Zoey Is Too Drunk for This Dystopia

Jason Pargin

Oct 2023 · Macmillan Audio · Narrated by Elizabeth Evans

About this audiobook

Zoey is Too Drunk for This Dystopia is the latest installment in New York Times bestselling author Jason Pargin's thrilling Zoey Ashe sci-fi series.

Zoey Ashe wakes up every day feeling like she’s trying to steer a battleship while tied to the propeller. The twenty-three-year-old heiress to a criminal empire is navigating a futuristic world of high-tech liars and cutthroats, forced to learn the rules of a devious game she never asked to play. Now she’s facing a crisis that is both bigger and stranger than all that came before:

The gleaming new city of Tabula Ra$a is hosting its massive annual music festival, which every year precedes the equally massive annual drunken riot. This is all organized by Zoey's people, including the riot. As her advisors explain, the citizens need a little controlled chaos now and then. Zoey, however, fears the chaos will not stay controlled for long.

When a horrific crime is broadcast live on an all-seeing social network, Zoey and her team suspect a carefully-stage hoax arranged by one of the Tabula Ra$a’s shadowy power players. But in a city in which lies are always served in layers, even that explanation will prove far too simple.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.

Ratings and reviews

This book is very entertaining. I dropped a star simply because I don't think it's the best in the series (I'm not huge on politics, and there's a big political storyline) but it was enjoyable nonetheless. KUDOS to the reader as well as I never had a problem following who was speaking.

Another fantastic adventure in the Zoey series. Excellent and well thought out criticisms of capitalism and the rampant acceleration of modern technology and how both affect our social structure, all wrapped up a comedic bow. Can't wait for the next entry!

About the author

JASON PARGIN is the New York Times bestselling author of the John Dies at the End series as well as the award-winning Zoey Ashe novels. He previously published under the pseudonym David Wong. His essays at Cracked.com and other outlets have been enjoyed by tens of millions of readers around the world.