Dystopian

Fresh from their victory over Olsen and her forces, the priory inhabitants are pushing forward with work to turn their new home into a fortress. Piece by piece, things are coming together as they continue to chip away at enemy encampments. But a journey north reveals a terrifying plan already in motion to wipe out the Safe Haven refugees and all their allies.

Long before nuclear war, climate catastrophe, and zombie outbreaks became staples of modern fiction, visionary writers were imagining the end of civilization in startlingly original ways. Apocalypse Then brings together six pioneering classics of apocalyptic and cosmic horror literature...

Die Toten wandeln noch immer. Doch vielleicht sind es die Lebenden, vor denen du dich fürchten solltest. Nach allem, was verloren ging, hat das Überleben einen höheren Preis denn je. Aksel sitzt fest – nicht nur hinter Mauern und unter Bewachung, sondern auch in Erinnerungen, die ihn nicht loslassen. Während sich das Virus weiter ausbreitet und die Panik zunimmt, muss er sich einer beängstigenden Frage stellen: Was, wenn man nicht mehr sicher ist, ob man noch zu den Guten gehört?

Picture yourself being lured into a captivating narrative, where the boundaries between what is real and what is unreal begin to blur. With each turn of the page, an enigmatic journey unfolds, taking you on a mystifying expedition unlike any other you have ever encountered. The narrative weaves together a myriad of paradoxes, beckoning you towards a precipice where the extraordinary and ordinary intertwine.

1984 spielt in einer Welt, in der ein totalitärer Überwachungsstaat das Leben der Menschen bis ins Letzte bestimmt und die Wahrheit beliebig definiert werden kann. Was Orwell noch als bedrohliche Dystopie verstand, ist heute in Teilen Realität geworden: Sein „Doppeldenk" ist seit Trumps „alternative facts" gewissermaßen salonfähig.

The EMP took the lights and the Russians took Orlando… now Charlie is taking it back. A year into the dark, the war for what's left of America is closing in on a single Florida city. Spetsnaz forces hold the streets, propped up by traitors inside of our own government. American troops and a...

When an EMP strike cripples America, a diver trapped offshore, a retired sheriff, and two stranded teens must fight to survive. Power is gone, chaos spreads, and every second counts in this pulse-pounding survival thriller.

In The Sleeper Awakes by H.G. Wells, a man falls into a mysterious sleep and awakens two centuries later to a radically transformed world. Graham, once an ordinary Victorian gentleman, discovers he has become the richest and most powerful man on Earth—known as "The Sleeper." But with great power comes a shocking truth: society has evolved into a dystopian system controlled by elites, and his wealth is the backbone of a deeply unequal world. As Graham struggles to understand his new reality, he becomes entangled in political intrigue, rebellion, and the fight for freedom.

When an EMP plunges Atlanta into chaos, Ethan must protect his injured mother, his determined sister, and a fearless EMT. With no power, no phones, and no escape by car, survival means walking through a collapsing city where violence, desperation, and betrayal wait around every corner.

A massive EMP plunges Los Angeles into chaos. Trapped in a penthouse, Cassy must use her military training to protect her sister and survive fires, looters, and a city collapsing into darkness.

THE DEAD WEEP. THE DEAD RUN. THE DEAD HUNT. Humanity survived the first Weeping Plague only because a storm grounded flights and trapped ships in Ireland's harbours. The apocalypse was quarantined—for now. One breach could mean extinction. Luck did not save the world, it just bought it time. On the Aran Islands, Samantha Prendergast has the boat, the skill and the nerve to slip through the blockade and escape Ireland's doom—but her partner refuses to abandon others. After witnessing the savage fall of Galway City, Samantha knows what the spreading sound of weeping means.

Tedd ist zurück. Die Mafia hat ihm ein Angebot gemacht, das er nicht ablehnen konnte. Offenbar hat selbst ein fluchender, ausdrucksloser Mülldroid etwas zu verlieren. Percival hat sie gefunden – und wenn Tedd nicht tut, was die Mafia verlangt, ist sie tot.

Years after World War III, the world lies broken... not just from bombs, but from what followed. Radiation. Bioweapons. Years of reckless science. The outcome? A mutated form of cancer that spreads faster than fire and kills within weeks. There’s no treatment. No cure. Only silence, empty cities, and rationed painkillers.

Long after the world has died, one man goes on a journey to save a single soul and ends up changing the lives of countless others. For Jack Avery, living among the ruins of the outer zone and scavenging to survive is not the worst of nightmares.

When an EMP wipes out power, Renee must protect her daughter and their wildlife preserve from strangers, unrest, and the growing fear that the collapse has begun. Survival means guarding family, land, and trust before the quiet countryside becomes their prison.

Before the global EMP shattered the grid and sent civilization spiraling into ruin, a single bullet could end a life. Now, it guarantees a slow, agonizing death. Rob is bleeding out in a world without doctors, medicine—or mercy. And time is running out. Claire has one mission: find help—fast. But in a lawless wasteland crawling with killers, slavers, and scavengers, every step is a gamble. Worse still, the Carringtons are hunting them, and they won’t stop until Rob’s body is in the dirt.

When an EMP attack plunges the world into darkness, Jack Walker—a grizzled prepper who’s spent his life preparing for the unthinkable—faces his worst nightmare. His family is stranded in a crumbling New York City as chaos erupts, and Jack must risk everything to save them. Battling ruthless gangs, a brutal militant faction, and the remnants of his own past, Jack’s mission becomes a race against time. But even after reuniting his family, the fight for survival is far from over.

Society collapsed. But the true nightmare is only beginning…Bear and Laurel are still reeling from the attack on their small community. Their clinic has been reduced to ashes, and what little remains of their medical supplies won’t last long. They need time to recover—but fate has other plans.

The EMP hit at 6:47 AM on a Tuesday. By Wednesday, the first fight broke out at the gas station. By Thursday, the grocery store was picked clean. By Friday, Jenna realized no one was coming to save them.

When an EMP plunges Charleston into silence, paramedic Lisa fights to save lives as the city unravels. With Dylan at her side, every step toward her family’s farm means facing looters, violence, and impossible choices. Survival demands more than skill, it demands sacrifice.

THREADBORN ECHO is a character driven science fiction thriller about the invisible systems that hold our modern world together and what happens when they start making decisions of their own. Dan Rourke is a data analyst stuck in a numbing government job; he thinks in probabilities and patterns, not prophecies. When a casual “what if” about sending lottery numbers back in time collides with a secretive AI oversight program called AICept, he gets pulled into a high stakes loop where grid failures, wildfires, and human lives are all just variables in someone else’s model.

Game or Die is a high-stakes survival story set inside Eternity—a digital world where death is permanent and every decision matters. Saytor, a rising streamer, is pulled into a brutal system where survival isn't based on stats alone, but on the strength of your mind. Inside Eternity, power isn't given. It's forged. Weapons and abilities are created through thought, evolving with every fight. But Saytor isn't alone. Millions are watching him live. His chat reacts in real time—fueling him, distracting him, and turning every battle into a spectacle. Every move is judged.

Prix Philip K. Dick 2003 Dans un avenir pas si lointain, la mort n'est plus définitive: vous pouvez sauvegarder votre conscience et vos souvenirs et les réimplanter dans un nouveau corps. De fait, pour Takeshi Kovacs, mourir n'est plus qu'un accident de parcours: il a déjà été tué plusieurs fois. C'étaient les risques du métier dans les Corps diplomatiques, les troupes d'élite du Protectorat des Nations unies expédiées à travers la galaxie. Mais cette fois, on le ramène sur Terre pour mener l'enquête: un riche magnat veut élucider sa propre mort. La police a conclu au suicide.

Sie haben ihn gebaut, um ihren Müll zu beseitigen. Stellt sich heraus, sie sind die Nächsten. Tedd ist ein Mülldroid mit einer „Anomalie“ er kann selbständig denken. Management will ihn eingeschmolzen sehen, und sein vorlautes Mundwerk hilft ihm nicht gerade. Er könnte still und leise verschwinden. Er könnte auf Nummer sicher gehen. Er könnte, zum ersten Mal in seiner elenden Existenz, das Vernünftige tun. Aber das tut er nicht. Das tut er nie. Wenn du Douglas Adams, John Scalzi oder Martha Wells' Murderbot Diaries liebst, wirst du dies verschlingen.

Five hundred and thirty-five days. That was the contract. A number. A deadline. A way home. I thought I understood the terms. I didn’t. The Celestial Spire is the most exclusive hotel in the galaxy. Twelve thousand rooms. A hundred species and humans on leashes in the Grand Lobby. I told myself it wasn’t my business, until I recognized one of them. Rafe and Lorian own the Spire. Imperial-born. Untouchable. They gave me a title, a uniform, a place in their world. When I helped humans escape, I expected to be put to death. Instead, I became a human pet.