Historical Fiction Dystopian

Other Worlds, the fourth volume in Jon Scieszka’s Guys Read anthology series for tween boys, features ten thrilling new tales of science fiction and fantasy from some of the biggest names in children’s literature. Prepare yourself for ten trips into the unknown, as ten of your favorite...

Emmeline knows she’s not supposed to explore the woods outside her settlement. The enemy that wiped out half her people lurks there. Living with the shame of her grandmother’s insubordination, Emmeline has learned to keep her head down and her quick tongue silent. When the settlement leader asks for her hand in marriage, it’s an opportunity for Emmeline to wash the family slate clean - even if she has eyes for another. But before she’s forced into an impossible decision, her dreams urge her into the woods, where she uncovers a path she can’t help but follow.

Three lives, 100 years, one Western ghost town: an explosive novel about a mysterious place called Sunrise where the secrets of the past refuse to stay buried, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Tiger’s Wife In 2024, Nina's small-engine plane crashes into a lake in the Wyoming...

Есть вещи, перед которыми бессильна даже абсолютная власть. «Король-солнце» волен распоряжаться чужой жизнью, но его собственная неумолимо утекает в прошлое. Бессмертие — вот чего испокон веков жаждали владыки, и Людовик XIV не стал исключением. В надежде обрести власть над самой смертью он отправляет ученого-священника, отца де ла Круа, в экспедицию за легендарными морскими созданиями, чья плоть, согласно преданиям, дарует вечную жизнь. И вот наконец долгожданный корабль возвращается с удивительной пленницей. Неизвестно, способно ли это загадочное существо даровать королю победу над смертью, но судьбы многих людей оно изменит безвозвратно.

For fans of Emma Cline and Emily St. John Mandel, Westward Women is a hypnotic and hopeful debut—part fever dream, part dystopian road trip that claws its way towards a jaw-dropping finale. "An audacious first novel to set beside Margaret Atwood." - Joyce Carol Oates It starts with an itch. In...

Роман выстроен подобно матрешке (или "Облачному атласу" Дэвида Митчелла): здесь хитроумно перекрещиваются жизни и судьбы Анны и Омира, пребывающих по разные стороны стены в осажденном турками Константинополе 1453 года.Сивиллы.

When saving a life in 1946 Alabama, Amish giant Konrad took one in return and must run before the electric chair claims him. In New York, Nazi propaganda fools him into jumping on a ship to Berlin, the capital of the Third Reich. In 1965, at Gothengau, an SS-run colony in Ukraine, a terrorist rocket attack on Berlin compels soldier-farmer Konrad to focus on his duty: commanding an SS convict battalion. He must flex his muscle for the armed forces or the Holocaust's perpetrators--his superiors, colleagues, and neighbors in Ukraine.

Lightning decimates the land, but the people of Ebonpeak know there are greater threats than tempests and firestorms. Raiders pillage the coastline, destroying everything and leaving none unscathed. Six years ago, Desolation Day stole everything from Samara - except the drive to be stronger, fight harder, and never look back. But her greatest test is yet to come. When the enemy washes ashore with the rising tides, upturning Samara’s world once again, can she shed the scars of her past to save her people, or will her hatred destroy her completely?

Ryder Blackmane is a defender for life. His comrades are his family, and keeping them safe is all he has to offer the world. So when they are sent over the wall to investigate happenings in the east, he goes willingly, immune to everything outside of his orders. That is, until he meets Lady Isabel. She is a caged bird whose scars call to his. Best to ignore the calls and follow orders. Follow orders. Follow orders. Loyalty is everything, but the lines are blurring....

It was a beautiful summer in Munich when Tretan slipped the ring upon Adelisa’s finger and made her his wife. Against all odds, against all prejudice, whether it came from those they loved: close friends, family, even strangers, they joined in a union built on care, sacrifice, and unrelenting love that would be put to the test.

After the Last War destroyed most of the world, survivors formed a new society in four self-sustaining cities in the Mojave Desert. To halt extinction, everything in the Four Cities is carefully predicted and carefully controlled … even love. But how can you control love and freedom? In the engrossing prequel to Reset, Preset weaves the tales of Eleanor, the Crone, and Eli, the Planner, before and after the creation of the Four Cities. Much has changed in the world and their relationship, but there are some truths that have yet to come to light.

Wren and Piper have escaped Provision and its leader, Doctor Judas Lake. Now, safe in the depths of the Lukachukai Mountains and under the protection of The Order, the sisters begrudgingly welcome the temporary respite. But their freedom tastes bitter, haunted by memories of the innocents left behind or taken hostage. Life is dangerous for the Nephilim, descendants of the Divine Bloodline who have been bestowed with supernatural abilities. Hunted by an international government program obsessed with eradicating their existence, many are imprisoned in ADAM compounds for life.

Society, led by the queen, has long held that the Esselrode people and their abilities are inherently, irredeemably evil, a truth that Naida has been brought up to believe. But as one of them, feeling compelled to use her powers again and again to heal those on the brink of death, it's hard to accept. It's even harder to live a lie, conflicted about her hidden identity, when the truth could save lives.

Historian Rafael Ward is a good citizen, teaching students the government approved narrative of the nation's history. Until the black-baggers come calling. They have a job for him, one he's not allowed to refuse: Ward must go undercover as a Believer and smuggler to hunt down and destroy the artifacts he cherishes. Before he knows it, he's following fugitive Hannah MacKenzie on a fool's quest to recover the legendary Vase of Soissons, a Dark Age relic prophesized to restore faith to the world.

Anno 1191. Es ist die Zeit nach Barbarossas Tod. Die ehemalige Äbtissin Judith und der maurische Arzt Silas fliehen über die Alpen nach Italien. Aus Liebe zu Silas hat Judith unerlaubt ihr Kloster verlassen. In einer einsamen Hütte in den Bergen vertraut ihnen eine sterbende Frau ihr Kind an. Kurz darauf werden die drei von Barbarossas Nachfolger Heinrich gefangen genommen. Als dieser schwer erkrankt, scheint dies die Chance auf Rettung zu sein, denn nur sie können ihn heilen.

Seventeen-year-old Hannah Bailey is at the center of a Nazi secret, a secret hidden for nearly a century. Until now. It's 2029. And as the United States teeters on the brink of disaster, Hannah's life begins to crumble all around her. Tragedy strikes unexpectedly. Someone is trying to kill her. And suddenly no one - including herself - is quite who they seem. Unexpected love helps counter the turbulence, but even then, her heart is still torn in two very different directions.

“[A] much-anticipated, wickedly funny and sharply observed political satire…This novel of politics and family brings readers to the fault line of American politics.” —The New York Times Book Review “Beyond being good or bad, the characters in this impressive book are, above all things...

Five weeks after the Great Fire, the village square in New Eden Township bustles with rebuilding activities. Hope begins to flicker as a new future rises from the ashes of deception. Yet, for three newly appointed Elements - Ember Watson, Skylar Kane, and Rain Daniels - the many transitions to Project Phase Two expose dark secrets that demand sacrifices. Sacrifices, they discover, that may still destroy the very community they vowed to protect and serve.

The Man in the High Castle meets Pacific Rim in this action-packed alternate history novel from the award-winning author of United States of Japan and Mecha Samurai Empire. NO ONE SURVIVES AN ALLIANCE WITH THE NAZIS. NOT WITHOUT USE OF FORCE. Seattle, 2019. After a severe injury, ace mecha...

It is True Dickinson's forty-third birthday, and her best friends have gathered on this snowy night in Cape Cod at a trendy neighborhood restaurant to celebrate. True has never felt more alone. It's been eight years since the death of her husband, leaving her to raise their son on her own. Both...