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Collapse Years

By Damir Salkovic
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"If you're looking for a well-written post apocalypse with a wonderful collection of diverse characters and stories with depth, definitely come experience the fall of civilization with Collapse Years!" —  Joshua Grant #1 bestselling author, Diabolic Shrimp CEO

 

"Damir Salkovic's polished prose [drew] me into a dark and desperate world that I couldn't put down." —Scott Coon, author of Lost Helix

 

"A collection of stories about an agonizing dying world. Collapse Years has everything—compelling worlds, rich characters, pain and suffering. Damir Salkovic has poured his soul into this powerful book." —Costi Gurgu, author of Green Corrosion

 

"A thought-provoking read that will expand your mind about the journey our own world is venturing [toward]. This is a grim setting, but these stories are ones that will resonate with you for a long time." —FanFiAddict

 

Extreme weather, natural disasters, and violence have turned much of the world into a wasteland. The fabric of society is fraying with rampant polarization, the crumbling of democratic institutions, and the rise of corporate-driven totalitarianism. Unchecked technologies are deepening existing rifts and opening up new arenas of exploitation. Yet life goes on. The stories in Collapse Years examine the struggle for survival and the meaning of being human in an increasingly hostile reality.

Collapse Years is our future, in progressive ruin.

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Thumbs Up“Collapse Years is a collection of short stories set in a dystopian close future. The stories all deal with the aftermath of a climate change apocalypse where governments fell and the world is run by capitalist business conglomerates. It also mostly happens in what feeks like the global South. Overall the stories were all pretty good, I think the strongest were the ones dealing with pandemic or illnesses issues and the least interesting to me was the one about the corporate hitman. There's a good array of main characters some being good and or/innocents while some are actively working for terrible people and yet they never feel like stereotypes. All in all I enjoyed this book, the stories are entertaining and interesting even if nothing was truly groundbreaking. The stories are a perfect length and there's not too many of them so that's great editing. I would just like to add that most, if not all, of the stories take place in the global South with POC main characters, but the author is white. I am white myself so cannot comment on the appropriateness of the representation but I thought it was a relevant point to highlight. ARC via NetGalley, full review on Goodreads”
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“I enjoyed that Salkovic placed stories of characters that had they been in the same place would have been antagonists on the same footing, they're all just cogs trapped in "the machine", as are we. The imagery was pretty good especially for someone who enjoys the juxtaposition of high tech and infrastructure decay. My favorite story was Carriers, I don't think it will surprise anyone when I say it featured a virus and a whole lot of bleakness. It was also significantly less sci-fi oriented than most of the other stories. Overall, I wish the stories had been longer. Especially since there wasn't a lot of them, and that we had gotten a little more about the characters, something to make them a little more memorable, there were only 2 stories where I feel that I got enough about the characters to be actually invested in them, Freehold and Line of Duty. Disclosure: I received an eARC of this title through Netgalley.”
“Collapse Years is a collection of short stories by Damir Salkovic revolving around the struggle for survival and the meaning of being human in an increasingly hostile reality and I was impressed by how immersed I was in these works. Extreme weather, natural disasters, and violence have turned much of the world into a wasteland. The fabric of society is fraying with rampant polarization, the crumbling of democratic institutions, and the rise of corporate-driven totalitarianism. Unchecked technologies are deepening existing rifts and opening new arenas of exploitation. Yet life goes on. Dystopian novels are amongst the most varied in setting, however it's normally a landscape of brutality and survival. It can be hard to find something new in the genre without feeling like it has been done before. With Collapse Years, Damir Salkovic has kept the familiar backdrop of a post-apocalyptic land set with barren views and characters and provided the basis of lasting life in a hopeless world. I was impressed by the easiness of this read. Salkovic has an elegant way of writing descriptions that guide your imagination in being present with these characters. The grittiness and boldness that Salkovic unravels through these seemingly normal stories really shows the brutality of its setting. I was reminded of Cormac McCarthy's The Road where everyone is trying to survive and will do whatever they can but there is a hope that there is still good in this world. The exploitation and consumerism are rife with some of these characters and Salkovic showcases the inner turmoil of these. This is a thought-provoking read that will expand your mind about the journey our own world is venturing on. This is a grim setting, but these stories are ones that will resonate with you for a long time.”

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