Viceroy

The Cost of Peace

by Samuel Freedman

Part of the Venerable series:

Editions:Kindle: $ 0.99

Pages: 261

The world has witnessed the dramatic events in Venerable. Rachel embraces her new life while Abraham navigates his place in this new world. However, discontent, dishonesty and betrayal lurk beneath the surface of the evolving new social structure. How will the new leadership respond to these new threats, as well as to outside forces that disapprove of the new order?

Published: May 1, 2021
Genres:

Sci Fi, Sci Fi - Dystopian & Post-Apocalyptic, Sci Fi - LGBTQ+, Sci Fi - Romance, Sci Fi - Social, Sci Fi - Utopian

Tags:

Tropes: Dystopian Governments, Post-Apocalyptic, Reluctant Hero
Word Count: 66,884
Setting: Earth
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Continuous / Same Characters
Tropes: Dystopian Governments, Post-Apocalyptic, Reluctant Hero
Word Count: 66,884
Setting: Earth
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Continuous / Same Characters

Excerpt:

About the Author

Samuel Freedman is a writer of both fiction and non-fiction. His new hard science fiction novel "Revision: The Dawn of Awareness," released in July 2025, explores questions about humanity's place in the universe, our purpose, and what actually makes us human. Focusing on new discoveries in the fields of genetics and astrophysics, this mind-blowing story is set in the present day. It will have you rethinking everything you thought you knew about mankind's past, present, and future.
His epic four-book series, “Venerable," a work of social science fiction, explores alternative social and political structures. The series brings us into a future utopian society, which inevitably still presents its citizens and leaders with challenges, which are amplified when a dark secret is exposed. Will they survive this revelation, or will it ultimately destroy them? This thought-provoking tale is presented in a fast-paced action and adventure narrative that entertains and informs the reader, both intellectually and emotionally.

Freedman's work explores cutting-edge hard science, science fiction, sociology, political systems, philosophy, spirituality, and the continuing evolution of mankind. His first book, "See It My Way," tells the story of his blind daughter's childhood from her perspective.

When he is not writing his next novel, Sam also enjoys painting, spending time with his family, traveling the world and riding rollercoasters.

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Summary: "In range alone, Richard Thomas is boundless. He is Lovecraft. He is Bradbury. He is Gaiman." —Chuck Palahniuk With a Foreword by Brian Evenson In this new collection, Richard Thomas has crafted fourteen stories that push the boundaries of dark fiction in an intoxicating, piercing blend of fantasy, science fiction, and horror. Equally provocative and profound, each story is masterfully woven with transgressive themes that burrow beneath the skin.

A poker game yields a strange prize that haunts one man, his game of chance now turned into a life-or-death coin flip.
A set of twins find they have mysterious new powers when an asteroid crashes in a field near their house, and the decisions they make create an uneasy balance.
A fantasy world is filled with one man’s desire to feel whole again, finally finding love, only to have the shocking truth of his life exposed in an appalling twist.
A father and son work slave labor in a brave new world run by aliens and mount a rebellion that may end up freeing them all.
A clown takes off his make-up in a gloomy basement to reveal something more horrifying under the white, tacky skin.

Powerful and haunting, Thomas’ transportive collection dares you to examine what lies in the darkest, most twisted corners of human existence and not be transformed by what you find.