Beyond the Lost shoots a dagger through dystopian fiction
Mainstream dystopian fiction is the absolute worst genre on the planet. So, with Beyond the Lost, I decided to turn it on its head.
When most readers think about dystopian fiction, they often picture smog-infested skies thanks to pollution, climate disaster, or capitalism as the catalyst for mass suffering. It’s why the genre makes me physically sick.
Those authors aren’t even bright enough to realize that the same system they’re complaining about is the reason why they’re lounging in an office chair, drinking coffee, and writing their latest dystopian novel with high-speed internet at their disposal.
I have a plethora of reasons why I never bothered reaching out to publishing companies or literary agents, but one of them definitely had to do with the fact Leftism has plagued the industry. Forget about how the Industrial Revolution transformed society for the better, something Ludwig von Mises pointed out in his lesson on capitalism.
These authors don’t understand that most of the world lived, at best, a subsistence lifestyle before industrialization, instead turning their focus to how this led to extreme “inequality.” Or, a “climate crisis” that’s supposedly so bad that it threatens our existence, despite the fact Mel Kiper Jr. can predict the NFL Draft better than climate scientists can predict global catastrophe.
Enter a different kind of dystopian fiction
This isn’t to say that all dystopian fiction authors are so pacified and “dead from the neck up” that the genre isn’t worth reading. Authors like Tracy Lawson (Resistance Series) and, to an extent, Kate L. Mary (Beyond) have at least given me a sigh of relief.
K.A. Riley (Resistance Trilogy) is kind of in that club, but I get left libertarian vibes when I read her work. Not bad, but not necessarily my cup of tea, even if Book I rocked.
Either way, I had to hop in on the fun and fire a dagger through the chest of mainstream dystopian fiction with Beyond the Lost. It’s not one of those trilogies that follow the rules, tropes, or an iota of mainstream expectations of readers looking for an escape from reality.
Instead, we’re charting waters that even sane-minded authors never dare to cross, because that’s what rogues like me do.
What makes Beyond the Lost different?
You’re getting a theme-based read rich in libertarian themes and revisionism. Quinn Cozens makes sure of that, even if his little sidekick, Yui Kikuchi, fights him on it a time or two. And the theme soars past Book I, Beyond the Lost Horizon.
Quinn ups the ante in Book II, Beyond the Lost Assault, when he meets Ajay, a die-hard Christian conservative. He routinely challenges Ajay’s worldview, something she clings to even after society collapsed.
The third and final book of the trilogy is no different, with Quinn getting into his libertarian/revisionist ways with a plethora of characters. But don’t worry, I don’t preach to the choir, and neither does Quinn.
Beyond the Lost is still an entertaining tale
Regardless of which side of the spectrum Quinn and the cast land on, they have a common enemy. And no, it’s not the people who unleashed hellfire and brimstone on the United States. They know better: that someone from within America itself funded this thing.
The only question is, who?
That’s an answer Quinn and Yui are far from answering in Beyond the Lost Horizon. And if you’re also sick and tired of the latest global pandemic that is ideological mainstream fiction, then check it out now at my Payhip store, The Rebel Lore Vault.
