The Year of the Rat

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?

Author: KJ Taylor

Science fiction

Published on 6 Nov 2025 by Northodox Press.