<![CDATA[The Dispatch by Jordan Acosta: Dark Century]]>https://www.jordanacosta.co/s/dark-centuryhttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YkK5!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fefab1f9b-ffac-4389-8e93-24c778d278a9_1080x1080.pngThe Dispatch by Jordan Acosta: Dark Centuryhttps://www.jordanacosta.co/s/dark-centurySubstackSat, 11 Apr 2026 07:39:20 GMT<![CDATA[About Dark Century]]>https://www.jordanacosta.co/p/dark-centuryhttps://www.jordanacosta.co/p/dark-centuryWed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT‘A “Fatherland meets Chernobyl” dystopian far-future mystery, set in the Kingdom of Denmark centuries after climate collapse.’

– The Bookseller

Adapted from Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck, Portrait of a Man, 1646 (Rijksmuseum)

Something stalks the riverlands of New Eden.

In its wake, death and sickness follow, and the northern provinces writhe in the hysterical grip of witch fever.

Provost Martin Kolding — a ruthless servant of Denmark’s Interior Ministry — sets off to track down a missing associate and restore order before unrest erupts across the Kingdom.

Meanwhile Ulyana, a half-Russian survivor, is caught between the new empires of the post-collapse world. Abandoned by her people as a result of a genetic curse, she ekes out a miserable existence in the wasteland she once called home; making a Faustian pact to survive.

As Kolding searches for the source of the chaos in the north, he uncovers a darker secret which will not only bind the fates of Kolding and Ulyana together, but also threatens to shatter the tenuous peace between the superpowers of the Arctic Circle.

Status & Rights Enquiries

Dark Century is on submission to editors. For all enquiries, please contact John Baker at Bell Lomax Moreton.

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