'...an addictive read...Dering reaches the same sort of frisson achieved by Dean R. Koontz in depicting common people caught up in monstrous, beyond-belief circumstances...Planetwide casualties and careful pacing open this attention-grabbing SF trilogy.'- Kirkus Reviews
'Billy Dering is excellent in interweaving intrigue and flashbacks... Characterization is diverse but richly constructed within the story dynamic... Also, the story is characterized by suspense and a mighty imagination... I recommend it to lovers of sci-fi stories with suspense, intrigue, and heart-thumping action. It is not a book for the fainthearted readers.'- OnlineBookClub.org, 4/4-STAR book review
'Dystopian fiction needs a big idea for how the world has gone to hell, and this book goes to a biblical scale...The
faces of the survivors are Sara and Kid, who author Billy Dering creates and presents with enormous skill. Utopia Project is a story of survival and quickly takes all limits off the table in order to ensure that readers buckle in for a wild ride. I would certainly recommend this book to any fans of dystopian literature.'- Readers' Favorite 5/5-STAR book review
'...this story is carefully constructed and paced, making it a terrifyingly good read. Dering's novel would make a fantastic beach read for those wanting a page-turning contemporary sci-fi thriller in the vein of Dean Koontz or Michael Crichton.' - US Review of Books RECOMMENDED review (by Maria A. Hughes)
'Loved it! A really great start to a series where most of the population of the world is wiped out...I would recommend this novel to anyone who enjoys reading thrillers or dystopian novels that are realistic.'- Reedsy Discovery, 4/5-STAR book review
'Well-written... All in all, it kept me in suspense. And, unusually for the futuristic YA genre, I actually found most of the characters pretty likeable.'- Matt McAvoy Book Blog, 4/5-STAR book review
'I really enjoyed reading this story. It was one I could not put down. The tension and desire to know how it ends kept me on the edge of my seat through the whole thing.'- Frostbite Publishing review
'The premise of UTOPIA PROJECT- Everyone Must Die is an interesting one, the characters are engaging, and the action moves forward fairly briskly...'- IndieReader review