Dystopian Action

When Jamie and Gabrielle ran away in the middle of the night, they thought they'd be leaving their troubles behind them. Now, they're starting to realize those troubles have just begun. With no money, no plan, and no destination, they find themselves the world's most wanted fugitives - trying to stay one step ahead of an international intelligence organization tasked with hunting them down. An intelligence organization run by Jamie's own father.

From the Renaissance master Andrea del Sarto who faked a Raphael masterpiece at the request of his Medici patrons, to the Vermeer counterfeiter Han van Meegeren who duped the avaricious Hermann Goering, to the frustrated British artist Eric Hebborn, who began forging to expose the ignorance of experts, art forgers have challenged "legitimate" art in their own time, breaching accepted practices and upsetting the status quo.

Fin has never stepped foot on the surface of the Earth. Working the mines, deep below, has been the only life she's ever known. Two hundred years after the planet's magnetic poles began to flip, Earth's surface has become irradiated and unsustainable. As the land, water, and even the air grew toxic, the underprivileged were doomed to a life of hard labor underground, while the Enhanced Human Coalition on the surface enjoy their spoils. But now, Fin and her friends discover a stolen piece of EHC tech that modifies genetics.

In the year 2166, baseball is just a distant memory, lost to history in the aftermath of a devastating second American Civil War a hundred years earlier. But, when Joe Scott, a curious 12-year-old, stumbles upon a relic from the distant past, from before the war, it sparks a search for its meaning. Little does he know that the wheels of Providence have been unwittingly set in motion which leads him on an epic quest of adventure and discovery.

Tuck and Emily grew up together in their neighboring California orange groves and nearly gave their hearts to each other, but life pulled them apart and set them on very different paths. Now, thirteen years later, stubborn, sunny Emily is a pop star and brooding Tuck is an ex-con in need of a job. When Emily hires him to be her bodyguard, they naturally butt heads, even as both try to ignore the heat rekindling between them. When a massive solar flare hits Earth, knocking out the electrical grid and all satellites, the world changes forever instantly.

In the sequel to Day Zero, stepsisters Jinx and MacKenna must put aside their enmity and work together to rescue their little brother - and possibly save the world.

As a slave in the war-weary kingdom of Faelen, 17-year-old Nym isn’t merely devoid of rights, her Elemental kind are only born male and always killed at birth - meaning, she shouldn’t even exist. Standing on the auction block beneath smoke-drenched mountains, Nym faces her 15th sell. But when her hood is removed and her storm-summoning killing curse revealed, Nym is snatched up by a court advisor and given a choice: be trained as the weapon Faelen needs to win the war or be killed.

When a bomb goes off at InTech HQ, everything changes for Tanta's corporation. Order becomes disorder. Safety becomes danger. Calm becomes chaos. Tanta is tasked with getting to the bottom of the attack before violence and unrest overtake the city. But even though the evidence points towards rival corporation Thoughtfront, Tanta can't shake the feeling that she's missing something. There's a dark secret at the heart of the case, one that will reveal more about her own corporation than Tanta would like.

Moment mal! Was meinst du damit, dass dein Charakter verflucht ist? Er verrottet bei lebendigem Leib? Du machst Witze, oder? Obwohl... Könnte es nicht auch eine einmalige Chance sein? Oh, und dass die KI des Spiels mich jetzt als potenzielle globale Gefahr eingestuft hat, kann nur eins bedeuten: Wir sind noch nicht am Ende! Es ist das Jahr 2074. Alex ist ein 15-jähriger Schüler, der davon träumt, Weltraum-Reiseführer zu werden. Das Einzige, was ihn interessiert, sind die Sterne.

Essenslieferantin in Neo-Hongkong zu sein, ist kein leichter Job. Das merkt Maddie spätestens, als sie nach einer Lieferung von vier Jugendlichen angegriffen und aus einem Hochhausfenster gestoßen wird. In ihrer Todesangst meldet sich eine Stimme in ihrem Kopf. Sie nennt sich „Zefira“ und übernimmt die Kontrolle über Maddies Körper. Mit übernatürlichen Kräften rettet Zefira Maddie das Leben. Nur, wer ist Zefira und was hat sie vor? Und warum wird plötzlich Jagd auf Maddie gemacht? Ein geheimnisvoller Hinweis führt Maddie auf der Suche nach der Wahrheit in Neo-Hongkongs gefährliche Unterwelt.

Some things never change. Even in the new World war and hatred keep the party from finding a peaceful place to live out their lives.

When the boxmates' final adventure takes them from the iconic Tower of Power campus and deepscraper Resistance base to the larger-than-life Bixonic's Co. international space station, their augs are put to the test against a global corporate superpower. Ace, Jayla, Gray, and Leo each face individual decisions that may chart the course of the rest of their lives. Will Ace decide he wants to fly or embrace his emotional genius? Can Leo learn to trust the feelings he can't predict? How will Gray reconcile his identity? Will Jayla use her tech wizardry to save them all?

Zeit ist Geld – das gilt in Ocean City buchstäblich. Als Jackson und Crockie einen Weg finden, die Zeitkonten zu hacken, werden sie zu Gejagten des Geheimdiensts und geraten in ein perfides politisches Spiel. Eine packende Action-Trilogie von den renommierten Kinder- und Jugendbuchautoren Christian Tielmann und Frank Maria Reifenberg, die gemeinsam unter dem Pseudonym R. T. Acron schreiben.

Estamos en el año 2975 de nuestra era y en la tierra conviven humanos y androides dotados de una tecnología increíblemente desarrollada. Han desaparecido los estados, las armas y en la sociedad imperan en el conocimiento y la fe. Se hacen viajes al espacio a la velocidad de la luz y como algo habitual se visitan planetas, estrellas, luceros y galaxias cercanas y se recogen minerales de lugares recónditos del espacio.

Cuando Alex se adentró en el bosque, lo hizo convencida de que los Cambiados eran la única amenaza. Sin embargo, ahora ha comprendido una revelación brutal. Primero fue el zumbido. Después, los dispositivos electrónicos dejaron de funcionar. Y entonces los hombres se convirtieron en monstruos que redujeron el mundo a cenizas y sombras. Para seguidores de LOS JUEGOS DEL HAMBRE y THE WALKING DEAD. «Podría pasar mañana. ¿Sobrevivirías?».

Lena’s city is changing. Scott, her lover, hungers for adventure. And a charismatic leader brings a terrible threat to her doorstep. Being right about the future of the cities in this post-plague world is not worth the deadly challenges she faces. The Rebuilding Hope Box Set is the complete series. If you like stories of strength in the face of adversity, you will enjoy Lena’s struggle to find peace in a decaying world.

Lai Cathwell is good at keeping secrets. As a Nyte, a supernaturally gifted teenager who is feared and shunned by the ungifted, this skill is essential to survival. Orchestrating her own imprisonment to escape military duty has only honed her ability to deceive others. But when rebels start attacking the city, Lai is dragged back into the fight with a new team of Nytes.

Rising seas and superstorms have ravaged the land. Food and electricity are scarce. A dangerous Washington regime has terrorized the city. The new laws are enforced by an army of genetically enhanced soldiers designed to be the fiercest and cruelest of killers. Genetic scientist Dr. Jenna Khan knows these supersoldiers were engineered by altering the DNA sequence in ways that could change the fabric of humanity. Jenna joins forces with a genetically enhanced soldier gone rogue and a Brooklyn gang kingpin to resist the government’s plan to manipulate the DNA of all Americans.

Cuando Alex entró en el bosque, jamás pensó que necesitaría usar su pistola. Ahora ya no la lleva, y ojalá lo hiciera. Primero fue el zumbido. Después, los dispositivos electrónicos dejaron de funcionar. Y entonces los hombres se convirtieron en monstruos...

Since the dawn of civilization, it's been mankind's greatest dream: immortality and eternal youth. Dramatic advances in medical science have finally made it possible. But in order to preserve everyone's youthful state, they must undergo an irreversible operation before passing into adulthood. A special hormone patch maintains each person's body in the form of a preadolescent 11-year-old.