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A New York Times Notable Book Louise Erdrich, the New York Times bestselling, National Book Award-winning author of LaRose and The Round House, paints a startling portrait of a young woman fighting for her life and her unborn child against oppressive forces that manifest in the wake of a...

I traveled twenty-two years into the past to change the future and prevent the nightmare that threatens the Earth. I founded the Syndicate, which has by now become the most powerful organization in the world. It comprises the most talented Evolvers humanity has to offer—I selected them personally, guided by the knowledge from the future. I have now assembled a small army of Evolvers under the auspices of the Syndicate to clear the descent from the mountain and reach an incredibly powerful monster—the Silkworm, whose abilities I intend to claim for myself.

Centuries have passed since the Communist Federation defeated the capitalist Empire, but humanity is still divided. A vast artificial-intelligence network, a psychiatric bureaucracy, and a tiny egalitarian council oversee civil affairs and quash “abnormal” attitudes such as romantic love. Disillusioned civilians renounce the new society and either forego technology to live as “primitives” or enhance their brains with cybernetic implants to become “cybos”.

Imagine a world where.... Everything you ate was monitored by the government. Every step you took was counted. Your children were weighed every day at school. Neighbours reported on neighbours and no one was safe from judgement. Sugar was illegal, and baking was a crime. Imagine if that world was here.... What would you do? Toe the line or fight for your freedom....

Discover the gripping story of a young boy struggling to find his place in a world where nature itself has turned against humanity in the unforgettable conclusion to the Rampart trilogy. What will the future hold for those who are left? Koli has come a long way since being exiled from his small...

Nel 1992, dopo una bagarre a un concerto di Riot grrrl, la diciassettenne Beth si ritrova in macchina con il fidanzato violento della sua amica morto sul sedile posteriore e accetta di aiutare le sue amiche a nasconderne il corpo. L'evento mette le giovani donne su un percorso di crescente crudeltà e vendetta mentre si rendono conto di quante altre ragazze nel mondo hanno bisogno di protezione. Nel 2022 Tess è una geologa che fa parte di un team di studiosi che viaggiano nel tempo per cambiare la linea temporale e creare un futuro migliore.

De las mejores distopías hechas en español en la actualidad, un futuro lleno de nubarrones negros que en realidad habla de un presente demasiado cruel como para no disfrazarlo de ficción. "Crímenes del futuro" presenta una sociedad al borde del apocalipsis, un mundo en el que los estados han desaparecido y el mundo entero está al servicio de las multinacionales. La ley financiera obliga a arrodillarse al ciudadano y el planeta entero parece a punto de explotar. En esta vorágine, tres mujeres muy diferentes intentan sobrevivir con sus sentimientos a flor de piel.

Amerika in der nahen Zukunft: Special Agent Logan Ramsay kommt bei einem Einsatz mit einer unbekannten Substanz in Berührung. Zunächst ohne Folgen, wie Logan erleichtert feststellt. Doch dann beginnt er, Veränderungen an sich zu bemerken. Seine Sinne sind geschärft, sein Erinnerungsvermögen ist unschlagbar, er ist körperlich fitter. Dass ausgerechnet er dieses "Upgrade" erfährt, hat einen Grund, der weit in die Vergangenheit zurückreicht. Zu einem schrecklichen Familiengeheimnis, das Logan am liebsten vergessen würde.

Felix Navataar è un DJ sospeso tra la fama dei fan e una vita da disadattato. Mona Satoshi è una giornalista per un social network globale. Quando strane offerte e personaggi famosi iniziano a comparire nelle loro vite, la realtà a cui sono abituati è destinata a cambiare per trasformarsi in un’avventura intorno al mondo interconnesso del futuro prossimo. In un crescendo di scoperte scioccanti sull’industria alimentare e il potenziamento umano, Felix e Mona dovranno prendere coscienza della loro diversità e decidere cosa farsene, per se stessi e per l’umanità.

Everything changed when scientists discovered the drug. It looked like the cure for aging, but all progress comes with a price tag. Now, eternal youthfulness will be paid for by the blood of the innocent. The blood of “carriers” is the most valuable commodity on earth. When treated with a...

Surviving the attack proved to be more than they could have imagined… Months after a super-EMP attack devastated the United States, the country is now unrecognizable. Major cities are run by gangs, survivors are dying of starvation and the government is falling victim to lawlessness. Those...

2034 : trois géants américains du numérique, baptisés les Titans, ont profité de la crise des années 2020 pour établir leur hégémonie sur l’économie occidentale et mettre en place un capitalisme de surveillance, basé sur l’exploitation immodérée des données personnelles. Plongés au cœur de leur organisation dans la Silicon Valley, Pierre, un jeune Français expert en intelligence artificielle, et Julia, une brillante Estonienne travaillant sur l’amélioration du cerveau humain, vont tenter de défier leur pouvoir.

¿Terminará el ser humano adorando a las máquinas? ¿Tendrán las máquinas derechos? ¿Cómo se está transformando el paisaje interior de las personas ante la mutación del paisaje exterior? En "La vía del futuro" Edmundo Paz Soldán, una de las referencias ineludibles de la actual...

The protected escapees of the blood-farm experiments are free, secure, and set for life. Kind of. Because there’s something new to fear in this short thriller, the twisting finale of the Young Blood Trilogy.

Their captivity was traumatizing. And draining. But revenge is in the blood for a group of brave survivors in this chilling short story of conspiracies and youthful pleasures gone awry.

Old truths - shattered. Old structures - broken. The barrier is breached, and after the last armies of the world fell to dragons’ fire and demons’ ire, the only ones standing between predators and prey are the foot soldiers of a power-mad Church. Welcome to the Books of Future Darkness - Patrik Sahlstrøm’s tales of a world gone mad, where desperate people do everything to survive after the magical apocalypse.

A mysterious noise emanating from the ocean depths—nicknamed “the Song”—triggers a global marine catastrophe: the end of sea life as we know it. In a marine acoustics lab, a pregnant single mother-to-be tries to decipher the riddle while holding on to hope for the world her child will be born into. Meanwhile, a US Navy officer troubleshoots an obscure bug in a sophisticated submarine AI system with secrets of its own.

The year is 2030. Annabeth works a stable job at CRONUS, a time travel company that caters to wealthy clients. Life is harsh, but she’s willing to keep her head down—until a vision of a past that never happened leads her to question everything she knows. They call it madness, but she’ll learn to call it memory.

Il tenente Costas viene mandato su un'isola greca per indagare sull'omicidio di un famoso critico d'arte. Tuttavia dovrà risolvere un'enigma etico molto più complesso del previsto per arrivare alla soluzione del caso.

Jess desperately wants to be a mother, so when she discovers a young boy lost in the woods near her home, her heart goes out to him. The boy, who Jess and her husband call “Buddy,” can’t tell them his name or anything about his family, but he’s clearly been through a lot. When her husband cautions her not to get too involved, Jess brushes him off. She would do anything for this child—and soon, she’ll have to prove it.