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"Jag föddes som så många andra in till den Depression som varje dag fick människor, att varken med eller mot sin egen vilja, avsluta sina liv. Mamma sa att det alltid sett ut så, åtminstone så länge någon kunde minnas. Men det fanns en räddning för en del av oss unga kvinnor, en väg...

Den mystiska smitta som förvandlar människor till blodtörstiga odjur har alltjämt världen i sitt våld. Samtidigt har Fristaden, platsen som skulle vara mänsklighetens sista hopp och utpost, visat sig vara en lögn. Efter upproret har nya sanningar uppdagats innanför murarna och frågorna...

Resan genom landet utanför Fristaden börjar kräva ut sin rätt för vännerna som överlevde revolten. Allt fler brutala avslöjanden uppdagas om de så kallade säkerhetsstyrkorna. När vännerna tar sig genom ett Sverige förlorat till smittan, börjar de komma allt närmare sanningen...

”En svensk The Thing. Köttig, rasande, drabbande undergångssaga!” – Johannes Pinter Något som liknade en människa växte långsamt mittemot henne. Det svarta kletiga materialet ljusnade, mörkgrått till ljusgrått, ljusare och ljusare. Detaljer växte fram. Sofie såg tomt vart...

Allvarliga naturkatastrofer sprider sig över jordklotet och år 2029 är läget akut. Hela mänsklighetens överlevnad hotas. Men då träder plötsligt en ny typ av världsledare fram: Wolf Petrucci Carstein, WPC. Klimathjälte, fredsivrare – och Hitlers hemlige sonson. Med sin karismatiska...

Eden-Olympia is more than just a multinational business park, it is a virtual city-state in itself, with the latest in services and facilities for the most elite high-tech industries. Isolated and secure, overlooking the luxurious French Riviera, the residents lack nothing. Yet one day Dr. Greenwood from Eden-Olympia's clinic goes on a suicidal shooting spree. Dr. Jane Sinclair is hired as his replacement, and she and her husband, Paul, are given Dr. Greenwood's house as a residence.

Das Geld wie wir es kennen gibt es bald nicht mehr. Der programmierbare E-Euro steht kurz vor der Einführung. Marc Kröger beschäftigt sich intensiv mit der Geldtheorie. Bald erkennt er, dass die Menschen betrogen und Krisen vertuscht werden. Deshalb gründet Marc die Bitcoin-Bewegung.

Am Anfang stehen Naturkatastrophen. Es folgt die Auflösung der öffentlichen Ordnung. Dann stürzen die USA in Chaos, Bürgerkrieg und Anarchie. Milliardär John Brandt hat sich seit Jahren auf dieses Szenario vorbereitet: Das Sanctuary, ein ehemaliges Raketensilo, achtzehn Stockwerke tief, voller Vorräte und Waffen, soll seiner Familie und seinen engsten Vertrauten auf Jahre Schutz gewähren. Schon bald rotten sich bis an die Zähne bewaffnete Überlebende, die nichts mehr zu verlieren haben, vor den Toren der Zuflucht zusammen.

A battle-worn corporate samurai undertakes one last mission on a merciless planet where death is always a mere breath away, in this standalone dystopian epic from the author of the modern fantasy classic Jade City. LIVE BY THE CODE. DIE BY THE KNIFE. Isako is a legendary swordswoman, but every...

Truth Medici has three questions: Can he rescue his siblings from the clutches of the evil Starbrite Corporation? What will it require of him? And where does he need to go next to make it happen? When he meets Justinian Merkovah—a strangely ageless spellcaster, teacher of religious law, and nomadic exorcist—he's one step closer to discovering the answers. With his experience providing security to the rich and terrible, Truth accepts a gig as Merkovah's bodyguard. What better way for Truth to grow as a mage?

Sadina and the islanders are up against both man and nature as they navigate their way to Alaska. There, they hope to meet the mysterious Godhead, unsure of what separates myth from truth. But the Godhead, now led by Alexandra, is fractured. Within the cracks of their sacred trinity, secrets are revealed that blur the lines of good and evil forever.

Just when John thinks things are finally calming down, the world never fails to throw a new twist his way. And the latest one is deadly. A distress call from Katrine has set John on a crash course with a band of vicious dimensional raiders led by a supreme mage who are already planning an invasion, while back home, the clock is ticking on the prophecy of the beast invasion that will wipe humans from the face of the world.

Brought to you by Penguin. From the Costa-Winning, Women's Prize-shortlisted author of Unsettled Ground: a gripping, haunting novel about memory, love and survival, for readers of Never Let me Go and Leave the World Behind Neffy is a young woman running away from grief and guilt and the one big...

Brought to you by Penguin. Termight, a world at the heart of a cruel galactic empire. A world devastated by nuclear warfare. Deep below ground its inhabitants try to eke out a mere existence, continually threatened by the Terminators, led by the diabolically evil Torquemada. Torquemada, a...

What's right is right. Sonya Kantor knows this slogan—she lived by it for most of her life. For decades, everyone in the Seattle-Portland megalopolis lived under it, as well as constant surveillance in the form of the Insight, an ocular implant that tracked every word and every action, rewarding or punishing by a rigid moral code set forth by the Delegation. Then there was a revolution. The Delegation fell. Its most valuable members were locked in the Aperture, a prison on the outskirts of the city. And everyone else, now free from monitoring, went on with their lives.

Whether romantic or platonic, changing relationships prove tricky for Rose, Tom, Clara, and Craig—never mind adapting to the new not-so-normal. Being surrounded by the undead is bad enough, but with a tyrant-in-training running their Safe Zone, it’s that much worse. 

Every evening Rose Ransom looks in the mirror and marvels that she's even alive. A mere woman, her role in the Leader's death has been miraculously overlooked. She still works at the Culture Ministry, where her work now focuses on the outlawed subject of Poetry, a form of writing that transmits subversive meanings, emotions and signals that cannot be controlled. Therefore all Poetry is banned and Rose is appointed a Poet Hunter.

Essun's missing daughter grows more powerful every day, and her choices may destroy the world in this "magnificent" Hugo Award winner and NYT Notable Book. (NPR) The season of endings grows darker, as civilization fades into the long cold night. Essun -- once Damaya, once Syenite, now avenger --...

Milla couldn't have dreamed of climbing so high. Now, she'll face temptations and trials she never expected. Her limits will be tested, friendships and love will be put to the fire, and Milla's actions will decide the fate of both Triton and Deiterra. When everything turns against her, Milla must sacrifice everything. But with all of Triton at stake, will it be enough?

K. M. Szpara's Docile is a science fiction parable about love and sex, wealth and debt, abuse and power, a challenging tour de force that at turns seduces and startles. There is no consent under capitalism. To be a Docile is to be kept, body and soul, for the uses of the owner of your contract...