Dystopian Mystery

Imagine a world in which witchcraft is real. In which mothers hand down power to their daughters, power that is used harmlessly and peacefully. Then imagine that the US President is a populist demagogue who decides that all witches must be imprisoned for their own safety, as well as the safety of those around them—creating a world in which to be female is one step away from being criminal. As witches across the world are rounded up, one young woman discovers a power she did not know she had. It's a dangerous force and it puts her on the top of the list in a global witch hunt.

The world is devastated by catastrophic climate change. You have 100 days to save it.... Half a billion climate refugees are flooding into the West, the global depression is getting worse and democracies are being crushed by the neo-fascist Yellow Armbands. In a desperate attempt to avert catastrophe, the Great Powers embark on the most monumental gamble of all time. But climate scientist Irith Hardey is sure they’ve got it wrong - the US president’s pet scheme isn’t going to save the planet, but ruin it.

An embittered eco-terrorist. A deadly secret. The fate of the world rests on a most unlikely hero. Jemma Hardey dreams of a quiet life and starting a family with her partner, Ryn. Poor fool! Because Ryn’s embittered friend Hercus is planning the ultimate crime: the destruction of western civilisation. And he expects Ryn to help him, for they share a dangerous secret from their student days. A secret that would send them to prison for a long time. Now Ryn has another urgent problem. His work on Antarctic ice sheet melting is showing alarming results and he can’t work out why.

A mysterious murder in a dystopian future leads a novice investigator to question what she's learned about the foundation of her population-controlled society. Decades after economic and environmental collapse destroys much of civilization in the United States, the Coast Road region isn't just surviving but thriving by some accounts, building something new on the ruins of what came before.

Die junge Eleria, genannt "Ria" gehört zum privilegierten Teil der Bevölkerung, die nach einer Katastrophe in sogenannten "Sphären" Schutz vor den unwirtlichen Umwelteinflüssen gefunden hat. Eigentlich ist ihr Leben hier perfekt – bis sie Ziel eines Anschlags wird. Gemeinsam mit fünf Kommilitonen flieht sie aus der geschützten Umgebung und muss sich draußen dem Überlebenskampf in der Welt der Clans stellen, wo jeder ihr Todfeind sein kann.

Nach ihrer Flucht aus den "Sphären" finden Ria und ihre Freunde in der Stadt unter der Stadt Zuflucht. Doch schon bald zeigt sich, dass auch hier ihr Leben nicht sicher ist. Ria macht sich auf die Suche nach den Ursachen, die sie zur Flucht zwangen. In einer Chronik findet sie erste Hinweise auf eine Verschwörung, und immer stärker gerät ihr bisheriges Weltbild ins Wanken.

When Dom, a convicted murderer, awakens in a prison infirmary after a suicide attempt, he’s told he’s been chosen. For what, no one will say. But the next morning he’s shackled, loaded into a van, and driven deep into the mountains—where a secretive order of monks awaits. His task? Walk the Path. A brutal, remote trail leading to a summit no one ever reaches. Each walker carries a strange amber cube that seems to know them. It grows heavier with guilt, whispers their sins, and punishes those who try to set it down. One by one, the walkers disappear—burning from the inside out.

Young FBI agent Chevie Savano arrives back in modern-day London after a time-trip to the Victorian age, to find the present very different from the one she left. Europe is being run by a Facsist movement known as the Boxites, who control their territory through intimidation and terror. Chevie's...

When the space station erupts into violence, Detective Sofie Allen races to find the trigger. Someone is pushing the workers to riot, and that means profits are dropping. Interference with commerce is the biggest crime you can commit on the Mallet.

The world is changing. A mass market drug promised to boost intelligence. The world embraced it, and soon, everyone was a genius, but only for a while. The long-term effects crippled the world societies. A select few experience much greater changes, becoming something more than human.

This novel comes at precisely the right moment as we figure out what 2020 means for the future. The Antifan Girlfriend shows you what will happen after the left has used the pandemic to destroy freedom: Political polarization erupts into civil war, the Green New Deal is used by elites to grab stuff for themselves, pagan Earth Mother religion replaces Judeo-Christian traditions, and the US surrenders its status as a world power.

The year is 2024, and the residents of the Tower, a virus-proof apartment building, live in a state of permanent lockdown. The building is controlled by James, who keeps the residents safe but incarcerated. Behind bricked-up front doors, their every need is serviced; they are pampered but remain prisoners. This suits Eugene just fine. Ravaged by the traumas of his past, the agoraphobic ex-detective has no intention of ever setting foot outside again.

When Grace was 20, she had a front-row seat to the end of the world. What was once the perfect suburban life became a daily fight to stay alive. All that was is now gone forever. Determined, she prepares for what the future brings, armed with her instincts, the desire to protect her loved ones, and her iron will to survive. Just as Grace and her family adjust to this new uncertain environment, a much more terrifying threat emerges from within the darkness, one even more petrifying than the apocalypse itself….

For years, the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security issued warnings - the United States was vulnerable to a cyber-attack. It was 2017 when the attack was finally launched, coming from a direction that no one had predicted, with consequences beyond imagination. Wyatt and his family were already on the down and out. Years fighting through a struggling economy, tight credit, and government regulations had already taken their toll. When society collapses, they have one chance left - a lifeboat awash in a sea of anarchy.

In the not-so-distant future, the forecasted "death of print" has become a reality. Anana Johnson works with her father, Doug, at the North American Dictionary of the English Language, where he is hard at work on the last edition that will ever be printed. Doug is a staunchly anti-meme, anti-tech intellectual who fondly remembers the days when people used e-mail to communicate - or even actually spoke to one another. One evening, Doug disappears, leaving a single written clue: ALICE - a code word he and Anana devised to signal if one of them ever fell into harm's way.

Feral: Having escaped from domestication and become wild. Our nation which was once domesticated, is no more. The free fall from civilized society has come to the conclusion of a failed state. The refractory few left are the hardened survivors that would not yield or bend to the will of the foreign forces that wish to see our nation and its people on their knees. The Parkers and their tribe, however, continue to resist the Global Alliance for Governance and refuse to bend to the will of their would-be masters. This obstinance comes at a cost.

In this engrossing, lightning-paced story with a post-apocalyptic edge, best-selling author Sigmund Brouwer weaves a heroic, harrowing journey through the path of a treacherous nation carved from the United States. In the rough, shadowy hills of Appalachia, in what is left of the United States...

What would you risk to save your family? Former United States Department of Defense Contractor Charlie Owens resigned from his position with the government to live a life off-grid. After building a cabin on a small island in the Pacific Northwest, the detonation of an EMP sets into motion a series of events that will test Charlie and his family in ways he never imagined.

Was this how the apocalypse ended for Alex? He never should have been in this mess, but Trey crossed the wrong man. Now Mr. Jackson, the leader of the thugs sent to get blood from a stone, had plans to drag him into the forest and put a bullet in his head. They couldn’t be reasoned with, so when there’s nothing to lose, one might as well go for a long shot. He attacked and caught Mr. Jackson’s men by surprise. If he was going to die, it would be this way, and not on his knees. Exhausted, bloodied, and very much alive, he bolted. Into the dense forest with one goal on his mind.

Im digitalen Zeitalter sind Informationen wertvoller als Gold. Doch Computer können gehackt und Files gestohlen werden. Nach einem massiven Cyberangriff fürchtet die britische Regierung um ihre Staatsgeheimnisse und entwickelt einen ebenso riskanten wie genialen Plan: Die brisantesten Informationen werden offline genommen, in einen genetischen Code umgewandelt und fünf Zivilisten implantiert. Dafür bekommen diese so genannten Wächter die Chance auf ein neues Leben, eine neue Identität und finanzielle Unabhängigkeit.