Dystopian Mystery

It’s March 2034, six months after D.C. police detective Jen Lu and Chandler, her sentient bio-computer and wannabe tough guy implanted in her brain, cracked the mystery of Eden. The climate crisis is hitting harder than ever: a mega-hurricane has devastated the eco-system and waves of refugees pour into Washington, D.C. Environmental lawyer and media darling Patty Garcia dies in a bizarre accident on a golf course. Of the seven billion people on the planet, only Jen thinks she was murdered.

Serena McKay, PI, won't be your grandmother's favorite female sleuth, but she might be yours. She’s certainly not of the Jessica Fletcher ilk, and this is not a cozy mystery. It's a dark, dystopian crime story like none other, where Serena McKay kicks some serious butt. Once a detective, now a private eye, she is paid to investigate, to snoop, and to get to the bottom of things. She finds missing persons and explores child abductions.

Do you ever feel like something is not quite right with the world? This is the story of Henry Tucker, a shopkeeper at the I-77 Antique Mall, a large antique warehouse off the Ohio interstate highway. His life is forever changed when he meets a rebellious freedom-lover, Winston Smith, at a poker game. Henry’s new friend invites him to a party and his life goes from “normal 9-5 shop clerk” to “fugitive” as he witnesses Winston get busted by the law. After police kidnap Winston, he later discovers an old book in a pile of Winston’s antiques and it changes his life forever.

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.

Rhona has battled the malevolent AI intent on wiping out humanity since the first Machinations began - until she’s killed during a rescue mission gone wrong. Now, Rhona awakens to find herself transported to a new body, complete with her DNA and her personality. She's a clone...of herself. Except for her missing memories. Some of which could potentially turn the tide of the war.

The American Government had collapsed, life became so much harder for people without someone to guide them. Some cities are completely destroyed. it isn't until a mysterious company named ADATA partners with longstanding technological giant TECHNODOME INC. to create an escape for those still surviving--an escape from reality through virtual reality.

The constant threat of terrorism has left London under round-the-clock surveillance and in the tightening grip of privatised security firms. Journalist Antonia Conti suspects one such organisation—GRM—not only of being behind several women’s disappearances, but of financing the widespread violence it claims to fight. When a gang of hitmen use rampant state surveillance to track Antonia down, she narrowly escapes with her life. But then one of them turns up dead—covered in her DNA—and Antonia finds herself the prime suspect in his murder.

In the near future, climate change has hit hard; unemployment is high, and controversial longevity treatments are only available to the very rich. Enter DC Police Detective Jen B. Lu and her partner, Chandler, a SIM implant in her brain providing an instant link to the internet and police records. As a detective in the Elder Abuse Unit, Jen is supposed to be investigating kids pushing their aging parents to exit so that they’re eligible to get the longevity drug. But what really has her attention are the persistent rumors about Eden, a black-market version of the longevity drug.

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.

Pregnancy is supposed to be a young mother's happiest moment. And I am, except that the leader of the community only allows 200 people in our group to live at a time. My baby will make 201. I have two choices, choose someone in our home to die, or they'll make that choice for me. The community is supposed to be our shelter from the aftermath of World War III, but it's anything but.

London, the near future. GRM, a shadowy company running private prisons, has introduced a programme to alter prisoners’ memories, removing those that led to their criminal behaviour. When journalist Antonia Conti hears rumours that the technology has deadly side effects, she decides to investigate.

Alle Jahre wieder beginnt am Abend des 5. Dezember auf Borkum eine besondere Hatz: Sieben auserwählte Männer dürfen jeder Frau, die sie erwischen, mit dem Kuhhorn den Hintern versohlen. Das Klaasohmfest verspricht ausgelassene Freude - nur nicht für Markus, den Teufelsgeigenträger. Seinem Leben wird an diesem Abend ein Ende gesetzt. Die Einheimischen befürchten die Fortführung einer grausamen Tradition, denn Markus ist nicht der erste, der in einer Klaasohmnacht ermordet wurde. Kommissar Busboom allerdings glaubt nicht an einen Serienmörder. Und er wird recht behalten.

When the space station erupts into violence, Detective Sofie Allen races to find the trigger. Someone is pushing the workers to riot, and that means profits are dropping. Interference with commerce is the biggest crime you can commit on the Mallet.

Life on an ore refining space station is miserable. When sickness spikes and ignites protests, only one cop can find the answers. Sofie Allen is forced to track down the source of the sickness on the Mallet. Her boss is determined to dump the political pressure on her. And worse, she might be a victim as her symptoms escalate. Will Sofie arrest the culprit before the Mallet is destroyed?

When gumshoe detective, Daxon Steele, finds he’s ankle deep in more than a chewed up wad, he quickly uncovers a sinister plot that sets out to exploit and destroy not just the skink-pushers who hide in the shadows of the Flatpack District, not just the poor guys, gals and others shaking their hips at Shooters & Hooters Club, but the entire population of Bryunsville. Will Dax overcome his prejudice and accept Gaz, a former stripper-bot, as his partner?

Was wenn unsere letzte Hoffnung ausstirbt? Ein packender, dystopischer Politthriller mit Spannung bis zur letzten Seite. Das Klima wird extremer, Bienen und andere Insekten sind in der freien Wildbahn naehezu ausgestorben. Lebensmittel sind knapp und die Menschen des Planeten leiden unter immer schlimmer werdenden Hungersnöten. Die Zukunft sieht düster aus, das Leben auf der Erde ist vielerorts unmöglich. Doch endlich kommt Hoffnung auf: die Molekularbiologin Sophie Bergmann hat nach Jahren der Forschung ein Bienenvolk entwickelt, das gegenüber allen Umwelteinflüssen resistent ist.

It's 1962, and physics student Grace Pulansky believes she has met the man of her dreams, Robert Jones, while serving up slices of pecan pie at the local diner. But then the FBI shows up, with their fedoras and off-the-rack business suits, and accuses him of being a bomb-planting mass-murderer. Finding herself on the run with Jones across America's Southwest, the discoveries awaiting Gracie will undermine everything she knows about the universe.

"الصبية والسيجارة" علامة من علامات أدب الديستوبيا، أدب المدينة الفاسدة، في القرن الحادي والعشرين، ولكنّها دستوبيا ساخرة تعرّي بخفّة تهافت عالم من المثل والأحلام والقيم حتّى تغدو صنوًا للثقل ويصبح الكائن لا يحتمل.

A sinister Masonic-Templar organization - The Brotherhood of the Wand - is planning to bring the world to its knees and create a dystopian one-government world. The price? Eighty percent of the world's population. To achieve this aim, they are planning to harness ley lines and other ancient earth energies to reawaken the Serpent: a mythical creature known to all early civilizations by different names.

Governments around the world continue to dominate their citizens. Only Silver City stands as a beacon for freedom. But for how long? Jacob Roth fills his late brother’s shoes as the CEO of Roth Holdings, North America. His first goal is to eliminate Silver City, the only place on Earth free of taxes and central banker cryptocurrencies. But the Silver City militia won’t go down without a fight. As the pressure mounts, Jacob’s marriage is fraying at the seams. With newfound wealth and power and a separation from his wife, Jacob has an unusual affair.