Dystopian Mystery

Forget the police. If you want protection, buy Death Insurance from Lemma Quartz. Lemma sells black market insurance, which guarantees that you will be avenged if you are hurt or killed. She excels at sales, and she resents her employer for not promoting her to be an assassin. And Lemma has the perfect cover: she works as a caretaker to her young handicapped neighbor, Milligram. Lemma helps Milligram walk around the neighborhood on crutches, gives him snacks when he’s grumpy, and tucks him in at night. She’s fine with selling Death Insurance to his teachers on the side, as long as ...

When 99% of humans are unemployed, it's only a matter of time before they become 100% expendable. Still recovering from her tortured past, ex-NYPD cop Alice Yu's life has crashed. But when a murdered government witness turns out to be an illegal human copy, she seizes the chance to win back her badge by helping the investigation. Partnered with a mysterious FBI agent, she quickly finds herself in the crosshairs of a brutal conspiracy. Barely surviving assassination, they follow the trail to Washington, D.C. But Yu's partner has his own agenda. And the powers that be have no intention of ...

Airwaves: A Wayfarers Story follows Dr. Abby Eaton, an on-air personality for AM 63, a pirate radio station on a fading AM band. Simultaneously, the IW2, a new internet, emerges as a free and open alternative to the heavily censored, hyper-algorithmic ALL web. The IW2 resurrects the spirit of the old internet, prioritizing the wants and needs of the people over control and censorship. As the ALL World Order targets both AM 63 and the IW2, Abby faces intense challenges. Her 13-year-old daughter becomes entangled with a boy on the IW2, a relationship that could put her in grave danger. How ...

Southern Africa, 2065. Liyan Madikizela is four months pregnant when her partner Tym, a deep-web researcher, reads out a puzzling entry from an Englishwoman's 1836 travel journal. While visiting a lush farm with a manor house set below a loaf-shaped mountain, the writer reportedly saw men in futuristic suits and helmets carrying armaments, some of which seemed to emit light. But when Tym tries to view remnants of the farm via satellite imagery, it remains a mystery. Finding the place becomes his obsession, and later, when city inhabitants flee to the countryside after a solar storm, he ...

In the late 22nd century, people can extend their lifespans, or simply take a holiday from their lives, by buying themselves extra months or years in the Chronosphere, a place where time moves half a million times slower than in the real world. This series follows the adventures of Raffi Delgado and his friends in the thrilling, dangerous world of the Chronosphere. Looking back, they should have seen the signs: blistering heat; android servants going haywire, the evidence was everywhere. But once the Malfunction truly began, it was too late to stop it. In the second volume of the ...

In the late 22nd century, people can extend their lifespans, or simply take a holiday from their lives, by buying themselves extra months or years in the Chronosphere, a place where time moves half a million times slower than in the real world. This series follows the adventures of Raffi Delgado and his friends in the thrilling, dangerous world of the Chronosphere. It's been half a year since the 'Temp-Al Five' escaped the Chronosphere, but something, somewhere, is pulling them back. Time, it seems, has healed nothing. In the thrilling finale of the Chronosphere trilogy, hoverbiker Raffi ...

It is a secret the Chinese government has been keeping for 40 years. They have found a species of animal no one believed even existed. It will amaze the world.Now the Chinese are ready to unveil their astonishing discovery within the greatest zoo ever constructed. A small group of VIPs and journalists has been brought to the zoo deep within China to see its fabulous creatures for the first time. Among them is Dr Cassandra Jane 'CJ' Cameron, a writer for National Geographic and an expert on reptiles.

The City States are beginning to fall under the onslaught of The Evolved, and the outlying kingdoms won’t be far behind if the humans and cannibals caught in the path of destruction can’t find a way to work together and turn the tide. Meanwhile, the Russians and Chinese are done waiting and have begun preparations for the first wave of their invasion of America. When they finally cross the DMZ and land on American soil, will they find a kingdom of bones or a threat greater than anything they could have possibly imagined?

What happens when a sheltered only child and a street-wise orphan are forced to work together in order to stay alive? Two strangers, Caleb and Jael, are thrown together under dire circumstances, joined at the hip, as their captors say. Their singular focus? Survival. A gripping story of courage, determination, sacrifice and survival. A pre-apocalyptic tale told in vivid terms by our hero, Caleb Wiseman.

A fallen U.S. government. A city verging on collapse. Can a lone cop stop an insane crime lord from destroying the home she’s vowed to protect? NYPD cop Alice Yu trusts no one. And with newfound fame making her a reluctant figurehead, there’s no way she’s telling anybody that her reprinted body is failing and she’s dying. But when she hosts a city-saving truce between gang bosses and the police, a bloody confrontation leads to an enraged standoff. With negotiations stalled, Yu partners with a secretive UN special agent to track down the power-hungry monster intent on destroying the ...

In the not-so-distant future, the forecasted "death of print" has become a reality. Anana Johnson works with her father, Doug, at the North American Dictionary of the English Language, where he is hard at work on the last edition that will ever be printed. Doug is a staunchly anti-meme, anti-tech intellectual who fondly remembers the days when people used e-mail to communicate - or even actually spoke to one another. One evening, Doug disappears, leaving a single written clue: ALICE - a code word he and Anana devised to signal if one of them ever fell into harm's way.

Science fiction meets future fairy-tale. When a time travel market research project goes wrong, Nils finds himself stranded and alone in post-apocalyptic Yorkshire, in the North of England, where civilization lies in ruins and literacy skills have completely and finally died out. Horrified by the brutality of the world around him, Nils seems doomed to endure the lonely life of a hermit in hiding until one day Ilsa, an injured child who has been raised by wolves comes into his life. Ilsa is mute and has never learned to speak, but when Nils reads Watership Down to her and then teaches her to...

I think you've knocked it out of the park. -- James L. She kept me engaged in this fast-paced read. – James M. I enjoyed this book, can’t wait for next book –Tracy J I liked this short story. It is interesting and held my attention. I am looking forward to reading book 2. – J Hall Dr. Miles Cole is a professor of Archaeology at a prestigious university, and out of a small pool of archaeologists with expertise in the Caribbean islands. One evening, two guests arrive at his door. His star student, a transfer student finishing her last two semesters at his university, Alexandria Rizzo,...

London 2030. When a postman knocks on his door, the news he delivers will cause 70-year-old Anthony Pablo Rubens to reflect on all the many sadnesses and joys of the past, while he begins to prepare for the surprises of the future. The past still revolves around the moment in the summer of 1984 when young Anthony first realized he had fallen in love.

Новый роман Михаила Веллера — "метароман", как определил жанр автор, огромен по охвату тем и многообразен по литературным приемам. В нем сочетаются триллер и гиперреализм, антиутопия и философская пародия, жестокий юмор и пафос. Предстающий со страниц завтрашний день дает решения всех главных сегодняшних проблем неожиданным и беспощадным образом. Книга восхитит одних, возмутит других, призовет к действию третьих.

For generations, the cats who live outside the walls of Arc City have remained a mystery shrouded in urban myths and folk tales. Some claim monsters roam the wilderness, and some say it’s only a simple village of farmers. No citizen of Arc City has ever been able to learn the truth. Until now. Trigger is thrown into a wild world, filled with more danger and secrets than even an ace detective can decipher. On top of that, he’s once again hired to do the impossible. Can Trigger survive as a dog in a cat’s world, or is he finally in over his ears?

No escape. No memories. And there’s a killer on the loose. When Jack and nine other game contestants awaken outside a mansion with no way to log out, the countdown begins. Solve a murder. Only one winner gets to leave. It’s a race against time, collecting clues scattered throughout the estate. Each riddle uncovered is a step closer to Jack understanding the truth of why he’s there, but with every passing hour, the game adapts with new threats. As alliances form, secrets unravel. Jack must use every ounce of his wits to decipher the case and learn who among the contestants he can trust...

The third book in a supernatural mystery series by the author of Thrown Away, Diary of the Displaced, Arisen, and Dustfall. When Jake discovers a set of old tapes in one of the attics and plays the first tape, something ancient and dangerous is awakened. 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.

In 2027, destroying an embryo is considered first-degree murder. Fertility clinics still exist, giving hope and new life to thousands of infertile families, but they have to pass rigorous inspections by the United States Department of Embryo Preservation. Fail an inspection, and you will be prosecuted.

Trigger decides, against his better judgment, to take a boring case finding missing cash for a big-shot banker. It'll be easy money, he said. Like a vacation, he said. If kidnapping, assault, blackmail, extortion, and domestic terrorism are his idea of a vacation, he should probably stick to banking.