Heavy Weight of Darkness is a dystopian science fiction novel by J.M. Erickson. It follows the transformative journey of Willard Bennett, a first-class patrician citizen, who was imprisoned and stripped of his class status and privileges. After he recruits Cassandra Kurtz, she rebels on her...

Inside: Part 1 by Kyra Anderson is a dystopian cautionary tale set seventy years after the Second Revolutionary War. A central government runs the US, and the war is just history for Lily Sandover. However, when Lily’s father is promoted to the central government, she...

In Lena Gibson’s Aftermath, Robin’s life is completely shattered when an asteroid hits the earth, leaving her to scavenge for food and care for her grandfather. They have lived together in hiding for three years, unable to trust anyone. But things change for the worse...

Volk's Bane by Zach Fortier is the second book in The Overseer series, which began with book one, Volk, when over 100,000 gamers made contact with aliens. In Saudi Arabia, an AI named Sophia becomes a citizen, and Spinners, innovative gadgets, become wildly popular. Viktor...

Immortality Bytes: Digital Minds Don't Get Hungry by Daniel Lawrence Abrams tautly examines the consequences of technological advancements and their impact on human society. Set in a near-future world, the story revolves around the lives of several characters, including Stu, an AI programmer; Maria, an...

“We all dream of an honorable world,” but the world depicted in the novel Win Condition by Libby Schultz is anything but honorable. It is a techno-hell on steroids run by a self-serving decadent elite. A world where players of a strategy game called Break...

The animals of City Zoo have finally been liberated! Fed up with how the humans had run things, the furry and not-so-furry inhabitants of City Zoo had fought hard and had finally been granted their freedom. A democracy created by animals for animals – what...

Iceapelago 3 by Peter Brennan is the final episode of the excellent futuristic series based on seismic events that effectively destroyed much of civilization and created small self-sustaining communities in various parts of the world. These communities are still struggling to survive, now three generations...

“Poverty was one thing; a catastrophe was another,” and there is plenty of both in the novel Below by Alaric Cabiling. Young 12-year-old Luzvimindo Arnaiz (Min) scavenges through the polluted wastelands of Tondo, Manila, trying to earn some extra cash for his poverty-stricken family. He...

Marcus Douglas Presents The Cycle of Completion is set in a Christian environment. Nebuchadnezzar, once the Chief Scientist and the Orator of New Jerusalem at the beginning of the story, has led the region away from its once utopia-like setting. He dismisses God as the...