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Han pasado seis décadas desde que una epidemia incontrolable - el bacilo de la Peste Escarlata‒ acabó con la mayor parte de la población mundial. Corre el año 2073… James Howard Smith, el último superviviente de la pandemia que estalló en el 2013 y, quien era entonces un joven profesor de literatura, intenta al final de su vida transmitir algo de experiencia a sus nietos. Les narra una historia apocalíptica que los niños no alcanzan a comprender plenamente, pues han nacido en un mundo salvaje, sin recibir educación y sin noción alguna del mundo como lo conoció Smith.

The Iron Heel is a science fiction novel novel by American writer Jack London, first published in 1908. It is considered to be "the earliest of the modern dystopian" fiction, it chronicles the rise of an oligarchic tyranny in the United States. In The Iron Heel, Jack London's socialist views are explicitly on display. A forerunner of soft science fiction novels and stories of the 1960s and 70s, the book stresses future changes in society and politics while paying much less attention to technological changes.

The Iron Heel by Jack London is a dystopian novel that explores the rise of an oligarchic tyranny in the United States. It blends adventure, political commentary, and science fiction to critique capitalism and suggest the inevitability of a proletarian revolution. London's narrative is notable for its foresight into socio-economic issues and class struggle, making it a significant early work of dystopian literature.

Now, Jason, Alicia, and the others face their biggest challenge: the corrupt state leader who enabled Mackey and his human trafficking. Jason's enemies are powerful, with resources far beyond those of the rebel community. But the Marauders are joined by new allies, some from unexpected sources. Can they prevail against enormous odds, or will the forces of evil and human suffering triumph, driving the shattered world into unending darkness?

Jason is grief-stricken after his loss and considers giving up, but his community of tenacious survivors needs his leadership. The threats to the group are growing, and they must abandon their compound to return to a setting from their past. In the darkened, chaotic world, the weak and the suffering look to Jason's fighters for hope, but are they up to the challenge?

Jason and Sophie survive the initial months of chaos following the EMP attack. Their growing community is fighting back against the human traffickers who threaten them and other innocent survivors. They have built a compound that seems a safe haven. But as the threat grows, can Jason's young army of rebels meet the challenge, or will they, too, become victims?

Jason and Sophie are teachers at a rural high school north of Tampa, Florida. When an EMP attack spreads chaos and lawlessness, they are unexpectedly left responsible for a group of their former students. Without electricity, phones, or transportation, civilization collapses, and terror reigns. Jason's background as a decorated Army Ranger former officer and his history as a prepper help them. But can they survive in a world where organized predators prey on the young and innocent?

Wer war Jack the Ripper wirklich? Dieser unvorstellbar grausame Serienmörder? Autor Jan Gaspard hat eine verwegene Theorie, die einen der prominentesten Vertreter des viktorianischen Zeitalters der Tat zweifelsfrei überführt. Im Gespräch mit den Protagonisten seiner Hörspiel-Serie "Offenbarung 23" zeichnet Gaspard ein vollständiges Bild des perfiden Killers. Alles passt: Motiv, Gelegenheit, psychologisches Profil - selbst das offizielle Phantombild und ein Schriften-Vergleich mit dem Ripper-Brief "From Hell" stimmen perfekt überein.

The story of The Scarlet Plague takes place in 2073 in the San Francisco area, 60 years after an apocalyptic pandemic called the Red Death or Scarlet Plague has depopulated the Earth. James Smith, one of the survivors, lives with his grandsons who are hunter-gatherers in a tribal world. He relates the horror of the plague to them, and tells them of the time when he was a professor of English, and of the start of the pandemic. His grandsons, who are of limited cognitive ability, refuse to believe him; they cannot believe that the disease was spread by germs.

"La peste scarlatta" (The Scarlet Plague) è un romanzo post-apocalittico di Jack London pubblicato nel 1912. Si tratta di un testo visionario in cui l'autore anticipa temi destinati ad avere larga diffusione nei decenni successivi e rimane ancor oggi un punto di riferimento di un genere che gode di fortuna crescente nei film, nelle serie TV, nei fumetti.

The Scarlet Plague, by Jack London, was the first example of a post-apocalyptic fiction novel in modern literature. Set in a ravaged and wild America, the story takes place in 2073, 60 years after the spread of the Red Death, an uncontrollable epidemic that depopulated and nearly destroyed the world in 2013. One of the few survivors, James Howard Smith, alias “Granser”, tells his incredulous and near-savage grandsons how the pandemic spread in the world and about the reactions of the people to contagion and death.

Jason Sterling had a simple life by all accounts. He had worked the same job his entire adult life, he had never married, and he had no children. He was used to doing things on his own. His comfortable life was shaken to the core the day he learned of his fathers death. It was a mysterious meeting that set life-altering events in motion, and the allure of a new life was too great to walk away from. When an electromagnetic pulse brings the modern world to its knees, Jason's choice proves to be the right one.

A propulsive thriller starring Jack Rowan, Siena Kelly and Iain de Caestecker. All three series of this fast-paced thriller from award-winning writer Ben Lewis, performed by a stellar cast – it will have you gripped from the first episode. When Jake signs up to a personal training programme...