diff --git a/packages/core/src/edge/common.ts b/packages/core/src/edge/common.ts
index d6904f2..e67face 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/edge/common.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/edge/common.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import { ObjectOrValue } from '../ts-helpers';
 
-export type ProjectionScalars = string | boolean | 0 | 1;
-export type RawProjection<T> = ObjectOrValue<ProjectionScalars | T>;
-export type Projection<T> = { [name: string]: ProjectionScalars | T };
+export type RawProjection<T> = ObjectOrValue<string | boolean | 0 | 1 | T>;
+export type Projection<T> = { [name: string]: string | false | T };
 
 export function capitalize(s: string) {
   return s.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + s.slice(1);
diff --git a/packages/core/src/edge/edge-builder.ts b/packages/core/src/edge/edge-builder.ts
index 5edd79b..0458738 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/edge/edge-builder.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/edge/edge-builder.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { Edge } from './edge';
 import { capitalize, RawProjection, Projection } from './common';
 import { DirectiveBuilder } from '../directive';
 import { Ref } from '../ref';
+import { FieldBuilder, BuildFieldArgs } from '../field';
 
 type OpBuilders = OperatorBuilder | LogicalOperatorBuilder;
 
@@ -18,8 +19,7 @@ export interface NameGenerators {
   param: ParamNameGen;
 }
 
-export interface BuildEdgeArgs {
-  field: string;
+export interface BuildEdgeArgs extends BuildFieldArgs {
   nameGen?: NameGenerators;
 }
 
@@ -29,22 +29,22 @@ export const defaultNameGen = (): NameGenerators => ({
 
 /** should match EdgeBuilder's constructor */
 export interface EdgeBuilderConstructor {
-  (edges: EdgeBuilder | RawProjection<EdgeBuilder>): EdgeBuilder;
-  (type: string, edges: EdgeBuilder | RawProjection<EdgeBuilder>): EdgeBuilder;
+  (edges: EdgeBuilder | RawProjection<EdgeBuilder | FieldBuilder>): EdgeBuilder;
+  (type: string, edges: EdgeBuilder | RawProjection<EdgeBuilder | FieldBuilder>): EdgeBuilder;
 }
 
-export class EdgeBuilder {
+export class EdgeBuilder extends FieldBuilder {
   protected type?: string;
   protected _autoType?: boolean
-  protected edges: Projection<EdgeBuilder> = {};
+  protected edges: Projection<EdgeBuilder | FieldBuilder> = {};
   protected directives: Record<string, DirectiveBuilder> = {};
   protected args: ArgsBuilder = new ArgsBuilder();
-  protected _varName?: string;
 
   constructor(
-    type?: string | EdgeBuilder | RawProjection<EdgeBuilder>,
-    edges?: EdgeBuilder | RawProjection<EdgeBuilder>
+    type?: string | EdgeBuilder | RawProjection<EdgeBuilder | FieldBuilder>,
+    edges?: EdgeBuilder | RawProjection<EdgeBuilder | FieldBuilder>
   ) {
+    super('');
     if (type) {
       if (typeof type !== 'string')
         return new EdgeBuilder(undefined, type);
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export class EdgeBuilder {
   }
 
   protected setEdges(
-    edges: EdgeBuilder | RawProjection<EdgeBuilder>,
+    edges: EdgeBuilder | RawProjection<EdgeBuilder | FieldBuilder>,
     overwrite = false
   ) {
     if (edges instanceof EdgeBuilder)
@@ -66,24 +66,44 @@ export class EdgeBuilder {
 
     this.edges = Object.entries(edges)
       .reduce((r, [k, v]) => {
+        const existing = r[k];
+        if (v === 1 || v === true) {
+          if (existing) return r;
+          v = new FieldBuilder(undefined);
+        }
         if (typeof v !== 'object') {
+          r[k] = v || false;
+          return r;
+        }
+
+        // clone value
+        if ((v instanceof FieldBuilder) && !(v instanceof EdgeBuilder))
+          v = new FieldBuilder(undefined).merge(v);
+        else
+          v = new EdgeBuilder(this.type ? k : undefined, v);
+
+        if (!existing || typeof existing === 'string') {
           r[k] = v;
           return r;
         }
-        if (!(r[k] instanceof EdgeBuilder))
-          r[k] = new EdgeBuilder(this.type ? k : undefined, v);
-        else if (!(v instanceof EdgeBuilder))
-            (r[k] as EdgeBuilder).setEdges(v);
+
+        if (existing instanceof EdgeBuilder)
+          r[k] = existing.merge(v, overwrite);
           else
-          (r[k] as EdgeBuilder).merge(v, overwrite);
+          r[k] = v.merge(existing.merge(v));
+
         return r;
       }, overwrite ? {} : this.edges);
   }
 
-  protected merge(edge: EdgeBuilder, overwrite = false) {
+  merge(edge: EdgeBuilder | FieldBuilder, overwrite = false) {
+    if (edge instanceof FieldBuilder)
+      super.merge(edge);
+    if (!(edge instanceof EdgeBuilder))
+      return this;
+
     this.setEdges(edge.edges, overwrite);
 
-    if (edge._varName) this._varName = edge._varName;
     if (edge._autoType !== undefined) this._autoType = edge._autoType;
     if (!edge.autoType) this.type = edge.type;
     Object.assign(this.directives, edge.directives);
@@ -171,17 +191,6 @@ export class EdgeBuilder {
     return this;
   }
 
-  /** @internal */
-  get varName() {
-    return this._varName;
-  }
-
-  /** @internal */
-  asVar(varName: string) {
-    this._varName = varName;
-    return this;
-  }
-
   keyToField(key: string) {
     if (['id', 'uid'].includes(key))
       return 'uid';
@@ -202,7 +211,7 @@ export class EdgeBuilder {
       []));
   }
 
-  protected buildEdgeArgs(field: string, nameGen?: NameGenerators) {
+  protected buildEdgeArgs(name: string, nameGen?: NameGenerators) {
     nameGen = Object.assign(defaultNameGen(), nameGen);
 
     const args = this.args.build(argMap => {
@@ -221,14 +230,15 @@ export class EdgeBuilder {
       .reduce((r, [k, v]) => {
         const fieldFromKey = this.keyToField(k);
         if (v instanceof EdgeBuilder)
-          r[k] = v.build({ nameGen, field: fieldFromKey });
-        else if (v === true || v === 1) r[k] = fieldFromKey;
+          r[k] = v.build({ nameGen, name: fieldFromKey });
+        else if (v instanceof FieldBuilder)
+          r[k] = v.build({ name: fieldFromKey });
         else r[k] = v;
         return r;
       }, {});
 
     return {
-      field,
+      name,
       args,
       edges,
       varName: this._varName,
@@ -245,7 +255,7 @@ export class EdgeBuilder {
     A extends BuildEdgeArgs
   >(args: Partial<A> = {}) {
     return new Edge(
-      this.buildEdgeArgs(args.field || '', args.nameGen)
+      this.buildEdgeArgs(args.name || this._name || '', args.nameGen)
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/edge/edge.ts b/packages/core/src/edge/edge.ts
index 5fde5ef..c86cfbb 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/edge/edge.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/edge/edge.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Args } from '../args';
 import { indenter } from './common';
 import { Param } from '../param';
 import { Directive } from '../directive/directive';
+import { FieldArgs, Field } from '../field';
 
 interface ParamsExtractable {
   params(): Param[];
@@ -9,26 +10,21 @@ interface ParamsExtractable {
 
 type Projection = { [alias: string]: string | Edge };
 
-export interface EdgeArgs {
-  field: string;
+export interface EdgeArgs extends FieldArgs {
   edges: Projection;
   args?: Args;
-  varName?: string;
   directives: Record<string, Directive>;
 }
 
-export class Edge {
-  protected field: string;
+export class Edge extends Field {
   protected edges: Projection;
   protected _params: Param[];
   protected args: Args;
-  protected varName?: string;
   protected directives: Record<string, Directive> = {};
 
   constructor(args: EdgeArgs) {
-    this.field = args.field;
+    super(args);
     this.edges = args.edges;
-    this.varName = args.varName;
     this.directives = args.directives;
     this.args = args.args || new Args();
     this._params = this.params();
@@ -45,9 +41,7 @@ export class Edge {
   }
 
   protected fieldStr() {
-    if (this.varName)
-      return `${this.varName} as ${this.field} `;
-    return this.field + ' ';
+    return super.toString() + ' ';
   }
 
   protected argsStr() {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/field/field-builder.ts b/packages/core/src/field/field-builder.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..301b1b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/field/field-builder.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { Field } from './field';
+
+export interface BuildFieldArgs {
+  name?: string;
+}
+
+export class FieldBuilder {
+  protected _name: string;
+  protected _varName?: string;
+
+  constructor(name: string) {
+    this._name = name;
+  }
+
+  /** @internal */
+  get varName() {
+    return this._varName;
+  }
+
+  /** @internal */
+  asVar(varName: string) {
+    this._varName = varName;
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  merge(field: FieldBuilder) {
+    if (field._name) this._name = field._name;
+    if (field._varName) this._varName = field._varName;
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  build<
+    A extends BuildFieldArgs
+  >(args: Partial<A> = {}): Field {
+    return new Field({
+      name: this._name || args.name,
+      varName: this.varName,
+    });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/field/field.ts b/packages/core/src/field/field.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90802c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/field/field.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+export interface FieldArgs {
+  name: string;
+  varName?: string;
+}
+
+export class Field {
+  protected name: string;
+  protected varName?: string;
+
+  constructor(args: FieldArgs) {
+    this.name = args.name;
+    this.varName = args.varName;
+  }
+
+  toString() {
+    if (this.varName)
+      return `${this.varName} as ${this.name}`;
+    return this.name;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/field/index.ts b/packages/core/src/field/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b8c6d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/field/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export * from './field-builder';
+export * from './field';
diff --git a/packages/core/src/index.ts b/packages/core/src/index.ts
index 5951104..2cb0a52 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/index.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
 import { EdgeBuilder, EdgeBuilderConstructor } from './edge';
 import { QueryBuilder, CombinedQueryBuilder } from './query';
+import { FieldBuilder } from './field';
 
 export * from './uid';
+export * from './field';
 export * from './edge';
 export * as operator from './operator';
 export * as operators from './operators';
 export * as param from './param/param';
 export * as params from './params';
 
+export const field = (
+  ...args: ConstructorParameters<typeof FieldBuilder>
+) => new FieldBuilder(...args);
+
 export const edge: EdgeBuilderConstructor =
   (...args: any[]) => new EdgeBuilder(...args);
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/query/query-builder.ts b/packages/core/src/query/query-builder.ts
index a166e38..9dffad7 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/query/query-builder.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/query/query-builder.ts
@@ -29,16 +29,14 @@ export const defaultNameGen = (): NameGenerators => ({
 });
 
 export class QueryBuilder extends EdgeBuilder {
-  protected queryName?: string;
-
-  constructor(type?: string, queryName?: string) {
+  constructor(type?: string, name?: string) {
     super(type, {});
-    this.queryName = queryName;
+    this._name = name;
   }
 
   /** set query name */
   name(name: string) {
-    this.queryName = name;
+    this._name = name;
     return this;
   }
 
@@ -66,10 +64,7 @@ export class QueryBuilder extends EdgeBuilder {
 
   buildQueryArgs(nameGen?: NameGenerators) {
     nameGen = Object.assign(defaultNameGen(), nameGen);
-    return {
-      ...super.buildEdgeArgs('', nameGen),
-      queryName: this.queryName || nameGen.query.next(),
-    };
+    return super.buildEdgeArgs(this._name || nameGen.query.next(), nameGen);
   }
 
   build<
diff --git a/packages/core/src/query/query.ts b/packages/core/src/query/query.ts
index 6885078..777ae82 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/query/query.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/query/query.ts
@@ -2,17 +2,11 @@ import { Edge, EdgeArgs } from '../edge';
 import { Param } from '../param';
 
 export interface QueryArgs extends EdgeArgs {
-  queryName: string;
 }
 
 export class Query extends Edge {
   constructor(args: QueryArgs) {
     super(args);
-    this.field = args.queryName;
-  }
-
-  get queryName() {
-    return this.field;
   }
 
   protected fieldStr() {
diff --git a/packages/core/test/query.test.ts b/packages/core/test/query.test.ts
index 6c618bb..31c8c97 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/query.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/query.test.ts
@@ -40,13 +40,11 @@ describe('Query test', () => {
         },
       });
 
-    expect(edgesToObject(q)).toMatchObject({
-      a: 0,
-      b: {
-        c: 0,
-        d: 1,
-      },
-    });
+    const edges = edgesToObject(q);
+
+    expect(edges.a).toEqual(false);
+    expect(edges.b.c).toEqual(false);
+    expect(edges.b.d).toBeTruthy();
   });
 
   it('query.project should overwrite projections if flag is true', () => {
@@ -64,7 +62,7 @@ describe('Query test', () => {
 
     const edges = edgesToObject(q);
 
-    expect(edges.a).toEqual(0);
+    expect(edges.a).toEqual(false);
     expect(edges.b).toEqual(undefined)
   });
 });