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A Day in the Life by Andrew Masseurs

A stark and captivating dystopian tale… A man discovers he may be the only human to have survived a catastrophic event in Masseurs’ debut novel. Michael wakes up to find himself in a world where everyone has vanished without a…
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The Wall by Brian Penn

Grim, gripping, and entertaining…. A young man gets caught up in a terrifying rebellion in Penn’s engrossing dystopian tale. It’s 2099.  A wall divides the former United States in two parts; Zion and MiddleLand. Stuck in MiddleLand, Asher longs to…
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The Arcadian Match (Rising World) by Anne Mortensen

Fascinating and intriguing; a cinematic reading experience. A Q-score mastermind gets caught up in a sinister conspiracy of national consequences in Mortensen’s gripping latest in the Rising World series. 2032. Sweden is the very first crime free, eco-ideal nation. In…
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Critical Habitat by Terrence King

A fast-paced, exhilarating dystopian tale that hits all the right notes… King’s first installment in the planned dystopian series features grim conflict, a corrupt utopian government, and social upheaval steeped in hunger, starvation, and survival. A world devastated by war…
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Forever Child by Mark Lavine

An intriguing dystopian tale that is both unsettling and thought-provoking… Vividly wrought imagery, steady pacing, and an intriguing cast mark Lavine’s engrossing dystopian tale. 2315. The world has changed. There are a chosen few, known as the forever children, whose…
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Imperious Realm (Reign of the North Forest Book 1) by Athene Z. Adam

An exciting series starter with engaging concepts and tight plotting… With the fate of their people hanging in the balance, two young heroes must join hands and find a way out of the impossible situation in Adam’s debut installment in…
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Leather & Lace: The Fool’s Adventure #2 by Lauren Sevier, Abbie Lynn Smith

Thrilling, edgy, and thoroughly addictive…Perfect for devouring in a single sitting. Sevier and Smith’s second installment in The Fool’s Adventure series is a thrilling mix of high action and poignant romance. It’s been three years since Bonnie disappeared from Jesse’s…
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Iceapelago 2091 by Peter Brennan

A memorable, unpredictable journey… After the destructive Eriador event effectively shuts off the Gulf Stream, bringing in fierce winters that lasted half a year, Iceapelago becomes the hub of life-or-death negotiations, with residents struggling to stay alive in Brennan’s compelling…
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Guns & Smoke (The Fool’s Adventure Series Book 1) by Lauren Sevier (Author), A Smith (Author)

Tightly wound and utterly sexy… A high-octane ride. This high-octane dystopian thriller from Lauren Sevier and A Smith takes readers on an exhilarating journey into a ruined world where survival is a deadly game. When the beautiful and dangerous Bonnie…
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Doom of Stars by Martyn Rhys Vaughan

An ingenious thrill-ride of a novel… Vaughan draws readers into a devastating futuristic world on the brink of its end in this deeply engrossing dystopian tale. Kalli has never known her parents except for a few hazy memories of her…
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A Diary in the Age of Water by Nina Munteanu

Unsettling and yet deliciously readable… Remarkable. Munteanu’s brilliant dystopian takes readers to a devastating future, where climate change has ravaged the planet, and water is severely rationed. When Kyo, a young acolyte called to service in the Exodus, discovers a…
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The We and the They by Kyra Ann Dawkins

A solid debut from a very promising author… Dawkins explores survival, trust, betrayal, grief, loss, and trauma—both individual and collective in this richly imagined and perfectly crafted tale set in a dystopian future. In a futuristic world ravaged by devastating…
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End of Pride (The Soteria Trilogy Book 1) by L.J. Duncan

A taut and exciting read… Duncan weaves the strands of SF dystopia, environmental commentary, and coming-of-age in his deeply engrossing debut installment in The Soteria Trilogy, which tells the story of two young people who find themselves pit against the…
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Verdigris: The Metal’s Bane Series Book I by JJ Lynn Daniels

An intense YA Dystopian filled with nearly nonstop action and emotional drama… Daniels kicks off her series starter with a gripping story set in a postapocalyptic world where a teen sibling pair find themselves pitted against the powerful enemies in…
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She Runs With Wolves (The Pogrom War #1) by Kimberly T. Hennessy

An enthralling debut… In this compelling dystopian, first in The Pogrom War series, Hennessy seamlessly blends fantasy and artificial intelligence to narrate the complex story of a young woman’s journey to freedom and self-discovery. The fierce Eira is determined to…
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Seeking Shelter by Marie Howalt

An absolute page-turner… Howalt’s spectacular Moonless series, the saga of a group of rebels struggling to survive in a ruined world, continues where We Lost the Sky left off. The Florentine rebels, now the residents of a new settlement built…
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The Winged Lion: Marion’s Match by Patrick D. Carlson

A dazzling dystopian tale… Set in 2090, this first installment of Carlson’s excellent dystopian series takes readers on an exhilarating journey as a teenager’s nonconformist principles become a catalyst for others to find hope in a world drowning in despair.…
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Transference by B.T. Keaton

A deeply intriguing, highly engrossing dystopian tale… Set in a far future, in a dystopian universe in which human souls are transferred from one body to another to create an eternal life, Keaton’s debut is full of action and intrigue.…
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Heather’s Mannequin: A Novel by Corey E. Toomey

A fast-paced, gripping dystopian drama…. Toomey’s briskly paced, high action, debut war drama is a sensitively handled story filled with thoroughly sketched, three-dimensional characters at heart. Twenty-two-year-old Heather Zlamanowski, an amputee and a primitivist with deadly secrets, is content to…
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Postcards from the Future – A Triptych on Humanity’s End by Wendy Sura Thomson, Andrew Charles Lark, Donald Levin

  Definitely a must read… Three innovative authors imagine the end of humanity in this deeply engrossing book. In the completely absorbing first story “Pollen,” Andrew Lark transports readers to a horrifying world where a strange atmospheric phenomenon has destroyed…