BEFORE THE BALANCE: OUT AUGUST 12th, 2025

"Fallout meets Dune meets Avatar: The Last Airbender”

On a dystopian planet Earth, the few people that managed to survive were put into two groups: Those heading on spaceships to try and colonize a distant planet, and those left to fend for themselves.

Unfortunately for Finley, they were left behind as the love of their life, Auryn, is forced to fly through the emptiness of space in an attempt to save humanity.

After the Exodus is a dual POV book following Finley’s harrowing journey on a dying planet Earth, hoping to survive long enough for Auryn and the crew of the Earhart to make it back and save them.

Can Finley and their found family, Esha and Garven, survive a dangerous several-hundred-mile journey to a potential rescue point?Can humanity successfully traverse the stars for the first time?

Will either of them find new love along the way? And why do Finley’s dreams keep coming true?

Find out in After the Exodus, Book 1 of The Hallowed Star Series.

BOOK 2: BEFORE THE BALANCE, OUT SUMMER 2025

THE HALLOWED STAR SERIES

An Amazon #1 New Release author and previous kids book writer (Ava and Blue: A Story of Friendship, 2022. All the Amazing Planets, 2020), RJ Zielonka has taken his first foray into the Young Adult/New Adult genre with Book 1 of The Hallowed Star Series: After the Exodus. It’s a fast paced, action packed book with love, longing, and betrayal, all set on a dystopian planet earth.

Now in 2025, the second book of the series: Before the Balance, will be coming out in August! Grab After the Exodus now and be ready to continue this epic adventure.

UPCOMING EVENTS

TUESDAY, AUGUST 12TH, 2025: BOOK LAUNCH PARTY AND SIGNING AT THE MERRY SHELLEY- HERTEL AVE, BUFFALO NY

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2025: AUTHOR EVENT AND SIGNING AT
BARNES AND NOBLE, NIAGARA FALLS BLVD, AMHERST, NY

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2025: AUTHOR EVENT AND SIGNING AT
BARNES AND NOBLE, MONROE RD, Pittsford, NY