Thrilling, terrifying and beautifully crafted, The Offset is the perfect science-fiction novel for our times. I devoured it.
Angela Saini, author of Inferior
"Smart, compelling and absolutely of the moment. A truly elegant debut."
Luke Jennings, author of the Killing Eve series
"A powerfully told debut"
SFX Magazine
"An honest, terrifying and sincere look into our future."
Keren Landsman, Geffen Award-winning author of The Heart of the Circle
"These co-writers have produced a vision of a blighted world where everyone has to make sacrifices for the greater good, personal happiness being the first thing to go."
Financial
Times
"The Offset s searing critique of anti-natalism could do for eco-fascism what Ninety Eighty-Four did for socialism and Brave New World did for eugenics."
Ken MacLeod, Prometheus and BSFA Award-winning author of The Corporation Wars series
"
The Offset is spare, elegant, and thought-provoking as the best classic science fiction. Calder Szewczak is a name to watch."
Daniel Abraham, co-author of
The ExpanseThe Offset was a dark and fascinating read a twisted reversal of
The Handmaid s Tale set in a ravaged dystopia, simmering with menace and tension. Bleak, haunting and intriguing.
Jennifer Saint,
Sunday Times bestselling author of
Ariadne
"
The Offset crushed me. This is an expertly and starkly written, well-drawn eco-dystopian novel about the ultimate measure of austerity taken in order to save the planet. There s so much that was done well here: the world, the science, the societal conflict but to get into the (possibly carnivorous) weeds would distract from soul of this book. It is a bare-knuckle punch to the heart. Calder Szewczak made me suffer brilliantly."
Chris Panatier,
author of The Phlebotomist
"
The Offset is a prophetic, urgent, gripping read that throws into question what saving the world really means. A tender warning of a book, lest our efforts become as futile as our tragedies."
Natalia Theodoridou,
World Fantasy Award Winner and Nebula Finalist"Calder Szewczak s
The Offset may be a literary first in giving central place to anti-natalism the view that one ought not to create new people. Other novels, like this one, have depicted a dystopian future in the wake of environmental catastrophe. In Margaret Attwood s Handmaid s Tale, the dystopia is pro-natalist.
The Offset shows how anti-natalism could also take a dystopian turn. In showing this, it provides a cautionary tale which, if read correctly, is not that anti-natalism itself is in error, but rather that even views aimed at reducing suffering can increase it if fanatics seize control."
David Benatar,
World-leading anti-natalist and author of Better Never to Have Been
"A chilling evocation of a possible future."
- Susannah Wise, acclaimed actress and author of
This Fragile Earth"The Offset is a bleak but thoughtful dystopian sci-fi. It asks questions about where we are & where we are going through intricate world building and a compelling story. Very entertaining, compulsive & thought-provoking."
- Kate Sawyer author of The Stranding
"Finished this and now I m slightly broken. If, like me, every so often you just want a bit of beautiful, brutal dystopia this is the one for you! A complex world filled with complex characters that draw the reader in. This is a beautifully written, brutal piece of dystopian fiction that does not shy away from the issues we must face today."
- Elizabeth Lee, author of
Cunning Women 
