The Office of Mercy

A Novel

By: Ariel Djanikian

Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller

Weaving philosophy and science together into a riveting, dystopian story of love and adventure, The Office of Mercy illuminates an all-too-real future imagined by a phenomenal new voice in fiction.

Twenty-four-year-old Natasha Wiley lives in America-Five - a high-tech, underground, utopian settlement where hunger and money do not exist, everyone has a job, and all basic needs are met. But when her mentor and colleague, Jeffrey, selects her to join a special team to venture Outside for the first time, Natasha's allegiances to home, society, and above all to Jeffrey are tested. She is forced to make a choice that may put the people she loves most in grave danger and change the world as she knows it.

The Office of Mercy is speculative fiction at its best with a deeply imagined, lush world, high-stakes adventure, and romance that will thrill fans of Suzanne Collins, Margaret Atwood, Justin Cronin, and Kazuo Ishiguro.

©2013 Ariel Djanikian (P)2013 Tantor

On par with 1984 and Brave New World

Incredible, I’m shocked this book isn’t promoted more, especially in schools. It’s a warning tale about what atrocities you could justify committing if you only view the world through a strictly universal (or scientific) lense, with no regard for the humanistic one. 10/10, it really gets you thinking!