Knowledge is Power Struggles
From dystopia to science fiction, any story you find outside conventional reality.
Surrender your disbelief to these metaphorical times and places. Let these stories guide you through the challenges found in everyday life.
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The Power, Nayomi Alderman
Teenage girls develop an electrical current, supernatural power that can inflict extreme pain or even death. With the emergence of this new power the book takes you on a frighteningly realistic journey through the function of power in our World.
The Oracle Year, Charles Soule
One morning Will Dando wakes up remembering his dream about 108 predictions of the future. He sets up a website as The Oracle to publish some of these predictions and what follows is a complex web of events. The book is a compulsive read, sharp witted and challenges you to consider how knowledge, power and faith can change the course of your life.
American War, Omar El Akkad
It is the year 2074, the United States land mass has shrunk significantly, Louisiana, Georgia & South Carolina are submerged under water. States are active battlegrounds and the sky is policed by drones. Sarat Chestnut takes us through what life is like in post apocalyptic America. What you see is a reflection of what would happen if the policies and force we use to protect us were instead used to contain us.
Middle Game, Seanan McGuire
Engineered twins by an alchemical evil genius have equal but opposite gifts. They journey towards their destiny while experiencing both supernatural and human challenges propels them towards “Godhood”
The Immortalists, Chloe Benjamin
When 4 young siblings visit a fortune teller, each is given the date of their death. As small kids, there was no way to know if the prophecy was in fact true. When you watch them grow into their fates you cannot help but wonder if we are in control of our own fate or at the whim of a predetermined destiny. How would you live your life if you knew how much time was really left?
The Dreamers, Karen Walker
In a sleepy college town a deep sleep epidemic comes over students who slip into a far off dream state. Panic takes over the town as cases of this mysterious deep sleep spread quickly and touch all walks of life. The uncertainty takes over and you see what happens to humanity during a heightened threat of existence.
