They Called Her Rebel: A Fantasy Novel about Late-Stage Capitalism, People Power, and Queer Love -- Jacob Dallas-Main, Paperback

Exploitative. Hyper-Productive. Militarist. Miserable. Quatron is a fantasy world warped to serve the cold interests of a corporate oligarchy. Romantic. Arrogant. Idealistic. Intense. Ellaria is a young woman doomed to decades in a credit camp after inheriting her father's medical debt. Locked away, closely monitored, and put to work with thousands of others, it's clear there's no future for people like Ellaria under this system ... so she will fight for a new one. Joining forces with an eight-foot-tall aspiring optimist, a wizard with a shotgun, and an ex-noble sorceress that she can't keep her eyes off, Ellaria will revolt against Quatron's regime of corporate control. But Ellaria has critical questions to answer: How can anyone defeat such a deeply entrenched system? What will the oligarchs be willing to do to stay in power? And most importantly, what sort of world should she aim to build? She needs to find her answers quickly. The time of rebellion begins.

Author: Jacob Dallas-Main
Publisher: Roundfire Books
Published: 01/06/2026
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9781803419480

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/03/2025

About the Author
Jacob Dallas-Main is a writer, research analyst, and activist based out of Atlanta, Georgia. Jacob's primary passion is political organizing and activism, which he does as a committed member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation. Jacob hosts the weekly book review podcast The Socialist Shelf, which you should only check out if you're a fan of bad jokes with a little bit of politics and literature sprinkled in.