Dystopian Women

A Ray Bradbury Prize for Science Fiction, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction Finalist In a near-future world on the brink of collapse, a young woman born into servitude must seize her own freedom in this glittering debut with a brilliant twist—perfect for fans of Station Eleven, Karen Thompson...

After emerging from a coma, Faye Wills opens her eyes to complete darkness and the feeling of being trapped. Soon she discovers she is in no less than a nightmare world and awakens in the worst place imaginable. She is one of thousands of bodies in a makeshift mass grave that was once a football stadium. Left for dead. There are no signs of life and the only sound she hears is the buzzing of flies that follow the stench of death.

★★★★★ "The most engaging post apocalyptic/dystopian thriller I've ever read!" ★★★★★ "Holy Cow!" No Power. No Telephone. No internet. No T.V. No Transport. Nothing. What will you do when the world as we know it stops? For Kate Wolfe, the answer is simple - whatever it takes to protect her family. For Bob Jackson and his militia, it's the day they've been planning for. The day they take control. When the two collide, as the city of Boise falls to ruin, nobody can predict how things will end. ★★★★★ "I put Murray in the same class as Brad Thor, James Rollins, David...

A world ruled by women. A system where men fight to breed. For generations, women have held absolute power, and men exist only to serve. Neen Salvek never questioned the system’s perfection—until she steps inside the Arena Dome and sees the brutal truth with her own eyes. The lies. The control. The violence. Then she meets Tem—a fighter who refuses to kneel. His defiance awakens something within her. A hunger for freedom. For something more. More than obedience. More than order. More than the life she was trained to lead. As their bond deepens, Neen uncovers a secret that could bring ...

It’s November, and Kayla and her group are just trying to make it through the winter so that they can start rebuilding in the Spring. But a mysterious man enters their lives, disrupting their routine. And he’s got secrets. Before long, Kayla finds herself on her way to Austin to stop a possible mass murder. But that’s not all that’s going on. The people behind the Event are still at it, trying to get rid of anyone that won’t go along with their plan. It will become a race against time to stay ahead of them and stop them from destroying what’s left of their world.

Mara Vale has built her life on procedure. As a rising analyst inside a gleaming civic bureaucracy, she believes that rules protect people, that standards create fairness, and that safety belongs to those who stay compliant. Then a high-sensitivity case breaks through her professional distance. Drawn into a rarefied world of influence, luxury, and quiet coercion, Mara begins to see how power really works: not through spectacle, but through curation, access, and quiet conditioning. As approval becomes a weapon and intimacy becomes leverage, the system she trusted starts asking for more than ...

She was born with forbidden fire. He was sworn to destroy it. Their fates were never meant to intertwine… but Aeryndor is burning. Kaelara Veylin has one rule: never let the fire touch your skin where someone can see. In a kingdom where Flamebearers are branded traitors, hiding her magic is the only way to stay alive. But when the Iron Guard hunts her down, Kaelara is forced into an uneasy alliance with three men whose loyalties could shatter the realm: • Dain Arvath — the stoic captain duty-bound to turn her in. • Evríc — a rebel with a smile bright enough to hide a dozen ...

For fans of Emma Cline and Emily St. John Mandel, Westward Women is a hypnotic and hopeful debut—part fever dream, part dystopian road trip that claws its way toward a jaw-dropping finale. This program features multicast narration and light sound design. "An audacious first novel to set beside...

Can one man survive when America falls apart? Forever Free is a series of short novels that chronicle the vicious aftermath of the breakdown of society. Oz Porter, a prepper and former Marine sniper, is a man who prepares for the worst. He thought he’d been to hell and back in Iraq, but when he arrives back in his home town of Copperville, his war is not over. Everything has changed, and nothing is as he remembered. What happened? Is this the end? This epic box set includes the first three Forever Free short novels. Book 1: Last Man Standing When society breaks down, who will keep order? ...

One of PureWow’s 9 Books We Can’t Wait to Read in October! A chilling look into an alternate near future where a woman and her daughter seek refuge in a women-only colony, only to find that the safe haven they were hoping for is the most dangerous place they could be. Miranda Reynolds always...

Esther is a stowaway. She's hidden herself away in the Librarian's book wagon in an attempt to escape the marriage her father has arranged for her - a marriage to the man who was previously engaged to her best friend. Her best friend who she was in love with. Her best friend who was just executed for possession of resistance propaganda. The future American Southwest is full of bandits, fascists, and queer librarian spies on horseback trying to do the right thing.

Stranded on a dead planet with her mortal enemy, a spy must survive and uncover a conspiracy in the first book of an epic space opera trilogy by an award‑winning author. She's a revolutionary. Humanity is running out of options. Habitable planets are being destroyed as quickly as they're found...

Dystopia is better with girls. Lots of them. Mason, a good guy in a post-apocalyptic world tries hard to cling to his values despite the new dystopian society. In a world where most survivors are female, and healthy males are rare, he overcomes his timid personality to draw the most attractive and powerful women to his side. Sexually charged and action packed, Dystopian Girls is an adult oriented novel that puts you in the mind of a respectable young man determined to make the best of a bad situation. When reality begins to match up with fantasy he needs to carefully navigate his journey to...

After a staged terrorist attack kills the President and most of Congress, the government is deposed and taken over by the oppressive and all-controlling Republic of Gilead. Offred is a Handmaid serving in the household of the enigmatic Commander and his bitter wife. She can remember a time when she lived with her husband and daughter and had a job, before she lost even her own name.

Your world is a lie. Your enemies? They're good. Your beliefs? Shattered. What now? The Arena Dome roared with the screams of men fighting for their survival. Neen Salvek, a brilliant scientist, had come to judge them, but instead, she finds herself caught in a fight for freedom that could shatter the very foundations of EVE. In this near-future society, women hold the reins of power, and men are bred for their genes. As Neen unravels a system of exploitation and death, she finds herself drawn to Tem, a fighter defying the system's control, who believes in a world where both men and women ...

BOOK THREE As one reader posted to another: "While each book stands on its own, it is a continuing storyline and growth of the characters. I highly recommend that you start with book one. You won't be sorry." It has been seventeen years since the lights went out. Emma Harding was six-months-old when the global war occurred. Multiple Electro Magnetic Pulse (EMP) attacks resulted in the planet being Plunged Into Darkness. Electricity, grocery stores, weekends of fun with friends and family? Those were mere fantasies for seventeen-year-old Emma. Emma grew up on a homesteaded farm in the middle...

Neen, Tem, Ems, and their allies have fled the fallen Dome, finding refuge in a fragile forest colony. But their newfound freedom is under threat as Herria tightens her hold on High City, injecting women with the potent All-Clan serum, which grants extraordinary power but triggers dangerous aggression. As Neen watches her best friend, Ems, succumb to its dark effects, the struggle for love and equality intertwines with the search for a cure and a revelation about the past that could change everything.

When the world fell silent, survival began. Three novels. One unforgettable journey through the ashes of a world reborn. When a deadly infection shatters civilization, survival becomes more than staying alive—it’s about holding onto humanity. From the first desperate nights underground to the fragile hope of rebuilding, Wild Remnants follows those left behind as they fight, love, and rebuild in the ruins of Far North Queensland. Book One: When the Silence Came As the world collapses, paramedic Ciara fights to protect her daughters and find her missing husband. Every decision means life ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Next to impossible to put down . . . exciting, mysterious, and totally satisfying.”—STEPHEN KING From the author of The Passage comes a riveting standalone novel about a group of survivors on a hidden island utopia—where the truth isn’t what it seems...

After a violent coup in the United States overthrows the Constitution and ushers in a new government regime, the Republic of Gilead imposes subservient roles on all women. Offred, now a Handmaid tasked with the singular role of procreation in the childless household of the enigmatic Commander and his bitter wife, can remember a time when she lived with her husband and daughter and had a job, before she lost everything, even her own name.