Young Adult Apocalyptic Dystopian

The population was growing too fast. Death by starvation was more common than murder or accident. Changes had to be made. An initial strategy to decrease the population was used, but the outcry against it was too massive to dismiss. Thus, The 12 Mile Course was created. The course boasts a 36 percent success rate of a child finishing it alive. Chris, a boy on the cusp of turning 16, is about to find out just how effective the new system is at making sure only the strong survive.

Partying too much, picking fights with her Mom...Holly's senior year of high school has become a bit of a mess. She has no idea what she wants to do next year, and she's sick of the pressure to have a plan. When she's shipped off to spend some time in Chicago with her Aunt Miranda, she starts to feel more like herself. But, Holly's about to have bigger problems. The world is on the brink of a viral outbreak that will change the way humans live for years to come. It begins in all the major cities. People are changing into crazed animals, impervious to pain. Nobody knows why.

Clover Martinez and The Last Teenagers on Earth are busy exploring the galaxy after leaving earth behind...even if they can't help but be a little homesick. So when their ship receives a distress signal from their former planet, they hope against hope that it means other survivors. But as soon as they arrive, they realize something's deeply wrong: strange crystal formations have popped up everywhere and there's some sort of barrier keeping them from leaving.

Katia Wynter is a teenage girl living in a commune in New Mexico, ruled by motorcycle gangs who exchange protection for tribute. One of the many kids who left their poverty-stricken homes in the town of Truth Or Consequences, Katia is searching for a better future outside the world their parents destroyed.

After a climate-change experiment goes terribly wrong, August Madison finds herself resurrected in a frozen wasteland. With most of the world's population and food sources annihilated, depraved nomadic gangs patrol the lawless landscape as outlasters claw for survival. Amid the chaos, Graysen Marx, iron-fisted leader of the domed settlement, Liberty, emerges from the catastrophic event with his own agenda. When August crosses his path, he sees an opportunity he must exploit. She sees an evil she must destroy.

In a flash, her world changes. And with only the touch of her hand, she kills him.... When an X-class solar flare collides with Earth’s atmosphere, high-energy radiation annihilates millions and collapses world-wide power grids. Simultaneously, the electromagnetic storm rushes through the body of 16-year-old Mya Bernal, leaving her with “shocking” abilities. Suddenly faced with dwindling food supplies, a hostile town take-over, and the murder of two schoolmates, Mya struggles to control her new powers.

La sedicenne Malencia Vale e il suo ragazzo Tomas frequentano il primo anno all'università di Tosu City. Scelta dal governo come una delle migliori menti della nuova generazione, Cia è una leader promettente, destinata a guidare la civilizzazione del dopoguerra. E anche se il governo ha cercato di cancellare dai suoi ricordi i brutali orrori della Prova, lei ne serba intatta la memoria.

In a ruined world, Manhattan is now New America, a walled-in society based on equality. But the perfect facade hides a dark truth. A timid math geek, 16-year-old Drayden, watches his life crumble when his beloved mother is exiled. The mystery of her banishment leads him to a sinister secret: New America is in trouble, and each of its citizens is in jeopardy. With time running out, he enters the Initiation. It’s a test within the empty subway tunnels - a perilous journey of puzzles and physical trials. Winners join the ruling Bureau and move to its safe haven. Failure means death.

It happened within a week. Survival was just the start of it. It has a plan.... Leon is stuck in England. Grace is on her way to New Zealand and Freya to the 'New United States' in Cuba. The virus has assimilated all of humanity except for these three communities, and now it is prepared to talk with them. How they each choose to respond to the virus will ultimately decide their fate in Plague World, the apocalyptic finale to the Remade trilogy from best-selling author of the TimeRiders series, Alex Scarrow.

Forced to flee the tyrannical state with her younger brother Simon in tow, Selena is now the last chance for peace in a continent on the verge of complete destruction. Between New Canaan and California stretch the Middle Wastes: thousands of desolate miles home to murderers, thieves, and a virulent strain of grass called yellow locust that has made growing food all but impossible. So when Selena and Simon stagger into Fallowfield, an oasis of prosperity amidst the poisoned plains, everything seems too good to be true.

Seit dem Anstieg der Meeresspiegel leben die Menschen in Kuppeln unter Wasser oder in der Luft. Mit ihren achtzehn Jahren hat Kenzie noch nie die Sonne gesehen und ihr Leben in der Wasserkolonie unterliegt strengen Normen. Schließlich hält sie es nicht mehr aus und flieht in eine Luftkolonie, um dort einen Neuanfang zu wagen. Doch dann wird sie zur Hauptverdächtigen in einer mysteriösen Mordserie und nur Callum mit dem geheimnisvollen Lächeln hält zu ihr. Aber nicht nur den beiden droht Gefahr, auch das Schicksal der gesamten Kolonie steht auf dem Spiel.

Nineteen years ago, a brain disease known as the Great Madness killed most of the world's population. The survivors all had something different about their minds. Now, at the start of adolescence, their children enter a trance-like state known as the Changeland and emerge either with special mental powers or as cannibalistic Ferals. In the great forest of South West Australia, 13-year-old Arika and her twin brother Narrah go through the Changeland. They encounter an enemy known as the Anteater who feeds on human life.

Meet Braelin, a young woman in the year 2056, whose life is soon to be changed forever by a virus known as C47 - a virus that wipes out much of the world, including her parents and her twin.

A collection of five time-spanning, interconnected novellas that weave a subtle science-fictional web that stretches from the present into the future as our world collides with a mysterious alternate universe. Each of these stories presents a teen trying to find his or her way in unusual circumstances. Five teens, five futures. Dylan develops a sixth sense that allows him to glimpse another world. Ten years from now, Brixney must get more hits on her social media feed or risk being stuck in a debtors' colony.

Showoff, reckless maverick Chase Harcourt, call sign Nyx, isn't one to play it safe. In the year 2048, America is locked in a cold war, and the country's best hope is the elite teen fighter pilots of the United Star Academy. Chase is one of only two daredevil pilots chosen to fly an experimental Streaker jet. But few know the pain and loneliness of her past. All anyone cares about is that Chase ace the upcoming Streaker trials, proving the prototype jet can knock the enemy out of the sky.

Rowan è la secondogenita in un mondo in cui le misure di controllo sulla popolazione la considerano una fuorilegge ed è per questo condannata a morte certa. Da ormai sedici anni vive un'esistenza nascosta nell'ombra, senza poter frequentare la scuola, stringere amicizie o avere la possibilità di farsi impiantare negli occhi il chip che contrassegna ogni abitante di Eden. Inquieta e desiderosa di conoscere e vedere il mondo, fugge concedendosi una notte ricca di avventura e adrenalina.

Clover Martinez has always been a survivor, which is the only reason she isn't among the dead when aliens invade and destroy Earth as she knows it. When she hears an inexplicable radio message, she's shocked to learn there are other survivors - and that they're all at the former Area 51. When she arrives, she's greeted by a band of misfits who call themselves the Last Teenagers on Earth. Only they aren't the ragtag group of heroes Clover was expecting.

After events that threw Ryker's motives and Bren's well-being into question, a devastated Lune struggles to keep fighting. Imprisoned once more, her only way of escape is to play by her captor's rules - or face gut-wrenching consequences. As the race to stop the Supreme Elite unfolds, old friends and new join forces, risking everything for a better tomorrow. But the Elite Trials aren't over. And when their purpose is revealed, no one is prepared for the horrifying truth.

The Handmaid's Tale meets Wilder Girls in this genre-defying novel about a girl who escapes a terrifying cult only to discover that the world Outside has succumbed to a viral apocalypse. Agnes loves her home of Red Creek - its quiet, sunny mornings, its dusty roads, and its God. There, she cares tirelessly for her younger siblings and follows the town's strict laws. What she doesn't know is that Red Creek is a cult, controlled by a madman who calls himself a prophet.

Dylan Kamal’s job is to protect America from dangerous Artificial Intelligence. Today, he’ll narrowly avoid becoming its next victim. With his security agency destroyed he’ll find himself navigating an America caught in the throes of a manufactured insurrection. A hidden cabal has infiltrated our devices and sources of media. Their goal? To turn American against American by feeding false or misleading information directly into the palm of our hands. Our political, cultural and religious differences become the weapons of our destruction.