Apocalyptic Future

History can't bury the truth. Unlike her classmates, Sage Indarra doesn’t want to be a model student at the Institution. But it’s the only way to survive. Despite her best efforts, her guise of normalcy is threatened when she gets into a fight at the beginning of the year, bringing down the wrath of the Institution and consequences that could haunt her for the rest of her life—however short that might be. But they never would have punished her if they’d known where it would lead. In the depths of the Archives, Sage makes a discovery that could threaten the very fabric of Eprah’s ...

As the people of Wildwood start to pick up the pieces of their shattered society, eyes have started to turn beyond their territory. With the help of the only squad bold enough to brave the wilds for the sake of the smaller towns, Ronan and his friends set out once more to explore new territory.

In the chilling shadow of Cleveland’s skyline, a near-future apocalypse has transformed the once-bustling city into a frozen wasteland. Rising waters from an unforgiving climate have reshaped the world, and the harsh winters of this new era are relentless. Amidst this desolate backdrop, Katy, a once-revered doctor, emerges as an unlikely beacon of hope. Katy’s world is overturned when a ferocious storm wrecks her boat, propelling her into the heart of a city she had long forsaken. Here, amidst the icy ruins, the horrors she encounters surpass the darkest recesses of the imagination. The...

After nine months on my own, safety is finally within my reach. I was starting to think I’d never get to experience human interaction again. Never get to hear laughter or feel the warmth of someone else’s skin on mine, and forget sex. All of that seemed like a dream. But not anymore. Olivia and Greg are at a crossroads when they meet. Heartbroken and grieving, she’s about to give up, while he’s ready to start a life he’d thought might never happen.

Cassidy Nolan is a drug addicted journalist, disgraced after releasing one of the most iconic images of the new millennium. Fourteen years later, the world teeters on the verge of ecological collapse. A chance encounter with a sociopathic street kid will send her on a journey into chaos that may lead her to uncovering the biggest story of her career. Pursued by a burnt out ex-military contractor determined to earn his reward, there are no guarantees that she will live long enough to reveal what she has found.

**HONORABLE MENTION IN THE HOLLYWOOD BOOK FESTIVAL** From IndieReader.com review: "CRYO-MAN is an interesting look at a future where robots and humans battle for survival in the aftermath of a great war. Niko’s adventures through this wasteland to recover his lost memories set the stage for an unusual look at life after an apocalypse. The world of CRYO-MAN is rich with detail and ripe for a series." Nikolas Edwards has a lone memory: he follows his young son around their house, playing and laughing, as any normal father would with his boy. But Nikolas is very sick and the memory ends with...

After the fall of Robotropolis, Nikolas Edwards is denied a peaceful life when his son is captured and he's forced to leave the city he's helping rebuild. The winter is long and dangerous, but when he returns to the robot city to learn the fate of his other son, things are not the way he left them. Soon, he discovers that destroying the robots may have led to the creation of an enemy that's more deadly than any metallic beast. Dearborn is the third book in the four-part Cryo-Man series. Nikolas finds himself returning to a city he once passed, a city that may hold the fate of his entire ...

Sir Percival Rathkeale, the red-haired knight of Viridiae, the Green Land, seeks the lost Grail, a powerful device critical to the survival of his king, his country, and the planet. Merlin, the king's chief science advisor, discovers new clues to the Grail's location. The king appoints Sir Percival to a new expedition to find the Grail.

At 24, Paulette’s got a dream, but it’s going to take a lot of money. The best solution is to start her own bionics company and then she can fund her real vision. When she confides in a friend, he’s not sure it will work.

A collection of eight gripping speculative fiction tales: . . . a gang of teens discover clues to their heritage and unsettling facts about their backward world . . . a university student develops an innovation to revolutionize the holographic film industry . . . alien pirates compel a pilot to know what it means to be alien . . . a hybrid man struggles for freedom on a mining planet . . . a team of rebel agents attempt a daring operation aboard a hijacked medical supply freighter . . . and more! This collection includes the following stories: Phane The Vx Wars The Jisil-ou-az-lar Audra The...

N. K. Jemisin is one of the most powerful and acclaimed speculative fiction authors of our time. In the first collection of her evocative short fiction, Jemisin equally challenges and delights listeners with thought-provoking narratives of destruction, rebirth, and redemption. In these stories, Jemisin sharply examines modern society, infusing magic into the mundane, and drawing deft parallels in the fantasy realms of her imagination. Dragons and hateful spirits haunt the flooded streets of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

This is the second volume in a five volume series: DARKOUT The Jules Verne III, a deep sea research facility located at the bottom of the Mariana Trench was not meant to be self-contained. It did not bother the residents that the sun went out - it is dark down there anyway. It did bother them that their umbilical to the surface, to emergency aid, coffee beans, and TP was gone. And it was disconcerting when the refugees started showing up... er... down? They were under pressure - 8 tons per square inch of pressure - to survive.

In this one book, you will bare witness to men and women as they try and escape a world on a collision course with an evil threat that, in the end, destroys all life as we know it. Worlds are torn apart, and war ranges all over the globe. And the only hope for humankind to survive is the Future, a spacecraft—the first of its kind—designed to house what is left of humanity. But what lurks beyond the stars may be far more dangerous than what is happening on Earth.

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...

Soulwaves is a metaphysical and cosmological adventure across space and time. Soulwaves are the missing dark energy and dark matter that cosmologists can’t find. They bond people to people, moons to planets, planets to stars, and stars to other stars to form galaxies. When this book proper begins in 2059, China has become the predominant force on the world stage. You will discover that events on planet Earth, and all other sentient planets, are nano-managed by greater and even more pervasive forces.

Scarlett McCain and Albert Browne have outwitted their pursuers and escaped into the wilderness once more, and it's not long before they become famous for their audacious heists across the Seven Kingdoms. Yet neither is fully able to escape the shackles of the past—as they discover when a dangerous job turns sour. Soon old enemies and sinister new threats are pressing in on every side, and Scarlett and Browne must pull off an impossible mission and strike out against The Faith Houses and the Brothers of the Hand if they are to save the people they hold most dear.

The year is 2086. Six months ago, Tasha Strong’s blissful existence was shattered when a terrorist’s bomb killed her husband during Recognition Day, the Southron Union’s celebration of independence from the United States. On that day, Tasha’s old life ended, and a new one began. Obsessed with solving the mystery of Derik’s death, Tasha’s investigation led her to an inescapable conclusion. The General, The Union’s enigmatic dictator, had ordered her husband’s murder after it was discovered that Derik was collaborating with the Gulf Coast Liberation Army, an underground ...

Cassandra stands silent upon a ravaged battlefield, watching as the druids prepare the dead for the pyres, embers drifting up into the still winter darkness. She can barely breathe through the agony of her grief, but she cannot waste another second on tears. Because Londinium, the Caesar, the empire…all of it is still out there. The empire whose code she had followed, whose prince she had promised to marry, whose schemes she had been swept up in since birth. They tried to use her magic against her. To silence her. So she will use her magic against them. To silence them. Forever.

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.

The Nation begins to rise from the ashes of the old world... The attack came fast when it came. Mike only remembered the details after the fact. Molly had the right side, Tim the left, Mike had taken a lead of fifty feet or so right up through the middle of the tall grass. It left him blind for the most part. The grass was higher than his head in most places, unless he walked right on the hump in the middle of the old road, and that was not an easy task. He found himself spending too much time concentrating on the next footfall. So he came down off the hump and walked slowly beside it. ...