Apocalyptic Hard Fiction

For many billions of years, humans - having conquered the curse of aging - spread throughout the entire Milky Way. They are able to live all their dreams, but to their great disappointment, no other intelligent species has ever been encountered. Now, humanity itself is on the brink of extinction because the universe is dying a protracted yet inevitable death. 

In Level Seven, the exciting culmination of the Killday series, AIs strive to evolve into a super intelligence and might destroy humanity in that pursuit. But could their hopes of achieving godhood actually lie with the nearly extinct humans they intend to eradicate?

In a world stripped bare of digital images and promotainment, unveiled with the audiovisual overlay of the ImmaNet, in an exposed world, a naked world, Amon Kenzaki awakens, lost and alone. He must now travel deep into the District of Dreams in search of Rashana Birla, the one person that might help him unravel the mystery of jubilee. But deprived of the apps and informational tools he's depended on his entire life, traversing the largest bankdeath camp on Earth is no easy task.

A cyber-dystopian thriller unlike any other. In a near-future Tokyo, every action - from blinking to sexual intercourse - is intellectual property owned by corporations that charge licensing fees. A BodyBank computer system implanted in each citizen records their movements from moment to moment and connects them to the audio-visual overlay of the ImmaNet so that every inch of this cyber-dystopian metropolis crawls with information and shifting cinematic promotainment.

From the author of the Sunday Times best seller Cocaine Nights comes an unnerving tale of life in a modern tower block running out of control. Within the concealing walls of an elegant forty-storey tower block, the affluent tenants are hell-bent on an orgy of destruction. Cocktail parties degenerate into marauding attacks on "enemy" floors and the once-luxurious amenities become an arena for riots and technological mayhem.

Bloomsbury presents Cage of Souls, read by David Thorpe and written and introduced by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Humanity clings to life on a dying Earth in an epic, far-future science fiction novel from an award-winning author. The sun is bloated, diseased, dying perhaps. Beneath its baneful light...

Before the world fell, Silvio Cipriano was a contract-killer for the Italian Mafia. When the H7D3 virus came to Italy, Silvio worked to forget his past, to build a different future. Fighting to protect his loved ones from the zombie hordes, he organized the survivors, raised them up from the ashes, and gave them hope. Now, a new enemy has arisen. Worse than the zombies, and bent on conquering the planet one nation at a time, they’ve set their sights on Italy . . . with no idea what’s awaiting them.

Die klinische Psychologin Marlene Richter erhält eine Einladung von einem mysteriösen Milliardär: Sie und tausend weitere Experten verschiedenster Fachrichtungen werden an Bord eines Luxusliners gebeten. Dort angekommen, überschlagen sich die Ereignisse: Der Himmel verdunkelt sich, selbst die Sterne erlöschen – und der Gastgeber der Reise scheint es vorhergesehen zu haben. Während die Erde langsam zufriert, der Wind abebbt und die Wellen verschwinden, werden geheimnisvolle Koordinaten zur letzten Hoffnung der Passagiere.

Auch nach einer Woche in absoluter Finsternis gibt es kein Zeichen für die Rückkehr der Sonne. Während Marlene in den Tiefen von Marcus Chens Bunkeranlage nach Antworten für das Ende der Welt sucht, begibt sich Jim auf eine waghalsige Rettungsmission in Richtung der »Arkangel«. Währenddessen kämpft Cassius an Bord der »Cassandra's Dream« mit den Auswirkungen der Besetzung durch die russischen Kampfschwimmer.

The long-awaited new novel by the award-winning, best-selling author of Startide Rising and The Uplift War- an epic novel set 50 years from tomorrow, a carefully-reasoned, scientifically faithful tale of the fate of our world.

The final audiobook in the acclaimed Duskwalker trilogy. Wren is living in Greenstone under the temporary care of Charles and Mol and the protection of Chapel. Unable to determine the fate of his mother and those he left behind in Morningside, Wren believes there is nothing left to do but wait for Asher's final blow...until a man named Haiku walks into the Samurai McGann, looking for Three.

Caesar and Amelia must part ways on crucial tasks to relocate their people from the incoming war. Milton is days away from reaching Lost Town, but is it enough time to prepare when he's been training for this his whole life? Harrison gets a second chance at redemption as he ventures to Earth to save the inhabitants of Arcadia. His optimism fractures when a rogue team of assassins is recruited to thwart his mission. And what other secrets lay beyond Arcadia?

Ransom and Britt attempt to settle into a new life, but a dreadful threat is constantly hanging over their heads. The settlers in Tucson know their time is limited. An invasion is underway. Peggy is adamant they can destroy the Glass, but it will take a trip to another time and place to ensure it remains off. Cedric, under a cloud of doubt, must decide where his true allegiance leans. There is hope—a military base with something that could change the tides of their future. No one seems to have remembered the base exists, but they search for their salvation.

Auf dem Weg zum Mount Bental riskieren Marcus und sein Team alles, um das letzte Rätsel des Milliardärs Chen zu lösen. Aber sind sie wirklich bereit für die Wahrheit? Währenddessen setzt sich für Cassius auf der Cassandra's Dream ein grauenhaftes Puzzle zusammen. Die Hinweise verdichten sich: Die Archen sind keine bloßen Rettungsboote. Sie sind kein Schutz vor der ewigen Nacht. Sie sind Waffen für einen Krieg, der erst noch beginnt. Denn das, was nach der Dunkelheit auf sie wartet, ist weitaus schlimmer als der Tod.

A year after destroying the wormhole generator in France and thus blocking the way to Earth for an allied AI, she lives with AcesAzrael in Switzerland. She fights alongside the last free humans against the approaching Forum and its unstoppable troops. There is still no trace of Janika, but when the Swiss make a dangerous plan shortly before their final defeat, there is only one hope for June and Ace: to find Janika and uncover the secret of a new, mysterious place in the metaworld.

2099. Steve Knight, Commander der Mondbasis der NASA, steht vor seiner Ablösung. Das Shuttle, das ihn nach Hause bringen soll, wartet bereits - da verschwindet die Erde vom Himmel. Weder die NASA-Crew noch die Besatzungen der anderen Mondbasen wissen, was passiert ist. Zusammen bilden sie eine vierzigköpfige Schicksalsgemeinschaft - und schnell wird klar, dass die Ressourcen nur für das Überleben von zehn Menschen reichen werden. Sie stehen vor einer schwierigen Wahl: sich gegenseitig umzubringen - oder alle gemeinsam zu sterben.

When a stranger with a high-tech implant is found in the remote Finnish wilderness, neurosurgeon Bill and his computer scientist friend Steve see an opportunity. But they don't know what powers they're up against. They soon must ask themselves what moral boundaries they're willing to cross in order to succeed. Ten years later, the world has changed. Airships roam the skies, strange plants grow in the forests, and entire swaths of land are deserted.

There’s a sense of normalcy for the community in Monterey, California, but their peace doesn’t last long. When they’re pushed to leave, they encounter something they never expected to find. The Glass remain, but they’ve shifted positions. Peggy reveals she used to have dreams, but prescription medication kept them at bay. Now she’s off the pills and is determined to visit Spokane with Will.

A mysterious object crests the Sun during a total solar eclipse. Cryptic radio-frequency noise jams TVs and radios worldwide. Sinister alien artifacts inexplicably appear in the capitals of the world's powers. Paralyzed with fear, society begins to crumble. Former NASA scientist Jasmine Evans is the first to spot the object and sound the alarm. Recalled to investigate the mystery, her team makes a critical discovery. But nothing is what it appears to be.

From New York Times bestselling author Mira Grant comes a vision of a decade in the future, where humanity thrives in the absence of sickness and disease. We owe our good health to a humble parasite — a genetically engineered tapeworm developed by the pioneering SymboGen Corporation. When...