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… Read More ›
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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… Read More ›
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… Read More ›
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… Read More ›
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… Read More ›
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…. Read More ›
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…. Read More ›
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… Read More ›
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… Read More ›