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A new dawn beckons and so does the hope of a fresh start for the scrapyard survivors. But there are still hurdles to overcome. The previous day's battle has lured an army of infected into the area and there are some who do not want to let bygones be bygones. While a determined few work and plan towards a future, others plot to return to the past and are willing to do whatever it takes to reach those goals.

SF is an extension of our understanding of the universe whereas Speculative • Dystopian Fiction is more to do with the here and now. The journey from the wooden characterisations of yesteryear to the here and now — a direction of travel as good as a stated objective by the High Evangelists of New Wave — was a uniquely pointless endeavour... Undercroft: The last redoubt of mankind is a massive subterranean building. Crotchety old scribe Broadsquire once again downs his quills. He's been called on to deal with the challenge of crackle-connect. Shades of Gormenghast!!

A Science Fiction Symphony of Memory, Vengeance, and Liberation Set in a not-too-distant future, Baraarauga – The Awakening is an Afrofuturist tour de force that blurs the line between history and prophecy.

Über ganz Europa verteilt werden sechs Kinder von denselben Visionen heimgesucht. Nacht für Nacht erleben sie ein Ereignis aus der Zukunft. Die verzweifelten Eltern nehmen Kontakt zu einem Kinderarzt in London auf. Eine außerirdische Rasse plant, das menschliche Leben auf der Erde vernichten zu wollen.

If you love slowburn romance, political intrigue, horror with your romance, and dystopian with your fantasy—you will love MOONFLOWER - perfect for fans of Anathema by Keri Lake and The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa, "She is the woman trapped in a vampire feeding ground, and He is the shadow...

One day it was 2022. Then Bear and his friends blinked, and the world had skipped ahead without them. Now it's decades later, magic is real, technology is ridiculous, and the city they knew has become the Gridlands, a neon-choked sprawl of corpo power, street deals, drones, and just enough chaos to keep life interesting. The people who disappeared and came back are called the Re-Emerged. It's not meant kindly. Bear and his crew have done their best to adapt.

Terry is on the run, having escaped from prison and killed its overseer. He and his friend Ludo need to find a way to get to the northern border. That's where Ludo's wife is being held, but time is of the essence. If they don't hurry, she'll be sacrificed to the gods as part of some barbaric ceremony. With an army at their heels and a continent to cross, Terry and Ludo will need all the help they can get.

In a future where Earth is ruled by the Cothellon—an ancient and powerful elven race—rebellion stirs beneath the surface. Trey, a human with a fragmented past, is haunted by the memories of experiments that transformed him into a Prime Mage. Struggling to unlock his full magical potential, he joins a daring resistance against the Cothellon, who fuel their power through dark rituals and the sacrifice of human lives.

Brought to you by Penguin. A generation after the events of The Long Earth, mankind has spread across the new worlds opened up by Stepping. Where Joshua and Lobsang once pioneered, now fleets of airships link the stepwise Americas with trade and culture. Mankind is shaping the Long Earth – but...

2040-2045: In the years after the cataclysmic Yellowstone eruption there is massive economic dislocation as populations flee Datum Earth to myriad Long Earth worlds. Sally, Joshua, and Lobsang are all involved in this perilous work when, out of the blue, Sally is contacted by her long-vanished...

The Machine Stops is a groundbreaking sci-fi short story by E. M. Forster. The story is set in a world where humanity lives underground and relies on a giant machine to provide its needs. The book is particularly notable for predicting new technologies such as instant messaging and the Internet.

With the plan of mass murder foiled, Rivera and his team face the challenges of cleaning up the mess. They soon come to realize that Zion can't operate in a vacuum, and the key to their future relies on uniting the wasteland. Going back out, the fight to rid their world of the most dangerous elements comes at a great cost...Can they handle it?

A rapturous novel about a young chef whose discovery of pleasure alters her life and, indirectly, the world, from the award-winning author of How Much of These Hills Is Gold NATIONAL BESTSELLER * FINALIST FOR THE NYPL YOUNG LIONS FICTION AWARD NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES...

A New York Times Notable Book “This book is, simply put, a modern classic. If you read it, you'll never forget it. Prophetic, terrifying, uplifting.” —Stephen King From the bestselling author of Ohio, a masterful American epic charting a near future approaching collapse and a nascent but...

Books and Bug are polar opposites, despite their friendship. Rumors on the road speak of a hospital in Washing D.C. Leading a small group of survivors, including pregnant women, the two travel in earnest to provide the soon-to-be mothers a safe place to deliver. Bug–a natural, charismatic leader–refuses to leave anyone behind while Books–a pragmatic social outsider–wishes not to be responsible for the safety of others. Together, they're exactly what this group needs to survive. But DC isn't exactly the safe haven they hoped for.

Twelve-year-old Bird lives a quiet existence with his loving but broken father, a former linguist. He knows not to ask many questions, stand out too much, stray too far. For a decade, their lives have been governed by laws written to preserve 'American culture' in the wake of years of economic instability and violence. To keep the peace and restore prosperity, the authorities are now allowed to relocate children of dissidents, especially those of Asian origin, and libraries have been forced to remove books seen as unpatriotic—including the work of Bird's mother.

The Earth has existed for 4.54 billion years, and during that time life has continued to grow and adapt. Of all the species that have evolved, mankind has exceeded the most - from the discovery of fire, to the Internet and advanced machinery. Unfortunately, the hearts of men have changed for the worse due to greed, corruption, and manipulative warfare. As such, the wrath of the Earth has been stirred, and its creator Mother Gaia takes it upon herself to end the human race.

Mycroft Canner is a convict. For his crimes he is required, as is the custom of the 25th century, to wander the world being as useful as he can to all he meets. Carlyle Foster is a sensayer - a spiritual counselor in a world that has outlawed the public practice of religion, but which also knows that the inner lives of humans cannot be wished away.

Traqués par l'empereur et par Entropia, Matt, Tobias, Ambre et les leurs doivent fuir et rallier des terres inconnues pour s'emparer du dernier Cœur de la Terre avant qu'il ne soit détruit. Mais le monde souterrain qu'ils découvrent ne grouille pas seulement de dangers. Il recèle d'incroyables révélations. La guerre est proche. Les sacrifices nécessaires. L'ultime course-poursuite est déclarée. Autre-Monde s'achève et livre enfin tous ses secrets.

En ce début de treizième millénaire, l'Empire n'a jamais été aussi puissant, aussi étendu à travers toute la galaxie. C'est dans sa capitale, Trantor, que l'éminent savant Hari Seldon invente la psychohistoire, une science nouvelle permettant de prédire l'avenir. Grâce à elle, Seldon prévoit l'effondrement de l'Empire d'ici cinq siècles, suivi d'une ère de ténèbres de trente mille ans. Réduire cette période à mille ans est peut-être possible, à condition de mener à terme son projet : la Fondation.