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Three years after an incurable virus spread and turned a majority of the population into mindless and cannibalistic creatures, the world is a barren place. Society is broken, and most who remain have banded together in small camps and communities. Jon South is not like most other survivors. After losing his wife and son nearly two years into the pandemic, Jon now wanders the country roads and woods of rural Tennessee, a vigilante taking his revenge out on the undead monsters that took his family from him.

In the Nation, citizenship is competitively earned, and the sting of failure strikes swift. The smallest professional blemish may spell demotion or even deportation to offshore labour communities called Depositories, while the affluent are insured against all misfortune and can do no wrong. Santhosh is a Transient student hoping to ace the Civil Primaries and make Citizen the following year, when his father is suddenly deported and State agents murder his guardian's entire family.

The running man. In 1945, Hitler unleashes the Blood Death on Britain as his final act of vengeance. Hoke, an American pilot and one of a tiny minority with a rare blood group unaffected by the deadly disease, has survived alone among the debris and the dead of London for three years. Now, in '48, a slow-dying group of Fascist Blackshirts believe their only hope is a complete transfusion of blood from one of Hoke's kind. Ever more desperate as their deaths approach, they're after his blood.

Trapped in a ruined city, Elizabeth and her brother, Henry, try to avoid the dangers that seem to lurk on every street. But even when they manage to get home, they face an entirely different kind of threat. Meanwhile, hundreds of miles away, Thomas struggles to keep his brother alive. First, though, he needs to find out what happened to his father, and he also has to make a difficult decision about his ailing mother.

Imagine a perfect society. A world with no racism, sexism, or ageism. A utopia. In Utopia 58, everyone is equal. Everyone must be equal. Too beautiful? A mask will hide that pretty face. Too tall? We'll saw your legs down to size. Too male or female? The surgeon's knife will fix that. Too smart? A buzzer in your skull will drown out all that pesky thinking. You will be equal. Like it or not. Utopia 58, built atop the ruins of North America, created perfect harmony. A society with no race, gender, or age. Pure equality. KB209 was born into this utopia.

The complete first and second series of the Orwellian sitcom starring Robert Lindsay and David Threlfall. In this parody of George Orwell’s dystopian classic, everyman Edward Wilson finds his life taking a sinister turn when he becomes embroiled in mysterious government machinations.

Надежно защищенная со всех сторон охранными постами и казачьими войсками, стоит тысячелетняя Москва. Внутри трех колец московской обороны — и за Кремлевской стеной — дворец. Во дворце — Государь Император награждает лучших из лучших, храбрейших из храбрых, цвет офицерского корпуса, опору и надежду престола.

America has fallen to a catastrophic stealth attack and a ground invasion of the continental United States has begun. Sacramento teenager, Jack Monaghan, has just buried his parents and needs to work out what to do. Trouble is, his older sister has locked herself in her room and won't eat, drink or talk to him—let alone sit down and plan what they'll do to survive.

Захватывающий мрачный детектив, в мире, где человечество полностью ослепло после страшного вируса.

In the years following the catastrophe, the community stabilized and found ways to meet its needs - and even thrive - despite the constant challenges. However, while the radiation zones which created the Eureka Bubble protected the area from the worst ravages of the apocalypse, they also caused severe resource limitations which have become more acute over time and, eventually, the Bubble is going to burst.

The 28th installment in the UK's Bestselling Horror Series. "My name is Howie. I was named after my father, Howard, but having two Howards was confusing, so I became Howie. I am a supermarket night manager. This is my account." When a deadly infection spreads across Europe, supermarket manager Howie’s ordinary life is thrown into chaos. As the world crumbles around him, he teams up with his autistic best mate, Dave and a ragtag group of misfits to face an enemy unlike any other—the undead. But this isn’t just any infection. It evolves.

A startling debut about class and race, Lakewood evokes a terrifying world of medical experimentation—part The Handmaid’s Tale, part The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. One of The Millions’ Most Anticipated Reads (The Great First Half 2020 Books) When Lena Johnson’s beloved grandmother...

What do people enjoy about this series? The characters. You'll meet people you'll love like family and hate like your worst enemy. You'll experience their highs and lows, their triumphs and their failures. You'll find yourself invested in their survival because they could be you.

Das Raumschiff Odyssee ist in die Tiefen des Alls aufgebrochen. Dort stößt die Crew des Schiffs auf ein Volk, das sich die Dematheaner nennt. Zunächst stellt sich der Erstkontakt als ausgesprochen freundlich und aufgeschlossen dar. Doch schon bald kommt es zu einem Konflikt und ein Mannschaftsmitglied der Menschen wird von den Fremden festgesetzt. Schnell wird Captain O’Neill mit Forderungen nach einer gewaltsamen Befreiung konfrontiert und die menschliche Besatzung läuft Gefahr, die fatale Geschichte der Menschheit auch im All fortzusetzen.

Am 22. November 1963 wird John F. Kennedy ermordet. Später sein Bruder Robert, auch sein Sohn kommt unter mysteriösen Umständen ums Leben. Zahllose Verschwörungstheorien machen die Mafia, die amerikanische Regierung selbst, die Kubaner oder gar einen Fluch für die unnatürlichen Tode dieser Familie verantwortlich. Doch Student Georg Brand aus Berlin offenbart, dass der selbst unter ungeklärten Umständen getötete Hacker Tron einen viel simpleren, banaleren und umso glaubwürdigeren Grund für die Kennedy-Todesfälle ermittelt hat.

Gibt es eine skrupellose Macht im Hintergrund, die illegale Experimente an uns Menschen durchführt? Wenn dem so ist, müssen wir etwas gegen diese Verbrechen tun. Doch die Zeit ist unser gnadenloser Feind. Wenn wir zu lange zögern und die Wahrheit nicht sehen wollen, hat unser letztes Stündlein bereits geschlagen. Öffnen wir jedoch die Augen und erkennen die Wahrheit, so besteht noch Hoffnung. Doch wir müssen uns beeilen. Der Countdown läuft!

Am Abend des 1. Juli 2002 stoßen über dem Bodensee-Städtchen Überlingen zwei Flugzeuge zusammen: eine russische Passagiermaschine und ein deutscher Frachtflieger. 71 Menschen sterben. Laut offiziellem Untersuchungsbericht trägt die damals zuständige schweizerische Luftaufsicht die Verantwortung für das Unglück. Doch warum wurden entscheidende Passagen des Untersuchungsberichts ganz offensichtlich gekürzt? Und warum wurde das Kollisionswarnsystem der Frachtmaschine nie gefunden? - Hacker T-Rex entdeckt eine Wahrheit, die ganz und gar unaussprechlich ist.