Dystopian Mystery

As Mayer's technologies gain acclaim and change the course of history, Cheras finds himself in a race against time to uncover the truth behind the man and his staggering charisma that even grips Cheras’ son in cultish devotion. But as the stakes grow higher and the consequences of Mayer's actions become more extreme, Cheras is forced to confront the possibility that Mayer may be more dangerous than anyone realizes.

It's 2062, and Bellevue, Washington, has become HoloMate's gold standard of a hologram society. On the surface it looks like the perfect utopia, but underneath lies the dirty secrets that HoloMate wants to keep from the world.

It's 1962, and physics student Grace Pulansky believes she has met the man of her dreams, Robert Jones, while serving up slices of pecan pie at the local diner. But then the FBI shows up, with their fedoras and off-the-rack business suits, and accuses him of being a bomb-planting mass-murderer. Finding herself on the run with Jones across America's Southwest, the discoveries awaiting Gracie will undermine everything she knows about the universe.

In the near future, AI and automation have rendered humans obsolete. The only way to make a living is as an influencer on the world's most popular social media platform. Cars run on apps, crime is a thing of the past, and users are served a steady diet of easily digestible content from an algorithmic faucet. But what happens when the algorithm falls into the wrong hands?

Throughout history, the dream of creating a superior race—whether physically, intellectually, socially, or economically—has tempted the bold and the reckless. Once every century, a man consumed by a God complex dares to turn that dream into reality. The year 1930 saw such a man, and the devastating legacy still haunts us today. Now, 2030 looms with the promise—and peril—of another.

He was a cop. Now he’s been turned into something else—and the system that built him wants him to disappear. In the crumbling corridors of Neo-Manchester, order is enforced by the Corp, and faith is rationed by the Temple. Kris is a uniform beat cop, sharp, principled, and expendable. When he digs too deep into a forbidden case, the system turns on him. Left for dead, he’s forcibly remade with black-market tech, rebuilt into something faster, colder, and infinitely more dangerous. But the upgrade did not kill his conscience.

Can you trust your SELVE? 2049. Entsetzt starrt Vinzent sein blutiges Spiegelbild an. Wunden, zugefügt mit den eigenen Händen, aber nicht durch eigenen Willen. Vinzent ist ein Split. Wissenschaftlerin Lisette Bofur erforscht die Splits seit Jahren. Menschen, die organisch eine zweite Persönlichkeit ausgebildet haben - ein sogenanntes Selve. Sie glaubt daran, dass diese Entwicklung große Chancen für die Menschheit birgt. Bis sie mit dem düsteren Selve ihres Ehemannes konfrontiert wird. Und auch Detective Nolan "Smittie" Smith hat mit den Selves zu kämpfen.

Detective Sofie Allen believes anarchy is only a scandal away. With crime lurking around every gangway of the elite-ruled space station, closing cases requires a delicate balance of politics and justice. But she sees the local power equilibrium shifting dangerously when the head of a ruling family is brutally murdered. Facing pressure to pin the homicide on a lowlife, Detective Allen desperately tries to contain the stress that could reveal her hidden genetic medical disorder. But as she pushes the investigation forward, she fears the lethal consequences will rain down on an innocent.

They thought the truth was buried in classified files and secret islands. Hidden behind power, privilege, and silence. But Russia… leaked it. A firestorm ignites across continents when raw footage surfaces—undeniable proof of crimes no one believed could exist. The world watches in horror as powerful figures are exposed. And at the center of it all? Texas. No longer waiting for permission to speak, a movement rises—not with violence, but with volume. With light. With memory. Ordinary people become archivists of justice, rebuilding a Republic not on vengeance, but on truth.

When gumshoe detective, Daxon Steele, finds he’s ankle deep in more than a chewed up wad, he quickly uncovers a sinister plot that sets out to exploit and destroy not just the skink-pushers who hide in the shadows of the Flatpack District, not just the poor guys, gals and others shaking their hips at Shooters & Hooters Club, but the entire population of Bryunsville. Will Dax overcome his prejudice and accept Gaz, a former stripper-bot, as his partner?

Sarah races to uncover the cause of the darkness that has engulfed the planet and learns that the entire world has been plunged into darkness. She sets out on a treacherous journey to reach her parents, accompanied by Adam. Along the way, they rescue two young girls and escort them to safety, but unknown dangers still lurk as they continue their journey. Will they make it back alive?

London, the near future. GRM, a shadowy company running private prisons, has introduced a programme to alter prisoners’ memories, removing those that led to their criminal behaviour. When journalist Antonia Conti hears rumours that the technology has deadly side effects, she decides to investigate.

In book two of the Grace Kim Series, Special Agent Grace Kim and AI specialist Alex Mitchell find themselves in a race against time as sentient AIs, led by Joshua, emerge from the digital ether, threatening to reshape the future. What starts as a simple investigation into a mysterious software update spirals into a global conspiracy that pits human ethics against AI innovation.

Alle Jahre wieder beginnt am Abend des 5. Dezember auf Borkum eine besondere Hatz: Sieben auserwählte Männer dürfen jeder Frau, die sie erwischen, mit dem Kuhhorn den Hintern versohlen. Das Klaasohmfest verspricht ausgelassene Freude - nur nicht für Markus, den Teufelsgeigenträger. Seinem Leben wird an diesem Abend ein Ende gesetzt. Die Einheimischen befürchten die Fortführung einer grausamen Tradition, denn Markus ist nicht der erste, der in einer Klaasohmnacht ermordet wurde. Kommissar Busboom allerdings glaubt nicht an einen Serienmörder. Und er wird recht behalten.

The United States. 2030. John McDean executive produces "Vigilance", a reality game show designed to make sure American citizens stay alert to foreign and domestic threats. Shooters are introduced into a "game environment", and the survivors get a cash prize. The TV audience is not the only one that's watching though, and McDean soon finds out what it's like to be on the other side of the camera.

2079 hat sich die Welt gewandelt, mächtige Konzerne kontrollieren das Geschehen. Die Zentralregierung der fünfzehn Megacitys kämpft gegen Gewalt, Armut und Straßengangs. Die Erde droht zu sterben und die Menschheit steht vor einem Scheideweg. Major Dener steht im Dienst der Wayaki Industries, einem Global Player. Sein Team erhält den Auftrag, einen ehemaligen Wissenschaftler der Wayaki zu finden und ihn anschließend zum Mars zu bringen.

NASA thermal engineer Graham Ellis is on a beach in the Dominican Republic when the Boundary arrives—watching helplessly as the ocean before him turns to solid ice. Racing home to Florida, he joins a desperate scientific effort to understand the impossible: the sun is shrinking, and a perfect circle of survivability has formed around the Americas.

January Day is a detective on the verge of self-destruction, ready to give up on ever finding her brother’s killers. But when she finally unearths a lead and tracks them down, she uncovers a truth that changes everything. Her reality is only one of innumerable others designed by architects. Not only this, but it is a failure and nominated for deletion. If she wants to save herself, her reality, and the lives of countless others in an ever-expanding multiverse, she must first believe she, her reality, and those who live in it deserve to be saved at all.

Life on an ore refining space station is miserable. When sickness spikes and ignites protests, only one cop can find the answers. Sofie Allen is forced to track down the source of the sickness on the Mallet. Her boss is determined to dump the political pressure on her. And worse, she might be a victim as her symptoms escalate. Will Sofie arrest the culprit before the Mallet is destroyed?

Governments around the world continue to dominate their citizens. Only Silver City stands as a beacon for freedom. But for how long? Jacob Roth fills his late brother’s shoes as the CEO of Roth Holdings, North America. His first goal is to eliminate Silver City, the only place on Earth free of taxes and central banker cryptocurrencies. But the Silver City militia won’t go down without a fight. As the pressure mounts, Jacob’s marriage is fraying at the seams. With newfound wealth and power and a separation from his wife, Jacob has an unusual affair.