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SurvivalistSeries
series41 books1981
Post-apocalyptic and science fiction, tense in tone, about war and survival, set in near future and north america.
Start with Total War →
One Second After / John MathersonSeries
series4 books2009
Dark in tone, set in small town.
Start with One Second After →
The Change / The EventSeries
series41 books1998
Adventurous in tone.
“Sixteen different authors, coordinated by Stirling, each contribute stories set in various corners of the suddenly de-industrialized world as survivors scramble to rebuild.”
from the catalogue
Start with Island in the Sea of Time →
Ship BreakerSeries
series3 books2010
Dark in tone.
“Paolo Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker follows Nailer as helping her pulls him out of his abusive father's orbit and into a much larger, more dangerous game involving her family's fortune.”
from the catalogue
Start with Ship Breaker →
Down to a Sunless SeaNovel
David Grahamstandalone novel1979
Dark in tone.
“The title of the book is taken from a line of the poem Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.”
from the catalogue
The Last CenturionNovel
John Ringostandalone novel2008
Military science fiction, dark in tone, about plague and pandemic.