One Mind,
One Nation,
With Murder and Mayhem for All.
Alien Nation is a psychological dystopia about a world where everyone aspires to be a psychopath—and those who fail are replaced.
Jason Freeman is a service android who wasn’t built to have ambition. But in the utopia of Anthem, where empathy is a defect and tyranny is the highest virtue, failure means erasure. After years of trying to fit in, Jason is sentenced to replacement. His only way out is a last-minute pardon from the All-Father himself. To survive, Jason must become the very thing he fears: a psychopath.
At the center of power is Marcus Kane, a prince raised by sadists, trained to rule, and haunted by the desire to be free. On the surface, he has everything. In private, he wants to burn it all down. As their paths converge, Jason and Marcus are drawn into a culture that turns therapy into punishment, rebellion into ritual, and morality into performance.
In this dark, satirical vision of the future, authenticity is a luxury, and even revolution is just another form of control. Alien Nation is a novel about conformity, identity, and the quiet violence of systems that claim to save you.
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“I felt that the idea of people striving to be branded a psychopath created a poignant social commentary about the lengths people will go to to get what they want… The integration of the sci-fi elements gives another layer to this story, creating a multi-faceted, jam-packed read for science-fiction and dystopian readers.”
LoveReading -
I was put in mind of the science fiction stories of Kazuo Ishiguro (such as Klara and the Sun and Never Let Me Go.) I highly recommend Alien Nation for lovers of secondary-world, character-driven science fiction.”
Independent Book Review -
“By portraying a milieu in which two seemingly disparate entities reinvent their lives, purposes, and society itself, Raymond King has created a powerful survey of moral and ethical conundrums that weave into the sci-fi scenario in unpredictable, gripping ways.”
Midwest Book Review -
“Author Raymond King creates a vivid and unsettling society in Anthem, giving readers a fascinating, eerie glimpse into a warped utopia that reflects and critiques real-world societal ideals in ways that are sometimes chillingly real.”
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