Post-Apocalyptic

Un hombre. La gata de su ex. Un concurso de corte sádico único en el universo, donde habrá que matar enemigos de la forma más televisiva posible para escapar de la mazmorra. En un abrir y cerrar de ojos, todas las construcciones que ha levantado el ser humano sobre la faz de la Tierra, desde el palacio de Buckinham hasta la más humilde de las chozas, se desploman y se las traga el suelo.

La Terre est entrée dans l'Ère des cités-dômes. Arrivée il y a 7 ans dans l'une de ces villes pleines d'espoir, Lyra Eberly survit aujourd'hui en chassant les primes dans les profondeurs d'Antelucem, une cité-état autonome dont 80 % de la superficie est souterraine. Mais à mesure que Lyra remplit ses contrats, économisant pour ses rêves de quitter un jour la Terre, elle découvre une violence inédite, un mal mystérieux qui s'enracine dans les entrailles de la cité-dôme.

Entrez dans une ville qui n'ouvre ses portes qu'une fois par an… Amis depuis l'enfance, Prym et Joanna ont un avenir prometteur au sein de la nation d'Erit, construite sur les ruines d'une Pologne ravagée. Leur vie bascule le jour où ils sont choisis pour être envoyés dans la Zone où rôde la Chose. Les mobilisés n'ont qu'une mission : vaincre la plus dangereuse créature jamais créée par l'Homme, ou mourir en essayant. Dix-neuf générations ont franchi les portes de la Zone. Personne n'en est jamais ressorti.

Contains all five books in the Children of the Apocalypse series.

Trev Leon grew up in the shattered remains of the once proud United States. He was blessed and cursed like everyone else with a special ability in a world where weak governments are still trying to regain a semblance of control over the superpowered bandits and grotesque mutant animals. With the death of his parents and a warning to keep the nature of his power hidden, Trev moves far away to the desert southwest to start a new life. Starting over in a broken world isn't cheap.

Walter started his day like any other by boarding a commercial jet, ready to fly the first leg of his international journey. Halfway to Seattle, he witnesses the unthinkable: the total loss of power as far as he can see. Hundreds of miles from home, he'll do whatever it takes to get back to his wife and teenage daughter. Landing the plane is only the beginning....

When the world ends, some men find redemption in the ashes. Aiden Wyatt was a drug dealer, a thief, and a lost cause—until the System descended on Earth. Now, in a world where stats mean survival and monsters roam the wilderness, Aiden’s criminal past is his greatest weapon.

When bizarre, immovable black stones appear across the globe, the world's best scientists are baffled. Where did they come from? What is their purpose? Are they dangerous? When the stones begin to 'wake up,' the answers are worse than anyone ever imagined. As global anarchy erupts, US Coast Guard Guy Granger sets off on a desperate journey across the Atlantic to find his children. Elsewhere, Mina Magar is a journalist forced to photograph horrors she can barely believe, while fading pop star Rick Bastion is forced to fight for his survival despite wishing he was dead.

They escaped the hospital. Now, nowhere is safe. Sarah, Jake, and their small group are holed up in the old medical school, but the city is still a warzone. With every street patrolled and every exit locked down, the only way out is through sheer determination—and a lot of luck.

Es el año 2500. El periodista Ulises, junto al profesor Antelle y a su alumno Arturo Levain, se embarca en una expedición hacia el sistema solar más cercano para tratar de resolver la pregunta más antigua de la humanidad: ¿hay vida en las estrellas? Su viaje les lleva a Soror, planeta muy parecido a la Tierra. Pero lo que encuentran allí es completamente distinto a lo que conocen: aunque hay humanos, en Soror viven como animales, cazados o como esclavos de los simios, quienes gobiernan ese mundo.

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?

Kein Strom. Keine Sicherheit. Nur die Vorbereiteten werden überleben. Bevor die Lichter ausgingen, hielt sich Jack Warrant nicht für einen sogenannten "Prepper". Das waren Leute vom Rand der Gesellschaft, Verschwörungstheoretiker oder Weltuntergangskultisten mit einem fatalistischen Blick auf die Welt. Er selbst war ein Optimist. Zumindest war es das, was er sich selbst erzählte, wenn er nachts an die Decke starrte und sich finstere Gedanken in den Verstand schlichen. Doch dann ging die Welt unter, und ihm wurde klar, dass er falsch lag.

As a plague ravages America and leaves chaos in its wake there's no time to prepare, no chance for last words, messages home, or tearful goodbyes. For the men and women immune to the virus, they have two options: survive or die trying.

A powerful EMP attack leaves the city in chaos, plunging society into darkness and uncertainty. Stephanie Dupont, a podcast host who exposed government secrets, must navigate the crumbling streets of Chicago with her teenage brother and a frightened stranger. With limited supplies, rising violence, and no power, they race against time to escape the city and find safety. As societal order collapses, Stephanie must confront her beliefs and decide whom she can trust. Will they survive the journey, or will the city’s descent into anarchy consume them all?

Im 23. Jahrhundert ist die Erde größtenteils unbewohnbar. Reiche Überlebende auf dem Trockenen streiten sich mit den Bewohnern schwimmender Inseln um die letzten Ressourcen. Ein Kolonisten-Raumschiff soll die Menschheit retten. Doch dann entdeckt eine Sonde ein außerirdisches Artefakt im Kuipergürtel. Darin: ein Humanoide im Kryoschlaf – Millionen von Jahren alt! Paläontologin Lea Lehora sucht mithilfe einer Quantenintelligenz nach der Lösung für ein Rätsel, das die Menschheit für immer verändern wird.

Before the world ended, Hope was a down-and-out virgin stripper. Now she's pregnant with a baby prophesied to be the world's salvation. She is joined by Undead Elvis, who promises her that Graceland remains intact even though the rest of the world has become sand and ash. As Graceland is the only safe place left, Hope must undertake the perilous journey across a broken, unfamiliar landscape.

In a near future devastated by war and natural disaster, a young man and his mother cling to survival at the edge of a forest. The young man spends his days taking care of the home and exchanging letters with his lover, Boris, who lives in a city on the other side of the woods. It's barely a life, but it's a life nonetheless, despite the menacing soldiers patrolling the land. But after the young man commits a brutal act of desperate violence to protect his mother, he leaves home to find Boris, who travels with him on a search for safety.

Ich war in meiner Garage, als die Weltraumelfen die ganze Welt ansprachen. Sie nannten sich natürlich nicht Weltraumelfen. Die meisten Menschen hatten Mühe, Khjurhnalva auszusprechen, also entschieden wir uns für die einfachere Version. Sie hatten eine Nachricht für uns: Kräfte, die die Männchen ihrer Spezies ausgerottet hatten, waren nun auf dem Weg zur Erde. Hungrig nach unseren Ressourcen, vernichten die außerirdischen Horden alles, was sich ihnen in den Weg stellt.

The fight for survival is over. Now, it’s the fight for humanity’s last hope. Nathan and Kelly have endured the impossible—monstrous infected, ruthless mercenaries, and the endless, freezing wasteland. Their only chance was Eden, the last rumored sanctuary beneath the ruins of a dying world. But Eden is not the paradise they had hoped for. With the infected evolving and the relentless Black Talons closing in, survival is no longer enough. Nathan, harboring a deadly secret, makes the ultimate sacrifice to ensure Kelly and their unborn child live to see a future.

The last great war has been fought–but you wouldn’t know it here in the deep desert of what was once America. The sun beats down as it always has and always will on this unforgiving landscape. The few inhabitants of this land–oblivious and uncaring about the greater events in what was once a more civilized world–all except one. Months after the disappearance of her daughter, Emily–Jess Flood has resigned herself to daily survival when the unexpected happens: a radio signal from an unknown man playing music.

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.

This short story by J.J. Campanella falls into the categories of speculative fiction and horror with bits of Japanese anime and manga samurai tales thrown in. It is a dark two-hander and takes place in a blasted, post-apocalyptic world where the remainder of civilization is isolated to a few securely protected and walled city-states. The tale was originally written for a short story collection that was never published. The anthology aimed to retell classic fairy tales in the guise of science fiction.

In the isolation of the Himalayas, the snows still fall, but they are tinged with the ash of a nuclear winter; the winds still blow, but they wail with the cries of ghosts. The seventh and final blast is near. As the world heaves its final breaths, the people of the Tibetan plateau—civilization’s final survivors—are haunted by spirits and terrorized by warlords. Though the last of the seven prophesied cataclysms is at hand, young Karma searches for a father who disappeared ten years earlier, presumed dead.

When friends join ex-soldier Jonah on a European vacation, they discover that the beautiful German town where he was once stationed is completely vacant. The strangeness doesn’t end there. One of their group falls into a coma, another sees a strange creature, and large mounds of dirt appear everywhere. Before they can determine what is happening, Jonah realizes something deadly is watching from the shadows, waiting to hunt. But what they stumble across in the depths of an abandoned military base threatens not only their lives, but all of mankind.

2030 – Die Menschen haben die Erde an den Rand einer Katastrophe gebracht, doch jenseits unseres Sonnensystems ist diese Entwicklung nicht unbemerkt geblieben. Die Laurasier, entfernte Vorfahren der Menschen, starten eine verborgene Rettungsaktion, um den Fortbestand der menschlichen Spezies zu sichern: Freiwillige sollen auf dem erdähnlichen Planeten Zadeg einen Lebensweg im Einklang mit der Natur erlernen. Doch der Verantwortliche der Mission, der laurasische Heerführer und Telepath Alkatar, wird schon bald mit den Abgründen der menschlichen Natur konfrontiert.

Fraa Erasmus is a young avout living in the Concent of Saunt Edhar, a sanctuary for mathematicians, scientists, and philosophers, protected from the corrupting influences of the "Saecular" world by ancient stone, honored traditions, and complex rituals. Over the centuries, cities, and governments have risen and fallen beyond the concent's walls. Three times during history's darkest epochs, bloody violence born of superstition and ignorance has invaded and devastated the cloistered mathic community.

Not too long from today, a new, highly contagious virus makes its way across the globe. Most who get sick experience nothing worse than flu, fever, and headaches. But for the unlucky one percent - and nearly five million souls in the United States alone - the disease causes "Lock In": Victims fully awake and aware, but unable to move or respond to stimulus. The disease affects young, old, rich, poor, people of every color and creed. The world changes to meet the challenge.

Sunset Park is gone. People are missing. Sylvie, Eric, and the other survivors have crossed the water to the security of a new Safe Zone, where they hope to heal their battered hearts, amass an armory, and get back at the ones who took it all away. But with zombies on the move and few resources to speak of, it’s harder than expected to plot their revenge. For some, it’s harder still to garner their resolve, since vengeance means more of them will die. But safety is ephemeral in a city where food is short and tensions are high. It seems fate may leave them no choice but to fight.

La guerre avec les Cyniks terminée, les Pans se croyaient enfin en sécurité. Mais Entropia se rapproche inexorablement et rien ne semble pouvoir arrêter sa course dévastatrice. Rien, sauf peut-être la réunion des Cœurs de la Terre.

Those who would seek a new world order have unleashed the most devastating virus onto mankind, and even they do not know the secrets hidden in their weapon. Follow along as Harry, a CDC scientist, races to figure out what exactly the virus is and how to stop it. It will be up to him and a group of marines led by Major Sanders to stop the zombie fallout before it ravages an unsuspecting world.

As Michael Talbot and crew hit the last stretch before the US border, they are struck by the most devastating losses thus far on their journey. After trekking some of the harshest environment on the continent, surviving the shipwreck of their floating home, an escape from a brutal military that still pursues them, and attacks from every ilk of undead monster, the finish line is finally just up ahead. Making better time on the road than they ever have, the crew are menaced by the most ironic of enemies, led by an evil presence that has yet to reveal its motives.

Hugh Howey is known for crafting riveting and immersive tales of boundless imagination. Now comes Machine Learning, an impressive collection of Howey's science fiction and fantasy short fiction, including three stories set in the world of Wool, two never-before-published tales written exclusively for this volume, and 15 additional stories collected here for the first time. These stories explore everything from artificial intelligence to parallel universes to video games, and each story is accompanied by an author's note.