Dystopian Young

17-year-old Izzy can read minds. Her doctors believe she’s crazy, 'crackers' they say, and have locked Izzy away. Her twin, Elliot, knows her mind-reading superpower is cool, but no one but Izzy listens to him, because he’s dead. As is her guardian, her older brother, Dougal. Dougal was Izzy's hero. He was big and tall and believed Izzy when she told him she could read minds. 'Keep it a secret,' he told her. 'People don't like different.' Dougal should know as he liked boys and in Albion Minor that was frowned upon. Dougal ran a Private firm that protected the LGBTQ community from harm,...

Fans of the Divergent series by number-one New York Times best-selling author Veronica Roth will be delighted by "Four: The Initiate", the second of four stories, set in the world of Divergent and told from Tobias' point of view. "The Initiate" provides listeners with a glimpse into Tobias' Dauntless initiation experience, including an epic game of late-night Dare; his first tattoo; the beginning of his passion for training new initiates; and his nascent understanding of the danger of being Divergent.

After the fall of Perdido Beach dome, a new set of humans developed mutant powers from the rock infected with alien virus. They are the Rockborn Gang: Dekka, Shade, Cruz, Malik, Armo, and Francis. With their superpowers, they have defended the Earth from other rockborn who used their powers for evil, like Dillon Poe. When another rock carrying the virus strikes New York, a new foe, Bob Markovic, rises with a horrifying and nearly unstoppable ability.

Meri Beckley lives in a world without lies. When she looks at the peaceful Chicago streets, she feels pride in the era of unprecedented hope and prosperity over which the governor presides. But when Meri’s mother is killed, Meri suddenly has questions that no one else seems to be asking. And when she tries to uncover her mother’s state of mind in her last weeks, she finds herself drawn into a secret world with a history she didn’t know existed.

SETI has received a signal from an alien civilization. Is there time to save the world? In the aftermath of SETI’s receiving the signal, 13-year-old Kevin realizes he is the only one who can save the world. But is there time? What must he do? And what do the aliens plan next?

Six months after the fall of The Program, ex-handler Michael Realm is struggling with his guilt. After all, he was instrumental in erasing the memories of several patients - including one he claimed to love. With a lifetime of regret stretched before him, Realm vows to set things right.

The year is 2172. Climate change and nuclear disasters have rendered much of earth unlivable. Only the lucky ones have escaped to space colonies in the sky. In a war-torn Nigeria, battles are fought using flying, deadly mechs, and soldiers are outfitted with bionic limbs and artificial organs meant to protect them from the harsh, radiation-heavy climate. Across the nation, as the years-long civil war wages on, survival becomes the only way of life. Two sisters, Onyii and Ify, dream of more.

In a futuristic urban wasteland, evil Overlords have decreed that no human shall live a day past their 14th birthday. On that Sad Birthday, the children of the Dorms are taken to the Meat Factory, where they will be made into creatures whose sole purpose is to kill. The mysterious Shade - once a man, but now more like the machines he fights - recruits the few teenagers who escape into a secret resistance force.

Blue skies. Green grass. Clear ocean water. An island paradise like the ones that existed before the Melt. A lucky 500 lottery winners will be the first to go, the first to leave their polluted, dilapidated homes behind and start a new life. It sounds perfect. Like a dream. The only problem? Marin Carey spent her childhood on those seas and knows there's no island paradise out there. She's corsario royalty, a pirate like her father and his father before him, and she knows a con when she sees one. So where are the First Five Hundred really going?

After the government's brutal attack on the Diseased Ones, Hollis Timewire must wade through the carnage of her treacherous mistake. The survivors want justice, and now Hollis faces impending execution.

After a tragic encounter where the dark, murderous nature of their leader comes to light, the survivors of The Prescott are rescued by the last remnants of the US Military and taken to one of the last human strongholds left against the undead plague, Cuba. There, at the end of her rope, Elle learns surprising news that only separates her further from her friends as she struggles to adjust to her new surroundings. Kenshiro mourns his losses as he returns to his old life on the undead roads, and questions his own motives for staying behind. Fueled by a new purpose to be reunited with the ...

Charlotte used to dream of love. Now she only dreams of freedom and the boy she is convinced would never betray or abandon her. They lie. They all lie. Or do they? Within the white walls of Diamond Towers, Charlotte sees the post-apocalyptic realm known as the Heights in a new light. But she soon learns that underneath the gleam and sparkle of the city, a different sort of evil breathes. Sometimes hearing the truth only makes things worse.

The Thrilling Conclusion to the Forager Trilogy * The mystery of who shot Ethan Jones is finally revealed in this book. * Ethan, Nanako, and the other foragers have fled Newhome after being accused of being terrorists. However, with Captain Smithson's parting words of "Don't forget us," ringing in their minds, they realise the only way to save Newhome from the Hamamachi Rangers and their Skel allies is to document and expose the Rangers' villainy. Yet what sounds like a workable plan is nothing of the sort, for they have to journey into the very heart of Skel territory to obtain the ...

Defeated. Betrayed. Exiled. Jett Lasting finds himself alone in the place he fears more than death itself: the Outlands. Wracked with guilt and desperate to find his friends, he journeys through the barren wastelands where the air itself is a toxic fume. Jett soon discovers that the Outlands are not what he was led to believe, but in many ways worse. Filled with horrifying monsters, bandits, and marauders, the Outlands prove to be a living nightmare. Jett must find a way to survive if he’s going to return to Dios and get his revenge.

The Yellowstone super-volcano nearly wiped out the human race. Now, almost a year after the eruption, the survivors seem determined to finish the job. Communities wage war on each other, gangs of cannibals roam the countryside, and what little government survived the eruption has collapsed completely. The ham radio has gone silent. Sickness, cold, and starvation are the survivors' constant companions. When it becomes apparent that their home is no longer safe and adults are not facing the stark realities, Alex and Darla must create a community that can survive the ongoing disaster....

Captured by the group of rogue Emergents known as Hypnagogics, Kress and her Conspiracy search desperately for a way out of their confinement in a stadium-size prison-lab called the Mill. There, they find themselves subjected to a bombardment of psychological manipulations, physical challenges, and cruel techno-genetic experiments.

Fans of the Divergent series by number-one New York Times best-selling author Veronica Roth will be thrilled by "Four: The Son", the third of four stories set in the world of Divergent and told from Tobias' perspective. In "The Son", Tobias struggles to find a place in the hierarchy of the Dauntless. He also begins to suspect that a foul plan may be brewing within the Dauntless leadership and discovers a truth about his past that could greatly affect his future.

The dark clouds of war are gathering on the horizon, and to win, the citizens of Safe Haven are going to need help. Fresh from battle with Olsen’s forces, Robyn, Wren, and Mila are thrust into a new nightmare. On a mission to recruit allies, a sequence of events turns the tide against them. Now, with no supplies, no help, and little hope, they must navigate hostile territory in order to survive. Is this one fight too many? Has their luck finally run out? Everything comes to an end. But is this the end of everything?

The ratings are real. One number, 0 to 100, determines your place in society. Earn a high rating, and the world is yours for the taking. But fall to zero, and you may as well cease to exist. Societies thrive on order, and the Rating System is the ultimate symbol of organized social mobility. The higher it soars, the more valued you are. The lower it plummets, the harder you must work to improve yourself.

After escaping Lengard and finding sanctuary with the Remnants, Alyssa Scott is desperate to save those she left behind - and the rest of the world - from the power-hungry scientist Kendall Vanik. But secrets and lies block her at every turn, and soon Lyss is questioning everything she has ever believed. When long-lost memories begin to surface and the mysteries of her past continue to grow, Lyss battles to retain her hard-won control.