Dystopian Mystery

Like any mother, Chrissie wants to protect her family. She would do anything to keep them safe. So when a mysterious stranger turns up at her door, offering to prevent the deaths of the people she loves, it sounds too good to be true. The only problem: she must choose someone to die in their place. A substitute. When her daughter Holly has a terrible accident, Chrissie has no option but to enter the programme. In that horrifying moment, she would do anything to save her.

Imagine a London where magic is real...real, but feared. This is Eliza Braxton's London, and she has always accepted her place in it gladly. As one of the Riftborn, her magic has relegated her to the servant class, where she dutifully serves as the lady's maid in one of the most powerful households in the country. There, she uses her remarkable powers of persuasion to keep Elder Hallewell's rebellious daughter in the path to an arranged match of power and prosperity. Eliza has never questioned her loyalty...until now.

"A deep, weird and uncanny tale." —Sheila Heti "A book to devour."—Iain Reid "Sinister good fun." —Lee Henderson "Gripping and unassumingly smart." —Lauren Oyler A journalist with a history of bending the facts uncovers a story about a medical breakthrough so astonishing it needs no...

Everything changed when scientists discovered the drug. It looked like the cure for aging, but all progress comes with a price tag. Now, eternal youthfulness will be paid for by the blood of the innocent. The blood of “carriers” is the most valuable commodity on earth. When treated with a...

A virus nearly wiped out the human race. In order to survive, people are segregated into three tiers. Those with the best genetic viability get the most resources, and Kate and Eric are lucky enough to end up in Tier One.

Wenn dich deine Feinde jagen, mach dir die Illusion zum Freund! Nanopark, Deutschlands modernster Freizeitpark, in dem virtuelle Welten und Wirklichkeit zu einem unvergesslichen Erlebnis verschmelzen, wird überfallen. Terroristen nehmen alle Besucher als Geiseln. Nur dem ehemaligen Polizisten Simon Klein gelingt die Flucht. Von den Geiselnehmern gejagt und ohne eine Möglichkeit, Realität und Schein unterscheiden zu können, kämpft er ums Überleben und sucht einen Weg aus der hermetisch abgeriegelten Kuppel, während um ihn herum der Park zur Todesfalle wird.

Un drama tecnológico con aires japoneses y profundas raíces shakespearianas, "Los años del silencio" nos plantea una sociedad enmarcada en el pasado pero de avanzada tecnología. En ella se mezclan amores, traiciones, reflexiones sobre el destino y la tradición en medio de una trama de intriga palaciega en la que se suceden los giros inesperados.

Inzwischen kennt Ria den Grund dafür, weshalb ihre eigene Regierung, der "Sphärenbund", sie töten wollte. Aus diesem Wissen ergibt sich eine Gefahr für sie persönlich, aber auch für eine große Zahl anderer Menschen. Trotz aller Widerstände unternimmt Ria alles, um die drohende Katastrophe abzuwenden und das Leben von Clans und Sphärenbewohnern zu schützen. Doch dabei offenbart sich ihr ein Geheimnis, das alles, was sie bisher an Verschwörungen aufgedeckt hat, bei Weitem übertrifft.

Huxleys schöne neue Welt reloaded: Die 24-jährige Mae Holland ist überglücklich. Sie hat einen Job ergattert in der hippsten Firma der Welt, beim "Circle", einem freundlichen Internetkonzern mit Sitz in Kalifornien, der die Geschäftsfelder von Google, Apple, Facebook und Twitter geschluckt hat, indem er alle Kunden mit einer einzigen Internetidentität ausstattet, über die einfach alles abgewickelt werden kann. Mit dem Wegfall der Anonymität im Netz - so ein Ziel der "weisen drei Männer", die den Konzern leiten - wird die Welt eine bessere.

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.

Deutschland ist nur noch eine Scheindemokratie. Der Staat veranstaltet neuerdings für ältere Menschen Sterbeseminare in Luxushotels. Ihnen soll dort schmackhaft gemacht werden, Sterbewohl, eine tödliche Pille, zu schlucken, um beizeiten die Allgemeinheit zu entlasten. Nadja, Anna, Max und Fred sind über 65. Alle vier haben vom Gesundheitsministerium eine Einladung zum Sterbeseminar ins komfortable Hotel Paradies auf Fehmarn erhalten. Offiziell ist das Einnehmen von Sterbewohl freiwillig. Wie manche munkeln, kehrt aus den Hotels aber niemand mehr zurück.

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.

Megalops Occidentale è una città governata dal caos e dalla corruzione. Una metropoli tentacolare, buia e claustrofobica dove non c’è spazio per speranza e libertà. Il Signore dei Vetri, a capo della sua spietata ed efficiente organizzazione, avanzerà la sua "proposta", un diabolico piano criminale che ha l’obiettivo di conquistare il potere tramite una martellante campagna pubblicitaria. Solo alcuni ‘insistenti’ come Degrado intuiranno le intenzioni del Signore dei Vetri, ma il piano è già in uno stato avanzato, e per bloccarlo potrebbe già essere troppo tardi.

This collection of three novellas chronicles the dramatic events from the founding of the first Martian colony in the middle of the 21st century to the first election of the Martian Republic in the 22nd century. Together the three novellas are a sweeping, cautionary tale of a grand social and economic experiment on Mars.

A surreal and timely novel about the effects of isolation and what it means to be connected to the world from the Printz Award-winning author of Dig. Time has stopped. It's been June 23, 2020 for nearly a year as far as anyone can tell. Frantic adults demand teenagers focus on finding...

Thirty-year-old UNPOL officer Richard Warren has been embedded with the BBC, and not seeing eye-to-eye with journalist Sarah Dyer is just the start of his problems. News of an Ebola pandemic is being withheld, and when it’s discovered Sarah’s artistic savant brother is involved, Richard’s determination to get to the truth takes an unexpected turn. But what if the truth must never be known?

Winning had never been the plan. I just wanted to go home. I still do. Now, I'm in too deep. With my conversion only days away, the count down has begun. When it hits zero, I lose. My only hope is to rely on the one who brought me here in the first place. A few unlikely friends might make all the difference between the Fold winning and a revolution. If I can stay alive that long.

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.

Twenty-one-year-old Luke Edwards is struggling to cope with the death of his parents and the loss of his best friend. Shortly after losing those close to him, he chooses to take matters in his own hands to help those in need. Several months after living in the slums of a city ravaged by poverty and food rations running low, Luke stumbles upon a stranger who rekindles his desire to continue his promise to avenge those he loved. With a renewed purpose, a world revolution is ignited in the hearts of millions versus the wicked faction known as the Children of Iscar.