The end has already come. This is what followed.Within just two years, more than five billion people disappeared, leaving no trace.For those left behind, it was a matter of survival. Some opted out, unable to find a place for themselves in this new world. Others struggled on, trying their best to reclaim the lives they once had. And some people thrived.This is a collection of their stories. The survivers, the deserted. Those still clinging to hope, and those who hav...

Everyone knows the devil lives on Gotliss Street. Now, someone’s knocking at his door.For more than 200 years, the harbourside street has existed in isolation, walled off from the city it was once a part of. Its people live happily, never wanting more. Most of them, at least.Erinyth has never felt like she belonged. When she gains an apprenticeship under the notary, she uncovers how deep the secrets run, and just how much of an outsider she is.After...

It was tiring carrying other people’s memories. They got heavy, particularly the bad ones.Kioto is a memory trader, hired to extract people’s unwanted memories. It’s a dangerous job, one that she was born into, and one that makes her an outcast.When she stumbles upon a memory that casts doubt over everything she thought she knew, she’s forced to face the past she’s been running from. She doesn’t have long to discover the truth, and she soon learns that the ...

Would you die for your freedom?Could you kill for it?In Falside, the birth rate of girls has fallen to a catastrophically low level. Girls are now owned by the administration; controlled, tracked, and forced into arranged marriages.The Paper Duchess is home to the resistance, who plan to change everything.If you love epic struggles for justice and dark dystopian thrillers, you'll love The Paper Duchess series. Grab the full boxset and start exploring this da...

The fate of the world lies in Mads Cole's hands. But her hands are shaking, and she might not be able to hold on.A fugitive from the corrupt power of Silverworth Industries, Mads heads for the refuge of Altar City. But in her efforts to escape present dangers, she's running headlong into a past she's been avoiding.Overwhelmed by emotions she thought were buried, her life becomes entangled with the fate of The Knot and the secrets concealed in its cavern. Sh...

Would you kill for your freedom?Would you die for it?Maeve was six when they took her mother away, and left her in the care of her Uncle Lou: a drunk, a misogynist, a fraud.For eleven years she's lived with him in Falside's slums, deep in the silt of the Falwere River. She bottles his miracle medicine, stocks his apothecary shop, and endures his savage temper.But as his violence escalates, and his lies come undone, she devises a plan to escape him forever. E...

Not everyone is born innocent.A generation of defective children were abandoned. They grew up on the fringes, without rights, without a way to change their fate.Small-time journalist Kenton Hicks is driven to tell their stories, but these are not stories everyone wants told. As he digs deeper, he finds that the discovery of the criminal gene, the foundation of their crime-free utopia, isn’t quite the salvation it promised to be.Armed with a book tha...

Living in the rubble of a destroyed world caught in perpetual winter, Hannah relies on her troubled brother, Luke, for survival.When his dark past arrives in the form of an unwelcome guest, Luke disappears, and Hannah finds herself facing the danger alone.But he left a trail of clues, offering Hannah an escape across the snow. With few choices left, she sets out on a perilous journey she may not survive.A post-apocalyptic Christmas story of finding hope in a hopeles...

Mads Cole's life was already difficult. Now it's downright dangerous.Raising a child alone alongside a gruelling apprenticeship is hard enough. But their city sits above the vast cavern of a confined titan reptilia: one of the gigantic, ancient creatures that once sought to eradicate mankind.And when her employer gives her a new assignment, a pay rise, and a threat to keep her mouth shut, she finds herself part of a corporate plot to unearth the titan. A pl...

“This time, there has to be a sacrifice.”Sula’s bad choices keep haunting her. Choices that now make her a fugitive, along with a girl whose very existence breaks international law.They’re running for their lives, and the one woman with the power to help them has her own ghosts to deal with.As the army closes in, their time is running out, and the fate of the world rests on their shoulders.

“There was a time when a girl’s wedding day was the happiest day of her life.”In Falside, girls are a rare commodity; protected, controlled, and tracked by the administration. They spend their days idly waiting to be married off to the highest bidder.When the marriage announcements include Tale’s lover, Freda, the women will do anything to stop the match from happening.Their relationship is forbidden, and as members of the resistance, they’re alread...

How long would you wait?How long could you hope?Within just two years, more than five billion people disappeared, leaving no trace behind. When her parents vanish, Leanne clings to hope and waits for them to come home, all the while worrying she’s losing her brother to a local gang.When a missing girl returns, Leanne sees her chance to get some answers. But as the world unravels around her, it releases horrors that were best kept hidden.And she’s not the onl...