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
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
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
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
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