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Victoria Emerson is a congressional member of the US House of Representatives for the state of West Virginia. Her aspirations have always been to help her community and to avoid the ambitious power plays of her peers in Washington, DC. Then Major Joseph McCrea appears on her doorstep and uses the code phrase Crimson Phoenix, meaning this is not a drill. The United States is on the verge of nuclear war. Victoria must accompany McCrea to a secure bunker. She cannot bring her family.

Im letzten Teil der Amazon-Bestseller-Reihe versucht der unfreiwillige Held Marcus Battle, seine Freunde vor dem Zugriff eines gnadenlosen Regimes zu retten. Ein geheimes Schleusernetzwerk, das sich die "Underground Railroad" nennt, soll ihnen helfen, einen sagenumwobenen Zufluchtsort zu erreichen – den Hafen.

In wessen Händen liegt unsere Zukunft? Das Jahr 2029, die Klimakatastrophe ist da, und die Menschheit kämpft ums Überleben. Die Klima-Allianz, ein Bündnis der großen Machtblöcke, will Chaos und Hungerkriege verhindern. Ihr wichtigstes Instrument: ein Supercomputer. Doch dann fällt dieser Quantencomputer in die Hände eines ebenso brillanten wie besessenen Verbrechers. Und plötzlich sind da nur noch zwei Menschen, die das Allerschlimmste verhindern müssen - Thomas Pierpaoli, ein kleiner Beamter, und Ariadna, eine temperamentvolle Millionärin.

In a Europe fractured by a flu pandemic and crippled by economic collapse, the continent has fractured into a hundred tiny principalities of ever-shifting loyalties, borders and covert operations. For Carey Tews, a former operative with Les Coureurs des Bois—a clandestine organisation of high-risk smugglers—Europe and the coureurs are in her past. Her legend in Hungary is blown six way from Sunday, and even if she could go back to working in Europe, she wouldn't. That is until an old friend and lover is declared dead in mysterious circumstances.

Nuclear attacks wipe out city centers. Russian warships infest the Atlantic. Chinese tanks roll out of Baltimore's ports with their sights set on Mount Weather—the bunker protecting the acting US President and what's left of the tattered military command. Lieutenant Commander Joey Washington has information about the attack that might turn the tide of battle, but can she deliver it to the underground stronghold before the tanks come crashing in?

Forced onto a shorter leash by his CIA watchers, Kris is taken to Washington DC, but the trip is far from being the rest and relaxation he needs. A chance meeting with a congressperson ensues, a meeting that results in tragic and horrifying consequences. It's soon revealed that Vega has a massive secret—a deadly, terrible secret Kris is only now painfully aware of—along with the troubling realization that there's truly no going back now. He'll learn the reason Vega came here, to this place and to this time, or he'll die trying.

After a cataclysmic end to his time as a freedom fighter, Kris finds himself captured, blindfolded, and awaiting a bullet. He comes to believe this may be it—his end is near—only to discover his kidnappers are fellow Americans. It's soon revealed that the CIA has monitored him for a while, and after quickly learning of his misdeeds in Aljarran, they capture him before the nation's warring factions can, only to throw him in a black site prison. They know nothing of his true powers but find him—and the stories of his heroics—intriguing nonetheless.

Maira Kanhai hat die Nase voll: Seit die Green-Poison-Epidemie DC heimgesucht hat, ist ihr Cybersecurity-Abschluss wertlos, sie kann nicht wieder in die US-Marine eintreten und ihre frühen Bemühungen, Maryland zu sichern, führten zu einem teuren Fehler: dem Tod ihres Bruders. Jeden Tag tauchen neue Fraktionen auf, die versuchen, ihre Stadt niederzubrennen – bis die Division auftaucht und ihr neue Hoffnung gibt.

They call it Hell Day - a world war that lasted less than 24 hours. Nations unleashed weapons that destroyed more than a century’s worth of technology. Electrical grids cannot generate power. Communications and computers cannot run. And the remnants of the US government cannot be depended upon. Those who survived must live as their ancestors did, off a land ruled by the whims of nature. Onetime congressional representative Victoria Emerson has become the new leader of the small town of Ortho, West Virginia.

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The team of Tom, Warner, and Buck set out to help liberate a captive town from insurgents. But just when they think they're almost in the clear, their mission takes a twist, teaming the trio with two Marine Raiders, and leading them into even more danger.

Twenty years in the future, America perches on the edge of collapse, devastated by drought and dwindling resources. California, now a totalitarian surveillance state controlling the lion's share of the nation's economy, is on the brink of secession. And family man Nathan Fisher finds himself at the heart of a bloody conspiracy that threatens the lives of his loved ones and the future of the country itself.

In 2035, the southwestern United States is ravaged by drought, reeling from an environmental catastrophe that has left the landscape a chaotic, depleted ruin. California, still viably inhabitable due to its oppressive social controls, marshals state-of-the-art surveillance technology and totalitarian policies to preserve its fragile hold on rapidly dwindling resources and an increasingly unsettled population.

This is more than the story of nuclear conflict. It’s about the devastating effects wrought by nuclear winter. Our possible future is seen through the eyes of the Albright family. Hank Albright, a widower and proprietor of the Driftwood Key Inn, is the epitome of the laid-back islander inhabiting the Keys. His brother, Mike, is a homicide detective for the Monroe County Sheriff’s department. Along with his wife, Jessica, a paramedic and member of the sheriff’s department's water emergency team, they become involved in the investigation of a sadistic serial killer.

London wurde verschont. Dennoch gab es viele Tote und Verletzte. Die Massenpanik hat tiefe Furchen der Angst in den Menschen hinterlassen. Nur wenige wissen, dass es sich bei allem um eine Warnung handelte. Doch zu viele Fragen und Spuren sind offen geblieben, als dass die Eingeweihten nun einfach aufgeben. Das wichtigste Puzzlestück scheint ein verschlüsselter Daten-Stick zu sein. Eine gnadenlose Jagd beginnt - und alle Beteiligten wissen, dass es keine weitere Warnung geben wird. Fesselnd, düster, komplex und von beispielloser filmästhetischer Dramaturgie.

Apocalyptic Crimes - episode 1 - Ron Kramer and Felix Brooks Felix and Ron discuss chapter one of Ron's new book, Apocalyptic Crimes.“It is 90 Seconds to Midnight”: Nuclear Weapons, Apocalyptic Harms, and State Crime.