Refuge (coming soon)
by Jordan Vale · December 1, 2026
Fifteen-year-old Jessica Miller has nowhere left to turn. After escaping from a conversion therapy camp, she finds sanctuary in Rossville, Wyoming, a tiny town with a population of just 340.
There’s just one catch: most of Rossville’s residents are extraterrestrials.
For decades, aliens from several different worlds have been living secretly among humans, building a community where differences are celebrated rather than condemned. Their technology is extraordinary, their customs sometimes bewildering, and their greatest priority is keeping their existence hidden.
For Jessica, who has spent years being told that who she is is wrong, Rossville offers something she never expected: acceptance.
As she adjusts to her unusual new home, Jessica discovers friendship, belonging, and the possibility of first love. But life in Rossville comes with responsibilities, and protecting the town’s extraordinary secret is one of them.
Set against the rugged landscape of Wyoming’s Bighorn Basin, Refuge is a character-driven young adult science fiction novel exploring identity, LGBTQ+ acceptance, found family, and the meaning of home.
Sometimes it takes a town full of aliens to discover what it means to be human.
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December 1, 2026
About Refuge
Fifteen-year-old Jessica Miller has nowhere left to turn. After escaping from a conversion therapy camp, she finds sanctuary in Rossville, Wyoming, a tiny town with a population of just 340.
There’s just one catch: most of Rossville’s residents are extraterrestrials.
For decades, aliens from several different worlds have been living secretly among humans, building a community where differences are celebrated rather than condemned. Their technology is extraordinary, their customs sometimes bewildering, and their greatest priority is keeping their existence hidden.
For Jessica, who has spent years being told that who she is is wrong, Rossville offers something she never expected: acceptance.
As she adjusts to her unusual new home, Jessica discovers friendship, belonging, and the possibility of first love. But life in Rossville comes with responsibilities, and protecting the town’s extraordinary secret is one of them.
Set against the rugged landscape of Wyoming’s Bighorn Basin, Refuge is a character-driven young adult science fiction novel exploring identity, LGBTQ+ acceptance, found family, and the meaning of home.
Sometimes it takes a town full of aliens to discover what it means to be human.
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Jordan Vale
Jordan Vale writes character-driven fiction about people finding connection, belonging, and unexpected places to call home. Unscripted, a contemporary love story set in Calgary, is the first release, to be followed by the upcoming science-fiction novel Refuge. Whatever the genre, the people at the heart of the story always come first.
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