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When life is gray and sober, and the time keeps on ticking, what remains is just repetition.

Chemical Affair is a near-future sci-fi novella that takes place in a world grappling with the ethics of biotechnology. The story follows Cassia Vincent, a grieving, middle-aged bio-lab technician working in the isolated depths of Primia, a research facility that engineers Homo delineae, a newly fabricated, “delineated” species of human. Primia’s work is too classified, deline research too controversial, and Cassia’s heart too conflicted for what happens next.

The war for the future of humanity has reached its breaking point. Haunted by visions and driven by powers he barely understands, Jace Holloway leads the shattered remnants of the Forsaken Order across the desolate wastelands to the legendary buried city of Seraph’s End. Beneath the sand and crystal of the Dead Zone lies a forgotten civilization—the First Riftborn—whose ancient technology holds the key to salvation… or annihilation. But time is running out. The Nova Shard embedded in Jace’s body is fusing with his DNA, turning him into something no longer fully human.

I am the one of the end, the world maker, and the god breaker. Time is unraveling and Earth is doomed to wander the dark of space, unmoored from the galaxy itself. Galiaro’s plan for humanity’s escape to another dimension has failed and his dark matter robot creations, Beetro and Curse, were imprisoned in a nanoscopic black hole. Now, the entire planet is blighted by drought, the oceans heave beyond their bounds, and thousands are dispossessed. The end of the cosmos was foreseen by an ancient Alchean prophet named Othel.

Can you tell what's real? Does it even matter? The world is run by corporations. Olympus, one of the largest, most influential megacorporation is kidnapping people with powers and dragging them to secret labs. Sol Barret, a man who has given up on life, has to save himself from them or be lost forever. Barret’s friends are looking for him, but will they arrive in time? Or will they find someone different?

10 Years later... Deltaria is gone. Wiped from existence by the same evil group of rogue human clones that destroyed Earth all those years ago. The Decimators have begun destroying every planet, colony and species moving from one to the next, slowly being driven insane by their failing minds — the fatal flaw in the Resurrection project. But rumours are abound across the galaxy of an organisation building towards a resistance. Known only as 'The Unity', every surviving species begin making their way to their proposed salvation.

Horror! The Uncles of the Apocalypse have found themselves prisoners in a house stalked by The Hunter and his chained minions. The owner of the house, Tiberius, a soothsayer and dreamer, has prophesied one of the uncles will die and one will be chosen to be a minion of the hunter.

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.

Dr. Adrian Kessler is on the verge of a breakthrough. His revolutionary gene-editing therapy promises to preserve and enhance cognitive function, offering new hope for neurodegenerative diseases. But when funding runs out, he is forced to accept an offer from Prometheus Biotech, an enigmatic research institute with resources beyond his imagination. At first, the results exceed expectations. The therapy doesn’t just slow cognitive decline—it amplifies human intelligence, sharpening memory, logic, and perception. But soon, the side effects become impossible to ignore.

In the twenty-second century, the GPC has convinced the government to severely cut budgets and programs, creating an underclass of many of its poor and working-class citizens. It is now the year 2108. The haves and the have-nots live in totally separate communities and with no real contact, aside from the soldiers who guard the perimeter that runs between them. Penitentiaries that used to house criminals, mental institutions, and charities (welfares) are relics of the past. Either you are an asset to Haven’s society or you are thrown to the “other side,” never to return.

Now that Kristian is gone, all Kaarina wants to do is to ride her horse. Live alone in the old barn. Leave the human race and its problems far behind. But it’s not that simple…not when the bots from City of Finland are hunting down and killing the animals one by one. Not when Sanna is asking for her help. And not when Margaret keeps tapping her, telling her she can save the animals, that she can save the whole world. All she has to do is push the button.

Backed into a corner. Hunted across ruined lands. The war for humanity is no longer a battle of survival—it’s a race against transformation. Ace Holloway never asked to become the Riftborn. But after the fall of Ark 7 and the loss of nearly everything he holds dear, he’s done running. With the Legion's mechanized forces pushing the planet to the brink, and twisted hybrids rising from the corpses of the captured, Jace and the remnants of the Forsaken Order must confront an impossible truth: hiding won't save them anymore.

Step into the neon-lit depths of Mafia Land, where power is rewritten by ruthless queens and rebellion brews in the shadows. In this gripping saga of vengeance, betrayal, and passion, deadly assassin Leonor risks everything to shatter a flawless matriarchy and avenge her lover’s murder. Secrets unravel and alliances shift as Leonor confronts the ultimate question: can love survive in a world ruled by blood?

Cassie Conrad knew life was unfair, but she never thought the universe could be this cruel. Informed by her father that the world is going to end, she is torn between staying with her friend Sara or trekking across the country to the family’s farm in Idaho.

Beyond the glorious exploration of the wondrous outdoors and meeting new peoples, life seemed to keep hunting Gift's very soul, trying its best to rob her of freewill and choice. The arrival of the U.R.M. was shocking. That they had come to establish a New World Order forced upon colony inhabitants created a knot in the stomachs of Gift, her friends, and former enemies. Questions manifest as fear in anyone not content to lie down and allow it. Who were these U.R.M. people after two centuries? What is their version of world domination under the guise of peaceful integration?

The survival of the Ark—humanity’s last bastion after God's wrath destroyed the world—is balanced by birth order: the oddborn are assigned a Path, the evenborn are given over to the will of God. And it is upon those of the 9th Born Path to sanitize the evens. John 59129’s first walk as a Niner is the same day the scientists of the Ark plan to defy God by seeking to turn back time. An electrical surge sends John past the safety of the Ark, into an unblemished world. A glimpse of perfection. Of all the evenborn saved.

In Herland, Charlotte Perkins Gilman imagines a hidden utopia untouched by men for over two thousand years—an all-female society flourishing in peace, cooperation, and innovation. When three curious male explorers—Vandyck Jennings, Terry Nicholson, and Jeff Margrave—stumble upon this mysterious land, their expectations are upended by a civilization that thrives without war, dominance, or patriarchy.

NASA thermal engineer Graham Ellis is on a beach in the Dominican Republic when the Boundary arrives—watching helplessly as the ocean before him turns to solid ice. Racing home to Florida, he joins a desperate scientific effort to understand the impossible: the sun is shrinking, and a perfect circle of survivability has formed around the Americas.

No power. No law. Just the fight for survival. When an EMP wipes out power, chaos takes over. Dr. Annabelle Wheeler is trapped in a psychiatric hospital overrun by violent inmates. Across the city, Hazel, Lucy, and Katherine are kidnapped by a ruthless gangster. With no power or law, two ex-Marines race through a crumbling city to save their daughters.

În urmă cu zece ani, o furtună de zăpadă l-a împiedicat pe doctorul Garin să ajungă în satul Dolgoe și să vaccineze locuitorii împotriva unui virus bolivian, care transformă oamenii în zombi. În mod miraculos, doctorul nu moare înghețat în stepa înzăpezită, ci se întoarce în lumea post-apocaliptică, unde îi devin pacienți cele mai ridicole creaturi - foști lideri ai puterilor mondiale. Această lume, în care ceasurile sunt sculptate în piatră și iPhone-urile în lemn, este o adevărată enciclopedie a distopiei lui Sorokin, înzestrând din plin viitorul cu trăsăturile unui trecut dens.