James Stone

City with No Name James Stone

Enter a world where efficiency is king and those who can't keep up disappear.

A futuristic landscape where a once heralded A. I. has enslaved and pacified the citizens of its city while underground a group of refugees work together to free their brethren from the surveillance state. Meanwhile the world outside has moved on, with groups of bandits and travelers trying to make their own way in the wastes left behind by the A. I.'s war.

Follow along with citizens, police, and the outsiders as they all try to make a living in the city that is always watching.

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City with No Name is a novel that has its roots in dystopian and post-apocalyptic fiction, containing classic themes from each genre in a fast-paced multiplot storyline. The novel itself is comprised of many differing points of view, from a few main characters to one off characters that encounter our protagonists in the wild, all of which come together to tell the story of the AI's destruction.

The novel's unique structure contains 8 large serials, or acts, that are broken down further into chapter-like subtitles. Each subtitled story is structured in such a way as to keep the reader moving quickly through the story.

Many classic science fiction elements are contained within the work, recalling themes and ideas established through the history of genre.

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"Judge's Commentary, Writer's Digest Self-Published e-Book Awards":

James Stone's City with No Name is a fun, rather fast-paced piece of dystopian fiction.  I'm a big fan of this genre, and read it constantly, and Stone rather admirably creates a world in which artificial intelligence controls everything.  The book's greatest strength is its structure, particularly at the beginning: I'm quite fond of the reverse-order storytelling, which, despite its gimmickry, manages to build a great deal of suspense from the outset... Stone clearly has a great deal to say, and he often has a knack for saying it, certainly for structuring and pacing it.

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