Dystopian Mystery

When the helicopter goes down after dropping them off, they realize they’re in trouble. The platform loses power. Cell phones don’t work. Everything electronic is dead. There are whispers of an EMP attack. Now that they’re stranded with a skeleton crew on a steel platform miles from shore, battered by massive waves, the deadly truth of their predicament slowly sinks in.

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.

Vic Malone is a newly-promoted detective assigned to robbery and homicide in the Brooklyn Police Department. He finds himself tangled up in a case that involves murder, illegal software, blackmail, and the mob. Fortunately for Vic, his partner is Officer Louis, a Neo-9. Neo-9s are genetically enhanced dogs, and Louis’ mom was a black Labrador. With hidden talents and a secret life, he is far more than just a K-9 sidekick.

One man had the courage to stand up for what was right against the tyrants of the New American Republic. The name of Bodhi Haskins became a rally cry for patriots everywhere, giving them the will to fight and take America back from those who seek to destroy her. Bodhi’s wife, Cassandra, finds herself in the midst of a war zone after Bodhi returns to Texas to fight for freedom alongside his former teammates. She’s forced into action to save their family when NAR forces arrive, attempting to cut off the head of the Resistance and end the war.

Thirty-year-old UNPOL officer Richard Warren has been embedded with the BBC, and not seeing eye-to-eye with journalist Sarah Dyer is just the start of his problems. News of an Ebola pandemic is being withheld, and when it’s discovered Sarah’s savant brother is involved, Richard’s determination to expose the truth takes an unexpected turn. But what if the truth must never be known?

Freya can’t read without getting in trouble. And Ames is tired of all the lies. All of them hate living in the peaceful city of Plutopia, a community where citizens are born into one of three classes—gold, silver, or bronze.

As Mayer's technologies gain acclaim and change the course of history, Cheras finds himself in a race against time to uncover the truth behind the man and his staggering charisma that even grips Cheras’ son in cultish devotion. But as the stakes grow higher and the consequences of Mayer's actions become more extreme, Cheras is forced to confront the possibility that Mayer may be more dangerous than anyone realizes.

Imagine if World War 2 had been a cover-up this whole time. Imagine if every country had no idea that a larger mysterious power was ruling over everything and everyone. The United States got power-hungry after World War 1, so it began to devise a plan to keep gaining more control, not cluing the president in. The government descended into oppression for centuries, putting more control over the people, arrests for no reason, and checkpoints, like a living prison. People have to hide who they truly are. Safety is never guaranteed.

Lieutenant Dev Singh dutifully spends his days recording the memories of people who, struck with incurable depression, will soon have their minds erased in order to be more productive members of society. At night though, hidden in the dark, Dev remembers and writes in his secret journal the special moments shared with him—the small laugh of a toddler, the stillness of a late afternoon, the first flutter of love. But when the Bureau finds out that he has been recounting the memories—and that the depression is in him too—he is sent to a sanitarium to heal.

David Miller is an amnesiac war veteran struggling to put the pieces of his life back together and adjust to civilian life in 2049's PortCity. His life is turned upside down when an old friend from the conflict shows up, warning him that the war isn't over—and that there's something buried deep inside his mind that the enemy are after.

When a series of disappearances throughout the city is linked to a prevalent line of implants called Eloise IV, forensic psychologist Kat Holinger is brought onboard to find the connection. Using a mysterious device called Eidetica to burrow into the archived memories of each implant’s abducted user, Kat and its creator Quentin Rhodes are launched into the peculiarities of the human mind.

Finn Blackstone is in trouble. A mission to find out the truth about her mysteriously absent father has morphed into a perilous game of cat and mouse. Now Finn and her friends must navigate a terrifying futuristic landscape filled with machines intent on the group's annihilation. As Finn struggles against external forces, she faces an imminent threat as she grapples with her alter ego, Infinity.

Perfection has its price, and humanity is about to pay...unless seventeen-year-old Finn Blackstone can stop the looming threat. Her father, a brilliant but mad global tech tycoon, has deemed humanity too flawed to tolerate, and he's determined to pave the way for a superior species. Finn is the only one capable of foiling his apocalyptic schemes, but she's being held captive - not only physically but also by the dark secrets and darker impulses within her own fractured mind.

Drive to live, ride to die. On the dusty highways of the near future, Mark and Caitlin go on a camping trip with several other college kids, though what starts as a vacation swiftly becomes a nightmare, as they are assaulted by members of the Royal Barons, a violent road gang. The Barons are living out the Grail Quest of Arthurian legend across the backroads and lonely highways of this land, looting and murdering everyone who crosses their path. Caitlin is kidnapped and at the mercy of their depraved leader, while Mark, left for dead, finds himself in the company of a gunslinging stranger.

A futuristic love story that will leave your heart aching. It's a few years into the future, and a chemical spill in the middle of the ocean has taken over the waters of Earth. The entire planet is dying off, but that doesn't stop its inhabitants from turning it all into entertainment for themselves. People go on sea cruises in flocks just to see and pay a sick homage to the beautiful appearance of the deathly water, another side-effect of the spill.

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....

Cresciute all'interno della rigida comunità di Mana's Hearth, le sorelle siamesi Taema e Tila sognano una vita al di fuori della foresta di sequoie che le nasconde dal mondo. Il cuore che condividono ha iniziato a dare i primi segni di cedimento e se vogliono sopravvivere non hanno altra scelta che raggiungere l'altro lato della baia, dove le attende una San Francisco sconosciuta, sconvolta dal terremoto del 2055, e dove verranno separate chirurgicamente.

After a decade of storms, disease, drought, and riots, the US conquers its troubles by militarizing its government. Old democratic allies in Europe respond uneasily to the change. Arinna and Michael Prescot are just two of the many former soldiers sent to embassies in the hopes of strengthening faltering US alliances in 2055. But as the US becomes embroiled with new internal terrorism, its agents in Europe are offered intimidation, lies, and deceit rather than explanations.

In England regnet es nicht mehr, eine Dürre überzieht das ganze Land. Nur auf dreißig Morgen im Westen der Insel fällt noch Regen. Ruth und Mark, denen "die Quelle", dieses noch fruchtbare Grundstück gehört, haben als Einzige Wasser und könnten sich glücklich schätzen. Doch das vermeintliche Paradies, in dem sie leben, wird zu ihrer ganz persönlichen Hölle. Als dort auch noch ihr Enkelkind ums Leben kommt, kann Ruth nicht einmal mehr sich selbst trauen.

Loser's Memorial is Apocalypse Now for a new generation. Two young men from different countries are driven to madness as they are dragged into the global war on terrorism. Through alternating perspectives across several years, Loser's Memorial takes you on a journey into the disturbing and surreal world of war without end, war without purpose, war for profit alone. Told with a masterful blend of intensity, humor, and humanity, Loser's Memorial is of that special breed of novel that spares no one from its skepticism, yet still remains entertaining and thrilling to the very last word and beyond.