Dystopian Mystery

Dr. Newman is at the leading edge of creating the perfect educational environment for children, and all he requires is a hefty tuition - and your child at the age of six months. Christopher Carson is one of the “Newman Residents” who live at the Newman Home year-round. His parents, Richard and Carol, both Manhattan attorneys, may disagree about the specifics, but each wants what’s best for their son. Not long into Christopher’s visit, Richard begins to suspect that the Newman Home’s methods for developing their children into future leaders are too experimental.

In the derelict house next door to a building site, Dawn lives with a young woman who says to call her Mum. Dawn loves the hole in the roof, where she can always see blue. She loves her book of birds and she loves Mrs Goring, the old lady who lives on the ground floor. But when Dawn's medicine runs out and Mrs Goring disappears, Dawn begins see the world as it really is. Next door, the new facility to hold children like her is almost finished. But Dawn wants to live. Can she escape, find Mrs Goring and the truth about her family before the doors to the Sparehouse open?

After escaping from the assassin that had just killed the president-elect of the United States, Zoey Volkova and her paramour Kai must disappear. The FBI is hunting for her and so are the perpetrators. Both know that she is the key to exposing an elaborate and sinister plan for world power. The FBI wants her alive, but the assassins are determined to silence her permanently. Neither are aware of just how formidable and resourceful Zoey can be.

When a bomb goes off at InTech HQ, everything changes for Tanta's corporation. Order becomes disorder. Safety becomes danger. Calm becomes chaos. Tanta is tasked with getting to the bottom of the attack before violence and unrest overtake the city. But even though the evidence points towards rival corporation Thoughtfront, Tanta can't shake the feeling that she's missing something. There's a dark secret at the heart of the case, one that will reveal more about her own corporation than Tanta would like.

Nach "Der Circle" kommt jetzt die digitale Weltherrschaft: "Every". Der Circle ist die größte Suchmaschine gepaart mit dem größten Social-Media-Anbieter der Welt. Eine Fusion mit dem erfolgreichsten Onlineversandhaus steht an, woraus das reichste und gefährlichste - seltsamerweise auch beliebteste - Monopol aller Zeiten entsteht: Every. Delaney Wells ist "die Neue" bei Every und nicht gerade das, was man erwarten würde in einem Tech-Unternehmen. Als ehemalige Försterin und unerschütterliche Technikskeptikerin bahnt sie sich heimlich ihren Weg, mit nur einem Ziel vor Augen: die Firma von innen heraus zu zerschlagen.

Rising seas and superstorms have ravaged the land. Food and electricity are scarce. A dangerous Washington regime has terrorized the city. The new laws are enforced by an army of genetically enhanced soldiers designed to be the fiercest and cruelest of killers. Genetic scientist Dr. Jenna Khan knows these supersoldiers were engineered by altering the DNA sequence in ways that could change the fabric of humanity. Jenna joins forces with a genetically enhanced soldier gone rogue and a Brooklyn gang kingpin to resist the government’s plan to manipulate the DNA of all Americans.

Several months have passed since the shocking events in Ramsar. Monique and Jonas remain locked away in an Iranian prison; billions watch as the world's leaders continue to debate their fate. Meanwhile, the Hanssen asteroid is fast approaching Earth's orbit. At last, the Consortium's end game is at hand. Will Rudy uncover the truth behind the Chairman's unimaginable plan, before it's too late?

Despite the tragic events at Hanssen Scientific, Monique Durand and her newfound companions continue their search for the source of her compelling visions. Are they somehow linked to the secrets of dark matter, as Professor Hanssen is so desperate to believe? Or does the truth reach even deeper - into our Universe's past, and our planet's ultimate future? To find out, they'll need to outwit the Consortium, a secretive group of trillionaires who now have what they need to achieve their own, long-awaited end-game.

As a child, Linda Russell was left to raise herself in a 20-acre walled-off property in rural Washington. The woods were her home, and for 12 years she lived oblivious to a stark and terrible truth: Her mother had birthed her only to replace another daughter who died in a tragic accident years before. Then one day Linda witnesses something she wasn’t meant to see.

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.

Imagine it’s legal to commit one murder in your lifetime—if you Register the victim and accomplish the kill within fourteen days. So when Lynell Mize stands in line to Register the man who abused her as a child, she’s shocked to hear a stranger Register her to be killed. Why would anyone who doesn't know her squander his one legal murder on her? Desperate to survive the next two weeks, she must find out who wants to kill her—and why. Easier said than done, as Lynell soon discovers that multiple strangers have used their Registration on her.

New York in naher Zukunft - eine Stadt am Abgrund! Die Cops Liberty Capriso und Mike Quillan verrichten ihren Dienst in Manhattan, dem gefährlichsten Teil der Stadt. Schlimmer noch: Eine neue, brandgefährliche Droge verbreitet sich rasant. Die Polizei sucht fieberhaft nach den Hintermännern. Da wendet sich Bürgermeisterin Goldberg an die Ermittler: Sie konnte nur knapp einem Anschlag auf ihr Leben entgehen.

Ein Land vor dem Zusammenbruch - und nur 24 Stunden, um die Katastrophe aufzuhalten... Helsinki 2027. Leo Koski, der junge Ministerpräsident Finnlands, ist charismatisch. Was niemand weiß: Er ist nur die Marionette einer Gilde reicher Männer. Sie sind es, die bestimmen. Die Spaltung der Gesellschaft und die zunehmende Armut in weiten Teilen der Bevölkerung sind ihnen egal. Doch als sich eine junge Frau am Vorabend einer großen Massenkundgebung aus Protest selbst anzündet, gerät das Machtgefüge ins Wanken. Die Frau hatte zuvor Briefe verschickt, um das Land aufzurütteln.

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.

Cato is the only true half-human, half-ghost hybrid in existence. He's powerful and unique with two divine powers instead of one. After being an unwilling test subject in Project Alpha for two years, Cato and the rest of his "lab-family" survive a transport accident to find themselves stranded and powerless in the middle of the wilderness. Cato wants nothing to do with his past, but as his enemies close in, he realizes he's willing to do anything to protect his lab-family...even kidnap the daughter of a ghost hunter and make a dangerous deal to become a mercenary.

Is it possible for a terrorist group to secretly “weaponize” the most anticipated new electronic video game? And on the night of its nationwide launch, will thousands of unsuspecting kids and their parents be slaughtered? These questions haunt Blair Anderson, the game's distributor; and he alone can possibly uncover the truth and prevent the carnage. But that's only for starters. Anderson' s daughter has been kidnapped and unless he cooperates, she'll be tortured in the worst imaginable way. Blair can save her, or stop the terrorists – not both; and he has scant minutes to decide.

David Miller is an amnesiac war veteran struggling to put the pieces of his life back together and adjust to civilian life in 2049's PortCity. His life is turned upside down when an old friend from the conflict shows up, warning him that the war isn't over—and that there's something buried deep inside his mind that the enemy are after.

In a world with dwindling birth rates, all young women must submit to compulsory fertility checks at the age of 13. For those able to conceive, a docile existence inside the Birthing Schools beckons—far worse if they fall into the wrong hands.

It's 2030, and AI has made trial lawyers obsolete. When a former trial lawyer, John Keys, lands in jail, he becomes embroiled in a life and death situation that forces him to confront a horrifying truth to gain his freedom. John Keys is a trial lawyer and a damn good one. That is until artificial intelligence takes over the criminal justice system and makes him obsolete. Faced with the harsh reality of his new life, he lands himself in prison for good.