So many novels struggle to tell these kinds of tales, the grim and the grime of their characters. For Home and Hearth by Ethan Warrener is a compelling novel that follows the life of Omar Bradley, a drifter who becomes a part of the Tucker...

Future Unfolds by J.L. Yarrow is a riveting exploration of time travel and its potential to alter the course of human history. Set in a dystopian future where humanity’s fate hangs in the balance, the novel centers on the Time Forward Project and its time...

She had decided to go north to Canada with Bethany, but things were not that simple for Amelia. She did not want to leave her little sister who looked up to her, her parents, and her engagements with the Coalition. Amelia had known Bethany all...

Futureproof by Stephen Albrecht is a science fiction thriller about technology that has gone too far. It takes some of the newest innovations of today and shows how they might affect our society in 30 years. The answer we get in Futureproof is fascinating. The...

Father of the Future is a satirical sci-fi novel by Darren Dash. In the dystopian future of the twenty-ninth century, countries have ceased to exist, and an AI supercomputer called Father governs all humanity. People spend most of their time in virtual reality and sex...

ForeverChild: A Novel of the Future by Mark Lavine is a stirring dystopian tale about a future that has learned nothing from the past. The world has changed as a result of scientific advancements. Life expectancy, for one, has been extended. The forever children are...

Lexie Talionis’s Flames of Lethe is the first book in the Lethe Chronicles. Josephine and Christopher awaken without knowing where they are. Both lacked clothing and didn’t remember anything but felt they knew each other. Deciding they needed to look for water, Christopher leads Josephine...

In Natalie Hibberd's saga, there are only two possibilities: either you are The Inside or The Outside. The conflict between the two factions is prominent in Family Ties, the second novel in the Inside-Out world. On the one hand, we have the Inside, mired in...

Carl H. Mitchell's Friendship City: Hanging by a Thread is a well-written science fiction novel set 36 years into the future. There, we find a murderous World Council group reuniting, this time led by Ishmael. After unleashing a deadly plague that threatens half the world's...

Facing Off by Tanya Ross is the second book in the dystopian science fiction young adult Tranquillity series, preceded by the remarkably well-received first book in the series, Rising Up. The series is named for the land its troubles are centered on, a place called...