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Five Years
Elise never asked to shepherd her small town through the end of the world.
Yet here she is, the senior leader of a tiny New England town in the middle of humanity’s imminent death sentence with no more than three years to go. Amid dwindling rations and supplies, her job is to lead Middlewich through its last days in relative peace.
But she faces a new menace in the form of political challenger Grant Greene, an authoritarian whose radical new ration distribution proposal threatens to plunge half of Middlewich into early starvation. Adding pressure to the situation is the shocking reemergence of a critical resource.
Middlewich has successfully walled itself off from the outside world, but is it ready to battle the enemy within?
Yet here she is, the senior leader of a tiny New England town in the middle of humanity’s imminent death sentence with no more than three years to go. Amid dwindling rations and supplies, her job is to lead Middlewich through its last days in relative peace.
But she faces a new menace in the form of political challenger Grant Greene, an authoritarian whose radical new ration distribution proposal threatens to plunge half of Middlewich into early starvation. Adding pressure to the situation is the shocking reemergence of a critical resource.
Middlewich has successfully walled itself off from the outside world, but is it ready to battle the enemy within?
379 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 3, 2025
About the author
Teresa Tennyson
6 books1 followerTeresa Tennyson explores modern issues through the lens of speculative fiction. A former soldier and diplomat, she is a lifelong writer who believes storytelling has the power to build empathy, bridge cultural chasms, and mobilize collective action toward a better future for all.
The dystopian tale Five Years is her first novel and the beginning of The Middlewich Chronicles. She has also published a novelette and stories related to the series. Her other short fiction has been published in Sundial Magazine, Writer’s Digest, and several anthologies.
When she isn’t writing, she tends to her forested property in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire, USA.
The dystopian tale Five Years is her first novel and the beginning of The Middlewich Chronicles. She has also published a novelette and stories related to the series. Her other short fiction has been published in Sundial Magazine, Writer’s Digest, and several anthologies.
When she isn’t writing, she tends to her forested property in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire, USA.
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