BURNED
by G.K. Lamb
Einsam burns.
Fowler's coup against the Caretakers' has plunged the Great Society into civil war. With the veneer of peace shattered, violence is spiraling out of control.
The Great Society teeters on the brink of collapse.
Fleeing Einsam with her surviving companions, seventeen-year-old Evelyn Brennan carries evidence of the Caretaker's heinous crimes. If she can find a way of smuggling it out of the country, she may be able to rally the world to intervene and stem the violence.
But hunted by enemies and haunted by the blood on her hands, Evelyn must strike an unsavory bargain to keep her and her friends one step ahead of the flames.
“I loved the first book, and the second is even better and more terrifying!
The perfect sequel to the page-turner Filtered.”
— Christina de Vries Reedsy Discovery
About G.K.
How we understand ourselves, relate to one another, and move through the world is shaped by story. Story is not just how we remember, but how we make meaning.
I have been writing since childhood as a way of reckoning with the parts of life that resist easy explanation. I return again and again to memory, grief, identity, and moral ambiguity. Fiction allows me to carve out a slice of reality, abstract it, and examine it.
I tell stories in whatever medium feels most honest to the material. My background in filmmaking and documentary deeply informs my writing. I tend to think in images, scenes, and cuts, and my prose often carries a cinematic sensibility shaped by visual storytelling. Whether on the page or on screen, I’m drawn to intimate narratives that explore interior lives against broader social and emotional landscapes.
Ultimately, I write in the hope that careful attention—to character, to place, to the weight of small decisions—can open space for empathy and reflection. I invite readers into stories that ask more questions than they answer, and I hope you find something familiar, unsettling, or quietly illuminating in the time you spend with them.
What People Are Saying
“I regret my initial write-off of G.K. Lamb's first novel as "just another" YA-targeted story. Filtered was engaging and well-crafted, and at the end of the day it was simply a good read.”
— The Warbler Books
“Terrifying, wonderful and an absolute page-turner! Filtered is a breath of fresh air in the dystopian genre.”
— Christina de Vries Reedsy Discovery
“The result of reading a book like G.K. Lambs’s Filtered is not only to leave entertained, but also educated ... Filtered provides young readers an intricate look at the results of environmental collapse through a character they will want to follow anywhere.”
— Christine Davis Thin Air Magazine