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series7 books1993

Dystopia, dark in tone, about faith and religion, set in near future.

“The two-book series was left unfinished at Butler's death; a planned third novel, Parable of the Trickster, was never completed.”
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The 5th WaveSeries

series4 books2013

Alien invasion, tense in tone, about aliens.

“Cassie Sullivan, the survivor of an alien invasion, must rescue her young brother from the enemy with help from a boy who may be one of them.”
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Orange CountySeries

series3 books1984

Set in near future.

“Each novel describes the life of young people in one of the three near-future worlds; each novel begins with an exposition that tells the reader about the fictional world.”
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Start with The Wild Shore →

GoneSeries

series9 books2008

Tense and dark in tone.

“Michael Grant's Gone series begins when everyone aged fifteen and older vanishes without warning from a swath of the California coast, trapping the town of Perdido Beach inside an impenetrable barrier the survivors call the FAYZ.”
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The Ashes TrilogySeries

series3 books2011

Dark and tense in tone, set in near future.

“The trilogy follows one continuous crisis across its three volumes.”
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NightUniverse

universe134 books2006

Set in contemporary.

“Jonathan Maberry's Night is one dark country stitched from horror and hard science, where a weaponized pathogen and an old nightmare called Doctor Nine turn out to haunt the same map.”
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Start with Broken Lands →

includes Rot & Ruin, Joe Ledger, Dead of Night (Maberry), Pine Deep, Joe Ledger / Rot and Ruin, The Sam Hunter Case Files

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