What Dystopia Means to Me

The following is included in the new YA Dystopian Boxed Set, called What Tomorrow May Bring, a collection of 11 awesome YA dystopian novels, including my book, The Moon Dwellers. Download it now for only $2.99 only on Kindle.


I love dystopian novels. And I don't just mean The Hunger Games and Divergent, although I love those ones, too. I've read dozens of dystopian novels and I never seem to get tired of them. For me, dystopian novels capture so much of what makes reading awesome. They explore social issues and imaginative futures that may be only decades, or even years, from coming to pass. They are dark and suspenseful and funny and interesting, and, most of the time, scary.

But what I love the most is that they almost always contain an element of hope. The characters, who are many times thrust into terrible situations, endure and persevere and usually accomplish what they set out to do, against challenging odds. Hope.

 

Do I think any of the themes in dystopian novels will actually come to pass? Absolutely. Hopefully not in my lifetime, or my children’s lifetimes, but bad things will happen and new heroes will have to rise to the forefront and meet the challenges of their day.

 

But for now, I’ll imagine my own futures and the heroes that live them, and do my best to entertain my readers with stories of hope. Starting with my first dystopian novel, The Moon Dwellers. For this series, I’ve created two different societies, one living underground (three books: The Moon Dwellers, The Star Dwellers, The Sun Dwellers), one living aboveground (three books: Fire Country, Ice Country, Water & Storm Country), which then come together in a final epic 7^th book, The Earth Dwellers, where the characters and plot lines smash into one story. I hope you enjoy the dystopian world I’ve created!

 

What Tomorrow May Bring, a YA Dystopian Boxed Set. Get 11 books for the price of 1!

Tomorrow becomes today. What will it bring?

Our potential for good is matched by that of destruction. At any moment, change can fall on the world, people fight and die, and our comfortable lives can be lost to corrupt leaders. These are circumstances we can’t imagine, but places like this exist in the world today.  What if tomorrow brings that grave reality to us, and we wake to find our lives in flux, poverty and confusion? Perhaps humanity’s insatiable appetites drive us to the brink of survival where sanity is redefined and life, as we know it, changes forever.  Tomorrow, our lives could be very dark.  Dystopian tales take us to these lightless places where suffering is a daily chore. But they also show us that in the deepest part of the night, pitched against a backdrop of despair, a beam of hope will shine brighter than ever before. And in our darkest moments, it can show us the way back. 

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Follow 11 authors into 11 dystopian tomorrows, where the dark portions of our humanity have taken hold of today, where the fabric of society is torn and greed consumes us all. Follow us down a dark path. And find out what tomorrow may bring.

Open Minds, Susan Kaye Quinn The Moon Dwellers, David Estes Prison Nation, Jenni Merritt Daynight, Megan Thomason Stitch, Samantha Durante The Annihilation of Foreverland, Tony Bertauski The Girls from Alcyone, Cary Caffrey The Narrowing Path, David J. Normoyle The Rain, Joseph A. Turkot Virulent: The Release, Shelbi Wescott External Forces, Deborah Rix

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The Moon Dwellers is $0.99 from April 21-24!

My most popular YA dystopian novel, The Moon Dwellers, the first book in the Dwellers Saga, is ONLY $0.99 on Kindle and Nook from April 21-24!!  On those dates, you may download the ebook on Amazon and BarnesAndNoble.com for ONLY $0.99!  Take advantage of this chance by getting your copy today!

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I'm so honored that The Dwellers Saga was mentioned in a Buzzfeed article as one of "15 Books Series to Read If You Enjoyed The Hunger Games," along with many other well respected series:  The Divergent Series by Veronica Roth; Delirium by Lauren Oliver, The Gone Series by Michael Grant, along with others.  You can read about the books that make up the list HERE.
The Synopsis:
In a desperate attempt to escape destruction decades earlier, humankind was forced underground, into the depths of the earth, creating a new society called the Tri-Realms. 

After her parents and sister are abducted by the Enforcers, seventeen-year-old Adele, a member of the middle-class moon dwellers, is unjustly sentenced to life in prison for her parents' crimes of treason.

Against all odds, Adele must escape from the Pen and find her family, while being hunted by a deranged, killing machine named Rivet, who works for the President. She is helped by two other inmates, Tawni and Cole, each of whom have dark secrets that are better left undiscovered. Other than her friends, the only thing she has going for her is a wicked roundhouse kick and two fists that have been well-trained for combat by her father.

At the other end of the social spectrum is Tristan, the son of the President and a sun dweller. His mother is gone. He hates his father. Backed by only his servant and best friend, Roc, he leaves his lavish lifestyle in the Sun Realm, seeking to make something good out of his troubled life.

When a war breaks out within the Tri-Realms, Tristan is thrust into the middle of a conflict that seems to mysteriously follow Adele as she seeks to find her family and uncover her parents true past.

In their world, someone must die.

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I hope you all enjoy the Dwellers/Country Sagas, I poured my heart and soul into this 7-book young adult dystopian series, and I'm so glad it's complete so the entire story can be shared with you!

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