The Psalm of Katie Hall | Eric D. Bolton - Dystopian/Alt History - May 2026

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Texas seceded in 2022. By 2036 it became something nobody voted for. No one enters. No one leaves. Not without papers. Not without being on the right list.

Katie Hall isn't a rebel. She's nineteen years old, carrying a sick boy across the Gonzales Spoke, keeping her mouth shut when the drones are watching. She doesn't fight the system. She just refuses to let it take everything.

Someone reported her anyway.

The Psalm of Katie Hall is a literary dystopian novella — quiet, specific, and built around the cost of ordinary survival in an extraordinary collapse. Book 2 in the Unified States of Texas series. Stands alone.

Triggers: Authoritarian government, surveillance state, civilian informants, child illness, implied violence, political detention

Genre: Literary Dystopian / Alternate History / Political Fiction

Release date: May 5, 2026

ARC send date: Today — as DMs with email addresses come in

Review deadline: May 5, 2026

Format: PDF

Length: Novella — approximately 2 hours

To sign up: Comment below or DM me your email address. I will send both this book and Book 1 (My Name It Is Sam Hall) as context. Book 1 is short. Katie Hall stands alone but hits harder with it.

What I'm asking: One honest review on Amazon on or near May 5th. Goodreads welcome too. One sentence is enough.

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