I’ve used a lot of phras­es to describe the book. Obvi­ous­ly, describe it how­ev­er you want! But if you’re look­ing for ideas, here’s some of what I’ve used.

• a scifi/fantasy nov­el set in post-apoc­a­lyp­tic Ohio Amish country
• lit­er­ary post-apoc­a­lyp­tic Amish-dystopi­an rur­al fan­ta­sy-like sci­ence fiction
• rur­al-dystopi­an fan­ta­sy-like sci­ence fic­tion set in post-apoc­a­lyp­tic Amish coun­try, long after the fall of civilization
• rur­al-dystopi­an fan­ta­sy-like sci­ence fic­tion with a splash of nin­ja, set in post-apoc­a­lyp­tic Amish country
• rur­al-dystopi­an post-apoc­a­lyp­tic fan­ta­sy-like sci­ence fic­tion with exis­ten­tial eth­i­cal dilem­mas and a splash of ninja

And here are some more for­mal book descriptions:

• A bio­log­i­cal dis­as­ter rever­ber­ates in Ohio Amish coun­try gen­er­a­tions after the near-extinc­tion of humanity.
• A bio­log­i­cal dis­as­ter rever­ber­ates in Ohio Amish coun­try gen­er­a­tions after the near-extinc­tion of human­i­ty. The sto­ry fol­lows Root, a dar­ing out­lier in a cul­ture shaped by con­for­mi­ty and fear. Leav­ing the safe­ty of her vil­lage, Root’s jour­ney will show her the truth: that her world has been twist­ed by peo­ple try­ing to save it.

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