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The novel “Anathem” by Neal Stephenson was published for the first time in 2008. It won the Locus Award as the best science fiction novel of the year.

Fraa Erasmas of the Concent of Saunt Edhar spends his life following the discipline of the avout, the intellectuals who isolate themselves from the outside world renouncing the use of almost all technologies. Also thanks to the guidance of his mentor Fraa Orolo, he tries to assimilate the teachings of the great Saunts of the past.

The activity of the concent is disturbed for reasons Fraa Erasmas doesn’t understand, with important consequences on several avouts. When he discovers that Fraa Orolo was keeping an eye on something in the sky, he ends up involved in a story that will have an impact that needs to be thoroughly assessed and that goes far beyond the planet Arbre.

The novel “The Lost Colony” by A.G. Riddle was published for the first time in 2019. It’s the third book in The Long Winter trilogy and follows “The Solar War”.

A group of survivors try to create a new city where human civilization can be reborn. Some environmental problems must be addressed and the mystery of what happened to the humans who had already attempted to create a colony remains, as they seem to have disappeared into thin air.

James Sinclair searches for traces of the missing colonists but finds spheres buried underground. Is there a connection between the spheres and the lost colony? His search is made more difficult by the fact that he doesn’t know how much he can trust the android Arthur, especially when the answers it provides are far from clear.

The novel “Recursion” by Blake Crouch was published for the first time in 2019.

2018. Detective Barry Sutton intervenes in an attempt to save Ann Voss Peters, a woman suffering from False Memory Syndrome (FMS). Unfortunately, he’s unable to convince her to desist from her suicidal intentions and decides to deepen his knowledge of a syndrome that started affecting many people. This leads him to discover unexpected truths.

2007. Helena Smith is a neuroscientist who is conducting research about memory in the hope of finding a cure for her mother, who suffers from Alzheimer’s, and for all people in the same condition. In order to achieve the developments she desires, she needs large funding, and the billionaire Marcus Slade offers to pay for her research. This allows Helena to obtain significant developments that, however, go in a very different direction from the one she imagined.

The novel “Zona III: Foundation” by Fred G. Baker was published for the first time in 2023. It’s the third book in the Zona series and follows “Zona II: Sabertooth Uprising”.

Grant Taylor and his group of explorers return to St. Petersburg after their time in Zona. They meet with Boris Ustinov to discuss the status of the foundation created to protect the Zona and how best to keep it secret. Unfortunately, among the people who have received samples of plants that exist only in Zona is Victor Romashin, who wants to exploit them and to do so intends to conduct an independent expedition.

The situation has become complicated but the people who support the secrecy around Zona intend to prevent anyone else from discovering its location. There’s another area where the new expedition can be directed but the dire wolves that inhabit Zona are afraid of it because they’re convinced that there are deadly presences there.