Collapse (The New Dark Ages 2)

Collapse is the sequel to Colony, a sensational novel by contemporary Ukrainian science fiction author Max Kidruk. The writer returns to his grand-scale story, depicting the future with increasing dynamism and gloom.

For readers 16+

A month ago, a bloody uprising by those born on Mars disrupted the balance of power between the most influential Martian corporations, which had guaranteed relative political stability in Newbourne for decades. Things are not well in the Ukrainian Diaspora either: Goran's mind is irreversibly damaged, "Tomuto" needs a new leader, yet ambitions and deep-seated grudges are pushing Kamianka toward a split.

On Earth, infants infected with the SDI agent undergo a violent metamorphosis, ending in the complete restructuring of their bodies and a transition to anaerobic metabolism. At the same time, a pathogen almost identical to the SDI agent is infecting terrestrial plants, stopping oxygen production, and the decline in O2 concentration threatens to become a greater driver of planetary chaos than even the most extreme manifestations of global warming. Scientists trying to counter this invasion discover a strange carbon-based world far beyond the visible universe as seen from Earth, yet they prove completely unprepared for what they will see within it.