Home
/
Fiction
/
The Fourth Species
The Fourth Species
Mar 30, 2026 8:56 AM

Author:A.E. Warren

The Fourth Species

__________________________________________________

To protect the past, they must fight for their future. In the thrilling third book in the Tomorrow's Ancestors series a devastating change is on the horizon.

'A stonking good sci-fi & coming-of-age story all wrapped into one . . . a book that tackles humanity, hardship, and classism at the deepest level.' - Magic Radio Book Club

Elise has now been working for the infiltration department for a year, but is growing frustrated with their lack of progress, their unwillingness to fight back against an unjust world. When it's announced that they're going on the offensive, will she be ready for the consequences?

Twenty-Two finally has her freedom after serving her term of imprisonment. But not everyone believes she deserves to be released. If she is not welcome in Uracil, then where does she belong?

Genevieve's life as a high-ranking Medius is perfectly crafted to hide all weakness, but when she finds out what the Potior's have planned next at the Museum of Evolution, she starts to question her choices, and the cracks begin to show. Can she keep herself from shattering?

When a threat none of these women could have predicted comes to pass, they are all left to fight for their futures. Whether they are ready for it or not, their worlds will collide and nothing will be the same again . . .

__________________________________________________

PRAISE FOR THE TOMORROW'S ANCESTORS SERIES

'An unputdownable exploration into the ethics of science' Buzz Magazine'

Incredible . . . without a doubt one of the best YA sci-fi books I've ever read' Out and About Books

'Instantly engaging . . . widens out from a tale of a girl trying to find her own identity to a broader story encompassing an entire population's burden of oppression, and the desire for freedom' Track of Words

'One of the rare debuts that are really five star reads. Subject Twenty One grabbed me instantly and I couldn't put it down' Dom Reads

__________________________________________________

Make sure you've read the whole series!

1. Subject Twenty-One

2. The Hidden Base

3. The Fourth Species

Reviews

PRAISE FOR THE FOURTH SPECIES

—— :

Crisp and clean, with just the right mix of brusque practicality to move the plot along, interspersed with hauntingly beautiful moments of character introspection and emotion.

—— Julia Blake, author of Black Ice

There's danger, action, adventure and excitement. There's heartbreak and loss alongside community and determination. There's manipulation, disappointment, and a few plot twists along the way.

—— Rachel Churcher, author of Battle Ground

The plot is fast paced and action packed and I honestly couldn't put it down . . . If you still haven't picked up this series yet, what are you doing?!

—— Elle Reads Books

Engaging . . . the characters are facing bigger stakes and threats.

—— Sifa Elizabeth Reads

PRAISE FOR THE SERIES

—— :

A stonking good sci-fi & coming-of-age story all wrapped into one . . . a book that tackles humanity, hardship, and classism at the deepest level

—— Magic Radio Book Club

An unputdownable exploration into the ethics of science

—— Buzz Magazine

Incredible . . . without a doubt one of the best YA sci-fi books I've ever read.

—— Out and About Books

A laudable debut with a sustained narrative and characterisations that demand the reader keep on their toes.

—— NB Magazine

A rather easier read is Ethan Hawke's A Bright Ray of Darkness: a smart novel about Broadway, acting, marriage, love and fame.

—— David Mitchell

Delightfully, Hawke goes full throttle, conjuring a world of thespian grandiosity, engorged egos, brittle self-doubt and callow celebrity with a bravura performance.

—— Financial Times

A thumpingly accomplished novel about art, the heart, the Way of the Actor and scandal in the social media age. Whip smart and dripping with one-liners, A BRIGHT RAY OF DARKNESS is an urbane, uplifting blast of a write-what-you-know novel.

—— David Mitchell

The most timely, urgent book of 2022... It feels both as thrillingly inventive as [Heti's] ever been and also defiantly and satisfyingly middle-aged... Genius.

—— Lynn Steger Strong , Los Angeles Times

Pure Colour is unabashedly metaphysical and completely outlandish...Yet neither grief nor theology can suppress Heti's oddball wit and affection for wildly inappropriate sexual metaphors, for which a reader should be grateful... Heti is the rare mystic with a sense of humor.

—— Judith Shulevitz , The Atlantic

Sheila Heti has the innate ability to capture feelings and thinkings that can seem so mercurial, and to provoke new avenues of thought on social codes, with challenge, care, and clarity. Her writing is both a relief and an invigoration.

—— Anna Cafolla , AnOther, *Books to Look Out For 2022*

Pure Colour will make you question life and choices in the same philosophical and lyrically written way.

—— Alice Snape , Cosmopolitan, *Books to Look Our For 2022*

Heti has evolved the leanest, more powerful, playful, and entirely unique form for writing ideas. With one foot in the everyday and another in the floating world, Pure Colour is a pure feat.

—— Joanna Walsh

Pure Colour...[is] a honed gem, a surreal bildungsroman... With its philosophical meditations, poetic vignettes and absurdist comedy, it is...a bracing reminder that the novel is the literary form where a writer is free to do anything... Heti...[is] an original and influential voice in contemporary fiction

—— Max Liu , i

Heti's... writing is beguiling, funny and wise. The novel's surreal elements invite as many interpretations as an abstract painting

—— Alastair Curtis , Prospect

Heti's work is always original - that Pure Colour is also deeply moving makes it all the more remarkable

—— New Statesman, *The best books of 2022 so far*

Compelling

—— Emily Witt , London Review of Books

A philosophical novel as timely as the fictions of Camus and Hesse were for another generation. Heti's voice, however, is entirely her own: bold, searching, hilarious, simultaneously artful and artless... her grandest...novel yet

—— Times Literary Supplement, *Books of the Year*
Comments
Welcome to zzdbook comments! Please keep conversations courteous and on-topic. To fosterproductive and respectful conversations, you may see comments from our Community Managers.
Sign up to post
Sort by
Show More Comments
Copyright 2023-2026 - www.zzdbook.com All Rights Reserved