Who are we without the Earth?
If an alien race told you the sun would explode and to leave with them for safety, would you go?
Last of the Salts
What happens to humanity when Earth is no longer home?
As the Sun reaches the end of its life, humanity is evacuated to a distant world by an ancient alien civilization. Through the eyes of journalist Ember Kohl, we witness the greatest migration in human history—not as generals or politicians, but as ordinary people trying to carry an entire civilization into an unknown future.
Separated from the landscapes that shaped us, the seasons that marked our lives, and the history written into every mountain, forest, and ocean, humanity begins to discover an unsettling truth: Earth was never just where we lived. It was part of who we were.
As new communities rise beneath unfamiliar skies, Ember chronicles the grief, hope, love, sacrifice, and resilience of a species learning how to begin again. In rebuilding civilization, humanity is forced to ask which traditions, values, and pieces of itself are worth carrying forward—and what can never truly be replaced.
Last of the Salts is a hopeful science fiction novel that looks back at Earth as much as it looks toward the stars. It is a story about belonging, memory, and the invisible threads that bind people to a place they once believed would always be there.
Because sometimes you don't understand what home has given you until you've left it behind.
About the Author
Dawn M. Wallace is a North Carolina author whose work explores themes of purpose, belonging, and transformation. Born in Germany to an Indian mother and American father, she grew up between continents and cultures, traveling extensively throughout Europe and India before eventually settling in the United States. Her experiences as a third-culture child continue to shape her fascination with identity, migration, and the enduring search for home.
Her debut novel Last of the Salts reflects those interests through a blend of science fiction, spirituality, and frontier storytelling.
Wallace lives with her family in rural North Carolina, where she tends a flock of sheep with her husband and homeschools her children.
“I might be a human, but at least I’m not an Earthling…”
