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Tasmanian Gothic

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Synopsis

Sometimes you have to become the thing you hate to find the one you love.

Solari wasn’t alive when the ozone layer split like a gutted fish above Tasmania and spilled radiation over the edge of the stratosphere, but she’s living with the consequences—the mutations, the gangland war, and the border wall that divides the affluent North from the contaminated South. Orphaned and alone in the southern reaches, Solari survives the chaos the only way she knows how: cooking the wildly addictive snowrock for local crime lord, Worcsulakz, and avoiding the mutants that skulk in the lush, untamed wilderness of the Fringes.

But, when her junkie ex-boyfriend puts Solari more firmly in the crime lord’s debt, she runs—escaping the promise of violent retribution with a stolen van, a handful of cash, and a pair of giant wings cleaved from a mutant moth. Grafting the wings to her body will disguise Solari as one of Tasmania’s most reviled, and set her on the dangerous journey through gangland strongholds and carnival towns to the Border Wall in the north.

Hunted by Worcsulakz, the hidden terrors of the Fringes, the secrets in her family’s past, and the deception at the core of her fragile alliance, Solari will need to confront them all or stay condemned to a life of loneliness and brutality.

Perfect for fans of:

China Mieville, Jeff VanderMeer, Kameron Hurley, and Tamsyn Muir

What’s inside:

  • A dark, biopunk thriller that fuses weird gothic horror with dystopian post-apocalyptic terror
  • Breaking Bad x Mad Max vibes
  • Mutant insects
  • Killer thylacines
  • Cat and mouse chase across post-apocalyptic Tasmania

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TASMANIAN GOTHIC by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky

Publisher ‏ : ‎ KYRIJA (July 22, 2022) Language ‏ : ‎ English Paperback ‏ : ‎ 275 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0995421897 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0995421899 Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 410.05g (14.4 ounces) Dimensions ‏ : ‎229mm x 152mm (6 x 0.69 x 9 inches) Spine Width : 15.82 mm (0.62270 in) RRP : AUD 24.99 Return Policy : No Returns Shipping : Free Shipping. Usually prints and ships within 10 business days. Minimum Order : 5 Carton Size : 25 Bookseller Purchase Price: $18.00 per book. Order in multiples of 5 books ($90.00 per 5 books).

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Revolution (Divided Elements #3)

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The thrilling conclusion to the subversive dystopian series Divided Elements.

With her conditioning finally unravelled, Anaiya is free. But her single-minded pursuit to pull down the Orthodoxy is made more complicated with the return of old friends and foes who challenge and fight her for the chance to decide Otpor’s future. In a world of fragile trust and heavy betrayals – will Anaiya finally get what she wants? Or will she, too, join the legacy of her former mentor – the infamous Original Resistor, Kane 148?

Perfect for fans of:

Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, Pierce Brown’s Red Rising, and Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451

What’s inside:

  • Themes of identity and resistance against the carnival atmosphere of a dystopian Paris
  • Off the grid and on the run
  • Reluctant partners
  • David and Goliath battle

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Rebellion (Divided Elements #2)

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The enemy of my enemy is my… well, it’s complicated.

The sky over the Edges shimmers then falters. Hovering between night and day, the dawn has come and trapped it between two very different realities – blurring it at the fringes until it becomes impossible to tell whether it is in one state or the other.
Maybe both, maybe neither. Maybe something altogether different.

In the anticipated sequel to Mikhaeyla Kopievsky’s award-winning debut, Resistance, Anaiya 234 finds herself abandoned and reviled by both the Fire and Air Elements. While desperate to stay off the radar and keep her own Heterodoxy hidden, her guilt and need for redemption drive her back into the conflict that first unraveled her identity.

But Otpor has changed – now a battleground scarred by violent attacks and reprisals. And Anaiya is no longer the Elemental she once was. Forced to confront her fractured identity and forge new relationships, will Anaiya’s past come back to haunt her…or save her?

Perfect for fans of:

Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, Pierce Brown’s Red Rising, and Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451

What’s inside:

  • Themes of identity, betrayal, and resistance against the carnival atmosphere of a dystopian Paris
  • Double-agent deception
  • Unlikely pairings
  • Hidden world mystery

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Resistance (Divided Elements #1)

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Utopia comes at a cost. Not everyone is willing to pay the pay the price.

From the moment you are born, you are conditioned to know this truth: Unorthodoxy is wrong action, Heterodoxy is wrong thought. The first will lead to your Detention. The second to your Execution.

A century from now, the walled city-state of a future Paris is enjoying its Golden Age. The horrors of the Singularity forgotten, citizens revel in an intoxicating mix of abandon and apathy made possible by the Orthodoxy—a new world order where everything is engineered for maximum efficiency, including identities. Dividing the population into four neuro-social classes has allowed the government to maintain control and ensure its citizens exist in complete equality, fraternity, and liberty. But, not everyone is satisfied with the status quo.

Anaiya, a Peacekeeper aligned to the single-minded Fire class, has dedicated her life to enforcing the rules. Unlike other citizens, she has extra motivation to prove herself loyal: she’s still tarnished by the legacy of her Heterodox mentor, the infamous Kane 148. So, when forbidden murals start appearing on crumbling walls calling for citizens to rebel, Anaiya will do anything to bring down the growing resistance movement—even if it means sacrificing her identity.

Realigned from her proud Fire identity to an irrational and unpredictable Air, Anaiya goes deep undercover in search of the growing rebellion. But, with her dual nature pulling her in opposite directions and her mind fracturing under the pressure, her convictions waver and her hold on the truth starts to slip. As the city descends into chaos, Anaiya is left with a fatal choice: stay loyal to her mission, or risk it all for her new identity and the resistance that has shown her a different truth.

Resistance is the award-winning first book in the dark and subversive dystopian trilogy, Divided Elements.

Winner of 2017 OneBookTwo Standout Award
Semi-Finalist in Hugh Howey and Duncan Swan’s inaugural SPSF Competition 2021

Perfect for fans of:

Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, Pierce Brown’s Red Rising, and Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451

What’s inside:

  • Themes of identity, betrayal, and resistance against the carnival atmosphere of a dystopian Paris
  • Undercover deception
  • Unlikely pairings
  • Confronting prejudice and bias

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Revelation (Divided Elements #0.5)

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Utopia isn’t for everyone.

Once known as Paris, the walled city-state of Otpor is enjoying a new Golden Age. The horrors of the Singularity and Emancipation forgotten, citizens revel in a veritable utopia of abandon and apathy, all made possible by the Orthodoxy—a new world order where everything is engineered to maximum efficiency, including identities.

But, Lira—conditioned to be a Cleaner—wants something more. Risking detention by the authorities, her thieving ways have put her in contact with an opportunistic scammer and both of them in the path of dangerous secrets about Otpor’s history and its dominant ideology, the Orthodoxy.

In a world where acting outside the predetermined borders of your identity lead you to the execution pillar, Lira’s discoveries threaten to destabilise the carefully constructed order of Otpor and trigger a revolution decades in the making.

Revelation is the standalone origin novella to the subversive dystopian trilogy, Divided Elements.

Perfect for fans of:

Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, Pierce Brown’s Red Rising, and Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451

What’s inside:

  • Themes of identity, betrayal, and resistance against the carnival atmosphere of a dystopian Paris
  • Unlikely pairings
  • Pushing against societal boundaries and constraints
  • Daring to dream

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