UnBound

UnBound gathers short stories from the world of the Unwind Dystology. Neal Shusterman wrote it with Terry Black, Michelle Knowlden, Brendan Shusterman, and Jarrod Shusterman. The stories do not pick up Connor, Risa, and Lev's plot where the main series left it.

Instead, they fill the gaps around the four core novels: Unwind, UnWholly, UnSouled, and UnDivided. Each story follows a secondary or new character, and the episodes fall before, during, and after the events of those books.

The subject throughout is unwinding and how far its reach extends. Some stories follow the people who hunt unwinds for profit. Others stay with those caught up in the machinery of the practice in smaller, quieter ways.

The short-story format means a series of separate episodes rather than one continuous plot. Several stories rely on characters and events introduced in the main novels, so the collection suits readers who already know the core series. Newcomers to the Unwind world will find it easier to start with Unwind.