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Reviewed by Tawny Molina for Readers' Favorite
Dusk Upon Elysium by Tamel Wino follows Geoff as he does his best to cope in a world that has been overcome by the dreadful Nergal virus, a terrible disease said to have infected even plants and animals. Locked away inside small enclosed homes with only government-distributed work and food to keep them busy, the people of the world trudge along, assuming that what they are told by the news outlets is true. There is hope, however. A virtual reality program called Paradiso allows people to escape their troubles and reality into the paradise they always wished they could have had before their lives were torn apart by disease and questionable government tactics. Nothing bad could come from this situation. What could happen here?
I found Dusk Upon Elysium to be a really exciting book, one that I found managed to skirt the line of being just similar enough to our post-COVID reality without being too close for comfort. That nearness in the story, while done in many a dystopian novel, particularly the ones written in the last few years, is particularly well done by Tamel Wino. I found the slight hint of biological horror and the ideas of what could be happening outside the assumed safe homes of people intriguing. Even more so, I found the mental tribulations of the characters even more believable. Geoff and the other characters are thrown into mental turmoil that is both relatable and traumatizing. This was an absolutely amazing read.
