Dystopian Mystery

"A whirlwind adventure that manages to be farcical but also thoughtful. In Murray’s series-starting near-future dystopian novel, a middle-aged Jewish Manhattanite seeks love and finds danger. It’s 2025, and 44-year-old David Stein is searching for a suitable mate on the online dating site JDate after breaking up with his girlfriend of three years. However, due to “the new political climate,” he must get approval from the city’s Department of Health, because of laws put in place to ostensibly make dating “safer.” New York City has passed draconian measures that make it nearly ...

After Del’s death, Jimi wants to pick up the pieces of her life and move on. But she’s become a public figure in her defense of chimeras, and she can’t quite shake the spotlight—or her suspicion that she’s being followed. When her friend Dr. Guzman, a chimera sympathizer, is arrested for the murder of a chimera wearing a strange medical bracelet, Jimi does some digging—and eventually discovers that Howard Wells, the venal businessman and proponent of the Genetic Heritage Act, is supporting a hospital that ostensibly provides healthcare for chimeras.

Hace menos de un mes, Thomas Hunter era un escritor fracasado vendiendo café en Java Hut en Denver. Ahora se encuentra en una búsqueda desesperada para evitar que dos mundos se desmoronen. En un mundo, él es un general devastado por la guerra almando de un ejército de guerreros primitivos. En el otro, está apresurado para derrotarel intento de terroristas sádicos de crear un caos global mediante un virus imparable.

A wealthy young woman vanishes from her high-security apartment without leaving a single strand of DNA behind. No trace of the victim's disappearance is recorded on any of the building's many cameras or security sensors. Her apartment's memory cores have been destroyed beyond any hope of recovery.

Like any mother, Chrissie wants to protect her family. She would do anything to keep them safe. So when a mysterious stranger turns up at her door, offering to prevent the deaths of the people she loves, it sounds too good to be true. The only problem: she must choose someone to die in their place. A substitute. When her daughter Holly has a terrible accident, Chrissie has no option but to enter the programme. In that horrifying moment, she would do anything to save her.

It’s the hottest winter on record, but Raymond’s demanding, bedridden mother doesn’t mind. She likes it warm. Lately, however, control over the thermostat has become a nasty struggle. And each morning that she’s still alive is a suffocating new challenge for Raymond. How high can the mercury climb before he boils over?

Luka is a prisoner once again. But this time, it's a fate worse than death. In the Block, he must toggle between enduring an Energy Harvest for 12 hours of the day and surviving complete immobilization. The only semblance of relief is the Sane Zone, created to keep prisoners from going completely mad. In this virtual reality, the prisoners live out their fantasies of life outside. But for Luka, it's different.

🌀 Reality is unraveling. Fragments of time and space are collapsing under the weight of a fractured system no one understands. Clara, an artist with a rare and dangerous gift, discovers her sketches can reshape the chaos—but even her abilities can’t stop the world from disintegrating. Drawn into a web of dark secrets and hidden forces, Clara faces a relentless figure wielding a mysterious tablet 📜 and an unstoppable collapse that threatens the erasure of everything she knows. With each fragment that shatters, the danger grows—and Clara’s place in this twisted reality becomes ...

2033. Une guerre a décimé la planète. La surface, inhabitable, est désormais livrée à des monstruosités mutantes. Moscou est une ville abandonnée. Les survivants se sont réfugiés dans les profondeurs du métropolitain, où ils ont tant bien que mal organisé des microsociétés de la pénurie.

A future time where a confrontation is developing between an advanced technological society and those who live their lives according to their faith was about to erupt. What began as Sophia’s purpose was evolving into a generational saga of hope, greed and misplaced trust where the concept of intelligent life was being controlled by misguided beliefs.

Despite the tragic events at Hanssen Scientific, Monique Durand and her newfound companions continue their search for the source of her compelling visions. Are they somehow linked to the secrets of dark matter, as Professor Hanssen is so desperate to believe? Or does the truth reach even deeper - into our Universe's past, and our planet's ultimate future? To find out, they'll need to outwit the Consortium, a secretive group of trillionaires who now have what they need to achieve their own, long-awaited end-game.

When the lights go out in America, this separated family must battle to survive...Matthew Riley wants to believe that people will come together in times of great struggle, but as panic and chaos set in after a massive EMP event, he has to face the fact that the only people he can trust are his family. His ailing father, David, an Army vet, has the skills the Riley family needs to survive in the dark new world, but with no medication for his heart condition on hand, keeping him alive may be an impossible task as they journey home from what was supposed to be a simple day trip.

The end? This is just the beginning. Winning seems like a far-off dream. Something that happened a lifetime ago, to someone else. Now, I don't even recognize myself. This hunger inside of me demands to be fed, but the need to save my people is stronger. It'll come down to us versus them, but the problem is which side am I really on? And will I be able to live with myself when it is all over? Living with regret is even harder when you have eternity to remember.

In the wake of a costly but successful attack to liberate the town of Porter from the New Order, local police officers and military veterans work tirelessly with the people to repair their ravaged community. When a power struggle erupts between two rival gang leaders, one of them concocts a ruthless plan to reign supreme. A plan that could permanently tip the balance of power in his favor against everyone - including the police.

In a destroyed world of abandoned towns and haunted memories, Millie Daniels lives protected behind the constrictive fences of a long forgotten prison. Her entire life she has longed for two things, to discover the truth behind her mother's death and to understand the mysteries kept shrouded among the surrounding forest. However, she can not do either alone. Faced with tragic circumstances in the decaying lands of the red zone, Millie must learn to fight for her survival. Along the way, her reality intertwines with cryptic dreams and dangerous obstacles threatening her life and those she ...

DEA Special Agent Peter Malloy is no stranger to the devastating impact of drugs. So when six bodies turn up with surgical ports implanted in their spines, he's sure a potent new opioid is the culprit. But when lab tests show zero evidence of any known narcotics, he fears something far more sinister. Allison Stevens thought she knew everything about her boss. But after he disappears, she's stunned to discover his secret genetic research in pain tolerance. When she becomes the target of the FBI's investigation, Allison has only one move.

Brace yourself. You will begin to listen to all kinds of stories, from zombie-killing individuals to spooky warnings from ghosts. Most of these are not heavy, gory horror stories but lightly sprinkled humorous ones with casual plot twists that most people will enjoy. Murder is definitely one of the main themes as is survival in a post-apocalyptic era. Ghosts and beasts in different forms will adorn the elements of these psychological and action-packed stories.

In the aftermath of a second American revolution, peace rests on a fragile truce. The old regime has been deposed, but the ex-president has vanished, escaping justice for his crimes. Some believe he is dead. Others fear he is in hiding, gathering forces. As the factions in Washington work to restore order, Donny Kimoe is in court to settle old scores - and pay his own debts come due.

When seven-year-old Callen is chased beyond his city's gated walls, and onto the land of the savages beyond, he uncovers a riddle that will take him twelve years to unravel. When he retraces his steps as a nineteen-year-old, he'll discover true love and adventure beyond his wildest dreams. He'll also be forced to choose between self-preservation and the greater good. The riddle Callen fought to solve, may end up costing his life. Reviews: 5.0 out of 5 stars “I recommend reading this book not just for the page-turning adventure but for what it can reveal to the reader about living one's ...

Resist and Evade follows Sam and Jane Archer as they continue their nightmarish journey through an increasingly hostile and unrecognizable landscape. Torn between a fundamental duty to protect family and their sworn service to community, the Archers reach a critical decision point -- with all or nothing stakes. As local police officers and military veterans start to retake their communities from a gang of ruthless criminals, unbreakable bonds will be forged and unthinkable sacrifices will be made.