★★★★★ Review I honestly had no idea what I was getting into when I picked up The Franchise. I was skimming the synopsis and saw the words "dystopian," "science fiction," and "medieval world," and I checked it out from my library on a whim, and I'm so glad I did! Author Thomas Elrod blends science fiction, fantasy, dark comedy, and action into a story that is wildly entertaining while also deeply unsettling. The novel has a lot of exciting scenes, but its mostly a book about e
