Dystopian

Golden Son continues the stunning saga of Darrow, a rebel forged by tragedy, battling to lead his oppressed people to freedom from the overlords of a brutal elitist future built on lies....

Darrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. The Gold overlords demanded his obedience, hanged his wife, and enslaved his people....

Ten years after the events of Morning Star, Darrow and the Rising are battling the remaining Gold loyalist forces....

Darrow wages a rogue war on Mercury in hopes that he can still salvage the dream of Eo. Lysander au Lune must overcome or unite the treacherous Gold families of the Core and face down Darrow over the skies of war-torn Mercury. But theirs are not the only fates hanging in the balance....

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Nicholas Sansbury Smith throws the Divers into another action-packed adventure in the final installment of the Hell Divers series.

A gripping vision of our society radically overturned by a theocratic revolution, Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid's Tale has become one of the most powerful and most widely read novels of our time....

In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time Wade Watts really feels alive is when he’s jacked into the OASIS, a vast virtual world where most of humanity spends their days....

The thrilling sequel to the beloved worldwide best seller Ready Player One, the near-future adventure that inspired the blockbuster Steven Spielberg film....

The world outside has grown toxic, the view of it limited, talk of it forbidden. The remnants of humanity live underground in a single silo. But there are always those who hope, who dream....

Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations.

Isaac Race thought he'd found a new family and home. A new Life. He had, but it's all about to be snatched away....

In the middle of the holidays, a biological attack wreaks havoc on the U.S. The virus is quick. Deadly. Unstoppable. The country is left in tatters. For Isaac Race, it’s especially bitter.

In the near future, when America has become a police state, 100 boys are selected to enter an annual contest where the winner will be awarded whatever he wants for the rest of his life....

Red Rising hit the ground running and wasted no time becoming a sensation. Golden Son continues the stunning saga of Darrow, a rebel forged by tragedy, battling to lead his oppressed people to freedom....

The Banished Lands has a violent past where armies of men and giants clashed in battle, but now giants are seen, the stones weep blood, and giant wyrms are stirring. Those who can still read the signs see a threat far greater than the ancient wars....

Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations....

This is the way the world ends...for the last time. It starts with the great red rift across the heart of the world's sole continent, spewing ash that blots out the sun. It starts with death, with a murdered son and a missing daughter....

How far would you go to find The One? A simple DNA test is all it takes. Just a quick mouth swab, and soon, you'll be matched with your perfect partner - the one you're genetically made for....

When an EMP attack wipes out the nation’s power grid and communications, college freshman Maddie Langston is forced to run for her life. Stranded in a Chicago airport when the lights go out, Maddie is in a race against time....

Darrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. The Gold overlords demanded his obedience, hanged his wife, and enslaved his people. But Darrow is determined to fight back.

The super solar storm wasn’t supposed to hit Earth - the odds were against it. And yet it did, and everything changed....

Left for dead on the nightmarish surface of the planet, Commander Michael Everhart and his team of Hell Divers barely escape with their lives aboard a new airship called Deliverance. After learning that Xavier "X" Rodriguez may still be alive, they mount a rescue mission....

Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans - though no one calls them that anymore. His wife has left him, his father is sinking into dementia, and Marcos tries not to think too hard about how he makes a living....

More than 15 years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge....

Darrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. The Gold overlords demanded his obedience, hanged his wife, and enslaved his people. But Darrow is determined to fight back.

Every year, Jess and Storey have made an annual pilgrimage to the most remote corners of the country, where they camp, hunt, and hike, leaving much from their long friendship unspoken. Although the state of Maine has convulsed all summer with secession mania—a mania that has simultaneously spread across other states—Jess and Storey figure it’s a fight reserved for legislators or, worst-case scenario, folks in the capital. But after weeks hunting off the grid, the men reach a small town and are shocked by what they find.

Graham Gooding is a leader at a tech start-up when his brilliant coworker—and work crush—Nessie Locke asks for help testing a new algorithm. Graham jumps at the chance to impress her, and to improve his floundering personal life. He soon discovers that the algo is more powerful than Nessie—or anyone—realizes. It was built to detect lies on the internet, but when Graham makes a small edit to Nessie’s online profile, hoping to see if the program will catch the lie, Nessie changes in real life. The algo can alter the real world. Now, so can Graham.

In the middle of the holidays, a biological attack wreaks havoc on the U.S. The virus is quick. Deadly. Unstoppable. The country is left in tatters. For Isaac Race, it’s especially bitter. After the death of his parents and sister, he was just getting his life back on track - the weaponized virus changes all that. Battered by the fresh deaths of his foster parents, but hardened by the year he’s endured, he emerges from the temporary safety of his home to seek out other survivors during the worst winter in years.

It's been a week without power. No phones, no computers—nothing. The last remnants of humanity are vanishing, replaced by desperation and fear. Gangs are forming, people are starving, and the entire country is descending into chaos. When a global blackout plunges society into chaos, Judy Green's horseback quest becomes a beacon of hope. Amid biting cold and desolate small towns, Judy's 900-mile journey to her Ohio hometown transforms her into a fearless leader.

All words that describe blondes in Novum. All words that Ash despises almost as much as she hates her hair. An unknown virus ripped apart civilization and destroyed millions of lives, leaving few light-haired people in its wake. Years later, life has regressed back to primitive methods of survival in tiny towns like Cedar Hill in the country of Novum. After being abandoned by her parents as a child, Ash was adopted by Nan and Pop.

Emily Stark flees her crumbling home with baby sister Sammi and shelters with a shellshocked band of survivors. As she tends the injured and risks her life gathering supplies, she is keeping a secret… her father, her hero, caused this disaster. Fifteen years later. Against all odds, Sammi has grown up in the suffocating darkness and found love with soulmate Declan Chambers. When their hopes of a life together are jeopardised by mutiny in their commune, they slip past the guards and seek a life beyond its walls.

In a society where social credit scores dictate worth, the Newman family faces a waking nightmare when their low score lands them in a sixty-day house arrest. Trapped in their home, they're bombarded by an AI named Babble, through their government-controlled "smart devices," indoctrinating them with progressive values. As their resources dwindle, their struggle for survival takes a terrifying turn when they clash with the "Bulls of Bashan," a group of radicals intent on eliminating those deemed unsafe.

Above Reproach is the gripping first installment of a heart-pounding post-apocalyptic series that follows the harrowing journey of Logan, a battle-hardened survivor, as he fights to build a new life in the ruins of a shattered world. Accompanied by his loyal dog, Gunner, and an unlikely band of survivors, Logan must navigate the treacherous landscape of a savage new world order, where the only law is the law of the gun.

When Marianne woke up in a cell three months ago, she didn’t know who or where she was. Now, still locked away and no closer to uncovering her identity, all she knows is that London fell to a deadly virus and something dark grows within her. Something twisted and evil fighting to take control. After a daring escape, Marianne finds herself on the run, evading the monsters that roam the streets. However, she soon discovers that the monsters aren’t who she thought they were—and are much closer than she believed.

Six months after the Pulse, a catastrophic event that plunged the world into chaos, former carpenter Jason roams the desolate ruins of what was once his suburban haven. Haunted by the loss of his wife and daughter, he clings to a rumor of a safe haven. His solitary existence is shattered when he crosses paths with Jessica, a resilient doctor, and two orphaned boys, Sam and Ben. Together, they navigate the treacherous landscape, their journey punctuated by encounters with desperate scavengers and the chilling remnants of a shattered society. Can the navigate this new world or will their ...

Plunge into the Swamp of the Dead, where nightmares come alive and survival is the only option. Ancient horrors, relentless monsters, and an unyielding darkness await. Can you escape the terror? Discover the thrill that readers can't put down.

It is the year 2150, and life is no longer about personal autonomy. People have lost the ability to dream, and nature is a force that is feared and contained. Confined within a stifling marriage and the slow stripping away of her identity, Seren had sought purpose in the illegal herbal medicine practice she ran under the guise of her medical clinic. But when her secret is exposed, she is forced to flee deep into the mountains with her child and leave everything she knows behind. Will she find solace with Domine, the only man who has ever made her feel free?

16-year-old Evelyn awakens from a coma to find herself imprisoned in a medical robotics research facility, sanctioned by the government. Newly orphaned, and horribly disfigured from a car accident, Evelyn finds herself ensnared in a dangerous game between a narcissistic CEO and a brilliant surgeon. In order to survive, she is forced to ignore her own moral compass, and recruit the homeless for deadly experiments where humans are merged with artificial intelligence, all for the "good" of mankind.

Baron is a man from nowhere in a land that has forgotten its name where the dead walk. After killing a strange man in cold blood, Baron finds himself imprisoned-- and inextricably tied to an even stranger woman, Thalia. Thalia harbors a terrible secret. The daughter of immortal scientists, she knows that the zombie outbreak is cyclical; those infected will live again, and generations later, a new outbreak will run its course. And she alone might hold the key to ending the vicious cycle once and for all.

Grand Master Brian W. Aldiss wrote his wonderfully strange and gripping novella The Saliva Tree, as a tribute to H. G. Wells, the immortal author of The Time Machine and War of the Worlds, and it was honored with a Nebula Award. Included alongside this classic tale of creeping alien terror are nine other sparkling gems of short fiction—from the grisly baby steps of a novice serial killer, to the travels of a history professor through alternate worlds, to the journey of a young widow who has both a murderer and a monster vying for her attention.

In welcher Welt möchtest du leben? In einer Welt totaler Sicherheit, in der sämtliche Emotionen auf ein fades Mittelmaß zurückgestutzt sind, weil alles berechenbar und durchgeplant ist? Oder in einer Welt, in der die emotionalen Höhen und Tiefen von Freiheit, Individualität und Schicksal voll ausgelebt werden und damit die Chance besteht, wahres Glück zu erfahren? Die Urb: Nach dem Finalen Kataklysmus haben sich die Menschen bedingungslos dem Takt des Systems überantwortet und führen ein absolut gleichförmiges Leben in totaler Berechenbarkeit.

Tom survived the first wave of the virus. He survived the second. Now his biggest problem is the others who survived with him. With civilisation decimated and order broken, Tom must change who he is to survive an evolving world. With those he has vowed to protect, he must commit atrocities that were unthinkable to him just a few short months earlier.

NORCAL Z is set between Zombie Chronicles and Zombie Chronicles 2: Soviet Protocol and uncovers what really happened between the events of the two books.

In a future where the Earth has been savaged by overpopulation and over-farming, robots are considered more valuable than humans, and sand must be altered to create artificially fertile soil. Ex-convict Knowle Noland, the hallucinating sea captain of the Trieste Star, finds himself wrapped up in a plot to incite a global war that will wipe out millions. War, it seems, is the only way to drastically reduce the population and create a better world for those who survive.

It’s been approximately 80 years since society crumbled. It seems that people were fascinated with speculating on how society would crumble. Would it be zombies, natural disaster, climate change, aliens, revolt of the machines, collapse of the machines, or some type of rapture or asteroid that comes instantly? Well, it ended up being almost all of those things. However, it didn’t happen quickly. It didn’t happen like some type of two hour blockbuster film. It was a slow and steady collapse.

Can the Earth be saved? The year is 2020 and Earth is in a death spiral, with the clock ticking. This sci-fi story for our times is propelled by fear, anger, and occasional romance, with Artificial Intelligence playing a major role. But can A.I. be trusted to help end the plagues?

À la croisée des univers d'Avatar et de Divergente. Une planète lointaine à l’autre bout de la Galaxie. Une colonie abandonnée par la Terre qui se bat pour survivre. Zac, 28 ans, vit à Mélaharis, l'unique cité de sa planète. Son problème ? Le gouverneur de la colonie a mis une prime de capture sur sa tête. Alors que des répercussions planent sur sa famille, il doit fuir par-delà l'enceinte protectrice de la ville et s'enfoncer dans la nature hostile et inexplorée de ce nouveau monde.

В мире, занесенном слоем песка толщиной в сотни метров, самая востребованная профессия — дайверы. Это люди, которые с помощью специального снаряжения погружаются в песчаные глубины, добывая оттуда реликты старой цивилизации — предмет жестокой борьбы между соперничающими бандитскими группировками. Одна из преступных групп нанимает Палмера и его сестру Викторию, дайверов с большим опытом, для того, чтобы они спустились на глубину, где, по сведениям их нанимателей, прячется под песком Данвар, город-мечта всех дайверов.

The year is 2250. Earth faces apocalypse, and the future of mankind rests in the Bertram Ramsay Space Station. Home to 9 million souls, but not all of them are friendly. The Acolytes of Gaia are a formidable foe to the men and women charged with Earth’s evacuation. Their murderess intent; to see Earth is destroyed, and mankind with it. Jaxon Leith enters Compression, a three-month internment camp where he will learn to live and work in space. Within days he’s drawn into a fight against humanity’s extinction, as hostile infiltrators threaten certain annihilation.

Cassandra, a young corpo programmer, uncovers a plot of technological menticide targeted at the city's oppressed population. Armed only with a stolen data drive containing plans and schematics to this nefarious conspiracy, she must escape the clutches of her corrupt and malevolent employer, ZenithCorp. Run! If she is to stop the rollout of this technology, her only option is survival.