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Brought to you by Penguin. The most surprising thriller of the year Who would you trust with the future? The year is 2050. In the teeth of a climate catastrophe, the world is left with a drastic solution: one global leader to steer it through the coming apocalypse. The final two candidates are...

Trotz seiner Angst vor der Dunkelheit verbringt Mateo sein halbes Leben damit, in Gebäude aus der »Alten Zeit« einzusteigen und vergessene Hochtechnologie zu plündern. Da erhält er die Chance seines Lebens: Der professionelle »Hunters of Ancient«-Squad engagiert ihn für den größten Auftrag, den er je hatte. Von Anfang an muss er sich gegen Schikane und Anfeindung behaupten; zu allem Überfluss verliebt er sich Hals über Kopf in die Technikexpertin des Teams. Und dann kommt es tief unten im Forschungsbunker der Takashi Corporation zur Katastrophe.

So some god smoked a million godly cigarettes and exhaled that all over the Earth, causing the entire planet to erupt into chaos, death, explosions, implosions, and general apocalyptic events. The air is foul. Probably poisonous. Despite this, life inexplicably continues for one slacker and his cat. As far as Isaac knows, and depending on what side of the AI sentience debate you're on, he's the only human left on the planet. He would resign to his fate-playing the latest Fallout or replaying Portal 2 on the PS6 until the electricity fails and he begins to rot more than just his brain.

Decades after the zombie outbreak shattered civilization, the fragile peace in the west is about to crumble. When Knox's Castle's elite sniper vanishes while investigating mysterious explosions from the east, Ghost and his partner are forced beyond their compound's walls into infected territory—where the undead roam freely and survival depends on three rules: avoid the infected, conserve ammo, and trust your team. But in the lawless eastern zones, those rules mean nothing.

In der Hoffnung auf ein besseres Leben zieht sie mit ihrem Gefährten Gazael nach Neu-Babel, wo sich der Traum vom Glück in einen Albtraum verwandelt. Als sie auch noch an "Verfall" erkrankt, scheint ihr Schicksal besiegelt. Doch sie nimmt den Kampf auf und begibt sich auf die schier aussichtslose Suche nach einem Heilmittel. Für den ultrareichen Lukures ist das Leben ein einziger Rausch aus Drogen, Dirnen und anderen Belustigungen. Er genießt sein Leben in vollen Zügen – bis die Reize plötzlich fad schmecken und die Welt an Farbe verliert.

Für die Nachfahren der wenigen Überlebenden ist die Welt von harten Kontrasten geprägt. Wendy hält sich nicht daran. Ihr kleiner Bruder und dessen Freund werden von Fremden in einem Zeppelin entführt. In der verzweifelten Hoffnung, sie wiederzufinden, verlässt sie die Fels-Enklave und wagt sich in die große Einöde.

There is a huge, bold black streak in the sky. Branches appear out of nowhere over North America, Southern Europe, and Central Africa. People who live beneath The Rift can see it. But scientists worldwide are distressed - their equipment cannot pick up any type of signal from it. The rift appears to consist of nothing. Literally. Nothing. Nada. Niente. Most people are curious but not overly concerned. The phenomenon seems to pose no danger. It is just there. Then something jolts the most hardened naysayers, and surpasses the worst nightmares of the world's greatest scientists.

Duncan Peck has travelled alone to Dartmoor in search of his cousin. He has come from the city, where the fires are always burning. In his cousin’s village, Peck finds a place with tea rooms and barley fields, a church and a schoolhouse. Out here, the people live an honest life - and if there’s any trouble, they have a way to settle it. They sit in the shadow of a vast wall, inscribed with strange messages. Anyone can write on the wall, anonymously, about their neighbours, about any wrongdoing that might hurt the community. Then comes the reckoning.

Jim’s the sort of guy who’d likely die young then be devoured by his domestic short-hair cats. With nothing going for him, a dead-end IT job, and a family who mysteriously disappeared, he is barely holding it together. His hopes of a life worth living fizzled around the time he last saw his toes over his huge belly. Now the imminent demise of the world ushers in a feeling of liberation and relief for Jim. Humanity loses all hope for the future, and for once, Jim fits right in! Despite all odds, Jim becomes the world’s first and last anti-running, anti-prepping survivor.

Isaac Thoma lived to see the last handful of survivors defeat the demonic champion. He is now alone, his past in ashes, the last and most powerful human on a blighted Earth. But what if he could go back? Hurled back in time, Isaac has one chance to change it all. A chance to warn humanity of their impending doom. A chance to stop the [System] before shortsightedness and lust for power can render humanity extinct.

As foretold by ancient prophets, an apocalypse destroyed Earth during the twenty-first century. But two thousand years later Elyon set upon the earth a new Adam. This time, however, he gave humanity an advantage. What was once unseen became seen. It was good and it was called...Green. Complete...

Perry returns to Franklin City to find his home under the control of a being of unimaginable power. To stop the mad god’s cruel games, Perry has to win… if he can even remember he’s playing. And even as Perry struggles to save his city, an unstoppable force from the dawn of the age of capes grows in power, laying their plans to extinguish humanity from the face of the Earth. Join Paradox as he walks the fine line between Madness and Sanity, Hero and Villain… Life and Death.

The war to free post-apocalyptic Earth from the grasp of its oppressors slips into uncharted territory as the fully restored race of the former ruling barons are reborn to fearsome power. Facing a virulent phase of a dangerous conflict, the Cerberus rebels prepare to battle an unfathomable enemy, as the shifting sands of world domination continue to chart their uncertain destiny....

Once a fearsome warrior of the new order, Kane discovers a secret that has damned humanity since the dawn of history. Now banished as an enemy of the state, he joins forces with Brigid Baptiste, keeper of the archives, and Grant, brother-in-arms and innovative weapons specialist. In the place that was once called New Mexico, Kane finds the first hidden clues to humanity's future.

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.

The calculated new bid for planet Earth by the Supreme Council has changed the face of war for the Cerberus rebels. As the enemy's avarice invokes total damnation of the human race, the battle plan now extends far beyond disarming a group of power-hungry god kings. Now it's a fight for survival against powerful interlopers - fully prepared to finish what they started eons ago....

The alien blueprint to claim Earth dates back to eons before humanity became enslaved. Fires of human rebellion have only strengthened the bid to fully secure the chains of iron rule. But the battle that spans time and space has become a proving ground. A bold, sophisticated band of insurgents has understanding of the enemy's darkest secrets and dares to loosen the choke hold of power on the planet....

Looking for respite after a bitter struggle in Kentucky's Hazard ville, the wayfarers must make do with Arctic tundra and earthquakes. Trapped in the hostile landscape by a mattrans jump, Ryan and companions find the ultimate challenge to their will to survive. The odds dwindle when they become the new bounty in a struggle for dominance between a group of Neanderthals and descendants of a military garrison stranded generations ago.

Across the flat plains of the Dakotas, an iron horse shrieks and rumbles across refurbished tracks. Inside the boxcars, Ryan Cawdor and his companions face trouble unlike any other. Jak is missing, Krysty is dying, and the train is loaded with sec men, whitecoats, and a horrifying experiment — a baron with psionic abilities using stolen children to fuel his mad dream for mind control of every living soul in Deathlands.

A century after Russia's surprise thermonuclear first strike, America struggles to survive as a radioactive wasteland. Locked in a cruel yoke of oppression by its Soviet dictators, the United States has only one chance to regain her past glory: Ted Rockson, the Doomsday Warrior and his high-tech guerilla army of freefighters - the brave shock troops of freedom!