Hell Divers

By Nicholas Sansbury Smith,

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The New York Times and USA Today bestselling series

They dive so humanity survives …

More than two centuries after World War III poisoned the planet, the final bastion of humanity lives on massive airships circling the globe in search of a habitable area to call home. Aging and outdated,…

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2 authors picked Hell Divers as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Nick should be considered royalty when it comes to the post-apocalypse. He has numerous series with vastly different settings, but all of them are a masterclass in characterisation and story craft. His books draw me in with slick action and characters I care about from the get-go. He tackles the real issues without rubbing it in the reader’s face, and his work makes you question what you would do if the world went sideways.

From Devon's list on current post-apocalyptic series.

I was lucky enough to meet this author before he took off, and I have an ARC copy of this book. Back then it was supposed to only be a trilogy, but now he’s up to 8 books in the series. And I can imagine that’s because this world was so fun to write that he couldn’t stop building. If you want post-apocalyptic science fiction, this is certainly that. Unlike a lot from that genre, this setting leaves humanity no choice but to leave the planet’s surface altogether. That alone leads to some really unique world-building. And once you go…

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