30 Results in the "Dystopian" category


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      Prodigy

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      by testsuphomeAdmin Prodi­gy is the grip­ping sec­ond install­ment in Marie Lu’s Leg­end tril­o­gy, esca­lat­ing the stakes in a dystopi­an war between the Repub­lic and the Colonies. After their dra­mat­ic escape in Leg­end, ​June​ and ​Day​ join the rebel Patri­ot group, hop­ing to over­throw the Republic’s tyran­ni­cal gov­ern­ment. But trust is fragile—June’s loy­al­ty is ques­tioned due to her elite past, while Day grap­ples with grief and the weight of becom­ing a…
      Dystopian • Fiction • Political Fiction • Thriller • Young Adult
    • Never Let Me Go Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin In Nev­er Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishig­uro weaves a haunt­ing and intro­spec­tive tale set in an alter­nate-real­i­ty ​1990s Eng­land, where ​Kathy H.​, a ​car­er, reflects on her child­hood at ​Hail­sham, an idyl­lic yet unset­tling board­ing school. As Kathy reunites with her for­mer class­mates ​Ruth​ and ​Tom­my, she con­fronts the dark truth about their exis­tence: they are ​clones, cre­at­ed sole­ly to pro­vide ​organ dona­tions​ for “nor­mal”…
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      Rebel

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      by testsuphomeAdmin A decade after the events of Cham­pi­on, Rebel reignites the Leg­end saga with a new gen­er­a­tion of heroes—and vil­lains. Set in the Repub­lic-turned-unit­ed ​Antarc­tic States, the sto­ry fol­lows: ​Eden Wing, Day’s bril­liant but trou­bled younger broth­er, who resents his family’s lega­cy. ​Daniel “Day” Altan Wing, now a fad­ing leg­end strug­gling with chron­ic ill­ness and father­hood. ​June Iparis, a high-rank­ing offi­cial bal­anc­ing pow­er and fam­i­ly loy­al­ty. When Eden uncov­ers a…
    • The Obelisk Gate Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin The Obelisk Gate con­tin­ues N.K. Jemisin’s Hugo Award-win­ning Bro­ken Earth tril­o­gy, plung­ing read­ers deep­er into a world rav­aged by apoc­a­lyp­tic cli­mate dis­as­ters. As the Fifth Season—a cat­a­stroph­ic cli­mate event—unfolds, the sto­ry fol­lows: ​Essun, a griev­ing moth­er and pow­er­ful oro­gene, who seeks refuge in the under­ground comm of Castri­ma while hunt­ing her daughter’s kid­nap­per. ​Nas­sun, Essun’s miss­ing daugh­ter, whose emerg­ing pow­ers draw her into a dan­ger­ous fac­tion with…
      Dystopian • Fantasy • Fiction • Science Fiction
    • The Stone Sky Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin The Stone Sky is the explo­sive, Hugo Award-win­ning con­clu­sion to N.K. Jemisin’s ground­break­ing Bro­ken Earth trilogy—the first series in his­to­ry to win three con­sec­u­tive Hugo Awards for Best Nov­el. As the Fifth Season’s apoc­a­lyp­tic dev­as­ta­tion reach­es its peak, the sto­ry con­verges on two women whose choic­es will deter­mine the fate of the Still­ness: ​Essun, the oro­gene moth­er turned rev­o­lu­tion­ary, who must wield the pow­er of the Obelisk…
      Dystopian • Fantasy • Fiction • Science Fiction
    • 2‑King of Thorns Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin King of Thorns is the bru­tal and bril­liant sec­ond install­ment in Mark Lawrence’s Bro­ken Empire tril­o­gy, fol­low­ing the infa­mous anti­hero ​Jorg Ancrath​ as he con­sol­i­dates his stolen throne through blood and cun­ning. Years after seiz­ing pow­er in Prince of Thorns, Jorg now rules a frac­tured kingdom—but ene­mies close in from all sides: The ​Prince of Arrow, a gold­en rival com­mand­ing over­whelm­ing forces The ​Dead King, whose necro­man­tic hordes…
      Dystopian • Fantasy • Fiction
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      1984

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      by testsuphomeAdmin 1984 is a dystopi­an nov­el pub­lished in 1949 by British author George Orwell. Set in a total­i­tar­i­an super­state called Ocea­nia, the nov­el explores a world where every aspect of life is con­trolled by an oppres­sive gov­ern­ment led by Big Broth­er. The regime uses con­stant sur­veil­lance, pro­pa­gan­da, and mind con­trol to main­tain pow­er and elim­i­nate indi­vid­ual free­dom. The sto­ry fol­lows Win­ston Smith, a work­er at…
    • 1986 — Orson Scott Card — Ender’s Game Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Ender’s Game is a ground­break­ing sci­ence fic­tion nov­el that fol­lows ​Andrew “Ender” Wig­gin, a bril­liant child recruit­ed into ​Bat­tle School, an orbital mil­i­tary acad­e­my where gift­ed chil­dren are trained to com­mand Earth­’s defens­es against an alien race called the ​Formics​ (or “Bug­gers”). Under the ruth­less tute­lage of ​Colonel Graff, Ender excels in sim­u­lat­ed war games, mas­ter­ing strat­e­gy and leadership—but at a dev­as­tat­ing psy­cho­log­i­cal cost. As…
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