Dystopian Mystery

Safety is a relative term for David. Initially reluctant to side with any of the warring factions, death strikes close to home as an unwelcome guest arrives in the nearby town, forcing David to take up his rifle once more. He is suddenly thrust into a fight for his life and for those he loves. Charlotte and Vir escape the death and destruction in DC, but the ghosts of Charlotte's past continue to haunt her. Having thought they had been gifted with a chance at a new beginning, the two survivors instead find themselves pursued by a ruthless enemy.

Adam and his sister, Leila, are Nons—second-class citizens, living under the Permitted ruling class. Though their life in the Stone City is filled with family, stories, and music, they must carefully follow the rules, have all paperwork on hand, and never, ever do anything to anger a Permitted. When their father unexpectedly dies, they are even restricted in how they are allowed to grieve.

Now that Kal has become chipless and The City's tyrants have turned against their own people, the time for action has come. Amber receives news of her father's faltering health and can no longer put off her plans to rescue him from the High Professor's captivity. Together with two New City survivors, Kal and Amber embark on a long and dangerous journey. But their plan to penetrate The City and expose how the High Professor manipulates the citizens he had sworn to protect runs into a string of obstacles that threaten to end their mission before it starts.

Wyatt has been riding out the zombie apocalypse on his crew’s cobbled-together train for what feels like forever. It’s a hopeless journey, the train running a loop that covers thousands of miles across the western U.S. But when a mysterious girl arrives with stories of a so-called Nirvana and a potential cure for the zombie parasite, Wyatt must decide between searching for the cure and protecting those entrusted in his care.

In a world ruled by faceless, uncaring mega-corporations, Frankie, a young woman who has resisted cybernetics, becomes the victim of a lethal Jacker Gang attack. Shot and left to die in the slums of Neo-London, she is found by a genius cybernetic doctor who is on the run from a powerful Corporation. Seeing an opportunity to finish his latest cybernetic masterpiece, he transplants Frankie's brain into a powerful prosthetic body. Frankie has barely woken up when the Corporation's forces attack and kidnap the doctor, forcing Frankie to go on the run in her new cybernetic body.

In a world where the power to read minds is outlawed, can Jay ever find freedom? Jay must hide her true abilities if she is to stay safe. But as her powers grow stronger and the authorities more intolerant, she knows that time is running out. When Jay’s energy is detected by a powerful Reader, she has little choice but to take action. On the run with her friends, and just one step ahead of her pursuers, she must decipher the words of the Legend and reveal the secrets of her childhood stories if she is to find safety. As she unravels the mystery, the Readers close in.

Remember Noodle, Indiana? So does Caleb. It ain’t Noodle anymore. And it’s all Caleb’s fault. At least that’s how he sees it. And why not? Caleb brought hell to Noodle during his last visit. Specifically, multiple assassins looking to collect on a sizable contract on his head, caring less than nothing about how they’d turn the town into a post-apocalyptic mess.

Plague Nation is the gripping sequel to the apocalyptic thriller Plague Land, by the best-selling author of the Timeriders series, Alex Scarrow. Eighteen months have passed since the events of Plague Land. Leon and Freya have seen no sign of the virus, clinging on to the hope that two hard winters may have just killed it off. When news of a rescue ship arriving off the coast comes in, the pair are on the move once again. But all is not as safe as it seems. The virus has been busy. It has learned and evolved. And now it is reborn....

Treena and Vance think they've escaped the numbers game forever. They're wrong. After Treena's disastrous attempt to unite the nation, she has the deaths of hundreds haunting her dreams. Vance is a prisoner. Being rejected by the girl he loves and put on trial for betraying his clan are bad enough, but now he's been framed for a crime he never committed. Treena and Vance are still very much in the game, and this time it will take everything they have to save those they love.

Anthony Jackson, military veteran, member of the Presidential security team, father, husband, patriot, and spy. His daughter safely recovered from a government detention center, Jackson's role as a spy for the antigovernment Apocolyte group is firmly cemented. All he needs to do is keep his head down, do his job, and get intel back to his rebel handler. But as Jackson's suspicions about President Meyers are proven true, and the tasks he's asked to handle become more and more immoral, his loyalties strain.

A new republic now governs America, paving the way for the restoration of democracy. But, the nation’s transition has not been an easy one, and tensions continue to rise as some call for the return of the Project. Zira's only goal is to find her place in this new world, but with her best friend, Tripp, battling a debilitating addiction and no resources of her own to help him, she reluctantly accepts aid from her former partner - and former adversary - Jared.

Im digitalen Zeitalter sind Informationen wertvoller als Gold. Doch Computer können gehackt und Files gestohlen werden. Nach einem massiven Cyberangriff fürchtet die britische Regierung um ihre Staatsgeheimnisse und entwickelt einen ebenso riskanten wie genialen Plan: Die brisantesten Informationen werden offline genommen, in einen genetischen Code umgewandelt und fünf Zivilisten implantiert. Dafür bekommen diese so genannten Wächter die Chance auf ein neues Leben, eine neue Identität und finanzielle Unabhängigkeit.

When Alabine Rivers, a politically active young woman with a bright career and romance ahead of her, finds out the devastating news that she has terminal cancer, the only thing that gives her solace is the possibility of a second life through the emerging field of cryogenics.

Dr. Cole Westbay is proud of having helped eliminate crime. Groomed to take over the company that makes the surveillance chip everyone is required by law to have, he’s alarmed by a series of suspicious deaths the hardware caused. And after launching an investigation, the brilliant scientist panics when he awakes with his mandatory neural link ripped out and his recently recorded memories erased…Can the embattled scientist crack the conspiracy before his enemies hit CTRL+ALT+DEL on his life?

Deutschland in naher Zukunft: Der Rechtsruck ist unaufhaltsam, das Geld ungerecht verteilt und die Demokratie erschüttert. Wer hat wirklich die Macht im Land? Es ist Heiligabend. Bewaffnete und vermummte Gestalten dringen in die Häuser der einflussreichsten Menschen Deutschlands ein - und ihre Geiselnahmen werden live übertragen, auf allen Kanälen. Das ist die Reality Show. Der Showmaster erklärt die Spielregeln: "Zwar wählen die Menschen ihre Regierung, die Macht liegt jedoch längst nicht mehr beim Volk.

Luka ist wieder im Gefängnis und diesmal ist es schlimmer als jemals zuvor. Im Block kann er die manipulierten Bilder in seinem Kopf nicht länger von der Realität unterscheiden. Dennoch gelingt ein riskanter Ausbruch und führt ihn und seine Freunde wieder zusammen. Versteckt im Herzen der zerstörten Stadt wird Luka allmählich das Ausmaß ihrer Mission klar: Um den Krieg zu gewinnen, müssen sie Happy besiegen, das alles beherrschende System. Und so ziehen die Jugendlichen mit ihrer stärksten und einzigen Waffe in den Kampf gegen die künstliche Intelligenz: ihrer Freundschaft.

Tanta has trained all her young life for this. Her very first mission is a code red: to take her team into the unaffiliated zone just outside InTech's borders and retrieve a stolen hard drive. It should have been quick and simple, but a surprise attack kills two of her colleagues, and Tanta barely makes it home alive. Determined to prove herself and partnered with a colleague whose past is a mystery even to himself, Tanta's investigation uncovers a sinister conspiracy that makes her question her own loyalties and the motives of everyone she used to trust.

When an EMP destroys the nation’s power grid, Joanna Mercer must fight her way down the Appalachian Mountains and into the city below to rescue her daughter from the enemy threatening violence against their country. Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to The Last Cabin and experience the compelling world of this post-apocalyptic suspense story.

The book begins with the murder of the narrator. The bandits believe him to be dead so the largest mining company on the planet uses his apparent death as a cover to turn him into a secret agent. The planet, Cerberus, makes it money mining gold, and there is an unusual amount of high quality gold that is just appearing on the planetary market. That is driving the price of gold down, which is bad news for a planet.

A secret island. A sadistic society. And the woman who defies all odds to bring it down. Yesterday, Valoria’s worst problem was getting her sister to school on time. Today, she’s a slave in a perverse world. And an even worse fate awaits her sister if Valoria can’t become a cold-blooded killer. On a private island, the world’s most powerful people recreate their deviant fantasies in cosplay of Ancient Rome. Forced to fight and maim for other’s enjoyment, Valoria’s only hope of survival is to embrace the ruthless teachings of the cold, watchful man assigned to train her.