Climate Science Fiction

America stands at a historic crossroads. In 2120, Aithal masterfully paints a bold, unsettling, and ultimately hopeful portrait of a future forged in the fires of today’s crises. Faced with a toxic blend of COVID-19, political polarization, racial upheaval, and climate-change-driven catastrophes, Americans are battered by forces that threaten not only their nation’s unity but the very essence of humanity's spirit. The dreams of exploration, innovation, and limitless potential—hallmarks of American history—have been stifled under the heavy weight of fear, division, and mistrust. Yet,...

The long-awaited sequel to the ground-breaking Timer: Season 1, known for its unique blend of mystery, thriller, and science fiction, is finally here! Frank Stewart might once have been remembered as a competent detective inspector with an average career. It hardly represents his abilities, but he'd gladly take it now. Because the way things stood, he could be remembered as both the creator of the timers and a serial killer, a fate he's obviously desperate to avoid. And when the one person who can prove his innocence is murdered, he knows things actually can get worse. But Stewart is adept ...

With full-color illustrations! “Dubh is a writer of great imagination.” (Kirkus Reviews) “The book’s intense world-building is worth the price of admission.” (Kirkus Reviews) “A sprawling, linguistically playful dystopian novel.” (Kirkus Reviews) The earth has been shriveling and dying for thousands of years, and unless Ròna and the Children of the Mother can put a stop to the plundering by the PieceTakers of the Monstrato Corps, the Wayp -- the last refuge of life on earth -- will be lost as well. In the aftermath of The Great Melt, what is left of the natural environment ...

When scientist Kate Larkin joins a secretive project to re-engineer the climate by resurrecting extinct species, she becomes enmeshed in another, even more clandestine program to recreate our long-lost relatives, the Neanderthals. But when the first of the children, a girl called Eve, is born, Kate cannot bear the thought of her growing up in a laboratory and so elects to abduct her, and raise her alone.

Their captivity was traumatizing. And draining. But revenge is in the blood for a group of brave survivors in this chilling short story of conspiracies and youthful pleasures gone awry.

Human history mirrors the history of climate change. Human origins, for example, can be traced to five million years ago when the climate of East Africa became progressively hotter and drier. This caused the lush tropical jungles to disappear and be replaced by arid plains and savannahs. Our pre-human ancestors learned to exploit those new ecosystems by gathering the seed-bearing grasses, nuts, and tubers that thrived in these semi-arid conditions. Also, by foraging in the heat of the day, proto-humans could minimize unwelcome contact with nocturnal predators.

Ryan Gibson has been reunited with his wife and son. Those lucky enough to have survived the tornadoes have made an old church cellar into a temporary refuge. The storms have tapered off, the temperatures are climbing, and the shift in the weather pattern is cause for concern. Everyone is wondering what Mother Nature has in store for them next.

In the midst of a mysterious environmental crisis, as London is submerged below flood waters, a woman gives birth to her first child, Z. Days later the family are forced to leave their home in search of safety. As they move from place to place, shelter to shelter, their journey traces both fear and wonder as Z's small fists grasp at the things he sees, as he grows and stretches, thriving and content against all the odds.

Ysolda has lived her life in the shadow of the wolf queen's tyrannical rule but, safe in her forest haven, she has never truly felt its threat. Until one day when a mysterious earthquake shakes the land and her older sister Hari vanishes in its wake. Accompanied by her loyal sea hawk, Nara, Ysolda embarks on a desperate rescue mission. But when she is forced to strike a bargain with the wolf queen herself, she soon finds herself embroiled in a quest for a magic more powerful - and more dangerous - than she could ever have imagined.

As climate change has escalated into a crisis, the reuse of existing structures is the only way to even begin to preserve our wood, sand, silicon, and iron, let alone stop belching carbon monoxide into the air. Our housing crisis means that we need usable buildings now more than ever, but architect and critic Aaron Betsky shows that new construction—often seeking to maximize profits rather than resources, often soulless in its feel—is not the answer.

Set at the end of the twenty-first century when climate change has caused death and destruction around the world, particularly in the coastal regions of the United States, these stories focus on pioneers who have established lunar colonies to begin new lives. Focusing on lunar migrants as diverse as titans of industry, politicians, scientists, detectives, artists, and common workers, the stories portray the intersecting lives of these people. They discover that the moon is not the utopia for which they had hoped. The lunar colonies boil with the same challenges and conflicts that had been ...

The rain began nineteen years ago, and it never stopped: more than a foot of rain per day until almost the whole of North America was underwater. Those who survived the first year were forced to take drastic measures, and those who held to the veneer of civilization were few and very far between. Seventeen-year-old Tanner grew up after the rain began. She and her adoptive caretaker, Russell, have long sought a fabled Colorado refuge, a dream that has kept them going through years of brutal trials as they try to stay one step ahead of the “face eaters”.

Wrongly accused of her brother’s murder, Sonara’s destiny was to die, sentenced to execution by her own mother. Punished and left for dead, the shadows have cursed her with a second life as a Shadowblood, cast out and hunted by society for her demon-like powers. Now known as the Devil of the Deadlands, Sonara survives as a thief on the edge of society, fighting for survival on a quest to uncover what really happened to her brother and whether he is even dead at all....

“Everyone has secrets, Rory. One of life’s greatest challenges is figuring out who you can trust them with.” Aurora Reynolds has managed to make some powerful enemies in the past two weeks. And it’s clear they want her, and her secrets, dead. After achieving the impossible: freeing Jordan Daniels, a federal prisoner accused of treason, Rory hoped her life might finally go back to normal. But after surviving an assassination attempt, Rory realizes her problems are only just beginning. Don't miss this thrilling sequel to the hit novel, The Story Seer. Praise for The Truth Seer: "This ...

The protected escapees of the blood-farm experiments are free, secure, and set for life. Kind of. Because there’s something new to fear in this short thriller, the twisting finale of the Young Blood Trilogy.

Super Hurricanes. Raging wildfires. Boiling oceans. As global temperatures skyrocket, a two-degree rise becomes unavoidable. Is the next generation up to the challenge? At the Climate Action Taskforce, solving the climate crisis is about more than just predicting the next superstorm. It’s about safeguarding the future of humanity. For its Academy, their secret mission is even more desperate, and when the founder who started it all mysteriously disappears, it’s a race against time to develop the brightest young minds of the century -before it’s too late.

If you love the earth and a compelling read, this book is for you. Dale became an environmental scientist to help save the earth, but at 36, she is jaded with the reality of her job. Meanwhile, just as she struggles to connect with her glamourous mother and navigate her siblings’ complex problems, she and her husband embark on another round of IVF. But just as the suffocating pressures of everyday life threaten to overwhelm Dale, she leaves on a work trip to Thailand. Working on a landfill site halfway around the world, she unexpectedly becomes captivated by a neighbouring village and its...

After the last Antarctic icecaps melt, calamity follows. Landscapes are radically transformed, diseases mutate and spread with unprecedented speed, and, in response, forms the ghastly “virofinance” exchange—a market for corporations to profit from pandemics and global suffering. It’s in this grim near-future of 2272, where words such as “winter” and “cold” have no meaning, the Dengue Child grows. The monstrous humanoid mosquito emerges in newly tropical Argentina, carrying its namesake virus and despairing of its own existence.

In dystopic Seattle, storms have devastated Earth’s population, a new virus is spreading, and the privileged live inside domes controlled by Aegis Corp. Healthcare is earned by hours accrued working in Aegis’s pharmaceutical factories. If you run short on hours, you’re sent to Harvest House for debt collection—a place from which no one returns. After a storm killed seventeen-year old Fox LaRosa’s parents and left her disabled, Fox and her younger sister, Rabbit, join their fugitive aunt’s mercenary group Still Alive.

An imminent threat from a band of looters circles the perimeter of Harper Springs, halting their plans of rebuilding the small town. Ryan grows leery of people he once trusted and begins to investigate the possibility of a traitor among their group. He secretly follows the suspicious person toward the badlands of New Mexico to gather evidence and prove that his suspicions are justified. Throughout the constant changing weather, Ryan has asked the same question - why has this happened?