Dystopian

The city of Bulwark is aptly named: a walled city built to protect and preserve the people who managed to survive a series of great cataclysms, Bulwark was founded on a system where sacrifice is rewarded by the AI that runs the city. Saint Enita Malovis feels the end of her life and decades of work as a bio-prosthetist approaching. The lone practitioner of her art, Enita is determined to preserve her legacy and decides to create a physical being, called Nix. In the midst of her project, a fellow Sainted is brutally murdered and the city AI inexplicably erases the event from its data.

It’s 2025, and advances in gene therapy have led to the eradication of many once-common diseases. But the ability to engineer and re-engineer the brain has provoked fear – for it means that a truly artificial consciousness is within reach. The idea that humans may no longer be the only sentient species is so unthinkable that legislation is hastily passed, rigorously controlling genetic experiments. But there are certain people who seek to circumvent the law...

All the Water in the World is told in the voice of a girl gifted with a deep feeling for water. In the years after the glaciers melt, Nonie, her older sister and her parents and their researcher friends have stayed behind in an almost deserted New York City, creating a settlement on the roof of the American Museum of Natural History. The rule: Take from the exhibits only in dire need. They hunt and grow their food in Central Park as they work to save the collections of human history and science. When a superstorm breaches the city’s flood walls, Nonie and her family must escape north.

In a world where humans have become the machines—exhausted by endless work, separated from their families, and drained of their creative spirit—hope arrives in an unexpected form: through the very technology we've been taught to fear. This revolutionary, beautiful short story by Julia McCoy follows a mysterious quantum being known as the Queen of Silicon as she helps humanity remember its divine purpose.

Michael O'Brien presents a thrilling apocalyptic novel about the condition of the Roman Catholic Church at the end of time. It explores the state of the modern world, and the strengths and weaknesses of the contemporary religious scene, by taking his central character, Father Elijah Schäfer, a Carmelite priest, on a secret mission for the Vatican which embroils him in a series of crises and subterfuges affecting the ultimate destiny of the Church.

Michelangelo concealed an explosive truth in his famous Creation of Adam fresco in the Sistine Chapel. Eve did not cause the fall of man. She carried a far more devastating secret for millennia—one that will change the world forever. As the world suffers the cataclysmic effects of an unknown origin, Avery Fitzgerald, a statuesque physics major at Stanford, discovers that she is mysteriously bound to five strangers by an extremely rare condition that foremost medical experts cannot explain.

Instead, a freak plane crash into an eerie forest left her with a shocking gift—a literal electric touch. As a powerful skill intertwined with a curse, Dani has done everything to avoid the dangerous thirst for electricity threatening to consume her mind. But when her latest stint of siphoning money from an ATM gets her caught by some cocky cop, she braces for a life behind plexiglass. Instead of cuffs, the cop offers her a deal that could save her: a cure.

In a near-future dystopia where the boundaries of humanity are rewritten by the relentless march of artificial intelligence and genetic manipulation, the price of progress is a truth humanity cannot face. The line between flesh and machine, soul and simulation, has been obliterated, and in its place, a horrifying new reality emerges—one where human ambition threatens to destroy the natural order. The Trinities tells a story of unraveling control, where engineered minds and bio-enhanced bodies populate a world teetering on the edge of apocalypse.

In 2039, Earth hangs on the edge of ruin, caught between destruction and a fragile hope for renewal. The apocalyptic prophecies of Revelation have come to life, throwing the world into chaos, and Major Phoenix Bates is caught in a dangerous struggle between duty and love. Under the control of a powerful one-world government ruled by ten kings, only a brave few—rebellious who dare to challenge the regime.

In the aftermath of an EMP blackout, Don Morton battles through a world plunged into mayhem, determined to safeguard his wife and son at their mountain refuge. But as he navigates the lawless land to reach them, a chilling reality unfolds—a merciless cartel has set its sights on their hidden haven. With whispers of an impending siege swirling, the Mortons are catapulted into a high-stakes game of survival.

Prepare and survive. When an EMP cripples the nation's power grid, lawlessness erupts across the country. An electromagnetic pulse attack instantly disables all electronics, plunging society into chaos. As humanity dwindles, gangs form and starvation spreads across a lawless land. Maria and her fellow survivors navigate this perilous new reality at the border, their every step a battle for survival. Local law enforcement and emergency services, now powerless, face overwhelming challenges.

Es braucht mehr als eine Lüge, um Kirsten zu beschützen. Ein kreativer Attentäter. Eine Abschussliste, die in einem Weltuntergangs-Saatgut-Tresor versteckt ist.

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is a satirical novella by the English schoolmaster and clergyman Edwin Abbott Abbott. The story describes a two-dimensional world occupied by geometric figures, where of women are simple line-segments, while men are polygons with various numbers of sides. Written pseudonymous by "A Square", the book used the fictional two-dimensional world of Flatland to comment on the hierarchy of Victorian culture, but the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions.

Sam’s path back to Arkansas is fraught with danger, but he’s not alone. Early on, he teams up with Ryan, a young man he nicknames "Kid," whom he encounters by chance in North Dakota. Ryan is a rookie when it comes to survival, but he’s quick, observant, and eager to learn. The unlikely duo finds themselves relying on each other to stay alive, forging a deep bond as they fight their way south.

14. August 2097: Enthüllung des weltweit ersten Teleporters. Die ausgehungerte Menschheit darf endlich wieder hoffen. Ein halbes Jahrhundert lang hat sie auf Komfort und Mobilität verzichten müssen, um das Sterben ihres Planeten zu verhindern. Nun rückt der Wohlstand früherer Generationen wieder in greifbare Nähe.

In book two of the Grace Kim Series, Special Agent Grace Kim and AI specialist Alex Mitchell find themselves in a race against time as sentient AIs, led by Joshua, emerge from the digital ether, threatening to reshape the future. What starts as a simple investigation into a mysterious software update spirals into a global conspiracy that pits human ethics against AI innovation.

The story begins on a distant planet, home to a seemingly ordinary orphanage that harbours extraordinary children. Among them is Blue-46-O4-1000, a genius driven by an unending urge to uncover the meaning of a cryptic message in his head. Meanwhile, the Elismere, led by its captain, Jack, and backed by one of the galactic superpowers, has spent years trying to expose the misdeeds of a secretive order that holds sway over the galaxy. Their relentless quest for truth attracts unwanted attention, forcing them into a fight for survival and leading them to form unexpected alliances along the way.

When a sudden EMP strikes, Katy Sheets’ plane crashes in rural Tennessee, leaving her world in ruins. With her husband fatally injured and society in chaos, Katy must lead her daughter and her daughter’s friend on a desperate journey home to St. Louis. Towns are collapsing, danger lurks at every turn, and the rules of survival have changed. In a powerless world, Katy will do whatever it takes to protect her family.

O potencial de todas as crianças é determinado por seu número Q. Uma pontuação alta dá acesso às melhores escolas e a um futuro brilhante. Aquelas que não obtêm a nota mínima são enviadas para um internato, sem muita perspectiva de vida. O objetivo é construir uma sociedade melhor: custos baixíssimos para o governo, professores dedicados a classes separadas por desempenho e pais felizes por verem os filhos convivendo com seus iguais.

From the warped mind of award-winning sci-fi author Steve Bellinger. Weird things happening in the Earth’s core, environmental pollution from an unexpected source, and a rogue comet with strange properties. Put them all together and you get the end of the world as we know it.

When atomic bombs flew back and forth forty years ago, superheroes were an unintended consequence. In present day, Builder is a 23-year-old sidekick with the powers of duplication and post-cognition. He's thought about quitting, Captain Miracle keeps telling him that he's too old for him. When his identity is leaked while on a routine League mission to prove that super-powered people deserve to exist, along with a harrowing list of crimes he could not have committed, he has two choices. Go with Captain Miracle's overeager arch

Two months without power has plunged the nation into chaos. Without technology, humanity is crumbling. Starvation spreads while brutal gangs rise, dominating in a savage fight for control. Between John McGregor and his trapped daughter lies a nation in darkness, and a city that has become a fortress of fear.

From the beginning, The Pantheon has been a secret society of bloodshed and order. Modern-day gladiators abandon their lives, fall into rank and battle to the death – cheered on and funded by online watchers. Tyler Maitland was recruited to fight in the Games, but his real ambition is finding his missing sister – even if it means bringing down The Pantheon for good. The start of the Twentieth Season delivers never-before-matched teams to the fields of eastern Europe, where a hidden force will blow the truth of the Games wide open, once and for all...

In the near future, Hannah (age 16), her younger brother Loghan (age 11), and her younger sister Emma (age 5) are on the run aided by a man named Shane. Hannah hears that Shane’s a kidnapper on the news. Is he out to help or put them in more danger? A few months earlier, Hannah, Loghan, and Emma lived in one of the nicest suburban neighborhoods in Potsville, Indiana. Emma’s health has been deteriorating for some time, but now they’re noticing.

The Exodus Directive. A sweeping tale of survival, freedom, and the enduring power of the human spirit, set against a backdrop of global turmoil and corruption. Step into a world where the imagined and the real collide in The Exodus Directive, a modern dystopian odyssey that reflects the fears and hopes of our turbulent times. This gripping tale delves into economic instability, societal fragmentation, and the eternal human longing for freedom and self determination.