{"title":"Dystopian Book Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrowse all of the dystopian books from the Stories of Wonder online bookstore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCan't find something? Head over to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/shop\/storiesofwonder\" title=\"Stories of Wonder bookshop.org Affiliate Page\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ebookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e for more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNote: This collection is not for apocalyptic fiction. While some dystopian stories do become apocalyptic, it is a separate genre category. Please see the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.storiesofwonder.com\/collections\/apocalypse\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Apocalyptic Book Collection\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eApocalyptic Book Collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"ruins-lily-brooks-dalton","title":"Ruins","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom critically acclaimed, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Light Pirate\u003c\/i\u003e comes a powerful, deeply resonant novel about an ambitious archaeologist in pursuit of a rare artifact from an ancient civilization that would not only change her life but potentially society at large.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProfessor Ember Agni is a rising star in archeology, trying to balance an unfulfilling career in academia and a crumbling marriage, all while pursuing her true passion: unearthing a lost empire that no one else believes existed. Just as she's about to give up on the ambitious expedition she spent a decade trying to fund, a message arrives from overseas. A former student claims to have found something extraordinary--an artifact that hints at the forgotten world lying beneath history's tidy surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith vindication finally within reach, Ember risks everything for the sake of discovery and undertakes an odyssey that will either make her name or ruin her. Driven by unwavering faith in her vision of the past, she challenges the limits of her nation, her colleagues, and herself in order to exhume the missing pieces of how humanity began. 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With \u003ci\u003eThe Emergency\u003c\/i\u003e, he returns to fiction, bringing us a visionary novel that goes to the nerve center of what it means to live in a time of fracture and upheaval.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn empire has collapsed from boredom and loss of faith in itself. In the Emergency that follows, youth rebellions of urban Burghers and rural Yeomen embrace radical new ideas of humanity. Doctor Hugo Rustin, chief surgeon at the Imperial College Hospital, is increasingly estranged from his city and his family--from his wife, Annabelle, who finds fulfillment in their changed community; and especially from his teenage daughter, Selva, who has turned against her father's values. 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