Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Psycho Island | 2020 | Phil M. Williams | Buy |
| 2 | Exodus | 2020 | Phil M. Williams | Buy |
| 3 | Silver City | 2020 | Phil M. Williams | Buy |
| 4 | Enemies of the State | 2020 | Phil M. Williams | Buy |
| 5 | Collapse | 2021 | Phil M. Williams | Buy |
Psycho Island opens the 2050 series with a premise that sets the tone: in a future America where the wealthy and powerful have consolidated control, people who speak out against the system tend to disappear to a facility known as Psycho Island. The series doesn’t spend much time on speculative technology or world-building for its own sake — the near-future setting is recognizable, which is part of the point.
All five books were published in 2020 and 2021, giving readers the complete arc quickly. Exodus, Silver City, Enemies of the State, and Collapse track the consequences of resistance across a deteriorating social order, with Williams building toward a conclusion that reflects his consistent interest in what collapse — political, moral, personal — actually looks like from the inside.