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Während das elektrische Licht Tag und Nacht verschwimmen lässt, sitzt ein junges Mädchen – die vierzigste Gefangene – allein und ausgestoßen in der Ecke. In einem unterirdischen Gefängnis sitzen neununddreißig Frauen. Was übertage geschehen ist, wissen sie nicht: Wurde die Welt verlassen, von einem Virus verwüstet? Die Frauen können sich nicht erinnern, wie sie in den Käfig gelangt sind, haben jegliches Zeitgefühl verloren und nur eine vage Ahnung von ihrem alten Leben.

In their city-state of Hyperion Proper, conformity isn't forced—it's earned. Adversity has been eliminated, crime is nonexistent, and on their thirtieth birthday, every Sovereign citizen receives a custom-designed partner—a Supplicant—engineered for devotion, built to meet their every want and need. For Isara Poeima, that partner is Maxim: flawless, breathtaking, irrevocably hers. She's dreamed of him her entire life, spent nearly a year perfecting him, and now she's moments away from finally seeing him in person, hearing his voice, feeling her hand in his.

Facing execution, or worse, at the Agency, Sebastian Parker's life hangs in the balance. As Sebastian grows in power, he learns shocking truths about his true identity and his ultimate destiny. Will he assist the Agency in their battles? Are they fighting the real enemy? Can Sebastian evade his terrifying fate?

The prescient feminist fable and international classic described as “The Handmaid’s Tale for our age” (The Economist), from the Booker-shortlisted author of Stone Yard Devotional When the women awaken from a drugged sleep to find themselves imprisoned in a broken-down property in the...

Risa war schon immer besonders: übersinnlich begabt, von Zukunftsvisionen geplagt, von ihrem Volk verehrt, aber auch gefürchtet. Als Tamaim und Orakel ihres Stammes ist es ihr bestimmt, die Monandor vor allem Übel der Welt zu beschützen. Eine Aufgabe, die durch den nahenden Vulkanausbruch auf ihrer Heimatinsel einige Schwierigkeiten mit sich bringt – insbesondere da sich die Stammesmitglieder nach und nach gegen sie wenden. Denn eines scheinen die Monandor ihr nicht verzeihen zu können: Dass sie einen Diatar in ihre Mitte geholt hat, eines der Monster...

After the devastating Noxidone outbreak topples Egglemore, the city’s survivors face insurmountable odds in their search for safety. Violence spreads, society fractures, and families are torn apart as the population wakes up to a deadly new threat. With sleep as the enemy and the outbreak evolving, nowhere is safe.

This is a collection of short stories written after each main Towerbound book was published—so for the best experience, listen to Books 1–3 of the Towerbound LitRPG series first.

Book 3 of Towerbound cranks everything up. The Scrap Rats are rising—and so is a world-ending dragon. Ren was just a cowardly alchemist hiding behind potions and excuses. But when a global event drops a world boss into their lap, the guild needs more than a healer—they need Super Ren.

The story did not collapse all at once. It eroded. It repeated. It normalized itself until no one remembered where it began. In The Fall, the final installment of The Redacted Series, the consequences of narrative control become impossible to ignore. What began as exposure turned into transmission. What spread as belief now settles into memory. Juno is no longer chasing the signal. She is living inside its residue. As systems recalibrate and identities fracture, the lines between truth, memory, and consent blur beyond recognition. Control no longer announces itself. It embeds.

Mitreißend, intensiv und gnadenlos. Harms schlimmster Albtraum wird wahr: Ihr Leben soll den Göttern geopfert werden. Doch dieses Mal läuft alles anders. Sie muss drei tödliche Prüfungen bestehen, bevor sie sich dem finalen Kristalltest stellt – etwas, das noch keine Frau je überlebt hat. Verzweifelt, verraten und in der Hauptstadt der Ardael gefangen, scheint es für Harm keine Hoffnung zu geben. Zumal Rage ihr eine Seite an sich zeigt, die sie niemals für möglich gehalten hätte.

After a massive EMP attack cripples the West Coast, civilization collapses overnight. Claire’s only focus is finding her sister Lydia—before it’s too late. With chaos erupting around every corner, Claire is forced to team up with the last person she ever expected: her ex-husband. But in a world without rules, trust is a luxury they can't afford.

In a not-so-distant future, MUSE, the all-powerful tech giant, has erased the human music archive. When rebellious musician William Jones uploads the first real song in decades, he is exiled from the internet and branded an enemy of progress.

The year is 2381. The place is Urban Monad 116 of the constellation Chippitts. The population of this one-thousand storey super-structure is 800,000+ and always growing. After two centuries of ruthless, selective breeding, the essence of life is to be blessworthy and to multiply; to afford one's neighbours any type of sexual fulfilment and, above all, to avoid the evil of frustration. But, within this seemingly blissful vertical world there are individuals who feel such perverse desires as a longing for privacy, a wish to descend from the heights, to walk on earth and bask in the sunshine.

They told you it was a vaccine. They told you it was for your safety. They lied. The war for humanity isn't coming—it's already here. It wasn't fought with bombs, but with needles, and the prize isn't territory, but your very mind. A sudden spike in domestic tragedies, an epidemic of unexplained house fires, a world growing more passive and compliant by the day. These aren't isolated incidents or tragic coincidences—they are data points. This book connects those dots, exposing the "Obedience Serum" and revealing a truth more terrifying than you can imagine.

Lanark, a modern vision of hell set in the disintegrating cities of Unthank and Glasgow, tells the interwoven stories of Lanark and Duncan Thaw. A work of extraordinary imagination, its playful narrative conveys a profound message, both personal and political, about humankind's inability to love, and yet our compulsion to go on trying.

Two brothers—one an engineer and one an artist of sound and color—develop a revolutionary biotech that will reshape the human experience, in both how we create cities and how we enhance personal performance. Together, with the help of their partners and a community of true believers, they dare to re-engineer and re-imagine life and what’s next.

When the world ends, it doesn’t do so with one single scream. It fractures. And the dead rise faster than anyone can run. This box set collects the first four novels of Echoes of Decay, a relentless, character-driven zombie apocalypse saga set in a collapsing United Kingdom, where survival is measured not just by bullets and barricades, but by loyalty, sacrifice, and the choices that refuse to stay buried.

Truth knows everything about the mind-controlling Starbrite. Well, everything except for who it is, where it comes from, and where it is right now. Without anything to identify his world's creator, the question remains: Can he actually kill the malignant entity believed to have the lifespan of the stars themselves? Somewhere, high above the calamity it's caused, Starbrite still reigns. Unseeable and enigmatic, it touches the world through the minds of its slaves.

When the world goes dark, Emily must rescue her son and niece from chaos, flee looters, and survive a brutal new reality. Guided by her father's prepper notes, they reach a hidden bunker, only to face betrayal, loss, and a daring rescue. In the ashes of collapse, they fight to rebuild and hold on to hope.

Separated from Thorne by the sadistic Royal Family, Shara makes her way through miles of dangerous, dark tunnels in search of him. Deep below the realm of Kravan, she forges a new friendship or two and encounters terrifying new enemies.