Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Year Zero | 2012 | Rob Reid | Buy |
Year Zero arrived in 2012 with a genuinely funny premise rooted in something real. Reid had spent years in the music streaming industry watching the legal battles over digital rights, and he channeled that frustration into a story where the absurdity of copyright law becomes an existential threat to the galaxy.
The novel follows a New York music lawyer who gets pulled into the crisis when alien representatives come to Earth. It reads quickly and the jokes land because the underlying legal satire is accurate enough to sting.