“Recalls such religious dystopian narratives as Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments. . . . Impassioned pro-green military SF featuring drone combat, corrupted religiosity, and insidious propaganda.” — Kirkus Reviews
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“A dynamic dystopian novel filled with moral quandaries and people testing their ethical boundaries.” — Foreword Clarion Reviews (4/5)
AN AWAKENING WRAPPED IN A THRILLER—WHERE NATURE, SCIENCE, AND RELIGION COLLIDE.
In the fractured remains of North America, young bioscientist Kiley Van is hunted by the Elect, a theocratic regime bent on exploiting the earth in defiance of the changing climate that has unraveled civilization and devastated the natural world.
On the run and desperate to understand why she has been targeted, Kiley uncovers a buried family legacy—a biotechnology so powerful it could remake the world, for good or ill.
Finding refuge with the Dax people, an Earth-revering community, Kiley awakens to the Earth as a living entity—and to ancient knowledge that science has yet to divine.
Confronted with decisions of life and death, both personal and global, Kiley reluctantly becomes the face of resistance. But as the Elect close in, she faces an impossible choice—one that goes against everything the Dax have awakened in her, and whose consequences will determine the future of all living things.
“I’m a huge fan of female leads, especially in a genre where there are few, and Kiley is the intelligent protector I was looking for . . . Very highly recommended.” — Readers’ Favorite⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
“What stayed with me after reading Into the Dax is how it frames survival as something deeply entangled with belief systems, where science, religion, and environmental collapse are not separate forces but competing ways of interpreting the same broken world.” — Goodreads ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Into the Dax by Bob Welch is a compelling and thought provoking dystopian novel that blends environmental urgency, speculative science, and moral complexity into a deeply immersive narrative . . . Provokes meaningful reflection on the future of our world. — Goodreads
