Dystopian

A long time ago when the Earth was Flat, beautiful indifferent Gods lived in the airy Upperearth realm above, curious passionate demons lived in the Underearth realm below, and mortals were relegated to exist in the middle. Chuz, Prince of Madness, third of the Lords of Darkness—beauty on one side, foul corruption on the other—“takes pity” on the world. In his gentle, soft embrace, mortal minds repose in a tide of illusion and twisted desire. Yet no one is immune from the sweetest madness of all, and even immortals fall at the cast of the bone dice….

Vince Walker is looking forward to the beginning of the summer and a visit from his son Cy. But while picking up his son at the Indianapolis airport, the country is thrust into nuclear warfare with the detonation of multiple EMPs.

¿Alguna vez te has preguntado por qué la verdad es lo primero que sacrificamos en nombre de la seguridad? 1984 es mucho más que una novela; es una advertencia visceral sobre los peligros del poder ilimitado. En una sociedad gobernada por el miedo, donde la historia se reescribe a diario y la privacidad ha muerto, Winston Smith lucha por mantener su cordura.

Would you survive? Vince Walker and the remaining survivors from the town of Cloverdale, Indiana continue to come to terms with their new reality. Accepting the fact that the country has been thrust into nuclear war with an unknown enemy means they must forget their former lives and forge ahead. The affects of the EMP blasts have left the survivors with no utilities, and no communication with the world outside of their once sleepy little town. A power surge also resulted in widespread fires, destroying most buildings and homes, leaving few resources intact.

Water. Man’s most precious commodity is a luxury of the past. Radioactive waste from years of industrial dumping has caused the sea to form a protective skin strong enough to devastate the Earth it once sustained. And while the remorseless sun beats down on the dying land, civilization itself begins to crack.

Der Himmel zerbricht. Ein geheimnishafter Riss ist erschienen – wer ihn ansieht, wird blind. Doch die Blindheit ist nur der Anfang. Der Riss verdreht ihren Verstand, verwandelt sie in Mörder mit einem unstillbaren Drang zur Zerstörung. Je weiter sich der Spalt ausbreitet, desto mehr versinkt die Welt im Chaos. Die Ordnung bricht zusammen. Die Behörden sind machtlos.

In Oceania, the Party seeks to eliminate independent thought. Every citizen is monitored by telescreens, and the Thought Police scrutinize every word. In this suffocating world of perpetual war and state-sponsored hatred, Winston Smith dares to dream of a life where truth is objective and the past is stable.

Eine rätselhafte Spalte erscheint am Himmel. Wer sie direkt ansieht, erblindet. Noch schlimmer: Er verfällt dem Wahnsinn – und einem unstillbaren Drang zu töten. Je größer die Spalte wird, desto mehr Menschen verwandeln sich in „die Erblindeten“. Die Behörden kämpfen verzweifelt, um die Lage unter Kontrolle zu halten. Doch es gibt kein Heilmittel. Keinen Schutz. Nicht einmal eine Erklärung. Nur eine blinde Raserei.

New? Begin with Season 1 • Ep 1: The Lights go Out. What happens when the lights go out… and never come back on? From the author of  America Falls comes season 2 of Blackout Nation, an explosive EMP survival serial that unfolds episode by episode over the space of eight weeks. Episode 1: The Farmhouse Jake is missing. Pete is injured. Sarah and the whole group are exhausted. When they stumble upon an isolated farmhouse, it seems like a miracle—a sanctuary from the chaos.

For years, the third moon in the Alphane system was used as a psychiatric hospital. But when war broke out between Earth and the Alphanes, the hospital was left unguarded and the inmates set up their own society, made up of competing factions based around each mental illness. When Earth sends a delegation to take back the colony, they find enclaves of depressives, schizophrenics, paranoiacs, and other mentally ill people coming together to repel what they see as a foreign invasion.

After the 20th century’s devastating series of wars, the world’s governments banded together into one globe-spanning entity, committed to peace at all costs. Ensuring that peace is the Vulcan supercomputer, responsible for all major decisions. But some people don’t like being taken out of the equation. And others resent the idea that the Vulcan is taking the place of God. As the world grows ever closer to all-out war, one functionary frantically tries to prevent it.

In their city-state of Hyperion Proper, conformity isn't forced—it's earned. Adversity has been eliminated, crime is nonexistent, and on their thirtieth birthday, every Sovereign citizen receives a custom-designed partner—a Supplicant—engineered for devotion, built to meet their every want and need. For Isara Poeima, that partner is Maxim: flawless, breathtaking, irrevocably hers. She's dreamed of him her entire life, spent nearly a year perfecting him, and now she's moments away from finally seeing him in person, hearing his voice, feeling her hand in his.

Lanark, a modern vision of hell set in the disintegrating cities of Unthank and Glasgow, tells the interwoven stories of Lanark and Duncan Thaw. A work of extraordinary imagination, its playful narrative conveys a profound message, both personal and political, about humankind's inability to love, and yet our compulsion to go on trying.

After a massive EMP attack cripples the West Coast, civilization collapses overnight. Claire’s only focus is finding her sister Lydia—before it’s too late. With chaos erupting around every corner, Claire is forced to team up with the last person she ever expected: her ex-husband. But in a world without rules, trust is a luxury they can't afford.

At last, Ragna is in the possession of Rafe, Karma, and their team! The odds have never been higher as they face the ruthless forces of the Interplanetary Collection and the Queen's Council. Amid the chaos, Karma's estranged father, James Chambers, resurfaces, bringing his deep-seated hatred for alien life but offering an unexpected advantage in their fight. As their enemies unravel from within, pushing the boundaries of their depravity, a groundbreaking revelation threatens to reshape everything they know about Galatian history. Do they dare risk life and limb for an opportunity at normalcy?

When the world goes dark, Emily must rescue her son and niece from chaos, flee looters, and survive a brutal new reality. Guided by her father's prepper notes, they reach a hidden bunker, only to face betrayal, loss, and a daring rescue. In the ashes of collapse, they fight to rebuild and hold on to hope.

When the world ends, it doesn’t do so with one single scream. It fractures. And the dead rise faster than anyone can run. This box set collects the first four novels of Echoes of Decay, a relentless, character-driven zombie apocalypse saga set in a collapsing United Kingdom, where survival is measured not just by bullets and barricades, but by loyalty, sacrifice, and the choices that refuse to stay buried.

Book 3 of Towerbound cranks everything up. The Scrap Rats are rising—and so is a world-ending dragon. Ren was just a cowardly alchemist hiding behind potions and excuses. But when a global event drops a world boss into their lap, the guild needs more than a healer—they need Super Ren.

Akio Prince is one of the best in the world at a dying art. He's put a lifetime of martial arts training to work in the arena, dueling with pulsing resin blades and carbon fiber for the masses. But winning championships is small consolation while his city is taken over by the Hachinin, ruthless criminals spreading corruption, violence and debauchery across the east. When the same syndicate that claimed the life of Akio's master threatens the few friends he has left, he decides to make a stand.

Eleven years after the Pyongyang Flu decimated North America, the world is a graveyard of old dreams and new nightmares. the high Cascades, Caleb Harrison sits in the isolation of Outpost One, a solitary sentinel guarding the only pass to his home, Hammondville. But the silence of the mountains is about to be shattered. When a desperate "Mayday" from a neighboring outpost slices through the static, Caleb realizes the Raiders aren't just coming—they’re already here. Will Caleb fall back and save himself or risk his life to stay and become a "speed bump" to buy Hammondville time?

High in the mountains east of Klamath Falls, the secluded community of Whisper Ridge watches as the sky ignites. When a catastrophic 2027 Carrington Event tears through the Earth's magnetic shield, the grid collapses, and civilization vanishes swiftly. Mason Ashford, a solar analyst and the last person who ever wanted to be in a leadership position, finds himself thrust into the middle of a crisis no one is ready for. At his side is longtime friend, Lisa Taylor, a sharp-minded and unflinching individual, the only person who understands the science as deeply as he does.

The prescient feminist fable and international classic described as “The Handmaid’s Tale for our age” (The Economist), from the Booker-shortlisted author of Stone Yard Devotional When the women awaken from a drugged sleep to find themselves imprisoned in a broken-down property in the...

When the power grid collapses, Shelly grabs her gear and heads into a world spiraling into chaos. No phones. No rescue. Just survival. With danger around every corner and a criminal brother by her side, she must fight to stay alive or be swallowed by the darkness.

After a massive blackout traps her deep underground, Quinn begins a harrowing journey through dark tunnels and flooded ruins. With the world above silent and broken, she must push past pain and fear to survive. But what waits on the surface may be even worse.

Miriam Tanner is breaking. A seasoned veteran, the self-critical marine struggles to keep breathing as unending violence grinds humanity to dust. But when a sickening execution feed airs, she throws herself into a mission where failure means more comrades in body bags. With her team fracturing under the pressure, Miriam falters when she’s trapped behind enemy lines with a ghost from the past who haunts her every decision.