Best Dystopian Books
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introducing the glassborn chronicles
Glass Sleeps in the Dust
They fled a dying Earth to build a better world on Mars. But the Red Planet brought more than dust and radiation – it brought Glass, a deadly illness that mutates across generations. As the sickness spreads and the isolated colony struggles to survive under the watchful eye of an all-controlling AI, one truth becomes clear: the real danger isn’t the disease. It’s the system built to survive it.
Reading Order
Read the books in chronological order shown below – each story builds the legacy of resistance on Mars – or start with Glassborn, the official book one and a perfect entry point if you prefer to begin with a full-length novel.
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On the way to Mars, a secret threatens the future of the entire colony. Exodus reveals the rot at the very heart of the colony, and Children of Glass is a society trying to survive on that crumbling foundation. These two gripping prequels to Glassborn are the perfect place to start the series.
This series is for you if you dig...
- Near-future dystopias
- A resistance that eats the rich
- Snarky dark humor
- Life on the Red Planet
- Bunnies in space
- Queer representation