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In a postapocalyptic Africa, the world has changed in many ways; yet in one region genocide between tribes still bloodies the land. A woman who has survived the annihilation of her village and a terrible rape by an enemy general wanders into the desert, hoping to die. Instead, she gives birth to an angry baby girl with hair and skin the colour of sand. Gripped by the certainty that her daughter is different - special - she names her Onyesonwu, which means 'who fears death?' in an ancient language.

One exceptional boy journeys into the ashes of society to find the cure for a devastating plague in this riveting post-apocalyptic stand-alone set in the same world as the USA Today best-selling The Girl With All the Gifts. Once upon a time, in a land blighted by terror, there was a very clever boy. The people thought the boy could save them, so they opened their gates and sent him out into the world. To where the monsters lived.

Melanie is a very special girl. Dr. Caldwell calls her "our little genius". Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don't like her. She jokes that she won't bite, but they don't laugh. Melanie loves school. She loves learning about spelling and sums and the world outside the classroom and the children's cells. She tells her favorite teacher all the things she'll do when she grows up.

The explosive conclusion to the Newsflesh trilogy from New York Times best seller Mira Grant - a saga of zombies, geeks, politics, social media, and the virus that runs through them all. The year was 2014. The year we cured cancer. The year we cured the common cold. And the year the dead started to walk. The year of the Rising. The year was 2039. The world didn't end when the zombies came, it just got worse. Georgia and Shaun Mason set out on the biggest story of their generation.

Fellside is a maximum security prison on the edge of the Yorkshire Moors. It's not the kind of place you'd want to end up. But it's where Jess Moulson could be spending the rest of her life.

Hungry, thirsty, and alone in a desert wasteland, Kid is picked up on the side of the road by Wolf, Dolly, Tank, and Pretty Boy - outlaws with big reputations and even bigger guns. But as they journey across the wild together, Kid learns that her newfound crew may not be the heroes she was hoping for. And in a world that's lost its humanity, everyone has a bit of monster within them....

Evie is a near-perfect bioengineered human. In a broken-down future England where her kind has been outlawed, her 'husband' Matthew keeps her hidden. When her existence is revealed, she must take her chances on the dark and hostile streets, where more than one predator is on the hunt.

Miranda Reynolds always thought she would rather die than live in Femlandia. But that was before the country sank into total economic collapse and her husband walked out in the harshest, most permanent way, leaving her and her 16-year-old daughter with nothing. The streets are full of looting, robbing, and killing, and Miranda and Emma no longer have much choice - either starve and risk getting murdered or find safety. And so they set off to Femlandia, the women-only colony Miranda's mother, Win Somers, established decades ago.

When an EMP brings the United States to its knees on Halloween, Lance Cooper must rescue his family and fight to survive amid the terror descending upon the city.

When Moss learns of an opportunity to influence politics and work against the mega-corporations on another front, he and the crew delve into a dangerous new high-risk, high-reward world. To change the system for good, they need the help of additional allies, but with new friends come with new threats. Hacks, attacks and betrayals threaten them at every turn.

Like my parents years ago, gods have chosen me for a sacred mission. You’d think the daughter of an infamous motorcycle club would be able to handle it. But when Torrance Knight steps up to make the ride with me, I’m both relieved and dreading the journey.

La natura dell’acqua è una visione sul futuro prossimo che esplora i risvolti della corruzione e degli inganni delle aziende e del governo, insieme ai conflitti per le risorse. Da ecologista e tecnologa, Nina Munteanu utilizza sia la narrativa che la saggistica per esaminare la nostra umanità di fronte ai cambiamenti climatici e il nostro mutevole rapporto con la tecnologia e la natura.

An EMP attack takes out the power grid, putting 200 miles and a dangerous crew of hired assassins between former police detective Sam Wallace and his family.

The year is 2045. It's been over 20 years since the plague Covid has left its devastation around the world. By the time this plague was under control 500,000, 000 deaths occurred. Countries were in total devastation of economic loss of business revenue. Countries had nothing to barter with. For other countries that nothing to offer their people. No food, no fresh water. It went back to the stone age for them. The only thing left that countries had to offer were their children to offer.

In a rapidly advancing technological world, Xander, a gifted scientist, develops Koda, an artificial intelligence (AI) system with the power to transform humanity's future. Sentient Reminiscence unravels the enigma of artificial intelligence and the human soul as it delves into the intertwined lives of Xander and Koda, exploring deep human emotions and thought-provoking philosophical questions about consciousness, existence, and the potential consequences of mankind's relentless pursuit of innovation.

En su primer libro de cuentos, que abarca cuarenta años de su trabajo, el legendario creador de "Watchmen", "V de Vendetta", "From Hell" y otros clásicos modernos presenta nueve relatos que se adentran en el componente fantástico que subyace en la realidad. Un grupo de estudio paranormal sufre la infiltración de uno de los seres de otro mundo que pretenden investigar. En un burdel para especialistas fantásticos, dos concubinas se enamoran con consecuencias trágicas. Un anciano nostálgico decide visitar un balneario de su juventud y se topa con su pasado a la vuelta de la esquina.

Een prachtige nieuwe uitgave van een indrukwekkende klassieker, nu met een voorwoord van Yuval Noah Harari en van Margaret Atwood. Ver in de toekomst hebben de Wereldchefs de ideale samenleving gecreëerd. Dankzij genetische manipulatie, hersenspoeling en recreatieve seks en drugs zijn alle burgers tevreden consumenten. Bernard Marx lijkt als enige een onbestemd verlangen te koesteren om los te breken. Een bezoek aan een van de laatste reservaten waar het oude, onvolmaakte leven nog steeds bestaat, kan zijn verlossing betekenen.

Was tun, wenn man feststellt, dass der eigene Mann einer verfeindeten Organisation angehört? Mit dieser Frage sieht sich die Wissenschaftlerin Rabea Winterfeldt plötzlich konfrontiert. In der postpandemischen Gesellschaft im Jahre 2041, in der nur ein kleiner Teil der Menschheit die tödliche Mutation des Coronavirus überlebt hat, wacht ein Geheimbund von Wissenschaftler:innen, dem Rabea angehört, repressiv über die Sicherheit der Bürger:innen. Diese Organisation befindet sich im Untergrundkrieg mit einem Künstler:innenkollektiv, das sich für uneingeschränkte Freiheit des Individuums einsetzt.

Mein Name ist Stella. Ich kenne die Welt nur so, wie sie jetzt ist: voller Hunger, Kälte und Angst. In verwilderten Städten suche ich nach Nahrung und Unterschlupf. Doch in jedem verwaisten Haus, in jedem überwucherten Garten lauern sie, die lebenden Toten. Ihr rasselnder Atem verfolgt mich bis in meine Träume. Es gibt ein Gerücht. Über einen sicheren Ort, an dem die Menschen leben können, statt nur zu existieren. Diesen Ort zu finden ist mein größter Wunsch. Doch schon bald muss ich wieder einmal feststellen, dass es weitaus Gefährlicheres gibt als nur die Untoten: die anderen Überlebenden.

Cal Sounder is a detective working for the police on certain very sensitive cases. So when he’s called in to investigate a homicide at a local apartment, he’s surprised by the routineness of it all. But when he arrives on scene, Cal soon learns that the victim—Roddy Tebbit, an otherwise milquetoast techie—is well over seven feet tall. And although he doesn’t look a day over thirty, he is ninety-one years old. Tebbit is a Titan—one of this dystopian, near-future society’s genetically altered elites. And this case is definitely Cal’s thing.