust survival? Slow-burn mystery and high-stakes tension? No harem? Earthsong magic with real costs, not flashy spells? Bounty hunters, Templar Knights, orphans, war criminals, and broken survivors...