Apocalyptic Future

Trapped in the confines of a corrupt police state, nearly 100 years after catastrophic climate change leaves Earth’s surface mostly uninhabitable, it's 2121 and Mary, a trusted worker who hates her oppressive life, wants answers. Why was her brother Joey banished? What is Doc, her dad's best friend, hiding from her? Would her great-grandfather Sim, scientist and founding father of the Program, ever have believed his ideas for a safe society could become a fortress of addicts?

Being reborn in the 21st century, Sabina must stop the apocalypse from happening in the 29th century. Sabina Saves the Future is a trilogy of novellas, following the adventurous and supernaturally gifted Sabina Hines, as she travels the world and uncovers various nefarious conspiracies. This audiobook includes: Sabina’s Pursuit of the Holy Grail, Sabina’s Quest to Open the Portal, and Sabina’s Expedition to Stop the Apocalypse.

Misha Burnett is a master of the macabre and champion of the New Wave. His talent for tales runs the gamut of weird fiction from contemporary urban fantasy to sword and sorcery to science fiction, all with his unique (and slightly twisted) take! Misha Burnett's Endless Summer is a collection of strange and chilling tales of Mankind's future, near and distant, from tomorrow until beyond the mark of history, through civilization's zenith, decline, destruction, and ultimately, mankind's rebirth!

Even in our darkest hour, it must be stated clearly, the Living Goddess did not abandon Her flock. For beneath the alien jackboot, even when very hope itself seemed lost, there arose, by Her Grace, those yet willing to hold high the torch. We were rich. We were poor. We were young. We were old. We sprang from the soil of this planet. We came from far off-world. We were herdeiros. We were minorities. We held advanced degrees. We were illiterate. We’d been born to arms. We had never touched a weapon in our lives. We were as varied as Her Panoply, our paths to Her Truth – as many as the ...

It is difficult, I suppose, for the children of our safe, modern republic to imagine what life had been like in those days, under the Zin occupation. How does one explain the inexplicable? How does one describe the indescribable? How does one get across what it is like to live in a world with no safety, to expect, at any moment, the fatal knock on the door, to know, every waking minute of every waking day, that the very next breath might be one’s last? There are no words for such things. And so, when my grandchildren ask me, I tell them the only thing I can: We lived those days, I tell ...

The past is the future. A young physicist, Sandy Say, is dispatched to a Scottish highland estate to secretly decipher a decrepit manuscript that may hold the key to reinventing the 21st century, devastated by a series of solar storms. There he finds whispers of a reincarnated wizard, a hidden laboratory that is said to be the gate to the Otherworld, and a girl. A Summer in Amber is set in Scotland and England in the not too distant future, after a series of extremely powerful solar storms has laid to waste the modern world of cell phones, computers satellites, and even the power grids. ...

They took away our history. But they can't steal our souls. I’m Ellan Weis, a teen kickboxer. Something happens to me, where I can sense disaster. Before it happens. I live in a world where everyone has a com chip in their wrist...where the only truth of the past cataclysm lies in the darkweb. The schools are rough, bullies walk the halls, gangs work the streets. My mother’s a key player in rolling out the new haloband, a smart-VR headgear technology at Starcom. My brother’s a hacker working at the same company. Something is wrong with our society, something we haven’t be told, and ...

Decades after the devastating Catastrophe, Earth has become a radioactive wasteland sparsely populated by bands of genetically modified humans struggling to survive on limited resources. An expedition of 10 explorers from the Aurora planet returns to this desolate landscape to investigate the mysterious causes of its destruction. But when an unexpected guest breaks into their base, the team needs to wield all of its brain power not only to make sense of the helpless planet but also to stay together as a community.

Eleanora is working hard on her foster parent’s farm and training herself in the defensive arts to avoid the same fate as her parents. William is a swordsman for the library. The Librarian is stepping down and all is being thrown into turmoil. Eleanora and William must take separate journeys across the arid and primitive landscape of the Southwest region after the Collapse. Once their paths cross, they partner to survive by their wits and choose to fight or outthink potential enemies. The future of the region depends upon the decisions made by these two, separately and together. In this ...

When a new trooper starts working at the Southwest Library, she meets Alaya, the Librarian's daughter. But for Henrietta, a soldier with a secret, this young woman may hold the key to expelling the invaders. The events that follow launch Henrietta on a journey that is dangerous and epic, leading her into the councils of the invaders and chieftains of the tribes that rule the desert land of the Southwest. But an even greater danger is coming. Something is moving into the land, something more evil even than the dominating ruling clans. Messengers warn of a mounted menace moving down from the ...

Old Store: Lost Tales 1 More action and adventure set in the Families post-apocalyptic world. This first volume of stories complementing 'The Old Store: A Science Fiction Anthology' adds a new dimension to the experience of Snake's encounter with rival gang boss Rat. New stories then relate the perils the Families fall into when dealing with dwindling supplies of fuel and ammo. This edition is formatted to display Font Sizes and Faces on newer Kindles. Editor's note This first volume of three 'Lost Tales' is published in conjunction with the twenty-six entirely different episodes already ...

Yet more action and adventure set in the Families post-apocalyptic world. This is a second volume of stories complementing 'The Old Store: A Science Fiction Anthology'. If it had only been the occasional peril befalling the Families in their acquisition of new stocks of fuel and ammo, things might have gone more smoothly. The presence of Rat's gang, Snake's deserters and Snake's bid to retake what he'd lost combine to add to the danger. Editor's note This second volume of four 'Lost Tales' is published in conjunction with the twenty-six entirely different episodes already existing in 'The ...

Amidst the haunting ruins of San Francisco, the final chapter of the Forsaken Trilogy unfolds, plunging readers into a world where survival teeters on the brink of a water war. On the edge of the Pacific, where the city’s skeletal remains cast long shadows over the turbulent sea, the colony of Erehwon clings to life. Dia, a survivor hardened by the relentless struggle of a world unmade, finds herself at the heart of a brewing storm. The once tranquil settlement of Erehwon, a beacon of hope amid desolation, faces its gravest threat yet: a local war over the last dregs of Earth’s most ...

Eight short stories set in the future Earth when modern technology has been lost, and librarians rule: Kalapati's Tool Future's Fate Zuni Stash War Tools Out of the Sands Burning Library Lakisha Decides Pratima's Engines

Secrets kill. Perfection destroys. A hardened detective and his idealistic, young deputy investigate the attempted murder of a child and uncover a secret with earth-shattering implications. ∞ Near Halti Fell, Northern Finland, the last of humanity has survived four hundred years in a series of crumbling habitats built to last fifty. Outside, the Earth is an irradiated wasteland of sand and desolate cities known as the scour. In the scour, nothing survives. Chief Investigator Linus Halla is tired of violence and death in cramped, rusted boxes. After twenty years on the job, he’s ready to...

The third book in this action packed series reaches a stunning climax as the world’s hidden secrets are finally revealed. Miri and Zeren lead an expedition into the lost trading routes of the Unknown Regions. In these strange lands they encounter disparate tribes ruled by a domineering Khanate in the midst of an internal struggle, one that could decide the fate of the known world. With an unseen force guiding him, Rion’s quest to finally unearth his true origins leads them all towards an ultimate confrontation with the Maker of Entropy, a living god of immense power. Do not miss this ...

Technology at its finest…and its worst. This anthology of cyberpunk stories features futuristic tech that characters take advantage of…or that takes advantage of them. From physical enhancements that empower the user to rogue AIs that seek to mold the world in their own image. From programs that promise wealth to modified working women struggling to survive. Featuring stories by Joseph Sidari, James Pyles, Lincoln Reed, Gem Newman, Barend Nieuwstraten III, Jo Niederhoff, E.V. Smith, and James Rossiter.

Una leyenda del futuro, de Agustín de Rojas, es un admirable estudio sobre la sofocación social que se lleva a cabo en una misión fallida a Titán, una de las lunas de Saturno. El viaje de regreso a tierra fuerza a los tripulantes a confrontar sus miedos más profundos mientras coexisten unos con otros en pleno estado de desesperación. Esta novela extraordinaria, que recuerda 2001: Odisea del espacio de Arthur C. Clarke, es un roman à clef de ciencia ficción sobre las presiones intensas - económicas, ideológicas, psicológicas - de la Cuba comunista.

In a future ice age, the rich live in warm luxury… …while the poor toil away in freezing misery. Until a girl with strange powers changes everything. Young Adara lives in Settlement Houston and survives by working at the HexPro Joule mine. She isn’t like the wealthy strolling through blizzards in their bikinis and first-class Symbiotes, which keep them balmy as a summer day. Her own life-support system is barely warm enough to get through her shift, but she’s tough, and mining heat cells provides her with a purpose. When a tragic mine accident imbues Adara with the ability to summon...

12 years after the collapse of the United States, the town of New Haven has recovered the best they could without electricity. Their new sense of normal is challenged when the spring season never arrives and the townspeople are are forced to survive in a world where crops no longer grow and hunting is close to impossible. John, the sheriff of New Haven, is forced out into the cold when people start to disappear and he discovers he is on the trail of a killer.