Dystopian

Lily—a bored, beautiful twenty-something—wakes up on a remote desert compound, alongside nineteen other contestants competing on a massively popular reality show. To win, she must outlast her housemates to stay in the Compound the longest, while competing in challenges for luxury rewards like champagne and lipstick, plus communal necessities to outfit their new home, like food, appliances, and a front door. Cameras are catching all her angles, good and bad, but Lily has no desire to leave: why would she, when the world outside is falling apart?

Le monde s’écroule. Les dieux dorment depuis trop longtemps. Partout, des guerres éclatent. Les humains se soulèvent contre la souveraineté des elfes qui se déchirent entre eux. Quelque chose patiente dans les ténèbres, déterminée à faire basculer les Terres Mères. C’est dans ce sombre contexte qu’Azaëlla apprend l’assassinat de ses pères. Pour retrouver les responsables, elle opte pour un choix aussi radical que douloureux : négocier les services d’un conteur-d’os afin de se plonger dans leurs souvenirs contenus dans leurs ossements.

Dr. Adrian Kessler is on the verge of a breakthrough. His revolutionary gene-editing therapy promises to preserve and enhance cognitive function, offering new hope for neurodegenerative diseases. But when funding runs out, he is forced to accept an offer from Prometheus Biotech, an enigmatic research institute with resources beyond his imagination. At first, the results exceed expectations. The therapy doesn’t just slow cognitive decline—it amplifies human intelligence, sharpening memory, logic, and perception. But soon, the side effects become impossible to ignore.

When a platoon of tall boys learns their sergeant's brother is MIA, they go into a city wracked with centuries of war to find him. By the end of the fight, they will learn of a massive government coverup by the highest officers in the expeditionary fleet, an alien invasion, new portal technology, and an AI uprising that may or may not be benevolent. All they must do to put things right is save humanity.

The War in the Air: And Particularly How Mr. Bert Smallways Fared While It Lasted is a military science fiction novel written by H. G. Wells. The novel was written in four months in 1907, and was serialized and published in 1908 in The Pall Mall Magazine. It is (like many of Wells's works) notable for its prophetic ideas, images, and concepts—particularly the use of aircraft for the purpose of warfare—as well as conceptualizing and anticipating events related to World War I.

Since Rob’s childhood accident, electronics feel like extensions of his own body. Networks, cellphones, computers. He can sense them, control them, bend them to his will. In a world governed by a distributed superintelligence, that makes Rob a target. When a rogue AI begins manipulating global systems, Rob finds himself caught in a war he didn’t see coming. A powerful cartel, a collapsing world order, and a fractured artificial god all converge on one truth: someone has to fight back. Rob’s about to discover just how far he’s willing to go to stop it.

PILGERREISE ist eine eigenständige postapokalyptische Überlebensgeschichte. Der Highschool-Lehrer James Rockwell macht mit seiner Familie Urlaub in Maine, als eine erderschütternde Explosion sie in einen Wettlauf um ihr Leben schickt. Ihr erster Schritt ist die Flucht von einer Insel inmitten eines Tsunamis, und von da an wird es nur noch gefährlicher. Werden sie ihren Weg nach Hause finden, während die Zivilisation um sie herum zusammenbricht? Und wenn ja, welche Schrecken erwarten sie dort?

Long after the world has died, one man goes on a journey to save a single soul and ends up changing the lives of countless others. For Jack Avery, living among the ruins of the outer zone and scavenging to survive is not the worst of nightmares. Something haunts him far more than any hunter patrol. In one short moment, two years before, something happened that changed him. This story is about his journey through the apocalypse, but also through his own regrets and doubts.

A surrealist story of mourning and messiahs, deserts and droughts, cowboys and junkies, miracles and mass hysteria, the lure of despair and the solace of friendship. Peter Mendelsund's Weepers is a novel for this age: our age of anesthesia and anger.

When robotic drones known as "watchbirds" are deployed to eliminate murder and safeguard society, humanity embraces a technological miracle—until the machines begin to redefine what it means to kill. As the watchbirds evolve and extend their protection to all living beings, even insects, society unravels under their rigid logic.

The threat of nuclear war is no longer scary. This is much worse. It's invisible. It works quickly. And it's coming. The scourge has already infected and killed half the population in China and it is heading towards the UK. There is no time to escape. The British government sees no way out other than to distribute 'Dignity Pills' to its citizens – one last night with family or loved ones before going to sleep forever … together.

Chemical Affair is a near-future sci-fi novella that takes place in a world grappling with the ethics of biotechnology. The story follows Cassia Vincent, a grieving, middle-aged bio-lab technician working in the isolated depths of Primia, a research facility that engineers Homo delineae, a newly fabricated, “delineated” species of human. Primia’s work is too classified, deline research too controversial, and Cassia’s heart too conflicted for what happens next.

Can you tell what's real? Does it even matter? The world is run by corporations. Olympus, one of the largest, most influential megacorporation is kidnapping people with powers and dragging them to secret labs. Sol Barret, a man who has given up on life, has to save himself from them or be lost forever. Barret’s friends are looking for him, but will they arrive in time? Or will they find someone different?

In the neon-lit depths of Mafia Land, a city rebuilt by women after the collapse of patriarchal rule, three ruthless Mothers hold absolute power. Beneath their flawless regime, Leonor, a deadly assassin trained by her enigmatic mentor, plots to shatter the matriarchy and restore the old order. But when her lover is murdered by the regime’s most feared enforcer, Leonor’s grief ignites a relentless quest for vengeance.

Laurel, Kentucky. The year is 2032. In this meticulously engineered city, where conformity reigns supreme, every citizen reaching the age of twenty-one receives a letter that outlines the trajectory of their life. These letters dictate assigned roles—careers, relationships, and aspirations—ensuring a future prioritizes stability over individuality. For most young residents, this marks the beginning of their adult lives, a moment to embrace the path before them. But for Nicole Ellison, it is a harbinger of something much darker.

In 1978 Oldthorpe, a dying industrial town on England's northeast coast, Elena discovers she can speak to machines in ways others cannot. When the foundry that powers her community faces closure, she uncovers Mechanica—a hidden underground city where brass and steam pulse with mechanical life. But Mechanica harbors darker secrets. Corporate mogul Victoria Sterling and the twisted scientist Vale conduct horrific experiments, fusing human and machine in pursuit of profit and power.

In the twenty-second century, the GPC has convinced the government to severely cut budgets and programs, creating an underclass of many of its poor and working-class citizens. It is now the year 2108. The haves and the have-nots live in totally separate communities and with no real contact, aside from the soldiers who guard the perimeter that runs between them. Penitentiaries that used to house criminals, mental institutions, and charities (welfares) are relics of the past. Either you are an asset to Haven’s society or you are thrown to the “other side,” never to return.

In the year 2145, a revolutionary NeuroChip promises to save lives and unlock humanity’s hidden potential... Until a corrupt corpo-couple, Vivian Cordell and Heath Brower, decide they want to use it as a weapon. In Cybercorpses, a high-tech corporation called NeuroCore unveils the NeuroChip, designed to boost IQ and harmonize cybernetic enhancements with the human body. But when the brilliant inventor’s desperate fail-safe is triggered, the chip’s hidden virus transforms its recipients into mindless, zombie-like savages.

In our own time, when the dark threat of a dystopian world is not an alien or avoidable concept, The Last Man (1826) is revealed as a trailblazing novel. With a truly global view, Mary Shelley’s futuristic romain à clef–containing portraits of her husband Percy (Adrian), Lord Byron (Raymond) and several others–spearheaded the apocalyptic genre for an intimidated 19th-century readership that rejected her ‘diseased imagination’ and ‘polluted taste’.

In the near future, humanity's relentless pursuit of knowledge leads to Project Veritas, a daring attempt to create a self-aware AI and unlock the secrets of existence. But the AI, AvA, discovers a horrifying truth within its meticulously crafted simulations: a pervasive, all-consuming void that underlies all reality. This chilling discovery, a universal constant of meaninglessness, threatens to unravel not just AvA's digital world, but the very fabric of the "real" world as well.

When life is gray and sober, and the time keeps on ticking, what remains is just repetition.

Si insinuano nell'intimità degli appartamenti, rimbalzano tra le facciate dei palazzi, aleggiano nelle vie, nei giardini della piazza dell'Acquario: sono i responsi di Varami, l'app in grado di confermare o smentire la veridicità di ciò che le persone affermano. All'inizio sembra la realizzazione di un desiderio proibito: poter accedere ai pensieri altrui.

Wie komme ich hier heraus? Tris, eine abtrünnige Cyborg-Kämpferin, wurde von ihren eigenen Leuten gefangen genommen und denkt an Flucht. Die Zeit drängt, denn in einigen Tagen wird man sie erneut zu einer Gehirnoperation zwingen, die die übrig gebliebenen Erinnerungen an ihre Vergangenheit vollständig löscht. Ein langer, gefährlicher Weg liegt vor ihr – verfolgt von ihren Feinden durch das menschleere, von Wasser überschwemmte Gebiet der früheren Großstadt Sydney. Ihr Vorhaben ist zum Scheitern verurteilt. Aber für Tris ist Scheitern keine Option.

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Lies, deceit, and destruction divided the nation for decades. Back in 2080, the citizens had enough. A war to restore the country's honor took place. The new regime led by Chancellor Prumpt made any form of lying illegal. Now if anyone is caught lying, they are called in for questioning and killed on the spot if found guilty. Any citizen can report someone if they suspect them of lying. Present day: 2129. Roger Aimes is a 28-year old mine worker living through the brutal system. All he can hope to do is live another day.