Wake of Dissent by Sasha DeVore is a young adult dystopian/science fiction story set on a futuristic Earth, after human wars have torn the Earth's atmosphere and rendered the surface uninhabitable. The human race's survival is now in the hands of the seemingly benevolent alien...

Character, plot, and realism are among the things that get me reading a book. Dusties (Dusties Series Book 1) by Brett Murrell has all these elements expertly woven into the story. I felt pulled into the narrative in just the same way one would...

The Brightening: Order of Libra Book 1 by Sharon Hannaford is a story set in a post-apocalyptic world where the ones with power are ruling over the ones that are weak. People like Cassidy are the people to bring balance into the world, but none...

Ward (The Ward Trinity Book 1) by Kyle Waller takes us into a world where summary execution has become the preferred fate of those who would otherwise be sent into exile. Sacramento, CA has become a place where even angels fear to tread. A land...

Digger Day by Michael Lee Kirk is a character-driven, sci-fi adventure with lots of heart. The underlying dilemma the main characters face reminded me a little of The Hunger Games. The bevy of colorful characters on both sides of the moral spectrum reminded me a...

The Victorian age collides with the future in L.S. Kilroy’s dystopian adventure, The Vitruvian Heir. After a series of natural disasters, the monarchist dictatorial rule of the Vitruvian nation replaces the former United States. A new society is formed, returning to the “period of gentility...

I loved The Initiation by M.J. Logan. It is the first book in a series called The Righting Wars and I can’t wait to read the rest of the series. I want to know how it ends. I want to know if they make things...

The world imagined by William R. Herr in his novel 5:30 Return is not a pleasant one. A designer drug called 'Jack' has turned Tucson into an ugly amusement park, where the rich can live out their basest fantasies with Jack as their excuse and...

In The Bruja by Michael Molisani, the dystopian world after the Collapse sees magic as part of survival and key to winning wars. Ghosts and ancient spirits are no longer superstitions. Witches become a vital part of the army. Crafton city-state, a quarter of land...

Rise of Howlers by Bob Bannon is a dystopian young adult novel set on the high seas. Around ten years previously a massive meteor shower struck the earth and, along with almost wiping out civilization, much of the earth’s land mass was forever altered and...