Dark Survival Fiction

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Dylan Ryan has never been to college. He still owes $447,000 in student loans. The debt belonged to his parents before they died, transferred to Dylan at the ripe old age of eleven. He's been drowning in it ever since. When the largest federal contractor in the country offers him a way out—sign here, start Monday, full debt forgiveness in less than six months—Dylan can't sign fast enough. Neither can his best friend Rosaria. Neither can Lauren, the HR rep who once wrote him up for being late and is now holding a plastic wand that shoots fire.

The future world has been divided into sectors - each the same as the other. Surrounded by thick steel fences, there is no way in and no way out. Yet a cyborg army penetrates each sector, picking off its citizens one by one, until no one is left. Behind the sectors’ thick walls, the citizens wait to die. Few will be chosen to survive what’s coming; the rest will be left behind to suffer. A new world has been created, and its rulers are incredibly selective on who will become a citizen. They want only those with important roles in society to help create a more perfect future.

Vampires have walked among us for thousands of years. These reanimated corpses survive by draining and consuming the blood of the living, and their threat to humanity cannot be ignored. Throughout the centuries, professors and peasants have offered their own vampire-fighting tips, but these were often old wives' tales, based more on superstition than on fact. Here, for the first time, is a comprehensive vampire-fighting guide for the 21st century.

THE THRILLING 16-HOUR PENULTIMATE CHAPTER TO THE SAGA From award-winning author Andrew Masseurs comes the most terrifying chapter yet, narrated personally by the author. "This sixth instalment dropped me back into the most perilous literary world I’ve ever encountered as a horror buff... The...

'[Lemon] is a poet with knives for teeth' —Roshani Chokshi 'Reads like a grimoire for overcoming' —Hannah Whitten 'A gorgeously gothic fairy tale' —Ava Reid I must warn you first: This tale is not a romance. Ever since she was a child, Salomé has been plagued by visions of spirits and...

The Night Pool is a blood-soaked, page-turning horror set in the Gold Rush West, where three women must battle monsters both human and inhuman to survive—perfect for fans of Alma Katsu’s The Hunger and Victor LaValle’s Lone Women. The American West is no safe haven for women—least of all...

Two headstrong men. One broken world. And a connection that could destroy—or redeem—them both. August They say the world was better before the Red Rain―before the skies grew toxic and the virus transformed people into mindless savages. I disagree. There's beauty in the wreckage, if you...

Il veut une femme qui l'aime inconditionnellement. Lorsque la dépouille d'une jeune femme est découverte, couverte d'ecchymoses et de messages troublants, le duo d'enquêteurs Emma Bajetzky et Alex Kuper se charge de sa première affaire commune. Au début, l'enquête piétine, mais lorsqu'ils...

In the near future, the constitution is outlawed, the government is ceremonial at best, and the country is about to lose her name. No one knows how this happened or why America prostrated herself to the kind of foreign forces who would impose obedience through compliance. Resistors call the occupation “creeping death”. Those countries grabbing at the reins of power see it for what it is - a full-scale invasion.

Dying planets, dangerous conspiracies, and secret romance abound in the second book of the Devoured Worlds trilogy, by rising space opera star Megan E. O'Keefe. Naira and Tarquin have escaped vicious counterrevolutionaries, misprinted monsters, and the pull of a dying planet. Now, bound together...

In this thrilling first book of the Powder Mage Trilogy, civil unrest has crippled the citizens of Adro in the aftermath of the revolution that obliterated the monarchy—now, Field Marshal Tamas and his lieutenants must confront the true cost of freedom. It's a bloody business overthrowing a...

‘A modern masterpiece. Blacktail will consume you’ – Marcus Kliewer ‘Blacktail is as glorious as it is gruesome’ – V. E. Schwab ‘Utterly unique . . . an outstanding, majestic animal story’ – Daily Mail A wolf embarks on a primal hunt for revenge. Blacktail is a dark work of...

In the explosive conclusion to the Powder Mage trilogy, Tamas, Taniel, and Adamat have been betrayed and Adro now lies in the hands of a foreign invader—but it remains the duty of the powder mages to defend their homeland unto death. The capital has fallen ... Field Marshal Tamas returns to...

As a staggering defeat on the border of Adro and Kez leaves Tamas and his powder mages in grave danger and cut off from all aid—a deadly political game threaten his allies at home. When invasion looms ... Tamas's invasion of Kez ends in disaster when a Kez counter-offensive leaves him cut off...

Die virtuelle Welt von Barliona ist ein Ort, der zum Entspannen und zur Unterhaltung gedacht ist - aber nicht für jeden... Daniel Mahan wurde zu acht Jahren Haft in diesem virtuellen Gefängnis verurteilt, und nun kämpft er um sein Überleben. Nach der Welt der Kupferminen, wo Knochenarbeit ebenso angesagt ist wie andere Häftlinge, die ihm in den Rücken fallen, wird er, unter Beschränkungen, auf Bewährung in die Welt der freien Spieler entlassen. Was mehr könnte er sich wünschen?

“John Pirhalla narrates with deft understanding of each character and of how to balance the story's humor and tension.” — Booklist Part alien invasion story, part buddy comedy, and part workplace satire, After The Fall by Edward Ashton, author of Mickey7 (inspiration for the film Mickey...

A new standalone sci-fi novel from Edward Ashton, author of Mickey7 (the inspiration for the major motion picture Mickey 17). “Barrie Kreinik, one of the best narrators around, succeeds in making distinct characters not just of Dalton and Neera, Breaker and some of the aliens, but even of the...

Figlia del più potente trafficante dello Stretto, la giovane Fable ha conosciuto un solo luogo che possa chiamare "casa": una nave ormai colata a picco. Quattro anni prima ha visto la madre annegare durante una terribile tempesta; il giorno seguente il padre l'ha abbandonata su un'isola covo di furfanti. Per sopravvivere Fable ha dovuto imparare a badare a se stessa, senza fidarsi di nessuno e contando solo su ciò che sua madre le ha insegnato. A tenerla viva è il desiderio di lasciare l'isola, ritrovare il padre e rivendicare il proprio posto al suo fianco.

When seventeen-year-old Dee Guerrera wakes up in a haze, lying on the ground of a dimly lit warehouse, she realizes she's about to be the next victim of the app. Knowing hardened criminals are getting a taste of their own medicine in this place is one thing, but Dee refuses to roll over and die for a heinous crime she didn't commit. Can Dee and her newly formed posse, the Death Row Breakfast Club, prove she's innocent before she ends up wrongfully murdered for the world to see? Or will The Postman's cast of executioners kill them off one by one?