Embrace the Unavoidable
Books that focus on hauntingly familiar themes and follow characters that are reflections of us — but forced to make impossible decisions and live with the awe-inspiring consequences.
These books grip your heart and won't let go, even long after you've finished them.
Dane Sullivan writes dystopian sci-fi that cuts to the bone.
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Raised in Appalachian squalor but landed in affluent west coast suburbs, wandering from mental hospitals and rehabs to university research labs along the way, Dane has seen America’s stark contrasts firsthand. That outsider’s eye fuels sci-fi laced with dark humor and cold societal critique.
As an engineer, he forges worlds where tech feels terrifyingly real. AI controls life, mega-corps rule, and ordinary people fight for their humanity. Critics call it "a savage satire" and "disturbingly realistic."
Inspired by Vonnegut and Philip K. Dick, his books are warnings disguised as thrilling entertainment, confronting the digital control we already fear.
Find him hiking remote trails or enjoying good bourbon. Dane Sullivan writes for readers who suspect we're already characters in a dystopian nightmare. And things are only just getting started.
"24th-century capitalism and life-draining technology have perfected a deeply dispiriting dystopia, but radical hope is still hard to kill, in Spreadsheet Cultists by Dane Sullivan, a prescient but ominous work of speculative fiction. When a half-educated machine intelligence engineer gets scooped up into the inner workings of a corporate police state, it's a job that could dramatically change his life, but also an opportunity for rebellion from within the belly of the beast. A savage satire of contemporary society and the dangerous path of technological dependence, convenient fascism, and humanity as an expendable resource, this cerebral piece of dystopian fiction shines an incisive allegorical light on the very real potential for a grim and greedy future."
-Self-Publishing Review, ★★★★
