Dystopian Mystery

Xander Moore is the senior pilot at the Rapid Defense Center, the clearinghouse for America's defensive drone force. Although only in his mid-thirties, Xander is the "old man" at the Center, as other pilots are barely out of high school. But these kids, as gamers most of their lives, are skilled at remote drone operation and combat tactics.

When an EMP decimates the United States, Lori, a former Marine Raider, must embark on a treacherous journey with her daughter across the former United States from Pennsylvania to a rumored sanctuary in Washington State. Captain Kate Holloway moved her family to New York to start over and break the barriers that her work had created. But when an EMP brings New York to its knees, Kate must fight to survive amid the terror descending upon the city and rescue her family.

In a nation still recovering from the nuclear tragedies of forty years earlier, Clyde is working a dead-end guaranteed job at a diner, and Moonis is incarcerated in a Labor Camp for the Malcontented. But when Moonis's sister, Cecily, goes missing, the old friends escape their prisons to search for her in post-fallout America.

The City Inside, a near-future epic by the internationally celebrated Samit Basu, pulls no punches as it comes for your anxieties about society, government, the environment, and our world at large—yet never loses sight of the hopeful potential of the future. “They'd known the end times were...

In this seafaring fantasy, a soft-spoken and empathic teen must chart her own course to rescue the ruthless pirate who raised her If there’s one thing Thea Fowler has learned from her mother, it’s that the only way for a woman to survive in a man’s world is to make herself strong...

“A republic, if you can keep it.” Those were Benjamin Franklin’s words following the Constitutional Convention of 1787, when asked what system of government the new America would follow. Unfurled is a futuristic novel which takes place in the United States following the collapse of the federal government. After decades of political stagnation, division among Americans, and the disconnect between the governed and those elected, America is forced to rebuild itself in the wake of total capitulation.

What if the price of peace was the very essence of your soul? In a future scarred by catastrophe, humanity found solace in a seductive promise: eternal serenity. Emotions, deemed too volatile, too painful, were meticulously managed by OmniCorp and its ubiquitous Infostream. The world became a haven of engineered calm, where comfort was paramount and discomfort a distant, impossible memory. But beneath the placid surface, a profound truth lay buried, waiting to resurface. Meet Elara Vance, a brilliant bio-engineer who uncovers the chilling reality behind this manufactured tranquility.

Nach uns eine bessere Welt? Eine Hitzefront liegt über Europa. Waldbrände geraten außer Kontrolle. Menschen fliehen in Notunterkünfte. Durch die Städte ziehen Demonstrierende. Doch in all dem Chaos geht auch das normale Leben von Didrik, Melissa, André und Vilja weiter – vier Menschen, die um ihre Zukunft kämpfen. Gegenwärtig wie nie erzählt Jens Liljestrand eine packende Geschichte zur drängenden Frage unserer Zeit.

Two years into the new administration and the country seems headed toward self-destruction. Immeasurable unemployment, intermittent food supplies, environmental toxicity, and over-reaching surveillance of the general population are just some of the challenges. Billionaires run the country, and they have but one goal: to increase their wealth. The less fortunate are of no concern to them.

As Antonia Conti continues to make waves in London’s criminal underworld with her fearless investigative work, Rick Grainger, a star reporter for a rival newspaper, brings her a lead nobody else will touch—for good reason. The story reveals corruption at the highest level of government, and she quickly discovers that the people involved will do anything to bury it. And just when Antonia thinks she’s won her battle, Grainger disappears. Can she and her old friend DI Russell Chapman uncover the connection with her investigation and bring Grainger’s abductors to justice?

When an EMP decimates the world’s power grid, the Arizona desert is plunged back into the lawless era of the Old West. This disaster ushers in the return of outlaws, shootouts, and settling differences the old-fashioned way. For Vin, a former Special Ops soldier turned bounty hunter, the change is a welcomed one. But when his wife and son are caught in the middle of an all-out war between a massive outlaw gang and the remnant of the US government, he’s going to have to jump headfirst into the darkness to pull them back out.

After The Taxi Driver kills himself, Nico Tucker, The Cleaner, Lachlan, and Cale find themselves caught in a web of intrigue featuring allies and a mysterious crime organization known as The Dragonheads. Will Ellen and Johnny Sue make it back to Headmays? Who is trustworthy, and who isn't? Will Nemo and Co. be finally defeated by triggering "The Kill Switch"? Or will Stella live to fight another day? The suspense continues.

When an EMP decimates the United States, Lori, a former Marine Raider, must embark on a treacherous journey with her daughter across the former United States from Pennsylvania to a rumored sanctuary in Washington State. Can what has been lost be rebuilt? Lori, and her daughter Avah, fight to answer that question as they trek across what remains of the United States after a devastating EMP attack. Together with her new family, Lori must contend with armed bandits and roaming gangs who challenge her at every turn.

Was wenn unsere letzte Hoffnung ausstirbt? Ein packender, dystopischer Politthriller mit Spannung bis zur letzten Seite. Das Klima wird extremer, Bienen und andere Insekten sind in der freien Wildbahn naehezu ausgestorben. Lebensmittel sind knapp und die Menschen des Planeten leiden unter immer schlimmer werdenden Hungersnöten. Die Zukunft sieht düster aus, das Leben auf der Erde ist vielerorts unmöglich. Doch endlich kommt Hoffnung auf: die Molekularbiologin Sophie Bergmann hat nach Jahren der Forschung ein Bienenvolk entwickelt, das gegenüber allen Umwelteinflüssen resistent ist.

Wenn die Fische verschwinden und Meere zu Wüsten werden: Öko-SciFi trifft Klima-Thriller. Die Ozeane sterben. Die Fischbestände schwinden, und Wissenschaftler auf der ganzen Welt versuchen in beispiellosen Projekten, die drohende Katastrophe abzuwenden. Ein solches Projekt ist die Tiefseestation Bathos IV, deren Besatzung ― die philippinische Geologin Mayari, die norwegische Biologin Svea und der amerikanische Ingenieur Mat ― mehr über das Meeressterben herausfinden wollen. Beim Sichten der Drohnenaufnahmen stoßen sie auf eine ungewöhnliche Ansammlung von Quallen, deren pulsierendes Leuchten tausende Fische wie magisch anzieht.

Bei einer Jahrhundertflut an der Nordsee brechen die Deiche der Elbmarschen nordwestlich von Hamburg. Die meisten Einwohner verlieren alles, zurück bleibt nur Verwüstung. Die Räumung des Gebiets wird staatlich angeordnet, doch eine Gruppe um den Deichhauptmann Thies Cordes will bleiben und ruft einen eigenen Staat aus: »Koogland«. Cordes allein entscheidet, wen er aufnimmt. Die Krankenschwester Lara darf bleiben, denn medizinisches Personal wird dringend benötigt. Was Cordes nicht weiß: Lara will herausfinden, was mit ihrer Schwester Alina geschah, die vor Kurzem in Koogland spurlos verschwand.

Math genius Boogie Wu struggles to redeem her slandered reputation by pushing the boundaries of her mind in a Zen monastery until she unlocks the secret of an ancient mathematical conjecture. Little does she know that her groundbreaking solution becomes the key to her former employer Magenta Corporation's most disruptive technology: a job-taking AI service in the cloud that thinks by simulating connections of the human brain. When Boogie discovers whose brain Magenta is simulating, she must confront the ethical and spiritual consequences of a technology that doesn’t just think, but feels.

Sie wollte das System revolutionieren, doch nun steht ihr Leben auf dem Spiel. Die erfolgreiche Anwältin Justine Callaghan hat einst als Anführerin der VITA-Bewegung die Todesstrafe revolutioniert. Ein einziges Mal hat sie das Urteil dennoch verhängt und damit ihr eigenes Leben verpfändet: Sollte sich herausstellen, dass der Verurteilte unschuldig war, muss Justine auf den elektrischen Stuhl. Als nun ein neuer Beweis auftaucht, sieht sich die alleinerziehende Mutter mit den tödlichen Konsequenzen ihrer einstigen Überzeugungen konfrontiert.

Lieutenant Dev Singh dutifully spends his days recording the memories of people who, struck with incurable depression, will soon have their minds erased in order to be more productive members of society. At night though, hidden in the dark, Dev remembers and writes in his secret journal the special moments shared with him—the small laugh of a toddler, the stillness of a late afternoon, the first flutter of love. But when the Bureau finds out that he has been recounting the memories—and that the depression is in him too—he is sent to a sanitarium to heal.

Hat man als Einzelner überhaupt eine Chance gegen das System? Eine junge Bibliothekarin aus Boston ist entschlossen, es zu versuchen – ihr bleibt keine Wahl. Und so greift sie zu, als sich die Einladung zu einem ungewöhnlichen Kräftemessen bietet: dem Betatest von FUSION, einem Projekt der US-Geheimdienste und des Social-Media-Moguls Cy Baxter. Wem es gelingt, 30 Tage unauffindbar zu bleiben, dem winken 3 Millionen Dollar. Doch Kaitlyn geht es um etwas anderes.