First published 2026
Hazel lives in a small village aboard a generation ship traveling toward a distant world. For five centuries, her people have endured hardship since their machines failed. Everyone accepts the rules. Work until you turn 65, then submit to recycling so others can survive. Resources stay limited, so death becomes duty. But Hazel meets the Cheaters, rebels who reject this fate. They refuse to die when their time comes. More disturbing, they claim to know a horrible truth about life aboard the ship. Everything Hazel believes about their journey, their sacrifice, their survival may be built on lies. The Cheaters want to expose this deception. They will fight to save lives the system condemns. Hazel faces an impossible decision. She can accept the world she knows, where death serves the greater good. Or she can join the resistance and discover what secrets the ship's leaders hide. Either choice will cost her everything she thought she understood about her world.
Genres: science-fiction, dystopia, adventure, thriller
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, resistance
Setting: Small Village, Distant World
Period: Five Centuries
288 pages · Paperback · Angry Robot
Content warnings: death, violence