Dystopianthriller Stories

Performer. Song Writer. Director. Disruptor? On Revelry Island, eighteen-year-old Anya has mastered the art of pleasing others. An orphan, raised by the island dictator, Byron, with exacting intent and trained to be a perfect, dependable, obedient product, meant to be presented to the world. Anya seems to have it all: a stable life, all the living comforts, coworker friends, work success, and a secret love that serves as her only true sanctuary. Then Tristan, a charming, flirtatious adventurer, barges into her office and challenges her psyche. Everything changes. Once unlocked, Anya delves deep into examining her world, her relationships, and her future. Surrounded by pirates, pseudo-government powerbrokers, suspecting coworkers, and a charismatic chaos agent whose very presence threatens the foundation of her world, Anya must examine her role in it all. When Byron's demands turn deadly, Anya decides to fight and risk everyone's lives for the future she has always dreamed of. Played For the Satisfaction of Others drops you into a world suspended in a fragile balance, with Anya caught in the middle. Will she abandon her seemingly stable life and break the world in the process? Played For the Satisfaction of Others asks the ultimate question: What is the price of change? ~~~~~ This is a character-driven novel, and I do not rely on tropes, archetypes, or genre expectations. From dystopian thriller to psychological drama to romantic-suspense to adventure elements to science fiction elements to New Adult themes, each topic and genre piece I use is to create the world-building, move the plot along, and serve the emotional development of my characters. Tropes and archetypes are not the focus. All characters are their messy selves, and what they do and what they think is a direct extension of their personalities and backgrounds. This book's about Anya as she learns who she is and what she ultimately wants from her life. This is the backbone of the book.

In a future where AI and robotics make most human labor unnecessary, the world's elite quietly decide the masses are expendable. Their solution: Nexaphine, a fentanyl-based compound disguised as a miracle cure for the opioid epidemic mixed with a virus spreading amongst deer populations. But Nexaphine doesn't kill quietly. It transforms its users-stripping away empathy, igniting rage, and leaving behind something less than human, yet terrifyingly alive. As cities burn and governments collapse, a small band of survivors uncovers the truth: humanity wasn't destroyed by accident-it was culled on purpose. Now, they must navigate a world where the line between human and monster blurs, and survival may mean becoming something unrecognizable. The Last Prescription is a chilling, near-future horror novella about power, disposability, and what it truly means to be human in the age of machines. © 2025 MM. With collaborations of Gemini and Chatgpt All rights reserved.

This is a new dystopian adventure story where the dark and gritty nature of 1984 is blended with the character driven aspect of The Hunger Games. Having spent her entire life secluded in the Martial Training Corps, Noni passes the final test, achieving the coveted position as arbiter of Arel. Placed under the tutelage of a seasoned veteran, Noni will see her city for the first time and learn that not everything is as she had been taught to believe. You can learn more about the Enchained series and purchasing options at the author's website. https://www.mcnultyjanet.com/buy-enchained-trilogy

The world didn't end in fire or plague-it faded, piece by piece, into something unrecognizable. As reality crumbled, DreamTech offered an escape: a way to relive memories like vivid dreams. But no one foresaw the consequences. No one spoke about the bleeding. Elias Ward has always clung to control, a cybersecurity expert who built walls-both digital and emotional-to keep the chaos at bay. But when he loses the one person who made him feel alive, guilt consumes him. DreamTech becomes his refuge, a way to hold onto Claire, even if it means reliving the night she died. But something is wrong. The memories are changing. Claire isn't just a ghost in his mind-she's watching him. The lines between dream and reality blur, and something lurks in the spaces between, feeding on his fears. The more Elias tries to escape, the deeper he falls into a labyrinth of his nightmares. To survive, he must face the truth: the creature hunting him isn't just in his mind. It's becoming real. And if he doesn't break free soon... he may never wake up.

In a near-future world where memories can be bought, sold, and stolen, a gifted "memory broker" discovers a black-market conspiracy to erase the past of an entire city, and must decide whether to save the truth or the person she loves most. Cassia Vale is the most sought-after broker in New Carthage, able to splice memories with surgical precision. When a mysterious client offers her a fortune to erase a politician's darkest secret, she uncovers a hidden network that's systematically deleting the city's collective history. The deeper she digs, the more dangerous it becomes - because the conspiracy is tied to her own erased childhood. As Cassia races to recover her stolen past, she's hunted by a man who claims to be her husband... a man she doesn't remember, but whose touch feels like home.

This novella is a dystopian thriller. Set in 2023, this story will take you through a world where everything comes to a mere rubble. With only a few buildings standing out amidst all the mud and rock, how will things turn out for the protagonists?

Lyra Mercer, a once innocent girl, who was kidnapped at a young age and trained to be an "psychotic killer". Will she ever be free from the torcher she grew up with?

"I was her ladybug, her only." ❥ A world, 76 years after Mother Nature struck and wiped out over 3/4 of the world, how will the world finally recover? Follow Livy to figure. ❥ Livy is a 15 year old twin sister, alongside her twin brother, Liam and her muted mother. They live in what used to be middle Russia in a small abandoned cottage that somehow survived the natural disasters. One day, they get a visit from a group of people claiming they want to citizen the world again...

In a near-future dystopia where the government prosecutes citizens based on decades-old digital data, three courageous individuals emerge to ignite a revolution. This epic saga of resilience, rebellion, and redemption is filled with heart-pounding action, emotional depth, and a gripping narrative that celebrates the enduring human spirit and the unyielding fight for freedom.

In the year 5867, 4200 years after the great uprising, humanity's new leaders introduced the NeuroCore- a vast digital realm where minds could be uploaded and live on forever. Citizens thrived in their virtual paradises, free from pain and suffering. However, their happiness was short-lived as unexplained disappearances shook the digital haven, threatening the very fabric of this digital society and sparking fears of a darker reality

In a city where silence is survival and obedience is law, Elias has spent his life staying in the shadows-until the night he breaks the rules to save a terrified girl. Now marked as a fugitive, he is hunted by the enforcers of Sector 7, trapped in a world where the unregistered simply vanish. With the city's every move watched and escape nearly impossible, Elias must outsmart a system designed to erase him. But in a world built on control, rebellion is more than just resistance-it's a death sentence.

Imagine living in a world where everything you do is controlled. In the distant future the United States has been split into two regions separated by a barren wasteland; this is the country of Dystopia. Here the individual is discouraged, freedom is an illusion, food is rationed, and everything you do is tracked by a chip implanted in your arm. This is Dana Ginary's world. At age seventeen, people receive their career assignments chosen for them by a government body. Forced to work at the Waste Management Plant because she was declared too individualistic, Dana finds herself surrounded by death and brutality. Knowing her days are numbered, she looks for a way to leave the plant before she, too, becomes one of its causalities. It is then she meets a man named George and soon finds herself caught up in a cat and mouse game between the resistance and the Dystopian government. Dana finds herself faced with an agonizing choice of whom she will betray and whom she will save: her friend George, her parents, or herself. You can learn more about the Dystopian Trilogy at the author's website: https://www.mcnultyjanet.com/dystopia-trilogy

A serialized dystopian thriller about propaganda, corruption, media saturation, institutional decay, and the psychological exhaustion of modern society. In the Republic, truth no longer disappears. It drowns beneath distraction.

In a world that swore it buried its secrets, one woman discovers they're still breathing beneath the surface. Investigative journalist Maya Ruiz uncovers a digital leak tied to Eidolon - a mythic underground civilization built by the world's elite after the surface began to fail. When an encrypted file called The Codex appears on her system, it doesn't just rewrite data - it rewrites reality. The signal leads her to Dr. Elias Monroe, a historian who helped hide the truth decades ago. Together, they unravel the connection between ancient architecture, modern power, and a shadow network rewriting history in real time. But some truths aren't meant to be uncovered. Beneath the cities, beneath the lies, something intelligent waits - and it remembers everyone who ever tried to expose it. > The deeper she goes, the more the world above begins to disappear. What happens when history itself fights back? Tags: #ConspiracyThriller #SpeculativeFiction #Mystery #ScienceThriller #EliteSecrets #UndergroundCivilization #FireLineSaga #ElijahAliKearse