{"canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/tropes/sci-fi","locale":"en","author":"Dima Zales","type":"trope","modified":null,"data":{"label":"Science fiction","slug":"sci-fi","pitch":"Dima Zales writes romance with Science fiction: Oasis, Limbo, Haven.","works":[{"title":"Oasis","author":"Dima Zales","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/dima-zales/oasis","year":2016,"heat":1,"seriesTitle":"The Last Humans","seriesOrder":1,"tropes":["Dystopian","Science fiction","Survival"],"summary":"The Last Humans by Dima Zales: Book 1\n A new dystopian/post-apocalyptic series from a New York Times bestselling author\n\nMy name is Theo, and I’m a resident of Oasis, the last habitable area on Earth. It’s meant to be a paradise, a place where we are all content. Vulgarity, violence, insanity, and other ills are but a distant memory, and even death no longer plagues us.\n\nI was once content too, but now I’m different. Now I hear a voice in my head, and she tells me things no imaginary friend should know. Her name is Phoe, and she is my delusion.\n\nOr is she?","isbn":null,"updatedAt":"2026-11-06T00:01:55.083702+00:00"},{"title":"Limbo","author":"Dima Zales","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/dima-zales/limbo","year":2016,"heat":1,"seriesTitle":"The Last Humans","seriesOrder":2,"tropes":["Dystopian","Science fiction","Survival"],"summary":"The Last Humans Series by Dima Zales: Book 2\n From a New York Times bestselling author comes book 2 of The Last Humans trilogy\n\nYesterday, I learned all of Oasis’s secrets—or so I thought. As a new danger arises, the long-awaited Birth Day celebration turns into a nightmare, and this time, there may be no escape.\n\nIn Oasis, nothing is what it seems.","isbn":null,"updatedAt":"2026-11-06T00:01:55.083702+00:00"},{"title":"Haven","author":"Dima Zales","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/dima-zales/haven","year":2016,"heat":1,"seriesTitle":"The Last Humans","seriesOrder":3,"tropes":["Dystopian","Science fiction","Survival"],"summary":"The Last Humans by Dima Zales: Book 3\n From a New York Times bestselling author comes the mind-blowing conclusion of The Last Humans trilogy\n\nWhat does it mean to be human? What does it mean to be real?\n\nI thought we were out of danger. I thought we’d outwitted our enemies.\n\nI was wrong.\n\nAs my world is torn apart, survival may not be what I expected.","isbn":null,"updatedAt":"2026-11-06T00:02:11.000517+00:00"},{"title":"Mind Machines","author":"Dima Zales","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/dima-zales/mind-machines","year":2017,"heat":1,"seriesTitle":"Human++","seriesOrder":1,"tropes":["Cyberpunk","Science fiction","Tech Thriller"],"summary":"From New York Times & USA Today bestselling author Dima Zales, an intense new techno-thriller that pushes the limits of what it means to be human.\n\nWith billions in the bank and my own venture capital firm, I’m living the American dream. My only problem? A car accident that leaves my mother with memory problems.\n\nBrainocytes, a new technology that can transform our brains, could be the answer to all of my problems—but I’m not the only one who sees its potential.\n\nPlunged into a criminal underworld darker than anything I could’ve imagined, my life-saving technology might be the death of me.\n\nMy name is Mike Cohen, and this is how I became more than human.","isbn":null,"updatedAt":"2026-11-06T00:01:26.053104+00:00"},{"title":"Cyber Thoughts","author":"Dima Zales","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/dima-zales/cyber-thoughts","year":2017,"heat":4,"seriesTitle":"Human++","seriesOrder":2,"tropes":["captive-resistance","Cyberpunk","enhanced-hacker-ensemble","family-trauma","found-family-rescue","government-black-site-conspiracy","high-tech-action-thriller","open-source-revolution","paranoia-becomes-reality","pre-cognitive-power","pregnancy-and-engagement","Science fiction","secretive-found-family","Tech Thriller"],"summary":"From New York Times and USA Today bestseller Dima Zales comes the exciting sequel to Mind Machines.\n\nI saved the day, I got the girl, and we’re on the verge of changing the world. Everything is possible with technology that can transform your brain and make you more than human. My only problem? Nightmares keep me up at night, and I can’t shake the feeling I’m being watched.\n\nEveryone tells me I’m paranoid. But what if they’re wrong?","isbn":null,"updatedAt":"2026-11-06T00:01:26.053104+00:00"},{"title":"Neural Web","author":"Dima Zales","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/dima-zales/neural-web","year":2018,"heat":1,"seriesTitle":"Human++","seriesOrder":3,"tropes":["Cyberpunk","Science fiction","Tech Thriller"],"summary":"From New York Times and USA Today bestseller Dima Zales comes the highly anticipated conclusion to the Human++ trilogy\n\nIt’s been four and a half years since my friends and I revolutionized the world with our Brainocyte technology. I have a beautiful wife, a genius son, and more money than I know what to do with. My current problem? Not everyone appreciates the brave new world we’ve built.\n\nWith enemies where I can least expect them, our life-saving technology could turn out to be the end of everything… even humanity itself.","isbn":null,"updatedAt":"2026-11-06T00:01:38.395682+00:00"},{"title":"The Thought Readers","author":"Dima Zales","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/dima-zales/the-thought-readers","year":2014,"heat":2,"seriesTitle":"Mind Dimensions","seriesOrder":1,"tropes":["Psychic","Science fiction","Urban Fantasy"],"summary":"Mind Dimensions: Book 1\n A new series about mind readers from a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author\n\nEveryone thinks I’m a genius.\n\nEveryone is wrong.\n\nSure, I finished Harvard at eighteen and now make crazy money at a hedge fund. But that’s not because I’m unusually smart or hard-working.\n\nIt’s because I cheat.\n\nYou see, I have a unique ability. I can go outside time into my own personal version of reality — the place I call “the Quiet” — where I can explore my surroundings while the rest of the world stands still.\n\nI thought I was the only one who could do this — until I met her .\n\nMy name is Darren, and this is how I became entangled with all the Russians and learned that I’m a Reader.","isbn":null,"updatedAt":"2026-11-06T00:01:26.053104+00:00"},{"title":"The Thought Pushers","author":"Dima Zales","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/dima-zales/the-thought-pushers","year":2014,"heat":2,"seriesTitle":"Mind Dimensions","seriesOrder":2,"tropes":["Psychic","Science fiction","Urban Fantasy"],"summary":"Mind Dimensions: Book 2\n From a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author comes the highly anticipated sequel to The Thought Readers\n\nWhat am I?\n\nWho killed my family?\n\nWhy?\n\nI need to get some answers before the Russian mob succeeds in killing me.\n\nThat is, if my own friends don’t kill me first.","isbn":null,"updatedAt":"2026-11-06T00:01:26.053104+00:00"},{"title":"The Enlightened","author":"Dima Zales","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/dima-zales/the-enlightened","year":2015,"heat":2,"seriesTitle":"Mind Dimensions","seriesOrder":3,"tropes":["Psychic","Science fiction","Urban Fantasy"],"summary":"Mind Dimensions: Book 3\n From a New York Times bestselling author comes the exciting continuation of the Mind Dimensions series\n\nKidnapped. Consciousness expanded. And that was just the start of my day.\n\nI always thought I was a nice enough guy. The kind who’d never want to commit murder.\n\nTurns out I simply lacked incentive.\n\nSome crimes can never be forgiven.","isbn":null,"updatedAt":"2026-11-06T00:01:26.053104+00:00"},{"title":"The Elders","author":"Dima Zales","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/dima-zales/the-elders","year":2015,"heat":2,"seriesTitle":"Mind Dimensions","seriesOrder":4,"tropes":["Psychic","Science fiction","Urban Fantasy"],"summary":"Mind Dimensions: Book 4\n From a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author comes the exciting continuation of the Mind Dimensions series\n\nGoing to Level 2 gives me unimaginable power. So naturally, now that everyone I care about is in trouble, I can’t do it anymore.\n\nThe Elders can, but will they teach me, and if so, at what price?\n\nUltimately, it comes down to a choice.\n\nWhat am I willing to sacrifice for those I love?","isbn":null,"updatedAt":"2026-11-06T00:01:26.053104+00:00"}]}}