Dystopian Mystery

"Squid Game" meets "The Hunger Games" in this thriller where modern-day recruits compete in an ancient, deadly game across the streets of Edinburgh. Welcome to the Pantheon Games. Let the streets of Edinburgh run with blood...The Games are the biggest underground event in the world, followed by millions online. New recruits must leave behind their twenty-first-century lives and vie for dominance in a gruelling battle to the death armed only with ancient weapons – and their wits.

From quarterback to Congressman, Thomas Baker’s the All-American Boy. He loves hunting, fishing, and football. More than anything, he loves the United States of America—the greatest nation on earth. But something’s wrong with the American Dream. It’s broken. Tom knows it. His friends do, too. When COVID hits, the insanity gathers steam.

It is 2058. NYPD detective Nick Garvey and Lenora Allison, President of the battered and reeling United States, are battling the many remaining remnants of the murderous World Council. They must confront the forced introduction of a man-made killer plague and the destruction of the newly created Friendship City.

Wird ein System-Reset für soziale Gerechtigkeit in Neopolis sorgen oder die Macht der Eliten festigen? In "Reset", der dritten Staffel des Sci-Fi-Thrillers von Karl Olsberg, steuert der Konflikt auf einen dramatischen Showdown zu. Neopolis ist eine Glitzerwelt voller Widersprüche – mit einer skrupellosen Elite und einer bitterarmen Unterschicht. Es scheint, als könne nur ein System-Reset Gerechtigkeit schaffen. Doch kann man der KI Pandora trauen, die sich für die Unterdrückten einsetzt? An Nick nagen Zweifel.

Cosa accadrebbe se si scoprisse che quanto si conosce del mondo non è altro che una menzogna? È la domanda alla base di questo futuristico romanzo, un thriller intenso, ironico e paranoico in cui Philip K. Dick affronta i temi a lui cari della manipolazione della realtà e della dicotomia falso/autentico.

Die nahe Zukunft: Die USA stehen vor dem Kollaps, doch der Bevölkerung ist das völlig egal, denn sie sind abhängig von einer Droge namens Flashback...

It started in London and spread across Great Britain within days. Nobody knew where it had come from—or did they? The country is divided, and mankind is turning on itself in a time when pulling together may be the only way they can salvage the lives they’re fighting so fiercely to protect. Two friends escaping confinement take to the road in a tense and dangerous adventure where they must evade detection at any cost.

What lengths is someone willing to go to for power? How many lives need to be destroyed or ruined to gain the highest level of control possible? Will a simple colony takeover be the answer, or do you need to hold an entire nation hostage? These are the questions everyone should be asking themselves when selecting a new premier, but no one believes someone could be that corrupt or harmful.

Do you ever feel like something is not quite right with the world? This is the story of Henry Tucker, a shopkeeper at the I-77 Antique Mall, a large antique warehouse off the Ohio interstate highway. His life is forever changed when he meets a rebellious freedom-lover, Winston Smith, at a poker game. Henry’s new friend invites him to a party and his life goes from “normal 9-5 shop clerk” to “fugitive” as he witnesses Winston get busted by the law. After police kidnap Winston, he later discovers an old book in a pile of Winston’s antiques and it changes his life forever.

When the corporate monolith PortSys brought porting to the masses, CEO Emilia Kirsch and her son, Jason, accomplished what every other start-up company had failed to deliver. They really did change the world. They reversed climate change. They created a multitrillion-dollar industry out of thin air, curing economic woes across the globe. They made it so that anyone could be anywhere simply by touching a screen...including the man who murdered Sarah Huff. Now, Sarah’s 17-year-old sister, Anna, is determined to hunt the bastard down. But there are a few problems.

DANS UN MONDE FRAGILISÉ PAR LES PANDÉMIES, ON AVAIT D'ABORD SACRIFIÉ LES VIEUX. Écrit en 2015, avant la pandémie du coronavirus, Les vieux ne parlent plus est une dystopie où l'État prend petit à petit en main la fin de vie des personnes âgées. La promesse ? Une vie digne et paisible dans un cadre idyllique. Mais la réalité est tout autre... puisque l'État se débarrasse discrètement des plus fragiles. Charismatique et talentueux, Alexandre Geoffroy est un avocat à qui tout réussit : les femmes, les voitures, les relations.

The world is plunged into an all out animal apocalypse, but a single hope is sought to return the order of man and beast back to normal. Mel Florchett joins the CIA team headed by Benjamin Masters as they combat this lunar induced disaster to put man back at the top of the food chain. Meanwhile, Rob Florchett and Dr. Maria Sheltie uncover the sinister plot behind the Chow company’s continued intentional use of the GMO weaponized pet food.

Imagine if World War 2 had been a cover-up this whole time. Imagine if every country had no idea that a larger mysterious power was ruling over everything and everyone. The United States got power-hungry after World War 1, so it began to devise a plan to keep gaining more control, not cluing the president in. The government descended into oppression for centuries, putting more control over the people, arrests for no reason, and checkpoints, like a living prison. People have to hide who they truly are. Safety is never guaranteed.

Against all odds, Winnie managed to escape San Francisco…but now she is being stalked by Mutants that roam the Wasteland. Once human, exposure to radiation has rendered them more beast than man. But it has also made them incredibly strong and shockingly fast, putting Winnie’s own supernatural abilities to the test. If that weren’t enough, the people she cares about most are missing. The Council continues to hunt them down and will stop at nothing until they are destroyed. Will Winnie and her allies make it to Kansas City? If they do, will it be anything like they imagined?

"You have to kill him." Imprisoned in the heart of a secret military base, Em has nothing except the voice of the boy in the cell next door and the list of instructions she finds taped inside the drain. Only Em can complete the final instruction. She's tried everything to prevent the creation of a time machine that will tear the world apart. She holds the proof: a list she has never seen before, written in her own hand. Each failed attempt in the past has led her to the same terrible present - imprisoned and tortured by a sadistic man called "the doctor" while war rages outside.

America is falling, ready to join the Roman Empire as a distant memory in the annals of history. The year is 2027. Tired and desperate, the American people are deep in the middle of The Second Great Depression. The Florida coastline is in ruins from the most powerful hurricane on record; a second just like it is bearing down on the state of Texas. For the first time in history, the Middle East has united as one and amassed the most formidable army the world has seen since the Third Reich.

The City States are beginning to fall under the onslaught of The Evolved, and the outlying kingdoms won’t be far behind if the humans and cannibals caught in the path of destruction can’t find a way to work together and turn the tide. Meanwhile, the Russians and Chinese are done waiting and have begun preparations for the first wave of their invasion of America. When they finally cross the DMZ and land on American soil, will they find a kingdom of bones or a threat greater than anything they could have possibly imagined?

Through an accident of science tens of millions of Americans have been transformed into ravenous cannibals. But this is far from a zombie apocalypse. So long as they satisfy their hunger for human flesh, these cannibals can still think—and those that do have rebuilt America into a twisted mockery of what once stood before. Now, civilization has been replaced by an anarchy of city states and warring cannibal factions, each pursuing the same dark purpose: To harvest human meat.

Safety is a relative term for David. Initially reluctant to side with any of the warring factions, death strikes close to home as an unwelcome guest arrives in the nearby town, forcing David to take up his rifle once more. He is suddenly thrust into a fight for his life and for those he loves. Charlotte and Vir escape the death and destruction in DC, but the ghosts of Charlotte's past continue to haunt her. Having thought they had been gifted with a chance at a new beginning, the two survivors instead find themselves pursued by a ruthless enemy.

Adam and his sister, Leila, are Nons—second-class citizens, living under the Permitted ruling class. Though their life in the Stone City is filled with family, stories, and music, they must carefully follow the rules, have all paperwork on hand, and never, ever do anything to anger a Permitted. When their father unexpectedly dies, they are even restricted in how they are allowed to grieve.