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Coldwire: The StrangeLoom Trilogy #1 by Chloe Gong

Gritty, clever, and gripping. Gong’s latest is a sharp, immersive dystopian thriller where loyalty fractures, rebellion brews, and two intertwined destinies race toward a collision that could upend their world. In a future divided between a pristine virtual realm and…
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River Becomes Shadow (Taggak Journey, #2) by Anne M. Smith-Nochasak

A haunting, lyrical dystopia pulsing with faith, fury, and fragile hope. The second novel in Smith-Nochasak’s Taggak Journey trilogy finds River stepping beyond her grandmother’s world to fulfill her destiny of renewal. Having left her grandmother Flo’s swamp behind, River…
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ERASED by Sebastian Kilex

Sharp, gripping, and unexpectedly tender—a dystopian thriller that grabs and won’t let go. A nineteen-year-old waste diver finds her tightly controlled world cracking open in Kilex’s engrossing dystopian tale. Lucy has spent her life scavenging the toxic ruins of Cyclopia,…
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The Red Occupation (The Book of Ruin 6) by W.G. Hladky

Sweeping, brutal, and deeply human… Hladky’s sixth volume in The Book of Ruin series thrusts readers into a future where Earth and Mars have become enemies. In a fractured future, Mars rises from abandoned colony to ruthless conqueror. After six…
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Space Vault: The Seed Eclipse (Sci-Fi Galaxy series Book 2) by Jeremy Clift

Ambitious, urgent, and emotionally resonant. Clift delivers a taut, emotional thriller in which one woman’s struggle to protect her child sparks a war for evolution itself. 2102. Earth is nothing but a wasteland of scarcity. Its ecosystems are collapsing beyond…
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Red Dirt Part III: The Saint Chanter by D.K. Kristof

Layered, emotionally devastating, and bold in scope. A young Martian warrior struggles with grief, faith, and the ghosts of a dying world in Kristof’s raw, emotionally charged trilogy finale. Seventeen-year-old Miri, a reluctant leader bearing the title of Star Bearer,…
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The Mutant and the Mule by A. A. Blair

Visceral, gritty, and propulsive… An engineered mutant soldier and a bitter, alcoholic wasteworker form an uneasy alliance in Blair’s politically charged dystopian novel. Decades after the Genetic Wars, Cincuenta Yuno functions as both fortress and machine. Helia, a powerful Mutant…
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Domesteaders: Cloud 8.5 by Curtis Palmer

Ambitious, unwieldy, and unforgettable… Palmer’s wildly ambitious novel is a literary experiment brimming with wit, rage, memory, and socio-political critique. In a future buckling under the weight of climate collapse, Beavan Broderick, once a fringe beaver ethologist and now a…
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Red Dirt Part II: The Sister of Northwind by D.K. Kristof

Impossible to put down… Kristof expands the mythos of his post-human universe with stark emotional depth and rich character development in this second installment in the Red Dirt series.  In the frozen dark of Mars’s southern pole, Miri and the…
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Red Dirt Part I: The Star Bearer by D.K. Kristof

Gritty, unforgettable, and compulsively readable… Kristof’s debut is a vivid, emotionally resonant, and boldly cinematic plunge into a post-apocalyptic Martian world. In the ruined aftermath of humanity’s collapse, the Vestige, the synthetic beings forged in humanity’s image, have built new…
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11,4 light dreams (The Brin Trilogy Book 1) by Nicholas Avedon

A sleek, cerebral cyberpunk noir… Avedon’s series kicker in the Brin Trilogy is a cerebral, haunting tale that explores the fine line between indulgence and control in a corporate-run future. In 23rd-century Paris, emotions are currency, and Ariel de Santos…
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Scratch the Sky (Blood Wild Chronicles Book 1)by Tamara A Brigham

Gritty, gripping, and impossible to put down… In Brigham’s series kicker in the Blood Wild Chronicles, a young woman finds herself navigating a grim post-apocalyptic world where power is precarious, alliances are brutal, and survival is a high-stakes game of…
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Lira: A Dark Gritty fantasy Story by Armanis Ar-feinial

An unsettling, hard-to-put-down dark fantasy… Ar-feinial’s latest is a raw and gritty plunge into a dystopian nightmare, taking readers on a young child’s journey of survival. With her father gone, Lira, a vulnerable child, is left to navigate the unforgiving…
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Series Review: The Ferren Trilogy by Richard Harland

Visceral, poetic, and unforgettable… Harland’s The Ferren Trilogy plunges readers into a dystopian future of celestial warfare and human perseverance, telling a story of defiance, hope, and transformation. The series begins with “Ferren and the Angel,” which thrusts readers into…
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Girl on Fire by Eden Hart

A fiery, unforgettable experience… Hart’s electrifying start to the Girl on Fire series thrusts readers into a relentless clash of survival, humanity, and alien terror. Kassia Madison, a terminally ill teen, survives an apocalypse that obliterates billions. Alone in a…
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The Boy Who Learned To Live by D N Moore

Haunting, taut, and thought-provoking… Moore’s latest novel is a taut and compelling exploration of identity and freedom, set against the backdrop of a dystopian future. Seventeen-year-old Oliver McNeil is torn from the sterile confines of Fifth City and thrust into…
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Of Ashes and Dust by Ron Roman

Evocative and hauntingly real… Against a backdrop of escalating chaos and uncertainty, a diverse cast of characters navigate a world on the brink of dystopian collapse in Roman’s latest novel. Professor Will Watson, a Vietnam veteran and vocal advocate for…
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In the Time of the Flash by W.G. Hladky

A relentless dystopian tale that grips from start to finish… Hladky’s fifth installment of the Book of Ruin series offers a thrilling and tumultuous journey, one that demands readers hold on tight.  Earth was left reeling after a sudden barrage…
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Me and the Machine by Wesley Watts

Simply un-put-downable…  Watts’ latest book is an exhilarating dystopian sci-fi story filled with fast-paced action, intense drama, and twists that keep readers on the edge of their seats. Born in a war-torn society, Gaby longs to escape her impoverished upbringing…
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The Last Advocate by L. J. Goodman

Unsettling and thrilling… In a world ravaged by climate change, a pre-Gen doctor stumbles upon the twisted secrets of the elite in this enthralling dystopian tale by Goodman. 2098. Earth’s population has exploded beyond its capacity, rendering all attempts at…