Front cover of The Year of the Rat by KJ Taylor, paperback

The Year of the Rat - KJ Taylor

KJ Taylor

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  • Pages · 336 pages
  • Publication Date · 06/11/2025
  • Genre · Science fiction
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Oracular visions shape his world, but Ryan no longer knows his own history.�Confined for years due to experiencing overpowering 'episodes', Ryan is suddenly thrust out into the City beyond the Institution's walls. Now, he must navigate the landscape beyond, an environment ravaged by decline, depopulation, and corruption, and the people who inhabit it.��Uncured by the Institution's treatments, Ryan is robbed of memories of the before. Does the mysterious District hold the answers he so desperately seeks?

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