We Were Objects

By: Alen Gracen

Narrated by: Brad Grochowski

Two gays on the run from the government after one of them makes a huge mistake. Did I mention they hate each other? Oh, and there is object summoning powers.

After being disqualified from the most important competition of his life, Sean Hallow is forced to join forces with the very man that caused the disqualification in a mysterious mission to steal the one and only Sepratain Object from the new up and coming heir to the throne. Except, like everything else in his life, something just had to go wrong. After Sean somehow found himself bound to the object itself, it’s a race to find the mythical object of legend that is said to be able to release the binding, while the entire world pursues him for his fatal mistake.

Tirin Stirn excelled in the Necrotanian Trials, becoming fourth in line to the throne of Necrotan. Fearful of the next heir to the neighboring throne of Seprati across the countries borders, he joins the Vermillia Affairs Association to steal the Sepratain object before the reigning heir has a chance to bind to it, having no idea that his coworker would end up being the very guy he had disqualified from the competition. As if that wasn’t bad enough he seems to have a plan of his own to screw everything up, again.

Just when the two thought things couldn't get any more complicated, their rivalry exploded into feelings for each other, adding a whole new pressure to the very mission that might flip the continent on its head.

©2025 Alen Gracen (P)2025 Alen Gracen

YA Action, Angst, and Romance.

Sean and Tirin's story is charming. They are such likeable characters.

The world building is done in such a balanced way. It is concise, but there is still real substance to it.

The narrator is great.