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The Midnight Factory

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Book 1 of The Shimmerfall Trilogy

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Pub Date 31 Oct 2025 | Archive Date 19 Nov 2025


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In a rain-soaked world of addiction and control, one woman’s fight to save her friend becomes a haunting battle over truth, loyalty and the fragile cost of hope.

In New Albion, Shimmer is both escape and enslavement — and the Bureau for Virtue makes sure people stay hooked. When her best friend is dragged into the infamous Midnight Factory, Anouk Walker must risk everything to bring him back. But joining the Resistance forces her into moral compromises as dark as the system she’s fighting, and the devastating truth behind Shimmer may shatter them all. 

Fans of The Handmaid’s Tale, The Hunger Games and Children of Men will find much to love in this gritty, emotionally charged world where loyalty is dangerous, rebellion comes at a cost and even hope can be weaponised. 

The Midnight Factory is Book 1 in a new dystopian thriller series that delivers a haunting blend of survival, addiction and rebellion.  


In a rain-soaked world of addiction and control, one woman’s fight to save her friend becomes a haunting battle over truth, loyalty and the fragile cost of hope.

In New Albion, Shimmer is both...


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ISBN 9781097912918
PRICE £12.68 (GBP)
PAGES 352

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First read for me from either of this author duo, this is a dystopian novel which im not familiar with this genre, it took me a good while to understand what's going on in this world but once I understood what was happening I was addicted to it and didn't want the book to end, I'd of loved if this was a full series and I could of binged read them all. I'll definitely be reading more of this genre and more from these authors. I throughly enjoyed this and found it intriguing.

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In a dystopian London, where a far-right party has taken control after a bloody insurrection, the only way many people can find to relax is with Glimmer. A drug that lets you forget, one that you drip into your eyes. Anouk uses it to forget her past, those she lost, and to stay away from her Mother. One night she and her best friend are high in Glimmer, Bureau for Virtue busts the club to collect up the undesirables to be sent to the Midnight Factory, though a quirk of fate saves Anouk, her friend is taken. Joining the Resistance, she plans to save her best friend and help them bring down the government.

But in the Resistance, she learns far more than she ever thought she would, including the terrifying truth behind Glimmer.

This was good fun, and I loved that it was set in London (where I grew up). I can not wait for the next book.

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