🏚️ Fallen Civilization

Haunting visions of once-great societies reduced to ruins, memory, and myth. These books ask what endures when everything a culture built collapses.

In the Country of Last Things. by Paul Auster

by Paul Auster • 1987

Anna searches a nameless, crumbling city for her brother while hunger and forgetting consume all.

3.91

16k+

✉️ Epistolary Dystopia 🏚️ Collapsing City 🤝 Found Family

In the Country of Last Things. by Paul Auster Summary

In the Country of Last Things. by Paul Auster 89%

Anna searches a nameless, crumbling city for her brother while hunger and forgetting consume all.

by Paul Auster 1987

3.91

16k+ ratings

✉️ Epistolary Dystopia 🏚️ Collapsing City 🤝 Found Family

As Our World Ends

by Jack Hunt • 2020

A fractured family navigates a lawless America after a cyberattack, racing to rescue their daughter.

4.18

1k+

🖥️ Grid-Down Survival 💔 Broken Family Bonds 👥 Ragtag Survivors

As Our World Ends 88%

A fractured family navigates a lawless America after a cyberattack, racing to rescue their daughter.

by Jack Hunt 2020

4.18

1k+ ratings

🖥️ Grid-Down Survival 💔 Broken Family Bonds 👥 Ragtag Survivors

The Tower

by Colin Wilson • 1987

Giant telepathic spiders rule the earth, and one boy's mind holds the power they cannot break.

4.02

509

🧠 Psychic Dystopia 🕷️ Giant Spiders 🏭 Engineered Society

The Tower 88%

Giant telepathic spiders rule the earth, and one boy's mind holds the power they cannot break.

by Colin Wilson 1987

4.02

509 ratings

🧠 Psychic Dystopia 🕷️ Giant Spiders 🏭 Engineered Society

The Gunslinger

by Stephen King • 1982

A gunslinger tracks a dark sorcerer through a dead world toward the tower binding all creation.

3.91

669k+

🤠 Weird Western 🏜️ Desert Wasteland 🎯 Obsessive Quest

The Gunslinger 88%

A gunslinger tracks a dark sorcerer through a dead world toward the tower binding all creation.

by Stephen King 1982

3.91

669k+ ratings

🤠 Weird Western 🏜️ Desert Wasteland 🎯 Obsessive Quest

Commune

by Joshua Gayou • 2017

After a plague, a lone survivor leads three strangers across a dead America to Wyoming.

4.18

3k+

🦠 Plague Apocalypse 🌍 Grounded Apocalypse 🫂 Found Family

Commune 88%

After a plague, a lone survivor leads three strangers across a dead America to Wyoming.

by Joshua Gayou 2017

4.18

3k+ ratings

🦠 Plague Apocalypse 🌍 Grounded Apocalypse 🫂 Found Family

The Waste Lands

by Stephen King • 1991

A gunslinger's band must out-riddle a psychotic monorail to cross the waste lands.

4.25

250k+

🌀 Multiverse Journey 💛 Found Family 🤖 Sentient Machine

The Waste Lands 88%

A gunslinger's band must out-riddle a psychotic monorail to cross the waste lands.

by Stephen King 1991

4.25

250k+ ratings

🌀 Multiverse Journey 💛 Found Family 🤖 Sentient Machine

The Fifth Season

by N.K. Jemisin • 2015

Her son murdered, her daughter taken, an orogene mother must wield the power that broke the earth.

4.28

339k+

💀 Dying Earth ⛓️ Oppressed Mages 🔪 Mother'S Vengeance

The Fifth Season 88%

Her son murdered, her daughter taken, an orogene mother must wield the power that broke the earth.

by N.K. Jemisin 2015

4.28

339k+ ratings

💀 Dying Earth ⛓️ Oppressed Mages 🔪 Mother'S Vengeance

The History of the Ancient World

by Susan Wise Bauer • 2007

The recurring patterns that built and then quietly destroyed ancient civs from Sumer to Rome.

4.11

7k+

🏛️ Ancient Civilizations 🌍 World History 🔄 Empire Cycles

The History of the Ancient World Summary

The History of the Ancient World 88%

The recurring patterns that built and then quietly destroyed ancient civs from Sumer to Rome.

by Susan Wise Bauer 2007

4.11

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Civilizations 🌍 World History 🔄 Empire Cycles

The Collapse of Complex Societies

by Joseph A. Tainter • 1988

Society's greatest threat isn't invasion; it's the rising cost of keeping itself organized.

4.15

2k+

🏚️ Societal Collapse 🕸️ Complex Systems 📉 Diminishing Returns

The Collapse of Complex Societies Summary

The Collapse of Complex Societies 88%

Society's greatest threat isn't invasion; it's the rising cost of keeping itself organized.

by Joseph A. Tainter 1988

4.15

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Societal Collapse 🕸️ Complex Systems 📉 Diminishing Returns

Ghosts

by Nicholas Sansbury Smith • 2017

Aboard humanity's last airship, survival means dropping into a monster-filled wasteland to scavenge.

4.25

9k+

🪂 Drop Team Survival 🏜️ Wasteland Survival ✈️ Airship Society

Ghosts 88%

Aboard humanity's last airship, survival means dropping into a monster-filled wasteland to scavenge.

by Nicholas Sansbury Smith 2017

4.25

9k+ ratings

🪂 Drop Team Survival 🏜️ Wasteland Survival ✈️ Airship Society

King of Thorns

by Mark Lawrence • 2012

Besieged by an empire, a teenage king unlocks a copper box of horrors he buried inside.

4.18

71k+

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 💀 Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy 🗡️ Antihero Protagonist

King of Thorns 88%

Besieged by an empire, a teenage king unlocks a copper box of horrors he buried inside.

by Mark Lawrence 2012

4.18

71k+ ratings

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 💀 Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy 🗡️ Antihero Protagonist

Fingerprints of the Gods

by Graham Hancock • 1995

Maps of ice-free Antarctica. Flood myths with astronomical codes. Who left them?

4.15

16k+

🏛️ Lost Civilizations 🔍 Ancient Mysteries ⭐ Ancient Astronomy

Fingerprints of the Gods 88%

Maps of ice-free Antarctica. Flood myths with astronomical codes. Who left them?

by Graham Hancock 1995

4.15

16k+ ratings

🏛️ Lost Civilizations 🔍 Ancient Mysteries ⭐ Ancient Astronomy

The Inverted World

by Christopher Priest • 1974

A city rolls north to outrun a twisted world. An apprentice bound by secrecy doubts reality.

3.95

11k+

📖 New Wave Science Fiction 👁️ Unreliable Reality 🔍 Secret Societies

The Inverted World 88%

A city rolls north to outrun a twisted world. An apprentice bound by secrecy doubts reality.

by Christopher Priest 1974

3.95

11k+ ratings

📖 New Wave Science Fiction 👁️ Unreliable Reality 🔍 Secret Societies

Metro 2033

by Dmitry Glukhovsky • 2013

To stop the creatures menacing his home, a young man journeys through the haunted Moscow metro.

4.03

78k+

🌃 Russian Dystopia ☢️ Nuclear Winter 🚇 Underground City

Metro 2033 88%

To stop the creatures menacing his home, a young man journeys through the haunted Moscow metro.

by Dmitry Glukhovsky 2013

4.03

78k+ ratings

🌃 Russian Dystopia ☢️ Nuclear Winter 🚇 Underground City

Station Eleven

by Emily St. John Mandel • 2014

A pandemic erases the world; a traveling Shakespeare troupe becomes what remains of human culture.

4.07

623k+

🖋️ Literary Dystopia 🌫️ Quiet Apocalypse 🕸️ Interconnected Lives

Station Eleven 88%

A pandemic erases the world; a traveling Shakespeare troupe becomes what remains of human culture.

by Emily St. John Mandel 2014

4.07

623k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Dystopia 🌫️ Quiet Apocalypse 🕸️ Interconnected Lives

Ashes of Man

by Christopher Ruocchio • 2022

A broken hero returns to an empire as an alien prophet unites the enemy for annihilation.

4.48

16k+

🚀 Military Space Opera ✨ Science Fantasy 😔 Survivor Guilt

Ashes of Man 88%

A broken hero returns to an empire as an alien prophet unites the enemy for annihilation.

by Christopher Ruocchio 2022

4.48

16k+ ratings

🚀 Military Space Opera ✨ Science Fantasy 😔 Survivor Guilt

Commune

by Joshua Gayou • 2018

A mountain commune is occupied. To reclaim it, survivors must risk becoming monsters themselves.

4.32

1k+

🏚️ Post-Apocalyptic Community ⚖️ Survivor Politics 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Commune 87%

A mountain commune is occupied. To reclaim it, survivors must risk becoming monsters themselves.

by Joshua Gayou 2018

4.32

1k+ ratings

🏚️ Post-Apocalyptic Community ⚖️ Survivor Politics 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Destroyer

by Michael-Scott Earle • 2016

He wakes in a crypt, memory gone; they came for a savior and found a monster.

4.00

4k+

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy ⚔️ Military Fantasy 🧠 Amnesiac Warrior

The Destroyer 87%

He wakes in a crypt, memory gone; they came for a savior and found a monster.

by Michael-Scott Earle 2016

4.00

4k+ ratings

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy ⚔️ Military Fantasy 🧠 Amnesiac Warrior

When the Sky Fell

by Rand Flem-Ath • 1995

Ancient maps reveal an ice-free Antarctica. The civilization that charted it may still be there.

3.92

278

⚱️ Lost Civilizations 📜 Alternative History 🌊 Catastrophism

When the Sky Fell 87%

Ancient maps reveal an ice-free Antarctica. The civilization that charted it may still be there.

by Rand Flem-Ath 1995

3.92

278 ratings

⚱️ Lost Civilizations 📜 Alternative History 🌊 Catastrophism

After 1177 B.C.

by Eric H. Cline • 2024

Not every civilization collapsed in 1177 B.C. Egypt barely coped; Phoenicia and Cyprus thrived.

3.77

2k+

🌊 Ancient Mediterranean 💥 Societal Collapse 🔄 Resilience Theory

After 1177 B.C. 87%

Not every civilization collapsed in 1177 B.C. Egypt barely coped; Phoenicia and Cyprus thrived.

by Eric H. Cline 2024

3.77

2k+ ratings

🌊 Ancient Mediterranean 💥 Societal Collapse 🔄 Resilience Theory

Slow Gods

by Claire North • 2025

A debtor survives a procedure that should kill him. An ancient machine warns the galaxy will burn.

4.00

5k+

🚀 Philosophical Space Opera 👤 Immortal Outsider 🌌 Elegiac

Slow Gods 87%

A debtor survives a procedure that should kill him. An ancient machine warns the galaxy will burn.

by Claire North 2025

4.00

5k+ ratings

🚀 Philosophical Space Opera 👤 Immortal Outsider 🌌 Elegiac

The Slynx

by Tatyana Tolstaya • 2007

In frozen, mutated Russia, a scribe copies a tyrant's decrees as a forest beast steals minds.

3.81

6k+

📚 Forbidden Books 🧠 Cultural Amnesia 😈 Dark Absurdist Humor

The Slynx 87%

In frozen, mutated Russia, a scribe copies a tyrant's decrees as a forest beast steals minds.

by Tatyana Tolstaya 2007

3.81

6k+ ratings

📚 Forbidden Books 🧠 Cultural Amnesia 😈 Dark Absurdist Humor

Magicians of the Gods

by Graham Hancock • 2015

A comet erased a lost civilization 12,800 years ago; the evidence is sealed in megaliths worldwide.

4.17

7k+

🏛️ Lost Civilizations 🔍 Alternative Archaeology ⭐ Ancient Astronomy

Magicians of the Gods 87%

A comet erased a lost civilization 12,800 years ago; the evidence is sealed in megaliths worldwide.

by Graham Hancock 2015

4.17

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Lost Civilizations 🔍 Alternative Archaeology ⭐ Ancient Astronomy

The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival

by John Bagot Glubb • 1978

Ten generations: energy, conquest, affluence, decay. The West is running out of time.

4.21

751

🏛️ Imperial Decay 🔄 Cyclical History 🌍 Geopolitics

The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival Summary

The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival 87%

Ten generations: energy, conquest, affluence, decay. The West is running out of time.

by John Bagot Glubb 1978

4.21

751 ratings

🏛️ Imperial Decay 🔄 Cyclical History 🌍 Geopolitics

The Passage

by Justin Cronin • 2010

A government experiment unleashes a vampiric plague, and a child may be the world's only hope.

4.05

224k+

🧛 Vampire Apocalypse 🏘️ Walled Colony 🛡️ Reluctant Protector

The Passage 87%

A government experiment unleashes a vampiric plague, and a child may be the world's only hope.

by Justin Cronin 2010

4.05

224k+ ratings

🧛 Vampire Apocalypse 🏘️ Walled Colony 🛡️ Reluctant Protector

Anti-Tech Revolution

by Theodore John Kaczynski • 2016

The technological world system is a self-driving machine no one steers and nothing stops.

3.95

630

🏕️ Anarcho-Primitivism ✊ Revolutionary Theory 🔄 Systems Thinking

Anti-Tech Revolution 87%

The technological world system is a self-driving machine no one steers and nothing stops.

by Theodore John Kaczynski 2016

3.95

630 ratings

🏕️ Anarcho-Primitivism ✊ Revolutionary Theory 🔄 Systems Thinking

Against the Grain

by James C. Scott • 2017

Every early state ran on a cereal grain. The rest of the story is coercion, plague, and collapse.

4.13

5k+

🏛️ Early State Formation 🌾 Agrarian Societies ⛓️ Unfree Labor

Against the Grain 87%

Every early state ran on a cereal grain. The rest of the story is coercion, plague, and collapse.

by James C. Scott 2017

4.13

5k+ ratings

🏛️ Early State Formation 🌾 Agrarian Societies ⛓️ Unfree Labor

Princeps' Fury

by Jim Butcher • 2008

Ancient foes must unite when a magic-stealing enemy threatens to devour both their worlds.

4.38

67k+

🏛️ Roman-Inspired Fantasy ⚔️ Military Fantasy 🗳️ Political Fantasy

Princeps' Fury 87%

Ancient foes must unite when a magic-stealing enemy threatens to devour both their worlds.

by Jim Butcher 2008

4.38

67k+ ratings

🏛️ Roman-Inspired Fantasy ⚔️ Military Fantasy 🗳️ Political Fantasy

The End of the World As We Know It

by Christopher Golden • 2025

A flu kills billions; survivors dream of a compassionate elder or a wicked charmer.

3.84

8k+

🦠 Pandemic Apocalypse 👥 Found Family 🧬 Mutant Outcasts

The End of the World As We Know It Summary

The End of the World As We Know It 87%

A flu kills billions; survivors dream of a compassionate elder or a wicked charmer.

by Christopher Golden 2025

3.84

8k+ ratings

🦠 Pandemic Apocalypse 👥 Found Family 🧬 Mutant Outcasts

The Cradle of Ice

by James Rollins • 2023

A young woman with a forbidden voice sails to stop the moon from ending the world.

4.06

5k+

⚙️ Science Fantasy 🌋 Apocalyptic Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Cradle of Ice 87%

A young woman with a forbidden voice sails to stop the moon from ending the world.

by James Rollins 2023

4.06

5k+ ratings

⚙️ Science Fantasy 🌋 Apocalyptic Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Claw of the Conciliator

by Gene Wolfe • 1981

A torturer with perfect memory crosses a dying world, a dead woman's voice inside his skull.

4.01

18k+

🏚️ Dying Earth 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator ⚖️ Guilt And Atonement

The Claw of the Conciliator 87%

A torturer with perfect memory crosses a dying world, a dead woman's voice inside his skull.

by Gene Wolfe 1981

4.01

18k+ ratings

🏚️ Dying Earth 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator ⚖️ Guilt And Atonement

The Decline of the West

by Oswald Spengler • 1918

History does not climb a ladder. It traces a life cycle, and the West has reached winter.

4.06

2k+

🔄 Civilizational Cycles 🌱 Organic View Of History 📉 Decline And Fall

The Decline of the West 87%

History does not climb a ladder. It traces a life cycle, and the West has reached winter.

by Oswald Spengler 1918

4.06

2k+ ratings

🔄 Civilizational Cycles 🌱 Organic View Of History 📉 Decline And Fall

One Second After

by William R. Forstchen • 2009

An EMP erases civilization. A widowed professor must keep his daughters alive as his town starves.

3.98

77k+

🏕️ Survivalist Fiction ⚡ Grid Collapse 🫡 Reluctant Leader

One Second After 87%

An EMP erases civilization. A widowed professor must keep his daughters alive as his town starves.

by William R. Forstchen 2009

3.98

77k+ ratings

🏕️ Survivalist Fiction ⚡ Grid Collapse 🫡 Reluctant Leader

Emperor of Thorns

by Mark Lawrence • 2013

A tyrant king must seize the throne and confront the undead horror unleashed by his past.

4.22

58k+

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 🗡️ Anti-Hero Protagonist 🔄 Redemption Arc

Emperor of Thorns 87%

A tyrant king must seize the throne and confront the undead horror unleashed by his past.

by Mark Lawrence 2013

4.22

58k+ ratings

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 🗡️ Anti-Hero Protagonist 🔄 Redemption Arc

BEYOND EXTINCTION

by John Keeble • 2018

A geneticist's refuge becomes a lab; his lover, a numan; his DNA, a museum of extinction.

3.83

138

🧬 Genetic Dystopia 🧬 Species Replacement 🧠 Genetic Memory

BEYOND EXTINCTION 87%

A geneticist's refuge becomes a lab; his lover, a numan; his DNA, a museum of extinction.

by John Keeble 2018

3.83

138 ratings

🧬 Genetic Dystopia 🧬 Species Replacement 🧠 Genetic Memory

The Adam & Eve Story

by Chan Thomas • 1993

Frozen mammoths, flood myths, and a crust that slips in hours: the next global reset is overdue.

3.81

620

🏔️ Catastrophism 🧭 Pole Shift Theory 🗿 Lost Civilizations

The Adam & Eve Story 87%

Frozen mammoths, flood myths, and a crust that slips in hours: the next global reset is overdue.

by Chan Thomas 1993

3.81

620 ratings

🏔️ Catastrophism 🧭 Pole Shift Theory 🗿 Lost Civilizations

Suicide of a Superpower

by Patrick J. Buchanan • 2011

America didn't fall; it jumped. The ideas shredding it are its own choices, not enemy blows.

4.05

844

📉 American Decline 🏛️ Paleoconservatism 🏭 Economic Nationalism

Suicide of a Superpower 87%

America didn't fall; it jumped. The ideas shredding it are its own choices, not enemy blows.

by Patrick J. Buchanan 2011

4.05

844 ratings

📉 American Decline 🏛️ Paleoconservatism 🏭 Economic Nationalism

A Search for Starlight

by James Maxwell • 2021

A mystic and her warrior lover enter alien territory to halt a war of extinction.

4.34

4k+

🧬 Science Fantasy 🗡️ Reluctant Hero 👁️ Psychic Visions

A Search for Starlight 87%

A mystic and her warrior lover enter alien territory to halt a war of extinction.

by James Maxwell 2021

4.34

4k+ ratings

🧬 Science Fantasy 🗡️ Reluctant Hero 👁️ Psychic Visions

Star Wars

by Matthew Woodring Stover • 2005

The Jedi's brightest hope, to save his wife, makes a pact that forges a dark Empire.

4.32

26k+

🚀 Epic Space Opera 💔 Fallen Hero 🕶️ Dark Mentorship

Star Wars 87%

The Jedi's brightest hope, to save his wife, makes a pact that forges a dark Empire.

by Matthew Woodring Stover 2005

4.32

26k+ ratings

🚀 Epic Space Opera 💔 Fallen Hero 🕶️ Dark Mentorship

The Sheep Look Up

by John Brunner • 2003

America is dying of its own poison, and the people who warned us are being hunted.

3.91

6k+

☣️ Ecological Dystopia 🗣️ Reluctant Prophet 🧩 Fragmented Narrative

The Sheep Look Up 87%

America is dying of its own poison, and the people who warned us are being hunted.

by John Brunner 2003

3.91

6k+ ratings

☣️ Ecological Dystopia 🗣️ Reluctant Prophet 🧩 Fragmented Narrative

The New Leviathans

by John Gray • 2023

Humans kill for meaning, not markets. Liberalism forgot this. The leviathans remembered.

3.42

980

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📉 Western Decline 🔄 Cyclical History

The New Leviathans 87%

Humans kill for meaning, not markets. Liberalism forgot this. The leviathans remembered.

by John Gray 2023

3.42

980 ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📉 Western Decline 🔄 Cyclical History

Decline and Fall

by John Michael Greer • 2014

Empires are wealth pumps. America's runs on oil, nearly dry. The collapse cycle is inevitable.

4.29

156

🏛️ American Empire 📉 Imperial Decline 🔄 Cyclical History

Decline and Fall 87%

Empires are wealth pumps. America's runs on oil, nearly dry. The collapse cycle is inevitable.

by John Michael Greer 2014

4.29

156 ratings

🏛️ American Empire 📉 Imperial Decline 🔄 Cyclical History

How to Save the West

by Spencer Klavan • 2023

The West's unraveling isn't political. It's philosophical, and the remedy is older than the problem.

4.27

468

🏛️ Western Civilization 📉 Cultural Decline 🏺 Classical Philosophy

How to Save the West 87%

The West's unraveling isn't political. It's philosophical, and the remedy is older than the problem.

by Spencer Klavan 2023

4.27

468 ratings

🏛️ Western Civilization 📉 Cultural Decline 🏺 Classical Philosophy

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume I

by Edward Gibbon • 1776

What undid Rome: a bought army, a mad emperor, and a religion that rejected earthly power.

4.17

4k+

⛲ Ancient Rome 📉 Imperial Decline ✝️ Early Christianity

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume I Summary

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume I 87%

What undid Rome: a bought army, a mad emperor, and a religion that rejected earthly power.

by Edward Gibbon 1776

4.17

4k+ ratings

⛲ Ancient Rome 📉 Imperial Decline ✝️ Early Christianity

The Rule of Three

by Eric Walters • 2014

A tech collapse forces a teen to lead his neighborhood's defense against a ruthless enemy.

4.00

8k+

💻 Tech Collapse 🫂 Found Family 🛡️ Makeshift Militia

The Rule of Three 87%

A tech collapse forces a teen to lead his neighborhood's defense against a ruthless enemy.

by Eric Walters 2014

4.00

8k+ ratings

💻 Tech Collapse 🫂 Found Family 🛡️ Makeshift Militia

Shift

by Hugh Howey • 2013

An architect wakes from frozen sleep to learn his shelters were built to cull, not save.

4.13

157k+

💣 Engineered Apocalypse 🏚️ Underground Bunker 🧠 Memory Erasure

Shift 87%

An architect wakes from frozen sleep to learn his shelters were built to cull, not save.

by Hugh Howey 2013

4.13

157k+ ratings

💣 Engineered Apocalypse 🏚️ Underground Bunker 🧠 Memory Erasure

Dust

by Hugh Howey • 2013

Every exile poisons the world further; survivors must cross dead land to reach the only green.

4.23

141k+

🏚️ Post-Apocalyptic Bunker 🕵️ Global Conspiracy ✊ Dystopian Rebellion

Dust 87%

Every exile poisons the world further; survivors must cross dead land to reach the only green.

by Hugh Howey 2013

4.23

141k+ ratings

🏚️ Post-Apocalyptic Bunker 🕵️ Global Conspiracy ✊ Dystopian Rebellion

The Kill Order

by James Dashner • 2012

A mind-shredding virus sweeps the wasteland. One immune child is the cure; her protectors go mad.

3.71

263k+

🦠 Viral Outbreak 😱 Survival Horror 👧 Immune Child

The Kill Order 87%

A mind-shredding virus sweeps the wasteland. One immune child is the cure; her protectors go mad.

by James Dashner 2012

3.71

263k+ ratings

🦠 Viral Outbreak 😱 Survival Horror 👧 Immune Child

The Next Civil War

by Stephen Marche • 2022

One in four Americans support secession. A journalist models the scenarios that could tip the rest.

3.68

2k+

🇺🇸 American Decline ⚡ Political Polarization ⚔️ Civil Conflict

The Next Civil War 87%

One in four Americans support secession. A journalist models the scenarios that could tip the rest.

by Stephen Marche 2022

3.68

2k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Decline ⚡ Political Polarization ⚔️ Civil Conflict

Empire of Silence

by Christopher Ruocchio • 2018

Disowned and hunted, a nobleman fights in the gladiator pits of a backwater planet.

3.95

55k+

🏛️ Galactic Empire 👑 Fallen Noble 🤝 Found Family

Empire of Silence 87%

Disowned and hunted, a nobleman fights in the gladiator pits of a backwater planet.

by Christopher Ruocchio 2018

3.95

55k+ ratings

🏛️ Galactic Empire 👑 Fallen Noble 🤝 Found Family

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