Series
The Dire Earth
Jason M. Hough · 5 novels · 1 novella · 2013–2017
The Dire Earth Cycle is a trilogy of science fiction novels written by American author Jason M. Hough. The series was simultaneously released in both the United States and the United Kingdom. The first book in the series, The Darwin Elevator, was released in July 2013, and the two sequels, The Exodus Towers and The Plague Forge, were released later that same year. An eBook-only release, The Dire Earth: A Novella, acts as a prequel to the trilogy and reveals more of the main characters' backgrounds.
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Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
Map
The Dire Earth at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 2010s6
Shape
Mood
Grim and intense: 50% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book6 of 6 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- The Exodus Towersdarkest · calmest
- The Darwin Elevatorbrightest · most intense