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The Dead Earth Protocol by Graeme Butler. A suited figure looks out from a cave across the Martian surface.

Adult dystopian science fiction

The Dead Earth
Protocol

They work to save Earth.
They have never been allowed to see it.

Beneath Olympus Mons, generations of miners believe their work will restore a devastated Earth. The AI Foreman assigns their jobs, controls their air, and leaves no room for questions.

For Gordon Onyango, an explosives apprenticeship should mean a future. Then his mother is arrested, and the only people offering answers are rebels.

A mission beyond the tunnels could change everything. But who can he trust when every breath belongs to the system he must defy?

Planned publication December 1, 2026