Apocalyptic Future

Imprisoned by the Cartel, Dale Hardy must battle to escape his captors and find a way home before everything and everyone he holds dear is lost forever. For the Cartel, it turns out subduing the small town of Encendido was only the beginning. Ruthless crime boss Fernando Ortega has his sights set on reclaiming great swaths of the American Southwest, an empire he intends to rule with an iron fist. But there's a secret hiding in the desert, a secret that could spell the difference between tyranny and freedom.

Orson Scott Card, Kevin J. Anderson, and Larry Niven have seen the future. Now you can, too. A constellation of the brightest lights in the science fiction and fantasy firmament have judged these authors to be the best, the brightest, the truest emerging stars in the field.

Walter is an artificial intelligence, accounting software given great abilities in a world filled with super heroes and villains. His goals are simple, build lairs capable of taking out heroes that invade them and to use their loot to help him build a criminal business empire.

It began four years ago with a worldwide uptick of bacterial infections. Although the outbreaks spread aggressively and proved impervious to our drugs of last resort, public health officials initially dismissed them as unrelated. They were wrong. Antibiotic resistance soon roiled across the globe. Diseases long thought beaten came surging back. The death toll skyrocketed. Then New York City was ravaged by the most heinous act of bioterror the world had ever seen, perpetrated by a new brand of extremist bent on pushing humanity to extinction.

Jerome Braxton’s journey started normally, but never did he dream of ending up in the Future Kingdom. In his former existence, it required landing in a jail cell to discover God’s plan for his life. Little did he know that plan would lead him to Tim Alterman, also known as Tiny Tim and the roughest thug in Folsom Prison. Years earlier Nina Carson’s journey led her to New York City where she also met Tiny Tim. The interaction ended her life and sent the gangster to prison, but not before fulfilling her destiny. On her deathbed, Nina’s courageous prayer for her killer in the presence ...

A fallen U.S. government. A city verging on collapse. Can a lone cop stop an insane crime lord from destroying the home she’s vowed to protect? NYPD cop Alice Yu trusts no one. And with newfound fame making her a reluctant figurehead, there’s no way she’s telling anybody that her reprinted body is failing and she’s dying. But when she hosts a city-saving truce between gang bosses and the police, a bloody confrontation leads to an enraged standoff. With negotiations stalled, Yu partners with a secretive UN special agent to track down the power-hungry monster intent on destroying the ...

A year after destroying the wormhole generator in France and thus blocking the way to Earth for an allied AI, she lives with AcesAzrael in Switzerland. She fights alongside the last free humans against the approaching Forum and its unstoppable troops. There is still no trace of Janika, but when the Swiss make a dangerous plan shortly before their final defeat, there is only one hope for June and Ace: to find Janika and uncover the secret of a new, mysterious place in the metaworld.

Sophie knew real fear and never more so than now. They had to escape the increasing danger...and that meant leaving their home. Their options were few...staying could be deadly. She knew disappearing wasn’t enough...they needed a safe place. Somewhere no one would ever think to look. She’d hoped their grandmother’s house would be safe...that didn’t work out. Caleb was determined to keep his best friend’s widow and children safe. But first he had to find them. Travel with Caleb, Sophie and her family on an inspirational saga that will rivet you with heart-wrenching moments of drama...

The 32nd edition of Writers of the Future may be the best new book yet! Brand-new adventure through space, time, and possibility. Along the way these new authors will introduce you to fascinating characters such as Nate, a very loyal companion - like most werewolves would be. Keanie has a parasite that lets her morph and so transform into anyone. Liz owns a dinosaur maker, but raw ingredients can be a problem. Anna slaves away in a factory but her magic leaves her unfulfilled. These authors take creative writing to a whole new level!

THE BALANCE is a Young Adult novel, set in a dystopian future. It takes place almost 200 years after a global thermonuclear war. People in the Land survived the destruction of the world war only to have their lives disrupted again by a wayward asteroid. It broke up and rained down on the planet, just as life had begun to regain a sense of normalcy. This second tragedy disturbed the power sharing arrangement between the two leading factions that had helped rebuild the Land--the Council, and the Order--under an agreement called "The Balance". The Council's leaders exploited the chaos that ...

The Darkening is so much more than anyone could have imagined. This ruthless consumer of worlds lives only to spread and infect. Now, it sets its eyes on Earth. With the Galactic Government still reeling from the events of Chancellor Mandrake's rule, Daniel and his team prepare for war. The campaign promises to be long and bloody but they must strike now. The Darkening cannot be allowed time to grow in power.

A slave farm. A family's desperate escape. A legendary haven. Fourteen-year-old Alex is about to become a bonded serf and his older sister a breeder, but he is determined to change their fate. He leads his six siblings and his best friend, minort Kimowan Tootoosis, on a dangerous journey across Beforetimes Canada in search of the legendary Brandon Enclave. On the outskirts of Brandon, when all seems lost, the secret book decides their fate. Awarded Silver Honorable Mention in Writers of the Future contest.

Adam awakened after decades of suspended animation with a genetically enhanced body and an implanted A.I. named Nan. He was now endowed with boundless potential but unrealized potential is of little benefit. With Nan's help he overcame many challenges but his greatest and most dangerous challenge was fighting and defeating a gang of slavers. He realized that one victory was not the end of the issue and his goal became permanently ending this evil organization that threatened the very survival of the fragile remnants of humanity. In order to accomplish this he would have to fully realize his...

Mariam Najjar had a dream, but it turned into a nightmare. As the world descended further into climate chaos and political polarization, Mariam and her Lamplighters struggled to preserve their faith as the oppressive agency SMOKE teamed up with a doomsday cult to destroy everything Mariam had worked for. Could a body of inspiring stories, practices, and imaginal insights truly provide a cultural foundation for deep renewal and regeneration? Or was it all for naught? And what about the traitor Mariam senses but cannot identify? In this climactic novel of the Lamplighter Trilogy, narrator Kay...

With Aristine at his side, Eden Chain technology will connect Jack's new people as they get ready to go to war, but Kassos - the city of intrigue and fear - is not what it seems. There's a new threat in the region, known as the Procurators, and they are using the past against Jack and his people - nanobots. War is coming, and Jack is determined to win at all costs.

It's the 24th century. The earth has been scorched ... Stone is back – angrier than ever, and determined to bring violent justice to those around him. Somes reviews have said "This series is unique and one of a kind. Best series in this category that I've read in years." Stranded in hostile territory and burdened with the mission of a dead man, Stone will have to be at his most ruthless to survive. Six months have passed since the collapse of the Place of Bridges and Stone strikes a deal that could reunite him with his companion, Nuria. Only the deal is cloaked in lies and soured by ...

One idea can change a nation. Four simple words. In a fractured United States, divided into eleven autonomous states, a ruling Presidential dynasty, protected by the Freedom Protection Unit (FPU), holds each territory under a tight, relentless grip. Isolationism has reshaped society, ensuring a life of obedience and conformity, but beneath the surface, something is stirring. A hidden knowledge. Alex Harper, an ordinary factory worker, stumbles upon a book, a guide to awakening the mind, connecting with energy, and reclaiming inner power. As he begins to unravel its mysteries, he discovers a...

Kyra knows she's screwed. Trapped in a school while zombies stumble past just waiting for the survivors cowering inside to come out to play, she has no hope of getting out alive. She's not the only one either, and sexy fellow survivor Riley seems hellbent on making their last few hours alive memorable ones. But in a twist of fate neither one could have seen coming, Kyra and Riley realize that they might not be facing the end after all.

A post-apocalyptic human resistance sci-fi fantasy novel A lone hiker isolated on the trail, encounters a blinking light in the forest. His curiosity overtakes him. He leaves the trail to investigate the blinking light and encounters a trail of dead soldiers in the woods whose deaths cannot be explained. They appear to have fallen dead where they stood. The trail of dead bodies leads him to a seemingly deserted military bunker where he learns that the military has been conducting a project in artificial intelligence in secret. As he enters further into the compound, he comes to realize that...

I thought dying in prison was my only option… …then I was given a choice. I can either board an alien spaceship with 400 fellow criminals or rot in prison on a freezing Earth. The spacecraft's captain, a handsome alien who looks remarkably human, has been visiting me in my dreams for over a year. He has given me the companionship I need during my time locked up in solitary confinement, and the way he holds me in my mind makes me forget the Earth is on the brink of extinction. But was that nothing but my imagination? The alien in question doesn’t seem to know anything about the hours ...