Political Dystopian

When Lilly was first Chief Engineer at The Commonwealth, nearly fifty years ago, the Central Archive wasn't yet the greatest repository of knowledge in the known world, protected by scribes copying every piece of found material—books, maps, even scraps of paper—and disseminating them by Archive Runners to hidden off-site locations for safe keeping. Back then, there was no Order of Silence to create and maintain secret routes deep into the sand-covered towers of the Gone World or into the northern forests beyond Sea Glass Lake.

In a world uncomfortably like our own, a young woman called Amalantis is arrested for asking a question. Her question is this: Who is the Prisoner? When Amalantis disappears, her lover Karnak goes looking for her. He searches desperately at first, then with a growing realization that to find Amalantis, he must first understand the meaning of her question. Karnak's search leads him into a terrifying world of deception, oppression, and fear at the heart of which lies the prison. Then Karnak discovers that he is not the only one looking for the truth.

After his impeachment, the president of the United States refuses to leave office, and the country erupts into a fractured and violent war. Orphaned by the fighting and looking for a home, 10-year-old Hannah Miller joins a citizen militia in a besieged Indianapolis. In the Free Women militia, Hannah finds a makeshift family. They'll teach her how to survive. They'll give her hope. And they'll show her how to use a gun.

It’s two decades in the future, and a Christian college student named Ace Hartwick has just destroyed his neighbor’s so-called “wife”—actually a sexbot named Sally—in a trash compactor. Soon, Ace will be on trial for murder. Unfortunately for Ace, everyone despises his kind of “radical” Christianity, and, in the fragile America of the future, all the juries are fixed.

When propagandist Paulo Xirau dies and is discovered to himself be a "machine", State Security Agent Nikolai South is given a new assignment he could hardly want less: chaperone the widow, Lily, the only "machine" visitor ever invited from the outside world, and help her determine what happened to her husband. Nikolai knows it will be nearly impossible to complete the job without running afoul of the Party - but when he sees that Lily bears an eerie resemblance to his late wife, Nikolai stumbles on a larger plot.

A Neural Implant That Promised to Save Lives—Now It’s Killing Them. Five years after the launch of a groundbreaking neural implant designed to revolutionize healthcare, government agent Eric Snoughden stumbles upon a disturbing trend: a spike in unexplained deaths among low-income recipients. The deeper he digs, the clearer it becomes—this is no accident. Someone is targeting the victims and covering up the truth. With the help of a relentless journalist and unexpected allies from an escort agency, Eric unravels a high-stakes conspiracy woven through corporate greed, political ...

What happens when you realize that you’re at the mercy of powers greater than yourself? What happens when these powers flex their muscles and, overnight, turn the entire world on its head? What happens when, in a twist of fate, these same powers offer you a lifeline; an invitation into their exclusive club? Do you accept? Join Alex Watson as he enters the darkness of an unseen world, where the "dominant few" do as they please to the "inferior many" that live beneath them. For the insiders, there is unimaginable freedom, wealth, and power.

HE'S WANTED FOR TREASON. SHE'S ON THE RUN FOR MURDER. IN A WORLD WHERE CHOICE IS BLASPHEMOUS, CAN TWO TRAITORS FIND SALVATION BEFORE A HIT SQUAD TAKES THEIR HEADS? Tyson dreads his upcoming birthday. When he turns twenty-three, he must participate in the Marriage Lottery… or face execution. Committing treason, he unthinkably rips out his tracking chip to attempt the impossible… escape Soteria. Brie Kallas is searching for the same desperate freedom. On the run for murder, she faces the toxic syndrome and barbaric vigilantes of the Earth’s surface, while trying to outwit the ruthless ...

Dystopian. Biology shapes reality... One woman's mythic search for self-realization in a distant tomorrow... Her sensuality was at the core of her world, her quest beyond the civilized stars. Aristocrat. Outcast. Picara. Slave. Ruler. "Engrossing characters in a marvelous adventure." - Charles N. Brown, Locus Magazine "The amazing and erotic adventures of the most beautiful courtesan in tomorrow's universe" - Frederik Pohl "The best single example of prostitution used in fantasy is Janet Morris' Silistra series... Estri's character is most like that of Ishtar who describes herself as "'a ...

What if the United States of America were no longer united? The Green Forest, the first book in The Divided Stories of America, is equal parts dystopian sci-fi, satirical comedy, and classic love story. The USA is dead. In its wake lie four autonomous territories: the Southeast, the Pacific, the Frontier, and the Northeast. The last of these is ruled by an authoritarian corporatocracy that uses AI technology, social credit scores, and a central bank digital currency to subjugate the masses. It's a green forest of greedy creeps and broken beasts. It's the place Finn Culligan calls home. In ...

'She throws her head back and pushes her chest forward and lets go a huge blast right into the centre of his body. The rivulets and streams of red scarring run across his chest and up around his throat. She'd put her hand on his heart and stopped him dead.' Suddenly - tomorrow or the day after - girls find that with a flick of their fingers, they can inflict agonizing pain and even death.

Barry Baton dies in a car accident and is cryogenically frozen in suspended animation. When the technology to bring him back arrives in ten years, he is revived. He awakens into a Trumpian, fascist nightmare—a dark, dystopian, oppressive world, more terrifying than anything he could have imagined. Written in 2017, first published in 2018, and again in 2019 as part of the Fantastic Stories anthology, Barry’s Run is a tragically prophetic, riveting, cautionary, action-packed science fiction short story from the lurid imagination of James J. Caterino, author Escape to Nowhere, Battle of ...

Publicado em 1949, o texto de Orwell nasceu destinado à polêmica. Traduzido em mais de sessenta países, virou minissérie, filmes, quadrinhos, mangás e até uma ópera. Ganhou holofotes em 1999, quando uma produtora holandesa batizou seu reality show de Big Brother. 1984 foi responsável pela popularização de muitos termos e conceitos, como Grande Irmão, duplopensar, novidioma, e buraco da memória. O trabalho de Winston, o herói de 1984, é reescrever artigos de jornais do passado, de modo que o registro histórico sempre apoie a ideologia do Partido.

The Harvest is the fourth book of the spiritual and paranormal Shellbound series. In this thriller Luke and Jeremiah learn that they are not alone in their battle of good vs. evil. The world THERE is changing, setting the stage for a larger soul "harvest" that could change the course of the battle forever. Maye and Fuller, the reincarnated personas of Luke and Jeremiah, are in the recently formed nation of New Texas doing what they can to disrupt the dark forces growing in North America. President Miles Young now leads the Metro States of America (MSA), a dystopian society that exploits and...

A terrifying warning about where our woke society is heading One day, the animals at a research lab wake up with the abilities of rational thought and communication. And the humans are gone. They realize they must organize into a society with rules, rights, and responsibilities. They heard about a farm in England where the animals created a socialist society that eventually failed. They are determined to succeed, so they create a democratic republic. But can they keep it? Animal Lab is an allegorical novel by Bob Zeidman. It is a warning about the possible coming collapse of American ...

Ira Ringold is an American roughneck who transforms himself from a ditch-digger in 1930s New Jersey, to a radio hotshot in the 1940s. In his heyday as a star - and as a bullying supporter of 'progressive' political causes - Ira marries Hollywood's leading lady, Eve Frame. Their glamorous honeymoon is short-lived, however, and it is the publication of Eve's scandalous bestselling exposé that identifies Ira as 'an American taking his orders from Moscow'.

When Horatio Billings returned from a trip, and first met Penny, she was sitting behind his receptionist/paralegal’s desk in his office. He had absolutely no idea why she was there instead of his girlfriend who was also his current receptionist/paralegal.

"By Dawn's Early Light is a heart-pounding sci-fi thriller that weaves nuclear devastation, shadowy conspiracies, and relentless courage into an unputdownable race against time—perfect for fans of The Stand and The Day After Tomorrow." – NewInBooks.com The world shatters before dawn's first light. Nuclear explosions erupt across America, turning cities into desolate wastelands and silencing communications. Dr. Sasha Cohen, a relentless FBI forensic pathologist, finds herself navigating the chaos alongside her assistant, the resourceful Jake Campbell. Their routine investigation collides...

In our near-future, the eccentric tech billionaire Jamin Lake reveals an innovation that could save our broken and divided nation: Algo, an A.I. candidate for president. It is heralded as an efficient, rational, and seemingly incorruptible leader, underpinned by the brainpower of a million minds. Jamin vows the A.I. has been programmed to follow only a single benevolent mantra: to deliver “the most good for the most people”. In a nation mired in seemingly endless crisis and division, it feels like a real chance for a better future.

This is Nadia. She is fiercely independent, with an excellent sense of humour and a love of smoking alone on her balcony late at night. This is Saeed. He is sweet and shy and kind to strangers. He also has a balcony but he uses his for stargazing. This is their story: a love story, but also a story about how we live now and how we might live tomorrow.