Dystopian Mystery

Power is up for grabs, and our survival is on the line. We're back in Pacific City, and things are more dangerous than ever. We thought we'd neutralized Vance, but that's just made things worse. Now, he's our prisoner, and Gunnar is in charge, the new Archangel. And I'm going through a mysterious heat that I can't explain. As tension ratchets up, we're contacted by an unlikely ally, and everything starts to unravel. Our pack is finally settling in, and all I want to do is run. Maybe the city is a lost cause. Maybe it's best that we leave. Or maybe we're so entangled that now there's no way ...

The Last Marine: Book One is author T.S. Ransdell’s vision of a future American dark age where all civilians serve at the pleasure of the government. In this dystopian tale Joel Levine, a journalist/historian for the government, is given the task of creating a history to remind people why the bygone American warrior culture was dangerous to them. To do so, Levine is given Government VIP status to interview the last known veteran of the disbanded United States Marine Corps, Sean Harris, incarcerated for the remainder of his life for murder and treason.

Bound by Fate, Torn by Duty: A Love Forged in Forbidden Shadows In a world where love is forbidden and survival a warrior's game, Elara and Varek, are thrust together on a perilous quest. As they seek a mythical serum in the deadly outer realm, forbidden emotions ignite. But as secrets unravel, their love faces a devastating choice: embrace their fated bond or succumb to the deceit that threatens to tear them apart.

Sophie knew real fear and never more so than now. They had to escape the increasing danger...and that meant leaving their home. Their options were few...staying could be deadly. She knew disappearing wasn’t enough...they desperately needed a safe place. Somewhere no one would ever think to look. Caleb was determined to keep his best friend’s widow and children safe. But first he had to find them. If you enjoy clean mystery romance and inspirational women’s fiction filled with adventure, love, hope, family, new and old friendships, a mystery or two with a few twists to keep you ...

When the corporate monolith PortSys brought porting to the masses, CEO Emilia Kirsch and her son, Jason, accomplished what every other start-up company had failed to deliver. They really did change the world. They reversed climate change. They created a multitrillion-dollar industry out of thin air, curing economic woes across the globe. They made it so that anyone could be anywhere simply by touching a screen...including the man who murdered Sarah Huff. Now, Sarah’s 17-year-old sister, Anna, is determined to hunt the bastard down. But there are a few problems.

The Last Layover is a fiction novel based on real places and potential scenarios where an out of control government pushes America to the brink of financial and social collapse. This vulnerable state allows the unthinkable to happen, causing the comfort, security, and conveniences of our modern first world society to quickly come to an end.

This is where the lost go. There are hidden places in our world where both the strange and the evil lurk. Few discover them, and even fewer escape with their lives. Some turn the wrong corner or walk through the wrong door and are never seen again. Jake Adler was only supposed to be in hospital a few days for a routine operation, then he should have been home, recovering, ready to go back to work at the burger restaurant in a week. It should have been that simple, but things didn’t turn out that way. What Jake thought were nightmares have turned out to be real, and the ghostly man talking...

Will one squad's desperate stand against a robot uprising save the human race from the brink of extinction? Logan Asher and his elite squad emerged from the ashes of the old world to wage a guerrilla war against the machines. Every day brings them new recruits, and yet for every man Logan has, the machines have ten. When the squad discovers a seeming rival faction of robots under the control of a mysterious man who calls himself the Progenitor, Logan believes he's found the secret to saving humanity. It will require convincing the Progenitor to help them. And leading Logan's men into the ...

Dive into a captivating world where the clockwork marvels of steampunk meet the enchantment of classic fairy tales. "Cog & Wing Investigations: Gears of Enchantment" is an immersive adventure tailored for readers aged 12 and up, blending mystery, magic, and the power of partnership in a narrative that will resonate with young adult and adult audiences alike. In the bustling Clockwork City, where gears spin, airships grace the cobblestone skies, and enchantment is woven into the very fabric of life, readers will embark on a thrilling journey alongside our resourceful fairy detective, ...

A virus nearly wiped out the human race. In order to survive, people are segregated into three tiers. Those with the best genetic viability get the most resources, and Kate and Eric are lucky enough to end up in Tier One.

Overworld. It's more than just the world's most popular e-sport - for thousands of VR teams around the globe, Overworld is life. It means fame and fortune, or maybe it's a ticket out of obscurity or poverty. If you have a connection to the Internet and four friends you trust with your life, anything is possible.

Daniel Quinn, well known for Ishmael - a life-changing book for readers the world over - once again turns the tables and creates an otherworld that is very like our own, yet fascinating beyond words. Imagine that Nazi Germany was the first to develop an atomic bomb and the Allies surrendered. America was never bombed, occupied, or even invaded, but was nonetheless forced to recognize Nazi world dominance....

We know you are here, our brothers and sisters...Pressia barely remembers the Detonations or much about life during the Before. In her sleeping cabinet behind the rubble of an old barbershop where she lives with her grandfather, she thinks about what is lost - how the world went from amusement parks, movie theaters, birthday parties, fathers and mothers...to ash and dust, scars, permanent burns, and fused, damaged bodies. And now, at an age when everyone is required to turn themselves over to the militia, Pressia can no longer pretend to be small.

Flynn Zarytsky, recruiter for the Chicago mega-tech company Magnetic, comes face-to-face with true terror amid a horrific mass shooting by homegrown terrorist organization REDS. Wolf, a REDS soldier, has her in his sights, then decides to spare her life. But in doing so, he may have ensnared her in a fate worse than death. REDS’ master plan is to make society pay for its greed and to establish a new order.

In our near-future, the eccentric tech billionaire Jamin Lake reveals an innovation that could save our broken and divided nation: Algo, an A.I. candidate for president. It is heralded as an efficient, rational, and seemingly incorruptible leader, underpinned by the brainpower of a million minds. Jamin vows the A.I. has been programmed to follow only a single benevolent mantra: to deliver “the most good for the most people”. In a nation mired in seemingly endless crisis and division, it feels like a real chance for a better future.

The world is ending, and down-and-out sadist Lee spends their days working for a big corporation and their nights wandering the streets of Brooklyn listening to true crime podcasts. But everything changes when Lee is dragged to a warehouse party by their best friend, where they find themself in the clutches of the seductive and bloodthirsty X. When Lee seeks her out again, she's nowhere to be found.

Eight kids, ages nine to 17, awaken to find that almost everything they have ever known has been stolen from them. They were ripped from their beds in the middle of the night and transported to an unfamiliar and unforgiving new world where there are strict rules, and they are punished if they refuse to obey. As the kids grapple with their mysterious new reality, they struggle with disconcerting questions. Where in the world are they? Why were they taken away from their families? Will they ever get to go back home? And will this be the place where they die?

Disaster strikes after an EMP disables the country’s power grid, disrupting communications, transportation, and essential utilities. Ben Riker, a prepper and Lieutenant with the Asheville fire department, has managed to secure a new home to rebuild what his family had lost. But before they can start a new life, Ben must retrieve his daughter before the enemy finds her.

Dahlia 16 sees her face in every crowd. She's nothing special - just one of 5,000 girls created from a single genome to work for the greater good of the city. Meeting Trigger 17 changes everything. He thinks she's interesting. Beautiful. Unique. Which means he must be flawed. When Dahlia can't stop thinking about him - when she can't resist looking for him, even though that means breaking the rules - she realizes she's flawed, too. But if she's flawed, then so are all her identicals. And any genome found to be flawed will be recalled.

King has tenderly staked out a territory for his wife and three daughters, Grace, Lia, and Sky. He has lain the barbed wire; he has anchored the buoys in the water; he has marked out a clear message: Do not enter. Or viewed from another angle: Not safe to leave. Here women are protected from the chaos and violence of men on the mainland. The cult-like rituals and therapies they endure fortify them from the spreading toxicity of a degrading world. But when their father, the only man they've ever seen, disappears, they retreat further inward until the day two men and a boy wash ashore.