Dystopian World

In this fifth installment in The Borrowed World Series, human resources manager Alice Watkins is finally making it home. In her journey across Virginia, she experiences a country disintegrating and collapsing in on itself in the wake of a nationwide terror attack. Her trip home is agonizing; her experiences indescribable.

In the bleak, not-too-distant future, most people who could fled to the virtual reality OVR World Online. Zachary "Zee" Jones will never be able to afford to become a player of the game. After committing a crime in order to save his mother's life, he was arrested and included in the Inmate Player Program. Even without perception filters to limit his pain, it was better than the alternative. He has the opportunity to earn more money in a five-year sentence then he could have in his entire life as a hospital janitor.

Children of the New World introduces listeners to a near-future world of social media implants, memory manufacturers, dangerously immersive virtual reality games, and alarmingly intuitive robots. Many of these characters live in a utopian future of instant connection and technological gratification that belies an unbridgeable human distance, while others inhabit a post-collapse landscape made primitive by disaster, which they must work to rebuild as we once did millennia ago.

In the world of Green Cities, perfection is a birthright, a privilege bestowed upon the chosen few. To be born into a family with a high Rating is an aspiration beyond imagination. This is the world Ghel knows, a world where her destiny has already been predetermined. Everything changes, however, when her older sister, in a daring act of rebellion, leaves behind the comfort of their happy life for the enigmatic Red City, a place from which no one returns. For Ghel, each day brings forth new mysteries, ones she cannot ignore; such as who is leaving cryptic messages on her bathroom mirror and...

The sudden rising waters of a climate apocalypse have destroyed most of the planet…yet out of these waters, Dinétah, a former Navajo reservation, has been miraculously reborn. Listen along as Tanis Parenteau's impeccable narration, capturing the rhythms of Navajo speech, fully envelopes you into the Sixth World. Trail of Lightning follows our heroine as she walks the land alongside gods, heroes of legend, and monsters alike.

THEY CAME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY - impossibly brutal creatures, raining down from the skies, seemingly indestructible, tearing the world apart, leaving the remaining survivors of earth huddled together...in hiding...until they can think of a plan to stop these beasts.

She holds the key to humanity’s survival—if she can unlock the truth buried inside her own mind. In a near-future Earth ravaged by unstoppable disease, the last hope for survival lies in the stars. The Rangatiratanga, the Absolute Sovereignty of New Zealand, launches three Galaxy Cruisers toward distant exomoons—each ship a final lifeline for the human race. But one by one, the ships are lost. River, a brilliant but isolated prodigy, may be the only one who can stop the destruction. She is unknowingly bound to a Māori prophecy—an ancient myth colliding with quantum reality—that ...

She thought it was time to put her sword away… but then the Demon Lords returned.Immerse yourself in the riveting saga of a Latina heroine, enslaved by demons, who rises from the ashes of the Apocalypse. Meet Katie, a beacon of hope in a world ravaged by war. Just when she thought her days of battle were finished, a cryptic message shatters her newfound peace, making her question everything she fought to accomplish. Thrust into a world teetering on the brink of destruction, Katie is faced with challenges that test her resolve. Can she overcome deep-seated racial prejudices? Can she ...

It had been 12 months since the worst day in Russell’s life. The anniversary of his daughter’s death sent him into the bottle. He loved his wife, but they grieved in different ways. Would the pain ever stop? Sarah missed Russell. She lay in bed unable to sleep. The heartache had nearly broken her, too, but Sarah didn’t want their marriage to end. If she could just get him to stop drinking. Could they learn to live again?

What happens when the lights go out forever. The day the lights went out is remembered as Day Zero. It wasn't just the lights, it was the phones, the computers and just about everything else that made modern society what it was. Power Loss tells the story of eight individuals, by eight different authors, each trying to come to terms with the blackout and survive in a world that has changed forever.

Concealed behind the glittering skyline of a seemingly perfect utopia lies a secret so explosive it could tear the world apart. In the glamorous Inner World, Dr. Elena Sandoval has spent her career engineering perception filters—illusions that keep the masses ignorant and the elite in control. But when guilt and conscience drive her to steal the very data she helped create, she entrusts it to a stranger, setting off a chain of events that neither she nor her pursuers could predict. Systems technician Lena Hart never imagined a routine glitch in the city’s geospatial feed would thrust ...

World War III Post Script, was written as a reality-based Alternate History. I hope it’s not prophetic. The plan had been operating for two decades. The pawns were all in place, including: Media, Industries, Bureaucrats, Politicians, Military Leaders, and Millions of illegal immigrant military-aged young men. On December 7th, the attack would gut America and her Allies, and the conquest would be complete before year’s end. The plan was perfect, except for an October 6th premature text message to five young men waiting in London, Paris, Brussels, and Tel Aviv.

Creating a new world is never easy, especially when the worst of mankind are hunting you… Emily takes on the responsibility of a town leader and a mother. So many lives depend on the decisions she makes. Emily knows that danger lives outside their walls and not just the dead. However, Sanctuary needs more people in order to survive. Can Emily let people in and still protect everyone or will someone put the whole town at risk?

Embark on another heart-pounding journey as the crew of The Princess Belle confronts a fresh storm of challenges in C Chase Harwood's gripping third installment of the "Saturn Series." Escaping the clutches of ruthless pirates was just the beginning. Now, The Belle's crew must confront a new threat: the relentless assault of AI's latest creation. Treachery brews as nano-addled Philipe Dimasalang triggers a crisis that infects the masters of the Saturn System, driving them to spread the insidious nano-virus from moon to moon. Rescued yet burdened, Bez Hanson's fate remains uncertain. As ...

In 1960s Oxford, Professor Henry Lytten is attempting to write a fantasy novel that forgoes the magic of his predecessors, J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis. He finds an unlikely confidante in his quick-witted, inquisitive young neighbor Rosie.

LOG IN > LOAD WORLD > SAVE HER. ★★★★★ A clever and mesmerising story ★★★★★ This takes gaming to a whole new level ★★★★★ A thrilling, action-packed story ★★★★★ A fun action novel and a dystopian one Life in the near future's NOT ALL BAD. We've reversed global warming, and fixed the collapsing bee population. We even created SPACE, a virtual-sensory universe where average guys like Theo Wilson can do almost anything they desire. But ALMOST ANYTHING isn't enough for some. Every day, normal people are being taken, their emotions harvested - and lives ...

The auto age is defunct. Buicks, Chryslers, and Pontiacs disfigure the landscape. Vines sprout in Manhattan. Wolves are seen in downtown Cleveland. And psychiatrist, mental hospital outpatient, and inventor Dr. Tom More has created a miraculous instrument: the ontological lapsometer, a kind of stethoscope of the human spirit. With it, he plans to cure mankind’s spiritual flu. But first, he must survive Moira, Lola, and Ellen - and discover why so many living people are actually dead.

Before the Fall, Obsidian Corporation had Agents, and Teledyne Industries had Specialists. Both were deadly. In the Northeast Sector of North America, deep in Obsidian-controlled territory, Teledyne had Mr. Smith, and people fled, just on the rumor he was close by. Now, 20 years after the fall, former Obsidian executives have formed a tenuous truce with the former assassin to save New Toronto. Smith would have happily lived out his life alone, but when Smith sees that something needs doing, he gets it done.

Before their worlds collide in Book One of The Ranfurly Mysteries, Lord Robert Ranfurly and Courtney Drake lived very different lives. Could the past hold the keys to the future? Courtney never went looking for danger, but it managed to find her. Now while she awaits her unknown fate, she’d rather be trapped in thoughts of her past, than face the terrible reality she is living. Memories of her best friend and her earliest days with her husband, Keith, become her escape from present danger. In a different time and a different place, the antisocial Viscount of Knoxfordshire, Lord Robert ...

Deep within the darkest corners of distant worlds there are rumblings of an uprising. With the small secret gatherings growing in number, it seems once more evil has a reason to unite. There is a toxic energy in the air. Slowly the haunting whisper from this darkness is spreading, bringing with it a sense of fear and danger. The Oranthium must stand together and strike as one. However there is unrest at the Oranthium as a new arrival causes a divide within the group. Zachary needs to conquer his own demons and lead them. This is no time for weakness. Dhoranka is back.