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Reviewed by Asher Syed for Readers' Favorite
Boris Plamenov Konstantinov’s After Hope follows humanity after a poisoned Earth has forced survivors into seven sealed domes and the decaying settlements around them. Teresa Rodriguez, Chancellor of the United Nations Earth Council, discovers that the water keeping the domes alive may be contaminated. In the Rio bubble, Antony cleans air-filtration towers for daily rations while hiding an impossible ability to survive injuries that should kill him. Martin Carter leads Earth For All, a resistance movement determined to break UNEC’s control, while Miranda, a young operative loyal to the movement, is sent on missions few others could survive. As the environment deteriorates and both sides prepare for war, Antony’s impossible survival and Miranda’s assignments draw them toward a secret that may decide what comes after the domes. Humanity is running out of time.
Boris Plamenov Konstantinov’s After Hope is outstanding dystopian science fiction, and Konstantinov is excellent at making social hierarchy visible through ordinary survival. I especially loved the Tower of Life, where Rio bubble residents climb air-filtration structures for food-paste wages. When a worker falls to his death, the pay board simply changes because a higher position has opened. Konstantinov makes that cruelty feel ordinary, and the detail tells us exactly how the bubble works. Antony is a brilliant main character, and I love that the author introduces his humanity when he gives his respirator to a sick child. Teresa is equally fascinating; the author makes the UNEC chancellor terrifying while keeping her belief that she alone can save humanity completely sincere. Well written and haunting, readers who enjoy serious dystopian science fiction will love this book.
