The Hunger #2
Ignoring The Hunger
by Braxton J. Bennett
The Hunger is a disease. The city is a choice.
Teresa crossed the walls of Overton believing she could save her family. What she found instead was a city built on silence where stability is measured, obedience is rewarded, and suffering is quietly optimized.
Inside Overton, the Hungry are monsters beyond the walls. The city promises safety, order, and control. But beneath its calm exterior, families are separated in the name of efficiency, fear is engineered to maintain compliance, and morality is reduced to procedure.
When Teresa meets Kylin, a man who once helped enforce the system, her certainty begins to fracture. He claims the Hunger can be treated. He claims Overton cannot.
As secrets unravel and the truth of the city's control surfaces, Teresa must confront a devastating realization: the Hunger may destroy people, but the system decides who is worth saving.
Perfect for readers who enjoy morally complex science fiction where the true enemy isn't chaos—but comfort with it.
Inside You'll Find
- A dark exploration of surveillance and social control
- Morally complex characters navigating impossible choices
- The cost of calling cruelty "stability"
Because in Overton, survival doesn't ask if someone will pay. Only who.
What Readers Say
"Even better than the first book. Bennett takes the world he built and turns it inside out. Overton is terrifying because it feels so possible."
"A brilliant shift in perspective. Where Book I was about surviving the chaos, Book II is about surviving the order. Chilling."