Young Fiction Dystopian

Asher has returned. After a decade of relative peace, Sarai leads Zion West as Prime Servant. Asher commands its army against the growing threats of Zion East's burgeoning military as Renatus's power continues to grow. But when Renatus finds out Asher and Sarai's son has the same genetic disorder as his wounded prince, he kidnaps him for his LifeCell in an effort to resurrect his own son. As Sarai and The Defiance are ousted in a coup orchestrated by her father, Asher does everything in his power to save their son.

Der Klimawandel hat die Erde zerstört und in Inesas Heimat regiert ein Unternehmen die Region: Caerus. Diese Firma hat auch den "Lauf des Lamms“ erfunden, einen Wettbewerb, bei dem verschuldete Bürger:innen als "Lämmer“ gegen ausgebildete "Engel“ antreten müssen und von diesen bis auf den Tod gejagt werden. Das Ganze wird per Livestream übertragen. Als Inesas Mutter zu tief in die Schulden rutscht, muss ihre Tochter für sie als Lamm beim Lauf antreten. Doch da führen die Umstände dazu, dass Inesa und ihr Engel Melinoë zusammenarbeiten müssen. Und so kommen die beiden sich unerwartet näher.

Si no eres popular... no existes. Tras el fin de la era de los perfectos, la sociedad está sumida en un renacimiento completo... en el que la popularidad manda. Ser famoso implica tener mejor casa, mejor ropa e incluso mejores amigos. En cambio, no serlo te convierte en invisible, en un perdedor, en un completo desconocido. En definitiva, en un extra. Aya Fuse lo es. Pero a sus quince años hay algo que tiene ya muy claro: por nada del mundo piensa resignarse al anonimato. Y, como Tally unos años atrás, Aya está dispuesta a todo para hacer realidad sus sueños...

The “4” tattooed on the back of Corrie’s neck means she’ll die before she turns twenty. The knowledge of death dates has become available to the world. Now, those with early death dates—the Threes and Fours—are forced to put their short lives to use in a labor camp called the Prime so the long-lived can thrive. While Corrie tries to focus on using her leadership role to secretly create change in the Prime, her friend’s suspicious death makes her wonder how set in stone fate really is.

Eigentlich sollte Livia das perfekte Leben führen. Schließlich wurde ihre Zukunft von MAM berechnet, einer Künstlichen Intelligenz, die die Menschheit vor 200 Jahren vor dem Untergang rettete und seither das Leben aller gestaltet. Ihre Freizeit verbringt Livia in den Sims, täuschend echten Simulationen, in denen die Welt vor der Klimakrise nachgestellt wird. Auch ihren Job als Krankenpflegerin verdankt sie MAM. Doch Livia beschleicht das Gefühl, dass MAM bei ihrer Berufswahl einen Fehler gemacht hat – und dass sich hinter der Fassade ihrer perfekten Gesellschaft ein dunkles Geheimnis verbirgt.

A decade ago, a rift tore open the Kaydan sky, pulling twin princes, Noan and Jormon, plus thousands of their people, from their home world and dumping them in the American South. In the years since, they've grown used to the drones policing their every move and to hiding the magic-like abilities that set them apart. But they'll never get used to the crosses burning outside their trailer—a reminder that Kaydans don't belong.

Aria, Luca, and the rest of the gang survived a frozen wasteland planet, a human-trafficking ring leader with a penchant for murder, and the cunning second lady of Drammat who left them to die, only to find that no one believes their story. Instead of being hailed as heroes for releasing thousands of unlawfully imprisoned innocents, they are painted as terrorists. Separated from her friends and forced to endure torturous brainwashing sessions guised as therapy, Aria no longer knows which of her memories from Sratta are real and which are planted by Drammat’s agents.

Sage Maddox has been turned. Determined to penetrate Nero's inner circle on an assassination mission, he has fallen prey to the sadistic Emperor's brainwashing, and time is running out. Meanwhile, Sage's father, Colonel Thomas Drexler, and Darius, the former High Vassal to Emperor Nero, prepare to unmask the totalitarian despot in a public display at the Gloriosa Revelatio. The Fifth Column man is in place, and all seems ready. However, the slightest hiccup in plans—or in fidelity—could spell certain doom for the Defiance.

In a world where science has conquered aging, Arbor Vita promises humanity a future free from death’s grasp. But beneath the glossy veneer of eternal youth lies a hidden cost—one that investigative journalist Alexandra “Alex” Rogers is determined to uncover. Drawn into a dangerous web of corporate deception, underground resistance, and bioethical dilemmas, Alex and her team race across divided societies—from utopian cities to lawless black markets—pursuing the truth behind the so-called miracle drug. But as they dig deeper, they realize the stakes are greater than they ever imagined.

Claire und Goliath leben in einer Welt, in der das »Wir« über allem steht. In der jeder Mensch den Instinkt besitzt, dem Allgemeinwohl zu dienen. Individualität existiert nicht. Doch was passiert, wenn sie doch an die Oberfläche kommt? Goliath bleiben nur noch wenige Wochen, um das Leben eines anderen Menschen zu retten und damit ein »Tugendhafter« zu werden. Claire steht vor ihrem Abschluss an der »Schule der Vertrauten«. Claire weiß, was sie riskiert, wenn sie von diesem Weg abkommt. Doch dann verschwindet ein Schüler und niemand außer Claire scheint es zu bemerken.

À l'Institut du Nouveau Lendemain, il n'y a pas de fenêtres, pas d'ailleurs, pas de passé ni vraiment d'avenir. Luce, dite L2106, est fière d'appartenir au rang 1, l'élite de cet établissement scolaire réservé aux filles. Tout bascule lorsqu'un souvenir longtemps refoulé, interdit, remonte à la surface de son esprit : la lumière du jour, le monde d'avant les cataclysmes, son enfance... Une flamme se rallume. Et si une autre vie était possible en dehors des murs ?

When 16-year-old Jenna Waters mysteriously finds herself on a human-inhabited planet 28 light-years from Earth, she’ll do anything to find her way home. But the planet’s World Council is reluctant to help when all their resources are being directed into the war effort against the tyrannical dictator, Kael. They also don’t believe Jenna is as innocent as she claims. Desperate to prove she’s not some spy leaking council secrets, Jenna solicits the help of the gorgeous military tech, Luka, to hunt down the real culprit—only to find dead bodies in her wake.

Sara K. Anderson presents Book 2 in the Mind Hunters Duology.

Freshly freed from an earth-dwelling monster, Juniper Conway is stuck with a promise she never intended to make. But if rescuing Plex City from a deadly nano drug is what she vowed, it’s what she’ll do. Miles of wasteland stretch between Juniper and the domed city. In the Texas Outer Grid, following a tribe of whalers seems to be her best bet at surviving the chaotic storms. But when the nomadic tribes prove just as dangerous as the Grid itself, Juniper realizes her streak of bad luck is far from over.

Egoismus, Gier und der allgegenwärtige Raubbau an den begrenzten Ressourcen der Erde haben die Welt an den Rand des Abgrundes getrieben. Milliarden Menschen kämpfen darum, mit dem wenigen durchzukommen, was ihnen noch zur Verfügung steht. Wie Aleyna, die sich inmitten einer kollabierenden Gesellschaft wiederfindet. Auf sich alleine gestellt und unfreiwillig in einen Konflikt gerissen, dessen Hintergründe sie nicht kennt. Vor ihr liegen Rätsel, die sie an ihrem Verstand zweifeln lassen.

Nachdem Alex Sheppard in die reale Welt zurückgekehrt ist, muss er feststellen, dass das Spiel für ihn vorbei ist. Mit seinen 16 Jahren hat er die ausgefeilten Pläne der mächtigsten Leute der Welt zunichtegemacht und ihren Zorn auf sich gezogen. Nun sinnen sie auf Rache, und sie wissen, wo sie ihn finden können. Verglichen mit ihnen waren die kriminelle Triade, das heimtückische Kartell und die heuchlerischen Verhinderer harmlos. Da seine Todfeinde nun den Planeten beherrschen, muss Alex außerhalb der Legalität operieren.

In a grim not-so-distant future where debt and drugs run rampant, Margot Azenari studies memory editing alongside the offspring of the rich and famous. She dreams of erasing the bad memories from her childhood. Margot makes plans to escape the pain of her past, but her plans go awry when her mentor, Dr. Xander, asks for her help with a secret project.

Once a lowly Chadi sector GEN girl terrified of her first job assignment, Kayla is now a valued member of the Kinship, a secret organization of GENs, lowborns, and trueborns who fight to further the cause of GEN freedom. But she is still a slave to the trueborn ruling class, and her relationship with trueborn Devak is still strictly forbidden. Kayla longs to be truly free, but other priorities get in the way. A deadly new virus is sweeping through GEN sectors—a disease only GENs catch.

Kayla is a GEN—a genetically engineered nonhuman—in a world torn apart by castes separating GENs from "real" humans. In the wake of a devastating bomb blast, Kayla finds herself at the headquarters of the organization that planted the bomb—and many others like it in GEN food warehouses and homes. Her biological mother tells her that Devak is dead and that Kayla must join their terrorist group, which is ramping up for something big. Now Kayla must pretend to embrace this new role in an underground compound full of paranoia as she plots a way to escape and save her friends.

On rugged planet Loka, life for best friends Kayla and Mishalla is arduous at best. They are GENs, genetically engineered non-humans, and in their strict caste system, GENs are at the bottom rung of society. GENs are gestated in a tank and sent to work as slaves as soon as they reach age fifteen. When Kayla is assigned to care for Zul Manel, the patriarch of a trueborn family, she finds secrets and surprises—not least of which is her budding friendship with Zul's handsome great-grandson.