Dark Century is Acosta's debut far-future mystery, set in the Kingdom of Denmark centuries after climate collapse where fevered witch hunts collide with the shadow of le Carre’s Cold War.
Something stalks the riverlands of New Eden. In its wake, death and sickness follow, and the northern provinces writhe in the hysterical grip of witch fever.
Provost MARTIN KOLDING — a ruthless servant of Denmark’s Interior Ministry — sets off to track down a missing associate and restore order before unrest erupts across the Kingdom.
Meanwhile ULYANA, a half-Russian survivor, is caught between the new empires of the post-collapse world. Abandoned by her people as a result of a genetic curse, she ekes out a miserable existence in the wasteland she once called home; making a Faustian pact to survive.
As Kolding searches for the source of the chaos in the north, he uncovers a darker secret which will not only bind the fates of Kolding and Ulyana together, but also threaten to shatter the tenuous peace between the superpowers of the Arctic Circle.
About Jordan Acosta
Jordan Acosta is a British speculative fiction writer and Creative Director at Unseen Histories, bringing the past to life for The Times, LIFE and Unsplash.
