Where the World Ends Without Us, by Jason Sanford

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★★★☆☆ Honorable Mention

(Post Apocalypse; Blood Grains) Six years ago, after the slaughter of anchors by Frere-Jones, Alexnya was made the new anchor, but now the grains have decided to try her for Frere-Jones’s actions—even though she had nothing to do with it. (16,573 words; Time: 55m)

The Emotionless, in Love, by Jason Sanford

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★★★★★ Good Characters and Action in a Great Setting

(Post Apocalypse; Blood Grains) Ancient nanotech controls a few humans to enforce harsh anti-technology rules on a reluctant population. Colton escaped its control at the cost of losing all emotion, and he struggles to be accepted by a caravan that’s trying to evade some of the restrictions. (28,352 words; Time: 1h:34m)

This is a sequel to “Blood Grains Speak Through Memories,” and it will help to read that one before this one, but it’s not essential.

Blood Grains Speak Through Memories, by Jason Sanford

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★★★★★ Award-Worthy

(Post Apocalypse; Blood Grains) Frere-Jones controls the nanobot "grains" that help protect the ecology in the bit of land she "anchors." She's come to view the grains as a tyranny, but there doesn't seem to be much she can do about it. (12,214 words; Time: 40m)

Recommended By: RHorton+2 Nebula+2