WHEN THE STATE STEALS YOUR WORDS, YOU STILL HAVE YOUR VOICE. WHEN THEY STEAL YOUR FAMILY, WILL YOU HAVE THE STRENGTH TO USE IT? In the near future, the Librarian Algorithm enforces tailored censorship to protect citizens from stories and words that could cause trauma or crime. Detective Virginia Wright is going undercover in the criminal world of spoken poetry to hunt down suppliers of illegal open-access e-readers. She has buried herself in her work ever since her mother died. But when her remaining family are arrested for literary solicitation, her world starts to crumble. And when the man she is supposed to arrest gives her the most precious gift of all, her moral compass is sent spinning. The Censored City series: A post-analog world on the tipping point of Orwellian dystopia and the women whose choices will determine which way it falls.

SOME WORDS ARE HARD TO FORGIVE. SOME MEN ARE HARD TO CONTROL. SOME MISTAKES CAN'T BE UNDONE. In the near future, the Librarian algorithm imposes tailored censorship to protect citizens from ideas that could inflict trauma or incite crime. Political aide Serafina Walker has been in damage control for the secretary of literary safety ever since the actions of a rogue cop sparked a protest movement against state restrictions. She's used to dealing with the grey areas that her boss likes to play in, and the women he likes to play with. But her loyalty is tested when his games take a dark turn. The ends have always justified the means—until now. The Censored City series: A post-analog world on the tipping point of Orwellian dystopia and the women whose choices will determine which way it falls.

WHEN TRUTH IS MADE BY THOSE IN POWER, EVEN EXPOSING THE LIES MIGHT NOT BE ENOUGH In the near future, the Librarian algorithm imposes tailored censorship to protect citizens from ideas that could inflict trauma or incite crime. Journalist Deanna Myers has been chasing the censorship debacle right from the start and she's closing in, if only someone would run the story! The more she digs, the more she realises how pervasive the corruption is. But Ganelon Corporation isn't pulling any punches. She will have to rely on her sources to save not just her career, but her life. Hell is Empty is the third novelette in the Censored City a post-analog world on the tipping point of Orwellian dystopia and the women whose choices will determine which way it falls.