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It's the end of the twenty-first century. The bulk of humankind has conjoined itself with an artificial intelligence. A minority remains in opposition. A desperation has taken hold within the unincorporated zones where free humans still live. Many of them are choosing to leave Earth forever and fly to colonies on the moons of Saturn. In an ancient diner, Spruck Jones is about to make a bold move to change his flagging fortunes. Even the best-laid plans almost never go as planned.

PILGERREISE ist eine eigenständige postapokalyptische Überlebensgeschichte. Der Highschool-Lehrer James Rockwell macht mit seiner Familie Urlaub in Maine, als eine erderschütternde Explosion sie in einen Wettlauf um ihr Leben schickt. Ihr erster Schritt ist die Flucht von einer Insel inmitten eines Tsunamis, und von da an wird es nur noch gefährlicher. Werden sie ihren Weg nach Hause finden, während die Zivilisation um sie herum zusammenbricht? Und wenn ja, welche Schrecken erwarten sie dort?

In naher Zukunft. Die übermächtige KI CReL bestimmt alle Geschicke der Menschheit und verfolgt einen perfiden Plan. Um die Welt vor dem Kollaps zu bewahren, tötet sie mehr und mehr Unschuldige. Die beste "Waffe" gegen die Killer-KI sitzt unschuldig im Gefängnis: Die schlagfertige und kämpferische Hacktivistin Nova Bassmann. Sie flieht in einer halsbrecherischen Aktion und schlägt sich zu Rediet "Red" Echuwona durch – Nerd, genialer Technik-Tüftler und Novas Lebensgefährte.

The United States of America has been gone for over a century. In its place, The Unified American Territories—a nation divided, the impoverished and the wealthy are separated by a looming steel wall. In the Northern Territories—The Vault, as it is known by its inhabitants—the government rules with an iron fist: All citizens are tested for intelligence and aptitude, thrust into compulsory higher education and saddled with insurmountable debt.

Some lives are valuable. But none are sacred. The nation once known as the United States of America has fallen. On the West Coast, five cities collectively known as Cinq battle rampant poverty and disease. On the East Coast, the wealthy, technologically-advanced Federation’s human population is nearly extinct. A treaty between the two nations guarantees Western brides in exchange for Eastern technology. When Andromache Kanoska is chosen to go East to wed a nobleman and bear his children, her greatest fear is that her infertility will be discovered.

“Webster defines a hero as a mythological or legendary hero of divine descent endowed with great strength or ability. That’s the first definition. There isn’t even an entry for super hero. Not yet. But even if there was one, it would probably be just as bad at informing one about exactly what makes a hero, about the bought lessons and brave daring which are requisites to be one of those individuals rare enough to know both the adoration and fear of the common man."

One month into the collapse, Rob and his dog, Captain, have lost almost everything but not their hope. Together, they are fighting their way toward a hidden prepper homestead, a place where life can start again. In the world of EMP survival and post-apocalyptic struggle, hope is the fuel that keeps them alive.

Time Rider follows Bowie, an agent from a post-democracy future state known as the Design—where humanity is stratified into genetic castes, and emotional connections have been engineered away. Sent to 1963 on a mission to preserve a lynchpin moment of history from temporal terrorists: the assassination of the American President. Baffled by what he finds in Dallas, Bowie soon discovers that something far more strange and sinister is at work.

Cities across the United Entities continue to burn. Fractured military forces struggle to preserve what is left of Stability as the Harbingers of the Fall push society ever closer to collapse. Adrift in this conflict, characters both familiar and new must forge their paths through the chaos. After facing heavy losses, the small group of cadet pilots takes their battered training mechs back to the Academy, unsure of what they may find waiting for them. Zak, separated from his fellow cadets, finds himself helping an enemy soldier. Alison reluctantly relies on him in her desperate search for Eva.

As weather conditions worsen and food supplies dwindle, the inhabitants of Bel’Torra Station—isolated on the remote continent of Fis’Alim—struggle simply to survive. But when an unexpected guest arrives, bringing another mouth to feed, a chain of events begins that will threaten their world and everything in it. This first full-length novel from artist and storyteller Gameyy Builds unveils long-held secrets of the world of Aegis and the mysterious Blight that has plagued its people for decades...

I was never afraid of monsters—at least, not until They came: the visitors from outer space. Six years later, at the age of seventeen, I'm just about to graduate from school and declare my career of choice. The Midnight Guard—who protect our community from the vicious things that lie outside our walls—calls to me, and a shortage of applicants instantly lands me a spot in their ranks. But when I am bitten by an alien on a supply run, I begin to dream of things not of this world—and will soon find that my life is about to change forever.

A fractured nation. A fractured legacy. The island will decide who survives. Two weeks after an attack cripples the United States, Michael Shepherd, Erika Blake, and her son Max arrive on the rugged shores of Mount Desert Island, Maine. But the peace they hoped for is a distant dream. The island is torn, now divided by fear, rules, and rising factions. Still reeling from the truth of his bloodline, Michael struggles to understand what his name means to the people he’s come to protect, and what it may cost them all.

Gefühle sind in unserer Welt ein Zeichen von Schwäche. Und wer schwach ist, stirbt. New York City. Einst brachten grausame Drachenreiter Tod und Zerstörung, und ihr König tyrannisiert nun die Welt. Die letzten freien Menschen verstecken sich in den U-Bahn-Tunneln, unter ihnen auch die Diebin Sira. Sie hasst alle Drachen, seit ihre Familie durch deren Feuer starb. Als ihr Versteck angegriffen wird, ist ausgerechnet Drachenreiter Norik, Anführer der Rebellen, ihre Rettung.

Die 22-jährige Jenna hat alles hinter sich gelassen, um in England ihr Studium abzuschließen, und in der Küstenstadt Brighton einen Neuanfang zu wagen. Doch auch hier werfen die Erinnerungen an den Verlust ihrer Mutter lange Schatten. Während die Welt um sie herum von Naturkatastrophen und einem sich zuspitzenden politischen Klima geprägt ist, kämpft die Journalismus-Studentin darum, die Wahrheit ihrer verborgenen Familiengeschichte ans Licht zu bringen. Inmitten dieses Chaos trifft sie auf Matt.

The stakes couldn’t be higher. Darcy, who once seemed to be our only hope for surviving the vampire apocalypse, has gone to the dark side—she’s now the reigning vampire queen. Meanwhile, her sister Hope must lead the charge to save humanity—on a path that’s taking her straight to Darcy. Will an emboldened Hope destroy her own sister to save the world? Would a godlike Darcy ever allow that to happen? They say hope is a dangerous thing, and they just might be right.

After saving the world and defeating his enemies, Sloan has gained an incredible title and unmatched power in the system. Enjoying a decade of peace, his calm life is suddenly disrupted, pushing him towards a new journey and a new mission. A new enemy, known only as the Architect has emerged, causing chaos and breaking the balance. As new rifts appear, Sloan must explore unknown realms, find strong allies, and learn ancient secrets to stop the Architect's plans.

A decade ago Darrow led a revolution, and laid the foundations for a new world. Now he’s an outlaw. Cast out of the very Republic he founded, with half his fleet destroyed, he wages a rogue war on Mercury. Outnumbered and outgunned, is he still the hero who broke the chains? Or will he become the very evil he fought to destroy? In his darkening shadow, a new hero rises. Lysander au Lune, the displaced heir to the old empire, has returned to bridge the divide between the Golds of the Rim and Core. If united, their combined might may prove fatal to the fledgling Republic.

Lies, deceit, and destruction divided the nation for decades. Back in 2080, the citizens had enough. A war to restore the country's honor took place. The new regime led by Chancellor Prumpt made any form of lying illegal. Now if anyone is caught lying, they are called in for questioning and killed on the spot if found guilty. Any citizen can report someone if they suspect them of lying. Present day: 2129. Roger Aimes is a 28-year old mine worker living through the brutal system. All he can hope to do is live another day.

Dieses Buch ist perfekt als Geschenk geeignet, egal ob als eBook oder Hörbuch! Überrasche deine Liebsten oder Freunde damit! Zeitreisen für Anfänger "Theorien, Paradoxa und literarische Klassiker" Was wäre, wenn Zeit nicht einfach vergeht, sondern sich formen lässt? Dieses Buch ist kein gewöhnlicher Streifzug durch die Theorie der Zeit. Es ist ein literarisches Gedankenexperiment, ein wissenschaftlicher Spaziergang, ein philosophischer Perspektivwechsel und ein erzählerisches Abenteuer zugleich.

Haunted by grief, plagued by hunger, were on the run again. And mostly not from the undead this time, since I have my own special way of dealing with the zombies. It's the living who think that survival of the fittest puts them on top of the food chain now. But there is hope for humanity yet, even if mine is possibly lost for good. Resistance is rising, the intrepid few still fighting for a better tomorrow. Maybe not all is lost for those believing they are beyond being saved or who don't give a crap about such mundane concepts.

Duncan Chalk is a monstrous media mogul with a vast appetite for other people's pain. He feeds off it and carefully nurtures it in order to feed it to the public. It is inevitable that Chalk should hone in on Minner Burris, a space traveler whose body was taken apart by alien surgeons and then put back together again - differently. Burris' pain is constant. And so is that of Lona Kelvin, used by scientists to supply eggs for 100 children and then ruthlessly discarded.

The world is winding down. Centuries after humanity’s last stand against the Dark Filament, their servants - the bloodthirsty creatures known as Incarnates - hunt down anyone under the age of 18. Civilization is broken, and the remaining population is elderly, isolated, and hopeless. Sixteen-year-old Korden Bright has lived his entire life behind the Barrier, a mystical shield which hides him from the Incarnates. When the Barrier is breached, Korden will leave to journey across a post-apocalyptic America.

Everyone becomes prey when Earth is swallowed up and transmuted to a bestial landscape, the first stage of induction into Elysium's multiverse and a new galaxy in the making. In the blink of any eye, the bloodthirsty creatures of Riven Thane's worst nightmares are unleashed as he; his sister, Allie; and his friend Jose scramble amid the carnage to live another hour. But on this nothing of a planet, Riven is more special than he knows. He's among a select few with a singular bloodline, and the Elysium system has its eye on Riven in particular.

This is the way the world ends...for the last time. It starts with the great red rift across the heart of the world's sole continent, spewing ash that blots out the sun. It starts with death, with a murdered son and a missing daughter. It starts with betrayal, and long dormant wounds rising up to fester. This is the Stillness, a land long familiar with catastrophe, where the power of the Earth is wielded as a weapon. And where there is no mercy.

This is a story of a failed society. A story of a helpless woman and how she turns the tables to save the innocence of this universe. This story will jolt you out of slumber. The people in it will force you to rethink the ways the world works and mend it for the sake of the coming generations.

Dans Ubik, Philip K. Dick réunit tous les grands thèmes de la SF : la télépathie, le voyage dans le temps, la porosité entre le monde des vivants et celui des morts, et le développement des machines automatiques. Joe Chip, spécialisé dans la traque des télépathes, est envoyé sur la Lune avec d'autres agents pour neutraliser une autre équipe qui pourrait nuire à leur intérêt. Ce voyage sera-t-il irréversible ?

Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans - though no one calls them that anymore. His wife has left him, his father is sinking into dementia, and Marcos tries not to think too hard about how he makes a living. After all, it happened so quickly. First, it was reported that an infectious virus has made all animal meat poisonous to humans. Then governments initiated the "Transition". Now, eating human meat - "special meat" - is legal. Marcos tries to stick to numbers, consignments, processing.

Now the Congress of Animals is in control, unforgiving, and debating the fate of the planet’s most reviled species. The popular ruling: Exterminate humankind without exception. But a curious mare, coming of age, is making a case for a seemingly gentle person she longs to save - a wish for mercy that could once again unbalance the new and righteous nature of the world.

For the past twenty-five years, Margaret Atwood has written works of striking originality and imagination. In The Blind Assassin, she stretches the limits of her accomplishments as never before, creating a novel that is entertaining and profoundly serious. The novel opens with these simple, resonant words: "Ten days after the war ended, my sister drove a car off the bridge." They are spoken by Iris, whose terse account of her sister Laura's death in 1945 is followed by an inquest report proclaiming the death accidental.

In High Earth, digital entertainment is everything. Shows. Virtual worlds. Simulations - there’s something for everybody in a city where working for a living has been rendered obsolete by technological advancements. Even a short walk outside to visit with others is no longer necessary. Just load into the network and you can be with anyone, anywhere. For Asher Reinhart, nothing compares to Ignis; a live reality show that pushes human beings to their very extremes.