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  • Dark Crossing by Thomas A. Watson

    Dark Crossing by Thomas A. Watson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Stinkers have overtaken the world. With civilized society in shambles, white supremacists and gangs roam free, subjugating the free and the innocent. For Lance and Ian, this means they must make a choice: fortify their stronghold and hide, or place some trust in others to fight back and secure their corner of the world...
  • Forsaken World: Homecoming  (Book 5) by Thomas A. Watson

    Forsaken World: Homecoming (Book 5) by Thomas A. Watson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fighting against insurmountable odds Sandy and Mary are now alone but refuse to stop fighting to reach their kids. Hoping they have learned enough before they lost their husbands they push on together. At the cabin Lance and Ian are expanding the coalition adding members to help fight the stinkers and even more dangerous people...
  • Viral Misery: Miracles by Thomas A. Watson, Tina Watson

    Viral Misery: Miracles by Thomas A. Watson, Tina Watson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Billions are dead and millions are still dying from the virus that emerged from the depths of nature. Arthur, now reunited with his wife Wendy, is trying to strengthen the safety of the ranch as the walls of society collapse. Keeping the thought of their son Joseph in their hearts, Arthur and Wendy keep moving forward...
  • Prepper's Collapse by A.J. Newman

    Prepper's Collapse by A.J. Newman

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Prepper's Collapse - Book 2 in the Prepper’s Apocalypse series.Prepper Post-Apocalyptic Survival FictionEMP blasts started the apocalypse during Tom and his family's return flight home from vacation. Surviving the crash only caused them to confront the chaos of the apocalypse head-on...
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    dystopia  adult  book  fiction  post-apocalyptic  sci-fi
  • Paradyzja by Janusz A. Zajdel, Mirosław Neinert

    Paradyzja by Janusz A. Zajdel, Mirosław Neinert

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Najlepsza współczesna fantastyka to ma więc i Janusz to miał. Poczucie misji i świadomość że świat nie jest taki jak się wydaje, a naszą rzeczą jest to odkryć, ujawnić, nazwać. Ten problem wykracza poza doświadczenie komunizmu, które Janusza prześladowało, intrygowało, inspirowało, ale nie odebrało uniwersalizmu jego dziełu i spojrzeniu...
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    dystopia  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  sci-fi
  • Rising from the Darkness: American Apocalypse: Book 4 EMP Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction by A.J. Newman

    Rising from the Darkness: American Apocalypse: Book 4 EMP Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction by A.J. Newman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rising from the Darkness: Book 4 EMP Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction Joe and his band of intrepid survivors have joined a larger group of survivalists. They are making life much better by implementing mutual assistance groups that help protect each other and barter among themselves. While life is getting better, there are still threats to handle and pain to endure...
  • Nemesis by T.C. Edge

    Nemesis by T.C. Edge

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cromwell has been taken. Brie and Zander must go after him. And over in the city of Haven, the war rages on… Return to Haven one final time in the pulsating, breathtaking GRAND FINALE of the Enhanced Series...
  • Awaken by K.A. Riley

    Awaken by K.A. Riley

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Training continues, and Ash has just begun to scratch the surface of the secrets behind the Blight—the disease that's been killing off the entire adult population—and about the Aristocracy, the powerful and wealthy residents of the Arc who control everything...
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    dystopia  book  fiction  young-adult  sci-fi
  • The Darkest Minds Series Boxed Set by Alexandra Bracken

    The Darkest Minds Series Boxed Set by Alexandra Bracken

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    All four novels in the New York Times best-selling Darkest Minds series--The Darkest Minds, Never Fade, In the Afterlight, and Through the Dark--are now available in one thrilling paperback boxed set...
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    dystopia  book  fiction  paranormal  young-adult  sci-fi
  • Krimson Run by Julia Huni, Craig Martelle

    Krimson Run by Julia Huni, Craig Martelle

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Federation will make you pay for your crimes, even the fake ones.Tony, a spy from a rival star system who is the scion of a galactic crime family. Quinn, falsely accused former military, betrayed by her husband. A conspiracy that intertwines their lives.Where did the government go wrong? When they separated Quinn from her kids...
  • Angel City Blues by Jeff Edwards

    Angel City Blues by Jeff Edwards

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Los Angeles: 2065 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...
  • The Embers of Hope by Nick Jones

    The Embers of Hope by Nick Jones

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Alternate cover for this ASIN can be found hereAfter narrowly escaping the Shiryaevo Vault, Nathan O’Brien is on the run, adapting to life without Jennifer Logan. In his possession: a powerful mind control device known as the Histeridae and evidence of the Hibernation Program’s true agenda...
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    dystopia  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction  sci-fi
  • The Chosen by T.C. Edge

    The Chosen by T.C. Edge

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The world thinks them gods. Only she knows different… Amber lives in a world full of lies. Within the great city of Olympus, so-called gods and goddesses reside, praised and worshipped by those deemed beneath them. The Children of the Prime, as they’re called, are blessed with wondrous and mysterious powers...
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    dystopia  book  fiction  myths  young-adult  sci-fi
  • Trial of the Chosen by T.C. Edge

    Trial of the Chosen by T.C. Edge

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Amber's true nature has been revealed to the people of Olympus, and in spectacular fashion. What will happen to her now? And what of Lilly and Jude, their fates still unknown. Continue Amber's adventure as she falls deeper into the world of Olympus, and comes into contact with some of the most powerful Children of the Prime...
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    dystopia  book  fiction  young-adult  sci-fi
  • The Maze Runner: by James Dashner | Summary & Analysis by Book*Sense

    The Maze Runner: by James Dashner | Summary & Analysis by Book*Sense

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Maze Runner: by James Dashner | Summary & Analysis (The Maze Runner Series, Book 1) by Book*Sense This is a Summary & Analysis of The Maze Runner by James Dashner. Award-winning author James Dashner’s The Maze Runner shows the influences of the author’s broad reading...
  • Origins by Isamu Fukui

    Origins by Isamu Fukui

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fifteen years ago, the Mayor of the Education City was presented with an unwelcome surprise by his superiors: twin six-month-old boys. As the Mayor reluctantly accepted the two babies, he had no way of knowing that they would change the city forever….Raised in the comfort of the Mayoral mansion, Umasi and Zen are as different as two brothers can be. Umasi is a good student; Zen an indifferent one...
  • Invader by T.C. Edge

    Invader by T.C. Edge

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Continue Brie's pulse-pounding adventure in book seven of The Enhanced!The High Tower has fallen, changing the city forever, and thousands of Savants have been killed. But there’s one, above all, that the Nameless want gone...
  • Avenger by T.C. Edge

    Avenger by T.C. Edge

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sitting alone up on level 12 of the City Guard HQ, Brie is rocked by the revelation about her past. Knowing that there’s only one person who can provide answers, she goes seeking the truth. In the coming days, however, the secrets of her past might just pale into insignificance with what’s about to happen in her future...
  • The Bezzle by Cory Doctorow

    The Bezzle by Cory Doctorow

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    New York Times bestseller Cory Doctorow's The Bezzle is a high stakes thriller where the lives of the hundreds of thousands of inmates in California’s prisons are traded like stock shares.The year is 2006. Martin Hench is at the top of his game as a self-employed forensic accountant, a veteran of the long guerrilla war between people who want to hide money, and people who want to find it...
  • Biomechanics by H.R. Giger, Harlan Ellison

    Biomechanics by H.R. Giger, Harlan Ellison

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Swiss fantasist H.R.Giger conducts you through his diverse alien landscapes, inhabited by the spectral offspring of his vivid dreams and darkest nightmares...
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    dystopia  adult  book  fiction  horror  sci-fi
  • Fated by Teri Terry

    Fated by Teri Terry

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I'm just one girl. What can I do?Sam's cosy life as daughter of the Deputy Prime Minister is about to end. These are turbulent times. Borders have closed and protests are turning violent. The government blames the country's youth, and is cracking down hard. Mobile phones are blocked, gatherings are banned and dissent is brutally crushed.Sam is torn between family loyalty and doing what is right...
  • Dark Till Dawn by Ann Christy

    Dark Till Dawn by Ann Christy

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Silo 49 has endured. In Going Dark they freed themselves from the control of Silo 1. In Deep Dark they discovered their forgotten past. In the final installment of the Silo 49 Trilogy, all they have worked for, over generations of time, comes to fruition. Lillian and Leo, cousins and best friends, enter the lists for the 89th Race in Silo 49...
  • Artificial Wisdom by Thomas R. Weaver

    Artificial Wisdom by Thomas R. Weaver

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It’s 2050, a decade after a heatwave that killed four hundred million across the Persian Gulf, including journalist Marcus Tully’s wife. Now he must uncover the truth: was the disaster natural? Or is the weather now a weapon of genocide?A whistleblower pulls Tully into a murder investigation at the centre of an election battle for a global dictator, with a mandate to prevent a climate apocalypse...
    Categorized as:
    dystopia  crime  sci-fi  mystery  fiction  ai  audiobook  murder
  • Delirium: The Complete Collection: Delirium, Hana, Pandemonium, Annabel, Raven, Requiem by Lauren Oliver

    Delirium: The Complete Collection: Delirium, Hana, Pandemonium, Annabel, Raven, Requiem by Lauren Oliver

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This collection contains the complete text of the three bestselling Delirium novels plus three short novellas about characters in the Delirium world. Lauren Oliver's powerful New York Times bestselling dystopian trilogy presents a world as terrifying as George Orwell's 1984 and a romance as true as Romeo & Juliet...
  • The Shepherd by Steven C. Bird

    The Shepherd by Steven C. Bird

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From the author of The New Homefront Series, comes The Shepherd: Society Lost, Volume One...
  • Ascend by K.A. Riley

    Ascend by K.A. Riley

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Uprising is gaining ground. But supplies are scarce, and the Aristocracy is more powerful than anyone ever imagined.Ash's fight may be unwinnable...but the affection of a certain young man may just give her the strength she needs to persevere...
  • Defender by T.C. Edge

    Defender by T.C. Edge

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Brie and Zander have confirmed their worst fears – an incoming horde is marching their way. Now, it seems, the Nameless have no choice but to team with their mortal enemy, striking a bargain for the good of the city. To Brie, the thought is repellent, but it might just be a necessary measure...
  • Double Check by Malcolm Rose

    Double Check by Malcolm Rose

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Everton Kohter is a young man on death row -- in nineteen days the Authorities will have him executed by lethal injection. But Luke Harding and his airborne robotic sidekick, Malc, have been tipped off that Everton didn't commit the murder, despite the overwhelming evidence...
  • The Circle Broken by Kat Mayor, K.M. Montemayor

    The Circle Broken by Kat Mayor, K.M. Montemayor

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Without Charlie, Lilly can find no reason to live. She throws herself into her studies and eventually becomes a doctor. But hiding behind her career doesn't work. Despite all her efforts to forget the past, she still finds herself haunted by her memories of him.Charlie's decision to be with Lilly has cost him his freedom and perhaps his sanity...
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    dystopia  book  fiction  young-adult  sci-fi  romance
  • Les Aigles d'Orient by Pierre Bordage

    Les Aigles d'Orient by Pierre Bordage

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    2214. Le monde est divise par le rem, un rideau electromagnétique infranchissable à l'ouest, des nantis qui ont fait de leur espace un havre de paix et de prospérité. De l'autre côté des peuples bafoués, des esclaves que l'on importe pour satisfaire les aspirations ludiques des occidentaux en mal de sensations...
    Categorized as:
    dystopia  adult  book  fiction  sci-fi
  • Exile Hunter by Preston Fleming

    Exile Hunter by Preston Fleming

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “Pure energy in print form, whether the characters are being pursued or simply talking; Fleming has proven himself a craftsman.” KIRKUS REVIEWS“As with all of Preston Fleming's previous books, EXILE HUNTER weaves together the harsh realities of personal betrayal, physical torment, emotional pain, and a spiritual quest with astute intelligence.” BOOKPLEASURES...
  • Farmer One by Christian Cantrell

    Farmer One by Christian Cantrell

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    In an economically depressed and politically dysfunctional United States, the long-defunct National Aeronautics and Space Administration is reestablished in a desperate attempt to channel the patriotism and optimism of the previous century's Soviet Space Race. But this time, the nation to beat is China, and the goal is Mars...
    Categorized as:
    dystopia  adult  book  fiction  mars  sci-fi
  • The Nether: A Play by Jennifer Haley

    The Nether: A Play by Jennifer Haley

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Nether, a daring examination of moral responsibility in virtual worlds, opens with a familiar interrogation scene given a technological twist. As Detective Morris, an online investigator, questions Mr. Sims about his activities in a role-playing realm so realistic it could be life, she finds herself on slippery ethical ground...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dystopia  adult  book  dark  drama  fiction  mental-illness
  • The Watchers of Eden by T.C. Edge

    The Watchers of Eden by T.C. Edge

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Her gift is her curse. Her world is her prison. Her fate is bigger than she knows... In the hot and harsh farming region of Agricola, 16 year old Cyra prepares to be tested to discover what duty she'll hold for life. All school leavers across the regions are in the same position, and few expect anything more than to follow in their parents' footsteps and stay in the region they live in...
    Categorized as:
    dystopia  book  fiction  paranormal  young-adult  sci-fi
  • Endure the Dark by T.L. Payne

    Endure the Dark by T.L. Payne

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Without warning, the lights go out. Cars grind to a halt, and phones stop working. Amidst the chaos, Sixteen-year-old Serenity Jones is forced to flee for her life. The perilous journey out of the city becomes even more difficult when she discovers the route to safety is blocked...
  • The Cure by K.A. Riley

    The Cure by K.A. Riley

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Before the Blight, becoming an adult was something teenagers looked forward to.But now, turning eighteen means certain death.Unless you prove yourself worthy of the Cure...
    Categorized as:
    dystopia  book  fiction  young-adult  sci-fi
  • Lost Bullet by Malcolm Rose

    Lost Bullet by Malcolm Rose

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the rotting slums of London, Luke and Malc are called to investigate the shocking murder of an attractive young doctor. The investigation eventually leads Luke to a bizarre cult called the World Church of Eternal Vision whose members believe that the entire medical profession is interfering with creation...
  • Qube: Thriller by Tom Hillenbrand

    Qube: Thriller by Tom Hillenbrand

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    London, 2091: Investigativjournalist Calvary Doyle wird auf offener Straße niedergeschossen. Zuvor hatte der Reporter zum Thema Künstliche Intelligenz recherchiert. Die auf KI-Gefahrenabwehr spezialisierte UNO-Agentin Fran Bittner beginnt, in dem Fall zu ermitteln...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dystopia  adult  ai  audiobook  book  cyberpunk  fiction
  • Baby X by Kira Peikoff

    Baby X by Kira Peikoff

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When any biological matter can be used to create life, stolen celebrity DNA sells to the highest bidder–or the craziest stalker–in this propulsive thriller.With a vivid imagining of the future, Gattaca meets Black Mirror in Kira Peikoff’s Baby X...
  • The Limestone Hermit by Ross Carson

    The Limestone Hermit by Ross Carson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ralph Bean was born into tough circumstances losing his father to Viet Nam before he was even born. Dealing with a less than loving stepfather, he grows up as an isolated loner on a remote farm. With few options after high school, Ralph follows in his father’s footsteps and enlists in the Marine Corps. The tough upbringing helps to hone the skills necessary to excel as a Marine Corps scout sniper...
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    dystopia  sci-fi  fiction  book  adult
  • Let's Put the Future Behind Us by Jack Womack

    Let's Put the Future Behind Us by Jack Womack

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Former bureaucrat Max Borodin is one of Moscow's most successful businessmen. He strolls through the wreckage of today's Russia with ease - convincing people to do his bidding, providing its citizens (both friends and clients) with the luxury goods they covet, and generally leading a prosperous and satisfying existence...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dystopia  adult  book  cyberpunk  fiction  historical  humor
  • The Territory by Sarah Govett

    The Territory by Sarah Govett

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Limited Space requires Limited NumbersThe year is 2059. Noa Blake is just another normal 15 year old. Except in the Territory normal isn’t normal. The richest children can download information and bypass the need to study. In a flooded world of dwindling resources, Noa and the other ‘Norms’ have their work cut out to compete...
    Categorized as:
    dystopia  book  fiction  young-adult  sci-fi
  • Burnout by Sean Platt, Johnny B. Truant

    Burnout by Sean Platt, Johnny B. Truant

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Cutter Dunn is a ghost. Unchipped and unregistered he exists as a nonperson, living off-the-grid, unrecognized by the facial recognition software built into every smart glass device that provides everyone with everything they want and need. According to the official system, he doesn't even exist...
  • ... en un lugar llamado Tierra by Jordi Sierra i Fabra

    ... en un lugar llamado Tierra by Jordi Sierra i Fabra

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Una nave regresa de un viaje por el Espacio Exterior. En su interior viajan un hombre y una máquina, pero mientras él aparece dormido, ella ha sido desconectada y ha muerto. El hombre niega haberla asesinado, pero las máquinas, por lógica, no pueden autodesconectarse.Tal es el arranque de una historia situada en un mundo futuro en el que hombres y máquinas comparten la supremacía...
    Categorized as:
    dystopia  book  fiction  young-adult  sci-fi
  • 11,4 sueños luz by Nicholas Avedon

    11,4 sueños luz by Nicholas Avedon

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    En el París del siglo XXIII donde todo está en venta, las emociones puras son de gran valor para aquellos que no pueden vivirlas. Ariel de Santos es un creador de sueños vívidos, uno de los pocos artistas capaces de modelar las emociones para seducir e inspirar a un mundo que se ha olvidado de soñar...
    Categorized as:
    dystopia  adult  book  cyberpunk  fiction  sci-fi
  • Psalms For The End Of The World by Cole Haddon

    Psalms For The End Of The World by Cole Haddon

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    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...
  • The Last Beekeeper by Jared Gulian

    The Last Beekeeper by Jared Gulian

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sometimes your safe place... is not.When murder strikes a remote community, a reclusive beekeeper uncovers a horrifying secret that could destroy humanity.Jim Parker, a honeybee expert, has retreated to a quaint island in Lake Michigan with his teenage daughter after a terrible family tragedy. He longs to hide from an increasingly dangerous world...
    Categorized as:
    dystopia  crime  sci-fi  horror  fiction  lgbtq  audiobook  mystery
  • The Sign of the Jaguar by Jessica Khoury

    The Sign of the Jaguar by Jessica Khoury

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An ORIGIN Short by Author Jessica Khoury. In ORIGIN, we hear only Pia's side of the story. In this new scene, relive Pia and Eio's first meeting...
  • Hardwired: 30th Anniversary Edition by Walter Jon Williams

    Hardwired: 30th Anniversary Edition by Walter Jon Williams

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Ex-fighter pilot Cowboy, "hardwired" via skull sockets directly to his lethal electronic hardware, teams up with Sarah, an equally cyborized gun-for-hire, to make a last stab at independence from the rapacious Orbitals...
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