Unfit - by Karma Chesnut (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Nearly a century has passed since the world was devastated by pandemics and wars that wiped out over ninety-percent of the earth's population. To assure the survival of mankind, the leaders of the rebuilt city of Haven are breeding a better human race: meaning those deemed too stupid, too weak, too poor - too "unfit" - are arrested and forcibly sterilized.

John Hunter is a penniless, self-educated young man from the wrong side of Haven struggling to make something of himself to provide for his wife and their hopes of starting a family. Until the authorities show up at his door and arrest him for the crime of being "unfit." Heartbroken and humiliated, will John abandon his aspirations and resign himself to quietly accept his fate?

Review Quotes

"This book is everything a dystopian, or any kind of book, should be." -Molly Fennig, Author of Insomnus

"As thrilling as The Hunger Games, as relevant as The Handmaid's Tale." -D.J. Butler, Author of Witchey Eye

"Unfit is Gattaca meets Shawshank Redemption. It's a dystopian Gone With the Wind, but this time with a heroic heroine." -Derick William Dalton, Author of Houses of Common

"Unfit depicts a complex, intriguing world of corruption and entitlement that longs to be torn down and tells an engaging story of interesting characters fighting to do what's right in the face of great evil. A good, quick read!" -Jared Garrett, Author of Beat