Through the Dark is a young adult dystopian science fiction collection by Alexandra Bracken, set in the world of The Darkest Minds series and bringing together three novellas that widen the story beyond the central trilogy. The book follows Psi children and teenagers caught in a country shaped by government camps, fear, survival and the struggle to protect those who cannot protect themselves. Across the stories, characters such as Sam and Lucas face impossible choices involving escape, loyalty, trauma and the fragile hope of rebuilding a life after cruelty. As a companion volume to The Darkest Minds, the collection deepens the series’ themes of power, resistance, memory and moral responsibility, showing how even side stories can change the way the larger fight is understood.
Author: Alexandra Bracken
Publisher: Hyperion
Publication year: 2018
Pages: 400
Target age: 14–18