Published by Shadow City - A Next Chapter Imprint It's the year 2446, and the first three Horsemen of Revelation's Apocalypse have ridden.Pestilence, War and Famine have changed the world into a dictatorship ruled with an iron fist. Commoners have few rights, and liberty is a distant memory.Before the final Horseman is released, the Archangel … Continue reading Misericorde by Cynthia A. Morgan (Mercy Series book #1)
Tag: dystopian
Vox by Christina Dalcher
Synopsis: Set in an America where half the population has been silenced, VOX is the harrowing, unforgettable story of what one woman will do to protect herself and her daughter. On the day the government decrees that women are no longer allowed more than 100 words daily, Dr. Jean McClellan is in denial--this can't happen … Continue reading Vox by Christina Dalcher
The Book of M by Peng Shepherd
Synopsis: Set in a dangerous near future world, The Book of M tells the captivating story of a group of ordinary people caught in an extraordinary catastrophe who risk everything to save the ones they love. It is a sweeping debut that illuminates the power that memories have not only on the heart, but on … Continue reading The Book of M by Peng Shepherd
The Feed by Nick Clark Windo
Synopsis: THE FEED by Nick Clark Windo is a startling and timely debut which presents a world as unique and vividly imagined as STATION ELEVEN and THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS. Tom and Kate's daughter turns six tomorrow, and they have to tell her about sleep. If you sleep unwatched, you could be Taken. … Continue reading The Feed by Nick Clark Windo
Audiobook Review: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, narrated by Tim Robbins
Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and … Continue reading Audiobook Review: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, narrated by Tim Robbins
Review: Colorless by Rita Stradling
Synopsis: In Domengrad, there are rules all must live by: Fear the Gods. Worship the Magicians. Forsake the Iconoclasts. To Annabelle Klein, the rules laid down by the Magicians are the mere ramblings of stuffy old men. As far as she’s concerned, the historic Iconoclasts, heretics who nearly destroyed the Magicians so long ago, are … Continue reading Review: Colorless by Rita Stradling
Review: Cthulhu Armageddon by C.T. Phipps
Synopsis: “Under an alien sky where gods of eldritch matter rule, the only truth is revenge.” CTHULHU ARMAGEDDON is the story of a world 100 years past the rise of the Old Ones which has been reduced to a giant monster-filled desert and pockets of human survivors (along with Deep Ones, ghouls, and other … Continue reading Review: Cthulhu Armageddon by C.T. Phipps
Review: Feral by James DeMonaco and Brian Evenson
Synopsis: From James DeMonaco, the writer/director of The Purge film franchise, comes the provocative and terrifying last stand of a lone outpost of women in the wake of a deadly pandemic. Allie Hilts was still in high school when a fire at a top-secret research facility released an air-borne pathogen that quickly spread to every … Continue reading Review: Feral by James DeMonaco and Brian Evenson
Review: How the Wolf Lost Her Heart by Sarah Brownlee
Synopsis: Set against the backdrop of a dystopian London where thugs and criminals run rife, Skye Archer possesses a rare gift, the ability to transform into her spirit animal at will. Widely regarding her morphing ability as a curse, Skye's aim is to keep it a secret at all costs. But one day she meets … Continue reading Review: How the Wolf Lost Her Heart by Sarah Brownlee
Review: Blood, Ink and Fire by Ashley Mansour
Synopsis: Imagine a world without books… In the future, books are a distant memory. The written word has been replaced by an ever-present stream of images known as Verity. In the controlling dominion of the United Vales of Fell, reading is obsolete and forbidden, and readers themselves do not—cannot—exist. But where others see images in … Continue reading Review: Blood, Ink and Fire by Ashley Mansour
Review: The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood
Synopsis: Living in their car, surviving on tips, Charmaine and Stan are in a desperate state. So, when they see an advertisement for Consilience, a ‘social experiment’ offering stable jobs and a home of their own, they sign up immediately. All they have to do in return for suburban paradise is give up their freedom … Continue reading Review: The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood
Review: Every Kingdom Divided by Stephen Kozeniewski
Synopsis: 2035 A.D. After the 2nd American Civil War Jack Pasternak, a laid-back California doctor, receives a garbled distress call from his fiancée in Maryland before her transmissions stop altogether. Unfortunately for Jack, citizens of the Blue States are no longer allowed to cross Red America. He is faced with an impossible … Continue reading Review: Every Kingdom Divided by Stephen Kozeniewski