Category: Dystopian fiction
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Goldilocks by Laura Lam – Book Review
OUT IN PAPERBACK TODAY – 29 October PUBLISHERS BLURB A bold, thought provoking and high-concept feminist dystopian thriller Ravaged by environmental disaster, greed and oppression, our planet is in crisis. The future of humanity hangs in the balance – and one woman can tip it over. Despite increasing restrictions on the freedoms of women on…
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The Farm by Joanne Ramos – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB THE MUST-READ DEBUT NOVEL OF 2019. Sharp, compulsive and darkly funny, this is an unforgettable novel about a world within touching distance of our own. Ambitious businesswoman Mae Yu runs Golden Oaks – a luxury retreat transforming the fertility economy – where women get the very best of everything, so long as they…
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Secrets In The Dark by Darcy Coates – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB Winterbourne Hall is not safe. Even as Clare and Dorran scramble to secure the ancient building against ravenous hollow ones, they face something far worse: Clare’s sister has made contact, but she’s trapped, and her oxygen is running out. Hundreds of miles separate Clare from Beth. The land between them is infested with…
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The Trials Of Koli by M. R. Carey – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB Koli is looking for lost London. In a world where a journey of two miles is an odyssey, he’s going to walk two hundred. Spinner just wants peace and safety, but when her village of Mythen Rood is shaken by plague and violence she chooses a different path. Ursala from Elsewhere needs to…
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The Third Magpie by M.S. Clements – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB Caring teacher and loving husband, Finn tolerates daily humiliation to be with Sophie, the woman he loves. Fragile & naturally compliant he must summon all his courage to survive the system. Despite the injustice, they dream of a normal life, where liberty and identity are not subverted by ever tightening restrictions. When a…
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Auxiliary: London 2039 by Jon Richter – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB The silicon revolution left Dremmler behind, but a good detective is never obsolete. London is quiet in 2039—thanks to the machines. People stay indoors, communicating through high-tech glasses and gorging on simulated reality while 3D printers and scuttling robots cater to their every whim. Mammoth corporations wage war for dominance in a world…
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Q by Christina Dalcher – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB Elena Fairchild is a teacher at one of the state’s new elite schools. Her daughters are exactly like her: beautiful, ambitious, and perfect. A good thing, since the recent mandate that’s swept the country is all about perfection. Now everyone must undergo routine tests for their quotient, Q, and any children who don’t…
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The Book Of Koli by M.R Carey – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB The first in a gripping new trilogy, The Book of Koli charts the journey of one unforgettable young boy struggling to find his place in a chilling post-apocalyptic world. Perfect for readers of Station Eleven and Annihilation. Beyond the walls of the small village of Mythen Rood lies an unrecognizable world. A…
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Cynetic Wolf by Matt Ward – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB It’s 2096, sixty years after ninety percent died from a man-made Bioplague. Humanity has splintered into four unequal subspecies: immortals, cyborgs, enhancers, and subservient half-human, half-animal hybrids. The world is anything but equal. Hybrids everywhere are suffering, but sixteen-year-old Raek Mekorian, a wolfish with a nose for trouble, doesn’t see an alternative. Except…
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QualityLand by Marc-Uwe Kling – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB Everything in QualityLand is geared towards optimizing your life. QualityPartner identifies your ideal mate, earworm personal assistants get you where you need to go and android drones know you need a six pack of beer at the end of a long day even before you crave one. Humans, robots and algorithms co-exist, everything…
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Unborn by Rachel McLean – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB She killed her unborn child. The punishment will fit the crime. America, 2026. Feminism has been defeated. Equality is a memory. And abortion has been criminalized. Three women find themselves on the wrong side of the law. Kate, carrying the child of a sexual predator. Grace, whose baby will be born with a…
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The Hidden Girl and Other Stories by Ken Liu – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB From a Tang Dynasty legend of a young girl trained as an assassin with the ability to skip between dimensions on a secluded mountain sanctuary to a space colony called Nova Pacifica that reflects on a post-apocalyptic world of the American Empire and ‘Moonwalker’ Neil Armstrong, The Hidden Girl and Other Stories is…
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Rain God by Ian Dowson – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB Every second, every minute, every hour for five years: the incessant rat a tat-tat of rain.The rain has come and so has the killing. Rain and death in a city where madness is winning : it infects the sewers, lives in pipes, has a hook for a hand, no eyes and filed teeth.…
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Maxine Unleashes Doomsday by Nick Kolakowski – Book Review. @nkolakowski #MaxineUnleashesDoomsday
PUBLISHERS BLURB The United States has collapsed. Bandits stalk the highways, preying on the weak and unaware. In order to transport goods between heavily fortified cities, companies hire convoy escorts. Maxine is the best of these new road warriors: tough, smart, and unbelievably fast. But she also has a secret: She’s the niece of New…
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Neon Empire by Drew Minh – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB Rare Bird Books and California Coldblood Books are proud to bring you the remarkable debut novel from social media maven and marketing expert Drew Minh, Neon Empire. Imagine a city fueled entirely by social media. Rising out of the American desert, this city is a real-world manifestation of a social media network where…
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The Warehouse by Rob Hart – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB ‘TO BEAT THE SYSTEM, YOU NEED TO BE INSIDE IT’ An immersive dystopian thriller set in an America addicted to consumerism; gun violence, climate change and unemployment have ravaged the nation, and an online retail giant named Cloud reigns supreme. Rob Hart has taken our current reality and transformed it into a terrifyingly…
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Wanderers by Chuck Wendig – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB A decadent rock star. A deeply religious radio host. A disgraced scientist. And a teenage girl who may be the world’s last hope. In the tradition of The Stand and Station Eleven comes a gripping saga that weaves an epic tapestry of humanity into an astonishing tale of survival. Shana wakes up one…
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Jacob’s Ladder by Charlie Pike – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB We have heard your call You no longer need to fear. You will receive five messages, of which this is the first. The last message will inform you of the time and place of your salvation. Two hundred years from now, the earth is dying, scorched by powerful flares from the sun.…
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The Disappeared by Amy Lord – Book Review
PUBLISHERS BLURB Winner of a Northern Writers’ Award Longlisted for The Bath Novel Award What if reading the wrong book could get you arrested? In a decaying city controlled by the First General and his army, expressing the wrong opinion can have terrible consequences. Clara Winter knows this better than anyone. When she was a…
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