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Love & Radio In The Time Of The Apocalypse
Calling all survivors…
Sixteen-year-old Jo has survived her whole life by keeping her head down and her voice quiet, something especially handy in a valley overrun by monsters.
Selectively mute and raised inside a militarized settlement, she's never known safety without control—until her guardian disappears. With no other choice, Jo sets out to find him beyond the walls, armed with little more than grit and a sliver of hope.
Instead she finds Ezra: a talkative boy determined to resurrect radio broadcasts from the Old World, along with a new life of functioning radios, communal libraries, and bands of theater kids who spout Shakespeare among the ruins.
Jo's valley is bigger, and more dangerous, than she ever knew. Competing factions, biters, and Jo's own past are too close for comfort—and more connected than she realized.
Can Jo rebuild a life defined by choice rather than survival, one abandoned radio tower at a time?
Sixteen-year-old Jo has survived her whole life by keeping her head down and her voice quiet, something especially handy in a valley overrun by monsters.
Selectively mute and raised inside a militarized settlement, she's never known safety without control—until her guardian disappears. With no other choice, Jo sets out to find him beyond the walls, armed with little more than grit and a sliver of hope.
Instead she finds Ezra: a talkative boy determined to resurrect radio broadcasts from the Old World, along with a new life of functioning radios, communal libraries, and bands of theater kids who spout Shakespeare among the ruins.
Jo's valley is bigger, and more dangerous, than she ever knew. Competing factions, biters, and Jo's own past are too close for comfort—and more connected than she realized.
Can Jo rebuild a life defined by choice rather than survival, one abandoned radio tower at a time?
215 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 8, 2026
About the author
Lydia Joy
3 books3 followersLYDIA JOY is a writer and illustrator. She is the author of LOVE & RADIO IN THE TIME OF THE APOCALYPSE and THE FIRST DRAFT HANDBOOK, and has illustrated books such as FEELS LIKE HOME by Kelsey French.
She’s the creator of comics: HOBBY GOBLIN and WALL FLOWERS on Webtoon.
When she’s not writing books, you can find her painting, making zines, reading in the corner of a local coffee shop, watering her plants, and playing D&D or cooking with her husband.
Substack: https://lydiajoytheartist.substack.com
Instagram + Threads + Tiktok: @lydiajoy.inks
She’s the creator of comics: HOBBY GOBLIN and WALL FLOWERS on Webtoon.
When she’s not writing books, you can find her painting, making zines, reading in the corner of a local coffee shop, watering her plants, and playing D&D or cooking with her husband.
Substack: https://lydiajoytheartist.substack.com
Instagram + Threads + Tiktok: @lydiajoy.inks
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