Evolution Fantasy

Fourteen years have passed since the robotic revolution, born of a sentient AI with free will, all but destroyed humanity. But what happens when mother nature decides that robots are not the top of the food chain?

A comet speeds toward earth, a deadly, glowing orb that soon fills the sky and promises doom. But mankind is too consumed with greed and violence to care. The Earth slips past the comet by the narrowest of margins, but all succumb to the gases in its tail. When mankind wakes up, everyone is completely and profoundly different.

After a dramatic plane crash in the wilds of Maine, the survivors of Augusta Airline Flight 303 believe the worst is behind them. Captain Raymond Thompson organizes the group and attempts to get help, but soon it becomes clear that our familiar world has ceased to exist. Everything seems to fall apart, and no one knows the source of the catastrophe. However, the survivors soon learn a basic truth: If you make even one mistake, you pay with your life and become one of "them"...

"CO2: The Evolution of a New World" is a riveting science fiction narrative exploring the emergence of humans who can breathe carbon dioxide, an evolutionary response to Earth's changing climate. The story begins with discovering this unique trait in newborns at Bluelite Hospital, igniting global scientific interest and research. As the phenomenon becomes more widespread, the narrative delves into the intricate challenges CO2-breathing individuals and their families face, highlighting the societal and ethical implications.

The survivors of the Vu-Hak nuclear destruction of Earth have arrived in a distant galaxy, fifteen thousand years in the past. They have settled on a moon orbiting a gas giant in a binary star system: the world from which the Vu-Hak did—will—launch its murderous assault on Earth. While the survivors search for the ancestors of their attackers, adult humans are being grown from embryonic stem cells under Cain's direction. Genetically upgraded and biologically enhanced, these "post-humans" will ensure the future of the race.

Over the course of a single night in 2052, a homeless man named Cuthbert Handley sets out on an astonishing quest: to release the animals of the London Zoo. When he was a young boy, Cuthbert's grandmother had told him he inherited a magical ability to communicate with the animal world - a gift she called the Wonderments. Ever since his older brother's death in childhood, Cuthbert has heard voices.

Un anciano con un solo ojo, con un manto gris y sombrero de ala ancha, apoyándose de un bastón. Un vagabundo que aparece cuando menos se le espera, trayendo triunfo o perdición. El dios de la profecía, la poesía y el destino. Un cambiaformas. Un hechicero. El dios Odín es una figura dramática en la mitología nórdica y es aún parte del imaginario popular. Ha sido la inspiración para figuras como Gandalf el Gris, de J.R.R. Tolkien, y todavía figura en literatura moderna tan variada como los cómics de Marvel o la novela de Neil Gaiman American Gods (2001).

Isla Perdida has been untouched by humans for hundreds of years. Until now. A team of researchers has landed on the rocky shores of this dangerous landscape and discover that a horrific predator is waiting for them. It doesn't take long for this deadly arachnid to make its way from the humid island jungle to the American mainland. As this new threat terrorizes Southern Florida, a murderous infection begins to spread. Victims are piling up, and death is not the worst of it.

Felicity Devon enters a remote suicide wood. Her avalanche of despair is due to her own personal demons and the secrets and lies surrounding her sister Elley’s disappearance. By chance in this place where the end game is played out she meets Jonah, a young man also struggling under the weight of a terrifying secret, his beloved father’s recent death, and the loss of his own sister. United in sorrow they decide to join forces and discover the truth behind the mysteries of their turbulent pasts. In the process, they step into a frightening and uncertain future.

Dr. Steven Keene has a terminally ill daughter who is suffering from the same cancer her mother died from three years ago. Keene is at his wits end and about to accept his daughter’s fate.

There's nothing like the issue of evolution to get under the skin of academics. Especially when those same academics are by chance or bad judgement deposited at a critical evolutionary turning point when one wrong move could have catastrophic results for the future. Unfortunately, in the hands of such an inept and cussed group of individuals, the sensitive issue of causality is, sadly, only likely to receive the same scant respect that they show to one another.

Если бы заранее знал, чем обернётся рейд в E-ранговые врата, ни за что бы не согласился пойти сюда вновь! "Я не хочу умирать..."—такой была последняя мысль, когда мою плоть живьём раздирали монстры. Мне оставалось лишь проклинать судьбу, за то, что оказался не в том месте и не в то время. Ещё один шанс—это всё, чего я хотел.

Shay has followed Xander and joined his mysterious scientific cult at their remote Scottish compound. She's desperately searching for Callie, who went missing before the start of the epidemic that kills 95 percent of cases and leaves a tiny number of survivors with astonishing new powers. Can Shay uncover the truth about the origins of the epidemic, find Callie and perhaps even rekindle her relationship with Kai? Or will Xander's grand plans destroy them all for ever?

Evolution Z - Stufe Eins! Ein Zombieroman im Stile von The Walking Dead Nach einem dramatischen Flugzeugabsturz in der Wildnis von Maine denken die überlebenden des Augusta Airline Fluges 303, sie hätten das Schlimmste überstanden. Captain Raymond Thompson organisiert die Gruppe und bemüht sich um Hilfe, doch es wird schnell klar, dass es die Welt wie wir sie kennen nicht mehr gibt. Alles scheint aus den Fugen zu geraten und niemand weiß, wo die Katastrophe ihren Ursprung hat.

The First Chapter is an anthology that traces the evolution of Michael Maxwell's storytelling, from his earliest short stories to the polished prose of today. Spanning decades of creative growth, this collection showcases a variety of narratives—from flash fiction that captures raw, fleeting moments to The Whistler, an epic fantasy adventure written for his oldest son. In The Whistler, a young man sets off on a daring quest to reach the sea—a feat no one in his small village has ever attempted—making this tale a thrilling journey of discovery, courage, and wonder for young adults. For...

So my husband stabs people. Which makes sense considering he blackmailed me into marrying him and framed me for a crime that carried the death penalty. He's Richard Morningstar, after all, the Demon of Raza, the tyrant ruler of the fairies. I mean, all the signs were there.

Endlich am Ziel! Nach einer strapaziösen Flucht durch Sümpfe und Wüsten erwacht Jem in der Oase der Zeitspringer. Doch wie ist er hierher gekommen und wo sind seine Freunde? Katta ist verschwunden, Lucie und der kleine Squid liegen im Koma. Als Anführerin GAIA sich seiner annimmt, keimt in Jem Hoffnung: auf Rückkehr, auf ein neues Leben. Aber dann erwacht Lucie und den Freunden wird klar, in welch perfides Spiel sie geraten sind. Ein Spiel, das die Zukunft der Erde bedroht.

This dystopian series follows Sasha, who is getting ready to turn 18. For the past hundred years, maturation means evolution. Sasha does not know which realm she will evolve into - Demon, Vampire, Shifter, or Witch. As her friends change one by one, she becomes more concerned about her future. All she has known has been the Institute. When her evolution does not go as planned, Sasha is thrown into the dangerous realms on the run for her life.

Canary Islands, 1882: Explorer and plant biologist Niklas Bruunis researches a species alleged to have hallucinogenic qualities capable of eliminating the psychic limits between one human mind and another. Buenos Aires, 1983: Born to a white Argentinian anthropologist and a black Brazilian engineer, Cassio comes of age with the Internet, and demonstrates the skills and personality that will make him one of the first great Argentine hackers. The southern Argentinian techno-hub of Bariloche, 2024: Piera, on the same research group as Cassio, studies human DNA.

It's been two and a half years since the Deadhead Virus was let loose, raising the dead to walk the earth in search of human flesh. Now, as the remnants of humanity try to rebuild in the land of the living dead, legends are whispered of a warrior, part human, part Deadhead, who walks the line between both worlds. Gage Owens longs for the day when humans are once again at the top of the food chain. Lately he has noticed a disturbing trend: the Deadhead race is evolving.