Dystopian World

What would you do if you woke up one morning to find that you were the only person left alive? That’s what happens to Meg on the day after she is admitted to hospital for the birth of her child. What follows is a fight for survival in a world where battles between good and evil constantly rage around her. Just as Meg is about to discover the truth about this new world, she finds the rules have changed yet again, and she is back where it all began. From the author of In a House in Yemen, In Times of Trouble and In Conversations with Strangers, “In Strange Worlds” takes the reader on a ...

The Terminator meets Zombieland. "A new twist on time travel dystopia." ★★★★★ "On edge of seat till 2am. Mindblowing." ★★★★★ "There is nothing same-old about this story." ★★★★★ I can see the future. But I can't stop the apocalypse. It can't be real, can it? Each time I slip into the future, I bring back more proof. Humanity is on the brink of a genetically-engineered apocalypse. ⌛ Bodies rotting in the streets. ⌛ Wilderness eating away at my hometown. ⌛ Zombies hunting down the few survivors. I'm the only one who can stop it. Because for me, it hasn't ...

Dyma stori ryfeddol Siôn, a orfodwyd i dyfu’n ddyn yn sydyn iawn, ei fam Rowenna, a’i chwaer fach, Dwynwen. Mae’r hanes hynod wedi’i gofnodi mewn llyfr nodiadau glas wrth geisio goroesi ar ôl Y Terfyn - yr hunllef a gafodd effaith ddychrynllyd ar drigolion pentref Nebo a thu hwnt.

Alex was in bad shape. Just this side of dead, lying in a dumpster, but he couldn’t give up. Crawling out of the garbage, the first thing he noticed, beyond the pain, was that Vee was gone. He had only one option - to keep going. Out to the street he walked. All around there was only the otherworldly destruction of burned-out cars, broken windows, and empty streets. Houston had fallen further into chaos, brimming with violence and a population at each other’s throats.

John Wolfe never thought he'd see the world outside his prison cell again. His brand of vicious vigilante justice had landed him a life sentence, one which he intended to serve peacefully. But when an EMP wipes out the nation's power grid, John must fight for his life to return to his wife's side and ensure her safety as the world descends into chaos.

FACE THE TRUTH – OR DIE… Having chosen to throw her lot in with the hedonistic Queen Lucretia, Sienna battles to maintain her sanity in a kingdom devoted to pleasure at any cost. For like a beautiful fruit with a rotten core, seductions, kidnappings, deadly drugs and memory-wipes hide behind the glitter and glory of Cereise. Meanwhile Sienna’s friends languish in prison, fighting for their lives as the ruler toys with them all. Their one hope is Resistance leader Jonas’s promise to recruit assistance and return to free them. Yet when Lucretia moves her timetable up unexpectedly, he ...

When a massive solar flare strikes the Western Hemisphere, it leave the planet's electronic infrastructure destroyed. Jared, who has spent his entire life behind a computer screen, must navigate his way home through a quickly deteriorating society. Shortly after the solar event, Jared is taken in by a grouchy, bourbon drinking old man named Bart. The two men form a special relationship as Bart mentors Jared in a new and dangerous world. While out searching for food, Jared finds a seven-year old girl and brings her back to Bart's place.

In The End of The World Running Club Edgar Hill ran 550 miles after an apocalypse to try and find his family. He had it easy. This is his wife’s story. Beth Hill has survived the apocalypse with a baby and toddler in tow. And what’s more she’s done it alone - without her husband’s help. He’s never been any help. But when disaster strikes and someone steals her kids, she knows what she has to do.

THE SINS OF THE PAST ARE RETURNING TO HAUNT THEM… The wedding of Florentine to Gabriel will be Kainnan’s event of the century, uniting two royal families to finally provide Santtu and Cereise with leaders who can be trusted. With King Ochran keeping to himself, and his siblings Viggo and Lucretia dead, peace appears possible at last. Even Lilyanna, devastated over Jonas’s impending marriage to the Loyalist leader Nina, has met someone who might heal her broken heart. Yet within days, Ochran’s drugs and manipulations, the growing threat of the Loyalists and a tragedy of unimaginable ...

OVERWHELMING DANGER DEMANDS UNIMAGINABLE COURAGE… When her twin Aidan goes missing, Milla is convinced he has fled into the turbulent world of Kainnan; a place their parents once visited but have long kept hidden from them. With four companions, she secretly crosses into Kainnan to find the kingdom in chaos. Lust and gluttony, fear and violence, drugs and deception - freeing Aidan from Carcel Prison is just the beginning. A fortuitous encounter allies them with the Archan Underground; the organization fighting to de-throne the destructive rulers of Kainnan. Yet even with such backing, the...

An unputdownable EMP box set with a brilliant twist. Lights Out: The nation's power grid has failed. Hundreds of millions are left without basic utilities, and the enemy responsible for the EMP's detonation now wreaks havoc throughout the countryside. After an EMP crisis shakes the foundation of North America, Greenhill, an insignificant town, becomes the safe haven for a family. Aftermath: In a flash, an EMP blast disables North America's entire east coast. Separated from her husband and daughter, 39-year-old psychologist Naomi Baxter finds herself trapped.

When an EMP cripples the nation's power grid, lawlessness erupts across the country. Fighting against the chaos, Detective Mike Thorton must rescue his family from the city and bring them to his sister's cabin in the mountains.

One will betray her. One will save her. One will destroy her world. Do the work, steal the goods, keep her sister alive―a simple plan Lanni has been clinging to. With the city burning around her and vampires hiding in the shadows, making it until morning is the best she can hope for. But order in the city is crumbling, and the thin safety that’s kept Lanni alive won’t be enough to protect her family. The people who live in the glittering glass domes―lording over the city, safe from the dangers of the outside world―have grown tired of the factory filth marring their perfect ...

Trapped in a parallel universe where it is illegal to be overweight, sixteen-year-old Morgan Campbell is on the run with Billy Foster, the boy who helped her escape Camp Willowmoss, the Federally Assisted Thinning (F.A.T.) Center where they were both held prisoner. With nowhere to go, and no resources, they fear for their lives as they hide from the Enforcers who would capture them. Morgan has six weeks until the right date, at which time she can pass back through the portal that brought her to this world.

ONE CHALLENGE WILL DETERMINE THE FATE OF KAINNAN… With the impact of Elias Kraven’s deadly virus ever-increasing on both Earth and the alternate world of Kainnan, King Magnus requests Ravyn’s help in capturing Elias. Yet Elias has plans of his own, demanding the King face him in a contest to determine who will rule the kingdom. Within twenty-four hours, Kainnan is embroiled in the seven challenges of the Saptevoca. But as contestants fight to win control of the land for their chosen leader, tragedy strikes repeatedly - for Elias has rigged the Saptevoca to win it. Multiple ...

THE FATE OF TWO WORLDS IS HANGING IN THE BALANCE… Back on Earth after nearly losing their lives on the alternate world of Kainnan, Noah, Katerina, Summer and Ryder are desperate to catch and eliminate the tyrant Wilhelm once and for all. Yet just when they finally have a breakthrough, Wilhelm hunts them down. Within hours, one of them is kidnapped, one is poisoned and one set up for assassination. Even if they succeed in saving each other, Wilhelm is about to unleash a new and deadly weapon which threatens to decimate the people of both Kainnan and Earth. With two worlds in jeopardy, ...

REVENGE OR REDEMPTION – THEIR CHOICE WILL DETERMINE THE FUTURE OF KAINNAN… When Ravyn Salvatore finds her way onto the alternate world of Kainnan, the last thing she expects is to be followed there by the kidnapping victim she saved two years prior. Still affected by his ordeal, Zavier Montrese will do anything to obtain her help. Yet on arrival they quickly discover they have far more to deal with than each other, for a new threat to Kainnan has emerged. After three epic battles, it had seemed that Kainnan would finally be safe and stable under King Magnus’s capable rule. But in the ...

2024 Independent Author's Network Book Awards Finalist (best original science fiction novel)! 2024 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist (best original science fiction novel)! “Thought-provoking SF delivered in an intriguingly panoramic form.” KIRKUS REVIEWS “Doyle has hit on something rare: an original approach to climate fiction.” BOOKLIFE REVIEWS “Gripping, revealing, and frightening.” MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW"The contrast between notes and experiences of those who navigate this world are exceptionally well done, and will lend to book club discussions and sci-fi reader ...

It's 1962, and physics student Grace Pulansky believes she has met the man of her dreams, Robert Jones, while serving up slices of pecan pie at the local diner. But then the FBI shows up, with their fedoras and off-the-rack business suits, and accuses him of being a bomb-planting mass-murderer. Finding herself on the run with Jones across America's Southwest, the discoveries awaiting Gracie will undermine everything she knows about the universe.

Der Klimawandel hat die Erde zerstört und in Inesas Heimat regiert ein Unternehmen die Region: Caerus. Diese Firma hat auch den "Lauf des Lamms“ erfunden, einen Wettbewerb, bei dem verschuldete Bürger:innen als "Lämmer“ gegen ausgebildete "Engel“ antreten müssen und von diesen bis auf den Tod gejagt werden. Das Ganze wird per Livestream übertragen. Als Inesas Mutter zu tief in die Schulden rutscht, muss ihre Tochter für sie als Lamm beim Lauf antreten. Doch da führen die Umstände dazu, dass Inesa und ihr Engel Melinoë zusammenarbeiten müssen. Und so kommen die beiden sich unerwartet näher.