Dystopian

É 1984, e a vida está irreconhecível. Pista Aérea Um, antes conhecida como Grã-Bretanha, é um lugar onde o Grande Irmão está sempre de olho e é impossível se esconder. Exceto, talvez, para Winston Smith. Enquanto trabalha reescrevendo a história no Ministério da Verdade, ele nutre sonhos secretos de liberdade. E, num mundo onde o amor e o sexo são proibidos, onde é difícil distinguir os amigos dos inimigos, ele conhece Julia e O’Brien e decide se rebelar.

" Le Pentagone, un bâtiment qui compte cinq façades et cinq niveaux au-dessus du sol, explose avec tout ce qu'il contient, six cent mille mètres carrés de bureaux réduits en poussière ardente par le flash lumineux et thermique initial. L'arrivée quasi simultanée de l'onde de choc fracasse les murs. Les vingt-sept mille employés périssent sur le coup. ". Un État voyou lance un missile nucléaire sur le Pentagone. Dans les soixante-deux minutes qui suivent, le monde s'embrase dans une réaction en chaîne écrite à l'avance.

Depuis qu'elles se sont rencontrées dans les rues malfamées d'Ilya, Adena et Paedyn sont devenues inséparables. Ensemble, elles se sont construit leur propre foyer sur la Pillards, vivant des ventes de vêtements de l'une et des larcins de l'autre. Mais Paedyn est sélectionnée pour les Épreuves de la Purge, au cours desquelles elle risque fort de trouver la mort. Désormais seule, Adena ne peut plus compter que sur elle-même.

" Ils n'utiliseront pas mes larmes pour leur divertissement. " – Haymitch Abernathy. Redécouvrez l'un des personnages les plus emblématiques de la série culte, à travers le timbre atypique et nuancé de Xavier Baur ! À l'aube des cinquantièmes Hunger Games, la peur s'empare des districts de Panem. Cette année, en l'honneur des Jeux de l'Expiation, le nombre de tributs arrachés à leur famille pour participer à ces jeux cruels sera doublé ! Dans le district 12, Haymitch Abernathy tente de ne pas trop penser au terrible tirage au sort. Il est concentré sur sa survie et sur la survie de celle qu'il aime.

Kyle was the first to detect the incoming threat. As a leading astronomer in the study of Near-Earth Objects, his obsession with a rare asteroid containing three orbiting moons provided the only warning. But it wouldn’t be enough to protect his daughter, let alone the rest of the world. Dallas has committed her life to unraveling the mysteries of deep time and humanity's ancient past. Confronted with its imminent extinction, she’s forced to rely on the relationships made in the present and draws upon her unique skillset to seek unexpected answers.

Step into the sterile confines of The Collective: a near-future dystopian society in which scientists have unlocked the secrets to long life. The pinnacle of perfection, Ethereals are the best humanity has to offer and so much more. However, only the wealthy may attain the status of Ethereal through costly genetic enhancements, creating a stark divide between unmodified humans, heavily indoctrinated Reapers, and their Ethereal counterparts. Three worlds collide when one woman dares defy her predestined role in society.

In a powerless, desolate small town, Becky and Micah struggle to find essential supplies amidst looted stores and abandoned homes. With hope dwindling, they embark on a perilous journey through the wreckage, driven by a faint glimmer of survival. Each step reveals the harsh reality of their world and the relentless spirit needed to endure. This is a gripping tale of resilience and determination in the face of desolation.

Gen-X computer hacker Toby is a classic American: impulsive, irreverent, intelligent, and inventive. And, after a silly accident in 2008, he can add “inanimate” to the list—because Toby is dead. But only for a while. Eighty years later, medical science has advanced enough to bring Toby back to life.

What if the world’s greatest solution was also its greatest prison? In a future where The Lattice controls every aspect of human existence, choice has been optimized away, and order reigns supreme. For Kael, life in Veridian has always been predictable—until a mysterious glitch shatters his carefully curated world. The Fracture, an underground resistance, whispers of truths long buried, of freedom lost in the name of harmony.

Loretta Thurwar y Hamara "Hurricane Staxxx" Stacker son las estrellas de La Liga de los Presos, la piedra angular de un programa lucrativo y tan popular como polémico en la industria penitenciaria privada de Estados Unidos. Es el retorno de los gladiadores y los prisioneros compiten por un único premio: su libertad. Los combates a muerte se celebran en arenas atestadas de gente y con manifestantes apostados en las puertas. Thurwar y Staxxx, compañeras de equipo y amantes, son las favoritas de los fans.

Eddie Boka’s first combat mission is a success... until he’s overwhelmed by a raging compulsion and eats an enemy soldier! His cannibalism threatens to derail the plans of Blayvine Industries, whose secret project has genetically enhanced Eddie and three other prototypes with reptilian DNA. The corporation needs Eddie’s urges brought under control before it can introduce its dino-humans to the world and begin selling armies of them.

Experience the chilling dystopian world of E. M. Forster's The Machine Stops, narrated by the captivating voice of Mike Vendetti. This thought-provoking tale, first published in 1909, remains eerily relevant today. Don't miss this gripping audiobook that explores themes of technology, isolation, and the human spirit.

In Empire’s Planet of Power, Captain Aga Groxin crash-lands on the barren planet Litha after a gamma burst disables her ship. Stranded, Aga discovers a hidden Empire mining operation for quantium, a rare element fueling light travel across the galaxy. She uncovers the brutal truth: the Empire controls quantium to maintain dominance, crushing any world that dares to resist. Determined to strike back, Aga teams up with an AI named Obelus, and together, they disrupt the Empire’s supply of quantium, igniting a galactic rebellion.

At sixteen years old, Myra has devoted herself to learning her people’s way of life and following every rule. Having a Clan Leader for a parent and growing up in the most prestigious village, she has always been told that The Clan is perfect. The normal rhythm in which she lives her life changes quite suddenly when it is announced that the trials will be taking place in less than a year. Having little to no knowledge about this traditional challenge, which will determine the next Clan Leaders, Myra and the other potentials are given only six months to prepare themselves for an unknown future.

Romanul Manaraga oferă o perspectivă terifiantă asupra viitorului iminent. Un război mondial, un nou Ev Mediu și o a doua revoluție islamică schimbă totul, Europa este fragmentată și înstrăinată de rădăcinile sale culturale. Cărțile nu mai sunt tipărite și supraviețuiesc doar în muzee, iar educația este înlocuită de implanturi inteligente. O nouă tendință se răspândește printre snobii bogați – book'n'grillul, unde la prepararea cărnii se folosesc pe post de cărbune cărți tipărite.

Die Infektion verbreitete sich wie ein Lauffeuer. Jetzt sind die Straßen der Stadt zu einem Jagdrevier geworden, in dem sich die Infizierten mit grausamer Intensität an ihre Beute heranpirschen. Jeden Tag steht die schwindende Zahl der Überlebenden vor einer schrecklichen Wahl: sich verstecken und langsam verhungern oder alles riskieren, um zu entkommen.

What would you do to survive the apocalypse? What begins as a typical summer day ends in disaster when a massive solar flare strikes the Earth, burning out all electronic devices around the planet and plunging the world into darkness. Mike, a determined father, fights to survive and find his daughter. Living in a Los Angeles neighborhood struggling to adapt to the brutal new reality, he becomes a reluctant leader, working with neighbors to secure food, water, and safety against the threats of martial law, rampant disease, and human greed.

To anyone who meets her, Samantha is just a good-hearted teenager who wants to finish school and go to college. Yet she has a secret life... She has spent years living two lives, one as Sam which the world sees most and one as Foresight, who Sam feels is her true self where she is a passionate and gifted hacker. She has never found a system she could not bend to her will. She is the essence of a true magician within the dark recesses of the web which many dare not enter. Foresight and Sam never mix.

Originally banned in the Soviet Union, We is a prophetic and unsettling novel that envisions a future where the state dictates every aspect of life. Citizens live under total surveillance, are stripped of personal identity, and are assigned numbers instead of names. D-503, a loyal engineer of the One State, finds himself torn between duty and desire when he encounters the mysterious I-330, who introduces him to a world beyond the rigid laws of the system. Written in 1921, We is a stark warning about the dangers of collectivism, state-engineered conformity, and the erosion of free will.

Die Welt kurz vorm Krieg – und zwei Jugendliche, die auf verfeindeten Seiten stehen. Vor zehn Jahren versank die Welt im Krieg: Rebellen stürzten das grausame Reestablishment und gründeten die Neue Republik voller Hoffnung auf eine bessere Zukunft. Doch die Macht der Republik ist fragil, ihre Feinde lauern überall. Als sich die Lage immer weiter zuspitzt, wittert James Anderson seine Chance, endlich aus dem Schatten seines Bruders Aaron Warner heraustreten und sich beweisen zu können. Auf der Seite des Reestablishment hat Rosabelle Wolff ebenfalls auf diesen Moment gewartet.

In a future London, ex-professor, ex-drummer, and now barber Colin Petrie plies his trade under the cloud of virus PLQ, a worldwide pandemic that has circulated unchecked for 5 years. But more on Colin’s mind is a woman, Beatrice Mirza. Her intelligence, grace, and mild temperament have for half a year created an ocean of contentment for Colin. Alas, he knows this will not last forever, for Beatrice is a starship designer, and in a matter of weeks will depart Earth and the Solar System forever—part of a mission to colonize a new world, free from PLQ. Until Beatrice herself contracts the virus.

If Fight Club, Money, and The Motorcycle Diaries had a three-way, Novelty would be their web-toed, mutant lovechild. Finn Balor is a depraved billionaire and polymath with a vendetta against fate and an insatiable appetite for hedonism. Obsessed with the idea that free will is a fallacy, he invents the Oracle—a quantum device capable of reshaping reality.

On a dying planet where the sun burns mercilessly and hope has been buried beneath centuries of despair, only a few thousand people remain. These survivors are enslaved, chained by fear and the cruel will of a tyrant who controls the last remnants of life’s most essential resources. With extinction closing in, and every breath a struggle, their world teeters on the edge of oblivion. One woman refuses to accept this fate. She risks everything; her life, her soul, to steal something precious, something forgotten, a relic from a time when the world was thriving.

The year is 2065, and Washington, D.C. stands on the brink of collapse after the United States loses the information war, leaving society fractured into cutthroat tribal factions. In the midst of this chaos, Feonix Cheenoma—a brilliant young editor from one of the city’s poorest wards—receives a desperate plea from her dying uncle: enter a contest to lead Station 7, the last media empire still claiming to be trustworthy, and restore a fragile democracy on the verge of destruction.

Londonia, that’s where we are. A sprawl of a place surrounding The Cincture — all of it once London town. Some people say we’re in the year 2073, others cycle 60 . . . who gives a creepin’ beetle where we are in the history of man. Messed it up good and proper didn’t we – they, humankind generally. All I know is I got my shed, my friends and a little bit of an angle on stuff – visions, see inside persons, y’know.