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"Der Tod" wird dich finden... Devin Chase ging bloß seinem Alltag nach, als die Welt schlagartig aus den Angeln gehoben wurde. Binnen einer Woche suchte ein fatales Virus, dem man den Namen "Der Tod" gab, die Erde heim und streckte 90 Prozent aller Infizierten nieder. Nach sechs Monaten in selbst auferlegter Quarantäne tritt Devin hinaus in eine neue Welt. Unterwegs trifft er andere Menschen, die immun sind wie er, entdeckt aber auch, dass die Welt, wie er sie kannte, nicht mehr existiert.

La granja Golden Oaks está lista, o así lo cree su gerente empresarial, Mae Yu, para convertirse en el nuevo y gran avance de la economía de la fertilidad. Allí, la progenie de los súper ricos inicia su vida en el útero con lo mejor de lo mejor: dietas equilibradas a base de alimentos orgánicos, listas de reproducción seleccionadas en base a su placer auditivo... y matrices jóvenes, sanas (y optimizadas con cortisol) donde gestarse. A sus anfitrionas -es así como se llama a estas madres sustitutas- se les ofrecen contratos de arrendamiento de nueve meses.

Amerika in der nahen Zukunft: In den riesigen Megacitys leiden die Menschen unter den Folgen des Klimawandels. Kinder drohen am Smog zu sterben. Als auch die fünfjährige Agnes erkrankt, trifft ihre Mutter Bea eine kühne Entscheidung: Gemeinsam mit einer Gruppe Verzweifelter lässt sie sich von der Regierung in eines der letzten Naturreservate entsenden. Die "Pioniere" sollen dort als nomadische Jäger und Sammler leben – ohne die unberührte Natur zu zerstören.

Silicon Valley in the 2030s is not so different from today, filled with vaguely sexist CEOs, contested inequality politics, and startups that are almost a joke. After she loses her job when her startup folds and loses her home to California's annual wildfires, Sara joins the latest thing: an unnamed tech giant's quasi-utopian community, floating above the drowned land that was once Monterey. Alone on the inside with a thousand mysteriously chosen strangers, Sara is insulated by an all-powerful corporation from the turmoil of crumbling governments and a changing climate.

The thrilling sequel to The Immune! The end of the world was only the beginning. Thirteen years have passed since the Medusa plague wiped out nearly 99 percent of the world’s population and pushed humanity to the brink of extinction. Climate change triggered by nuclear skirmishes in the last fevered days of civilization decimated agriculture and livestock, and the hardened survivors battle for what few resources remain. Will Callahan is one of the lucky ones. In his small community in Nebraska, he and his family have access to food, clean water, weapons, and medical care.

Fake News se desarrolla en un tiempo donde la opresión y el totalitarismo reinarán en el mundo. Dentro del género de ficción, la historia destaca el papel de internet, la ciencia y la tecnología en los planes de opresión de un grupo llamado los MK30. Herederos de las billonarias fortunas acumuladas por los más ricos del planeta, principalmente en las dos primeras décadas del siglo XXI.

The year is 2024, and the residents of the Tower, a virus-proof apartment building, live in a state of permanent lockdown. The building is controlled by James, who keeps the residents safe but incarcerated. Behind bricked-up front doors, their every need is serviced; they are pampered but remain prisoners. This suits Eugene just fine. Ravaged by the traumas of his past, the agoraphobic ex-detective has no intention of ever setting foot outside again.

For Emma Jo and Buddy, for Peter and Cassidy, only love can temper the agony of their discipline. Only friendship can give them the strength to deliver a little justice of their own. As for the upperclassmen Sierra and Kevin—the conspirators who laid the trap that ensnared them in the Dare Dungeon—Nurse Reyes-Garcia and the Punishment Wardens of Huntington Regional Detention Center have a special plan, guaranteed to put them in their proper place and to show the world that all offenders are equal under law.

The general prays for peace. The smuggler retires. The cyborg dreams of being human. The assassin closes in. And the Seer is missing. It is the most guarded secret in the fledgling kingdom of New Jerusalem—that its leader has disappeared, leaving behind only a series of cryptic ciphers. Now, with the fate of her new nation in the balance, MacKenzie must find Rafael Ward to help decode the Seer’s clues. Clues leading to the oldest library in the Americas. To the most brutal conquistador of the age of discovery.

Thirty years after the Great Fatigue infected the globe—and the treatment regressed most of the human race to a primitive state—Seth Keller makes a gruesome discovery in his adoptive father’s makeshift lab. This revelation forces him to leave the safety of his desert home and the only other person left in the world…at least, as far as he knows. In the jungles of Costa Rica, Sarah Peoples has made her own discovery—just as horrific, and just as life-changing. It will take her far from the fledgling colony of New Haven, yet never out of reach of its ruthless leader.

The Riley family is preparing to start a new life as owners of the River Rock Hotel in Galena, IL, when the lights go out and the world plunges into chaos. Matthew Riley wants to believe that people will come together to overcome the challenge, but as panic sets in after the massive EMP event, he has to face the harsh truth that the only people he can trust are his family. His ailing father, David, has the skills the Riley family needs to survive in the dark new world, but with no medication for his heart condition on hand, his health is failing.

Survivors are scared of social media. Access to the internet has been banned. Mobile phones and smart devices were destroyed. All to try and stop the Artificial Intelligence, codenamed Daedalus, from destroying the world. But they were too late. Generations later, Daedalus has turned the world to a harsh and inhospitable environment, yet humanity has conquered this new world, but only under Daedalus’ oversight. Its programming wanted to keep us safe and now it stifles humanity’s progress. This story from The Grateful Age follows Ardo and his last attempt to stop the maniacal AI.

In this tale of post-apocalyptic survival, Leonard Ackerman works at a remote army base trying to solve the greatest threat facing mankind—an alien invasion has eroded our species down to very few numbers. His base is compromised, and Ackerman retreats to a laboratory he has never been seen, locking himself there with the enemy right outside his door. Inside the lab are 13 telephones—from the American Civil War through to Ackerman's present day. This lab seems to be some sort of closed experiment, and Ackerman discovers that he cannot exit until the experiment has run its course.

The City States are beginning to fall under the onslaught of The Evolved, and the outlying kingdoms won’t be far behind if the humans and cannibals caught in the path of destruction can’t find a way to work together and turn the tide. Meanwhile, the Russians and Chinese are done waiting and have begun preparations for the first wave of their invasion of America. When they finally cross the DMZ and land on American soil, will they find a kingdom of bones or a threat greater than anything they could have possibly imagined?

Was verwandelt einen normalen amerikanischen Teenager in einen eiskalten Killer Amerika wurde durch einen mysteriösen Stealth-Angriff zerstört, doch das war nur der Anfang. Jetzt beginnt eine Invasion. Der Teenager Jack Monaghan hat inmitten der Katastrophe gerade erst seine Eltern zu Grabe getragen, aber ihm bleibt keine Zeit zu trauern: Er muss einen Weg finden, inmitten seiner am Boden liegenden Heimat und fremden Invasoren zu überleben.

Chaque is the first full-length novel in the Sapien Overlords universe. An unwilling participant in the events surrounding a world unlike the one we live in today yet eerily similar, Chaque represents everyone of us. He is looking for purpose in a digital age where most people are satisfied with being online at Zetwork, their behavior tracked and tailored by those in power. The truth behind the Zzone is more sinister than he ever imagined, to the point Chaque ponders living in such a place at all.

Romanzo co-vincitore del premio Urania Mondadori 2015. Cosa succederebbe se le tasse fossero pagate dai cittadini mediante dei "versamenti" di sangue? Se l'evasione fiscale fosse un crimine punibile con la reclusione imposta da agenti ematoriali detti Bloodbusters? E se la donazione di sangue fosse una procedura illegale e condotta in forma clandestina dall'organizzazione segreta dei Robin Blood? E infine, cosa succederebbe se le barrette di Ematogen - uno snack sanguigno e ricco di ferro - fosse il cibo preferito della popolazione?

Brought down by the trauma of recent events, Ashen Spencer resolves to step up the fight against her enemies in the Directorate. With the help of an unlikely friend, she infiltrates the Palace Grounds to steal a priceless object...only to find something even more valuable.

As society falls deeper and deeper into their addictions to technology–in particular, the spiritual enhancer–they start to lose touch with reality and begin to move further and further from their innate gifts and abilities–stunting human evolution. Someone or something has tapped into the vibrational frequency, manipulating the whole world. How is it that they can notice how chaotic things have become and still believe it’s free will? No one wants to question everything.

Un giorno qualsiasi Fausto Albini è sulla spiaggia, con un bastone disegna un cerchio, forse ha un ricordo e si sente male. Portato d'urgenza al Pronto Soccorso, viene ricoverato nel reparto dei Disturbi affettivi, quello per i cittadini di DF con problemi di rotondità sentimentale. Insieme a lui, Manlio Cuzzocrea che ha pianto per giorni senza un motivo, Andrea Razzone scoperto a leggere e Angelo Siani che sogna ossessivamente la madre che non ha mai conosciuto.