Plastic Burlesque
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“Electrifying… a wild ride of rebellion, intrigue, and high-stakes deception.”
“I couldn’t put it down… a dazzling dystopian tale with unforgettable characters.”
“Gripping, immersive, and impossible to ignore.”
A masked city. A quiet rebellion. A truth too dangerous for the spotlight.
In Suburbia, the harvesters come without warning. They take what they want. And nobody talks about it.
Cy has survived this fractured city on instinct, cleverness, and the fading echoes of his grandmother’s warnings. In Suburbia, silence is survival—and questions have a way of making people disappear.
But the night a masked stranger named Guess draws him into the underground world of Plastic Burlesque—a rogue performance troupe hiding rebellion beneath spectacle—everything Cy believes begins to unravel.
Above them, in the gleaming towers of Utopia, the elite are preparing something far worse than a harvest.
At the center of it all stands Electra Steele—enigmatic, untouchable, and ruthlessly precise. Her rule is absolute, enforced through surveillance, illusion, and whispered horrors no one dares name aloud.
And somewhere within her world, someone Cy once loved is waiting.
As illusion gives way to truth and carefully constructed identities begin to fracture, Cy is drawn into a hidden war where loyalty is fragile, trust is dangerous, and every mask conceals something far more unsettling beneath.
To expose the truth is to risk everything.
To remain silent is to become part of the spectacle.
Behind every mask, a story waits to be told.
Step inside… if you dare.
A dark, atmospheric dystopian thriller exploring identity, control, and the cost of finally refusing to look away.
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Praise for this book
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In 2025, I stumbled upon a book that I decided to save on my shelf for later reading, Plastic Burlesque. However, once I finally started reading it, I found myself unable to put it down. The characters, especially Cy, were incredibly captivating, and I felt an immediate connection to their journey. One particular scene involving the Lipocopters was truly epic—I was so engrossed in the story that I nearly fell off my bed in surprise.
The action sequences throughout the book kept me hooked from beginning to end, leaving me eagerly anticipating what would happen next. And just when I thought the story couldn’t get any better, there was an amazing and well-guarded twist at the end that left me completely satisfied. I must commend Iwan Ross on his exceptional storytelling skills—I am truly his biggest fan. In fact, I’m about to embark on my second read of the book, and I’m so enamored with it that I’ve even ordered a print edition, solely for the sake of cherishing the beautiful cover.
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Plastic Burlesque by Iwan Ross is a dazzling dystopian tale brimming with rebellion, intrigue, and heart. Cy's fight for freedom in Utopia's twisted world of power and deception is grippig, while complex characters and high stakes keep you hooked. A thought-provoking read!
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A captivating story about love, redemption, and self-discovery.
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Electrifying!
‘Plastic Burlesque, a novel in the genre of Young Adult Dystopian Fiction, is a wild ride navigated by Cy in the aftermath of the Solar Outage. As a result of this phenomenon, there is a great societal divide between the sharply contrasted Haves and Have-Nots: the elite, decadent metropolis of Utopia vs. the struggling inhabitants of a deteriorating Suburbia.
Motivated by love and vengeance, Cy and his sidekick, Solomon, guided by the underground Plastic Burlesque rebels, rely on wit and determination to decimate the Utopian oppressors on their turf.
From beginning to end, the reader embarks on an electrifying ride honed by the author’s plausible sci-fi gadgetry and the characters’ harrowing escapes at every turn. His vivid, sensory details enable the reader to become an omniscient viewer.
Facades are stripped bare. Security is an illusion. Alliances shift.
I highly recommend ‘Plastic Burlesque’ for its ability to keep the reader on high alert.