Published May 2023, Blackstone Publishing
Best new books in Woman’s World Book Club
Barnes & Noble Top Indie Favorites in Science Fiction & Fantasy
“A collision of our era’s catastrophes fuses a new world, becoming something rich and strange.”
Kim Stanley Robinson, Hugo Award–winning novelist
“Intricate, imaginative, and often surprising, Preset propels you through a future of warning, danger, and possibilities.”
David Brin, New York Times bestselling author
“Sarina Dahlan richly weaves philosophy, science, and dystopia through the complexities of the human psyche, relationships, and the desire to protect what we hold dearest… Preset offers a trenchant meditation on what we both lose and gain when we choose to remember.”
Jennifer Givhan, author of River Woman, River Demon
“Sarina Dahlan wraps moments of clarity and meaning in beautiful prose while exploring themes of love, heartbreak, and the aftermath of war. She’s never afraid to ask the big questions and consider what survival costs us, as individuals, or as humans on the edge of extinction.”
David R. Slayton, author of the Adam Binder Series
“Preset grabs you by the heart and doesn’t let go until it’s wrung every emotion dry. Sarina Dahlan has a gift for weaving fresh postapocalyptic worlds that capture the imagination in the most beautiful and tragic of ways.”
Kristy Gardner, author of The Stars in Their Eyes
“Dahlan once again works magic with her prose…Preset is deeply emotional and deeply thoughtful. Heartwarming and heartbreaking. The characters Eleanor and Eli, and so many of the side characters, will live with you long after you have finished their story.”
S. L. Choi, author of the Blood Fae Druid series
Published May 2021, Blackstone Publishing
A Tor.com Reviewer’s Choice Best Book 2021
A Once Upon a Book Club Selection 2021
“The original concept and propulsive love story mark Dahlan as a writer to watch. Readers will be mesmerized.”
Publishers Weekly ⠀
“A hauntingly beautiful love story that explores the nexus of memory, identity and love…This would make an excellent book club read.”
Ruth Mitchell, author of Deleted⠀
“Told with an assured, graceful touch, this compelling debut is a story for our current world, where our beliefs and memories are the new battlegrounds.”
Kimiko Guthrie, author of Block Seventeen⠀
“Subtle in its intensity, lush and beautiful, while carefully exploring what it means to be human and what we are to each other. Evocative and literary, I highly recommend it.”
David R. Slayton, author of White Trash Warlock
“An ethereal, existential exploration of memory and meaning that lingers long after the last page.”
D. Eric Maikranz, author of The Reincarnationist Papers
Amazon’s best seller list:
- #1 in Science Fiction Romance
- #2 in Dystopian Science Fiction
- #2 in Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction
- #2 in Romantic Action & Adventure
- #9 in Science Fiction
Sarina Dahlan was born into an Indonesian family in Thailand, and immigrated to the United States at the age of twelve. While children in the west grew up on fairytales, she learned parables through ghost stories, mythologies, and Japanese manga…more