Readers
Who this series serves.
Ages 14+ / YA and adult crossover science-fiction readers.
Series promise
After the Machines
Dark YA/adult crossover science fiction about machine civilization, memory, identity, personhood, and refusing imposed names.
Genre
Where it sits.
Post-apocalyptic science fiction / dystopian science fiction
Imprint
RP Books & Audio
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Where to begin
Start with Awakening.
The starting point for a dark crossover science-fiction saga about machines, memory, identity, and human personhood.
Post-apocalyptic science fiction / dystopian science fiction
LatestAwakening
After the Machines Book 1, Part I
The machines were supposed to have forgotten humanity. Cedes is about to learn that forgotten things can still be claimed.
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Post-apocalyptic science fiction / dystopian science fiction
LatestAwakening
After the Machines Book 1, Part I
The machines were supposed to have forgotten humanity. Cedes is about to learn that forgotten things can still be claimed.
Post-apocalyptic science fiction / dystopian science fiction
LatestFracture
After the Machines Book 1, Part II
Cedes wanted answers. Now answers are everywhere, and none of them can be trusted.
Post-apocalyptic science fiction / dystopian science fiction
LatestRemnants
After the Machines Book 2, Part I
Central is gone as Cedes knew it. Refuge should mean safety. It does not.
Post-apocalyptic science fiction / dystopian science fiction
LatestInheritance
After the Machines Book 2, Part II
At the bottom waits a gate. Opening it will prove the danger has always been deeper than they knew.
Post-apocalyptic science fiction / dystopian science fiction
Reckoning
After the Machines Book 3, Part I
Beyond the gate, the rules change. The question is what survival made of them.
Post-apocalyptic science fiction / dystopian science fiction
Origin
After the Machines Book 3, Part II
At the center, the old story fails. No word will own them again.
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W. R. Stanek
Use W. R. Stanek for genre shelves such as Ruin Mist, Kingdoms and the Elves, Ruin Mist Chronicles, After the Machines, Scott Evers, Rogue Operative, and Silence Is Golden.
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