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Pillar of Fire by Ray Bradbury is a haunting and philosophical science fiction novella that explores the boundaries between life and death in a sterile, futuristic society that has abolished the very concept of mortality. When William Lantry, a man long dead, awakens in a world where death has been erased from memory and corpses are destroyed rather than buried, he becomes the last ghost of humanity’s forgotten fear. Driven by loneliness and rage, Lantry wages a one-man war against a civilization that refuses to remember its dead.

Vor mehr als einem Jahrzehnt verwüstete ein als Waffe eingesetzter Virus Amerika und ließ auf mysteriöse Weise Kinder und junge Erwachsene unversehrt. Hunderte Millionen starben, doch für die Überlebenden war es nur der Anfang... Die Glut des brutalen Castleton-Konflikts schwelt noch immer, aber für Luke, Jack und die verbündeten Streitkräfte von Manchester, Albany und Ashland ist der Kampf noch längst nicht vorbei. Der Sieg war teuer erkauft, und General Haos unbeugsamer Schatten reicht weiter denn je und droht alles zu verschlingen, wofür sie gekämpft haben.

Die siebzehnjährige Mia verbringt mit ihren Eltern den Sommerurlaub in den Alpen. Als unerwartet Sonnenstürme auftreten und sich die Berichte über Katastrophen weit östlich von ihnen unter vermehrt ausfallendem Funk überschlagen, ahnen die drei nicht, dass das verheerende Inferno auch auf Europa zurast. Gerade noch rechtzeitig können sie sich in ein Bergwerk retten. Zusammen mit anderen Geflüchteten erkennen sie schon bald, dass die Welt außerhalb der Tunnelanlage nicht mehr bewohnbar ist.

A year after the death of her husband, single mother Reggie Stone is barely holding things together. Her nonprofit construction company has run out of funding, her son is being bullied at school, and with the rising cost of bottled water it’s becoming harder by the day to provide her kids with food, water, and a safe place to live. Fueled by desperation, she calls in the one advantage she swore she would never take and moves them to Serenity, the original Sanctuary City, an experimental town surrounded by a smart grid that filters out all pollutants.

Ein Funke Rebellion kann ein Imperium zum Fall bringen. Als Finn Brasa in einen tödlichen Gladiatorenkampf gegen High-Tech-Attentäter und intelligente Roboter geworfen wird, geschieht das alles nur zur Unterhaltung der Massen. Niemand rechnete damit, dass er überleben würde – am allerwenigsten Finn selbst. Seine Belohnung? Status und Reichtum. Aber wonach Finn wirklich hungert, ist Revolution. Das einfache Volk sehnt sich verzweifelt nach einem Anführer, der sich erhebt und das rücksichtslose Imperium herausfordert, das die Menschheit seit Jahrhunderten unterjocht.

Bruno, a young magazine editor, seems to live a charmed life, until he discovers a growth on his neck - the first sign of incurable cancer. Decades later, he wakes up to find himself cured, but the world is now a very different place. Bruno must decide what he really wants from his life and whether it's worth the cost.

A mysterious noise emanating from the ocean depths—nicknamed “the Song”—triggers a global marine catastrophe: the end of sea life as we know it. In a marine acoustics lab, a pregnant single mother-to-be tries to decipher the riddle while holding on to hope for the world her child will be born into. Meanwhile, a US Navy officer troubleshoots an obscure bug in a sophisticated submarine AI system with secrets of its own.

Still bearing wounds from barely surviving the Registration, Lynell struggles to fill her new role as the heir and leader of the very system that aimed to kill her. She must convince the Registration committee and the country’s oligarchs that she can fill her uncle’s shoes, while simultaneously proving to the country’s largest rebel group that she is nothing like her uncle—ruthless and greedy.

From the USA TODAY bestselling author of The Splinter in the Sky comes a pulse-pounding science fiction adventure following the daughter of rebel instigators and the heir of a power-drunk ruler who team up to save their empire…or destroy it in the process. Fen’s world is crumbling. Newearth...

The year is 2030. Annabeth works a stable job at CRONUS, a time travel company that caters to wealthy clients. Life is harsh, but she’s willing to keep her head down—until a vision of a past that never happened leads her to question everything she knows. They call it madness, but she’ll learn to call it memory.

Nobody likes being on agricultural rotation, and with this heat wave, it’s almost more than Ester can take. She’s itching for something she can’t put words to—something she has no memory of wanting. But then, she can’t remember much beyond the past couple of years. She’s sent to the husband archive for a cure, but the man she checks out comes with baggage: stacks and stacks of paper he calls “books.” What they teach each other may prove hard to forget.

Jess desperately wants to be a mother, so when she discovers a young boy lost in the woods near her home, her heart goes out to him. The boy, who Jess and her husband call “Buddy,” can’t tell them his name or anything about his family, but he’s clearly been through a lot. When her husband cautions her not to get too involved, Jess brushes him off. She would do anything for this child—and soon, she’ll have to prove it.

Ruby’s ready to ride off into the sunset with Sam. The Marked are cured. The evil within WPN has been conquered. Once she appoints a new leader, she can skedaddle. Except, cockroaches always creep out the second the lights are flipped. The problems Ruby would have fled from a year ago give her pause. Can she run away if the solutions she fought for won’t withstand her departure? The arrival of a surprise visitor throw an added wrench into Sam and Ruby’s plan and put a strain on their happily ever after. Can Sam and Ruby remember what really matters and overcome their differences in time?

Some love stories demand to be TOLD. Adam grew up without much family until he met Ruby. Once he found his sister, he never deviated from his support. Thick and thin, dark and light, he stayed true. But now that the world is saved, he’s lacking in purpose.

Danielle war immer schon anders. In einer Stadt, in der blond und blauäugig das Ideal und auch den Großteil der Bevölkerung stellt, ist sie eine Außenseiterin. Diese geschützte Siedlung, nach mehreren verheerenden Kriegen vielleicht das letzte Refugium der Menschheit, birgt jedoch Gefahren und Geheimnisse. Gregor, ihr Ausbilder und Mitglied des Rates, weist sie immer tiefer in die Abgründe der Gesellschaft ein. Als er Dan in Kontakt mit der Untergrundorganisation "Die geöffneten Hände" bringt, stellt sich ihr Leben komplett auf den Kopf.

Мир, в котором живет программист Давид Лизнер, раскололся надвое. С одной стороны — высокоразвитое общество Правильных: они избавлены от болезней, бедности и сомнений, не обязаны работать, никогда не расстаются с телефонами, получают бонусы, если исправно выполняют рекомендации многочисленных мобильных приложений, и рискуют оказаться на обочине, если перестают слушаться.

Seattle, 2084. Antony Sartori hides his grief. Struggling to find a sense of purpose after losing his wife to a deadly pandemic, the former engineer silently suffers while surviving on welfare payments.

Stephan and his friends have a difficult life. They are part of a farming collective that is responsible for growing food and maintaining a vital supply chain. In the aftermath of a nuclear war between two superpowers, The Church Eternal is the only remaining superpower on Earth. Life is tightly controlled. Basic resources are precious. Information is censored. Books and evidence that challenge Church doctrine have come to the surface. Stephan, Eduardo, and Carl will make a discovery and find evidence that will change the course of human history forever.

Una favola high-tech convincente in modo spaventoso, Moxyland. O giochi o muori segue quattro narratori che vivono in un futuro prossimo distopico così vicino a noi da sembrare realtà.

Narrated by Teddy Hamilton, the TikTok-favourite voice of Fourth Wing and a star of spicy romance . . . Destined to serve the desires of an entire city, all she wants is one man. Or maybe two . . . Born to the Temple, Nitara knows the Great Goddess's plan for her: to bring life into what is left...