Mine

Some things are never said aloud. But they are felt - fiercely, completely, and at great cost.

Eldin Sartis has spent his entire life being uprooted. As the son of a powerful Central Bank executive in a country fracturing under revolution and war, he has learned to adapt, to stay guarded, and to never get too attached - to places, or to people.

When his father is posted to a war-ravaged western city to rescue a collapsing bank branch, Eldin is forced to start over once again - a new school, a new home, a new world defined by bombed-out streets, mountain silences, and the ever-present rumble of a conflict that has shadowed his entire adolescence.

Then he meets Dal Amitola.

Quiet, magnetic, and fiercely private, Dal is unlike anyone Eldin has ever encountered. What begins as cautious proximity slowly deepens into something Eldin has no language for - something his society does not permit, his brother already suspects, and his own heart refuses to deny.

Set against the backdrop of a fictional war-torn nation, Mine is a beautifully rendered coming-of-age literary novel about displacement, identity, and a love tested by the most brutal forces imaginable. As the war closes in and choices become irreversible, Eldin must confront not only the cost of patriotism - but the cost of silence.

"It is sad that to be a good patriot, one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind." - Voltaire

A powerful LGBTQ literary fiction debut for readers of The Kite Runner, A Little Life, and Giovanni's Room - Mine is a devastating, luminous story about war, self-discovery, belonging, and the things we carry when everything else is taken away.

Perfect for fans of: literary war fiction, queer coming-of-age stories, identity and displacement narratives, political upheaval fiction, and emotionally immersive character-driven novels.