Showing results for "In the Dark" in Dystopian

Marlowe never wanted to spend her week locked in a courthouse serving jury duty. But on the second day, a catastrophic EMP strikes, shutting down power, communication, and society as she knows it. Trapped in a city unraveling into chaos, Marlowe's only ally is Cristian, a hardened sheriff's deputy with a past as fractured as the streets they now walk.

Jude Demarco will take any job in the station-city of Nicodemia, so long as it doesn't involve religion or art. People care too much about religion and art, and where there's passion, life gets messy. Then Charlotte Beck walks into his life with a lit cigarette and a lousy deal. She needs him to track down a stolen painting—one sought by art collectors, criminal masterminds, and the Catholic Church. To find it, she needs to locate the men who stole it. She won't take no for an answer.

En 2030, un arqueólogo llega al Círculo Polar Ártico para continuar el trabajo de su recién fallecida hija. Allí, los investigadores están estudiando secretos que ha desenterrado el permafrost derretido; entre ellos, los restos perfectamente conservados de una niña que parece haber muerto de un virus antiguo... Una vez desatada, la peste ártica se extenderá por el mundo y cambiará la vida en la tierra para las generaciones venideras, por lo que la humanidad se verá obligada a idear formas innovadoras de afrontar la tragedia.

Brought to you by Penguin. Imagine a world where everyone knows everything about everybody. Where 'sharing' is valued above all, and privacy is considered a dangerous perversion. Trafford wouldn't call himself a rebel, but he's daring to be different, to stand out from the crowd. In his own...

August Brill tiene 72 años y se está recuperando en la casa de su hija, en Vermont, tras sufrir un accidente de coche. No puede dormir y, acostado sobre la cama en la negrura de la noche, inventa historias para rehuir acontecimientos del pasado que preferiría olvidar, como la reciente muerte de su esposa y el horroroso asesinato del novio de su nieta, Titus.