The World Collective
BOOK ONE IN THE WORLD COLLECTIVE SERIES
WINNER OF THE 2023 WORD AWARD FOR BEST YA FICTION, SHORTLISTED FOR THE KOBO EMERGING WRITER AWARD FOR BEST DEBUT SPECULATIVE FICTION
When environmental disaster threatened to end all life on earth, humanity came together and created the World Collective. Using The Code, a computer program that tracks every detail, citizens live in harmony, each ensured a full life story with access to food, medicine, education, and meaningful work as part of the collective.
But what happens when The Code is hacked?
The last terrorist attack happened eight years ago. Ry was the only survivor. Now fourteen, she can’t help but notice everything is happening too fast, especially when she is activated for her vital role four years early.
A terrorist has tampered with the coding that controls vital roles and Ry has been assigned to the very team tasked with his capture. As Ry adapts to life as an adult in a new city and working to make new friends, she begins to see that more is at stake than a couple kids being forced to grow up too fast.
Because The Code controls every aspect of life…
And death.
Winner of the 2023 Word Award for Best YA Fiction
The World Collective Selected as One of 18 Canadian Debut Novels for $10K Emerging Writer Prize
HARDCOVER EDITION includes an exclusive sneak peek at the first two chapters of the second book!
Stories are how Susan Cullen makes sense of the world so it was only natural that she would turn to writing. After going off to university she spent a decade supply teaching, got married, and started a family of fellow book-lovers, fighting that crippling beast called self-doubt along the way. A lover of all four of Canada’s seasons, Susan lives in Chatham-Kent, cheering on her fellow NaNoWriMo writers, walking her pup, and collecting books. The World Collective is her debut YA novel.
Created by Susan Cullen, originally shared on her Instagram page.
