{"product_id":"tales-from-the-dystopian-future-9798315180906","title":"Tales from the Dystopian Future","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Brent Matley\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Dystopian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTales from the Dystopian Future combines the novellas Swimming at the Precipice and Delusions of Euphoria. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTales features mature themes and language \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSwimming at the Precipice:  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the year 2235, one hundred percent of the population are hooked on the drug Utopia. The drug keeps citizens in an altered state, locked away behind closed doors, wired up to machines - no longer knowing what is reality and what is fiction. No-one knows how long it has been this way, most of the world is now run though automation and AI, an artificial entity overlooks the remnants of humanity. The elite fled the Earth, feeding from the vegetative state humanity now finds itself in. A man only known as Fielder may be the key to saving humanity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 2170, scientist Francesca Mukushina works for the Atlas Corporation, a global corporation who oversee space travel and research - but is there more to them that meets the eye? Will she be able to save her family from a potential devastating event? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFielder is at war with his mind, tormented and exhausted, but not all is lost, as freedom was prophesied. Will he be the key in freeing humanity from its slavery? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrancesca finds herself in a desperate struggle to save her family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSwimming at the Precipice is told from two perspectives, one in the present, one in the past. Join them both in a mind-bending science fiction tale. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDelusions of Euphoria: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e2085. The world is in recovery from an almost apocalyptic event - economic and environmental pressures subdue the population who are not in the lucky 5%. The city is Euphoria, a city with an unending growth of poverty and desperation. For two detectives, they are about to discover a killer with nothing to lose is willing to fight back against the wealthy elite.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45555060834455,"sku":"9798315180906","price":1369.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798315180906.webp?v=1768589341","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/tales-from-the-dystopian-future-9798315180906","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}