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In Neo Babylon, your neural implant is your identity. You use it as your credit card, to surf the Altnet, to chat with friends, to login to work or school, and to be pestered by advertisements. Anyone without one is cut off from society. Nick can’t get a neural implant. That fact turns his daily life into hell, but the city's underworld has its plans for him. Being invisible to the city’s omnipresent tracking has its perks. Without a neural presence, he’s someone who is felt but not seen—a wraith.

Desert is consuming the North American continent, Europe was wiped out by a cataclysmic meteor shower, and the world's oceans are unsalvageable poison. Those who could afford to flee to space are long gone, leaving the rest behind in the dust. Nyx is completely alone, scavenging the ruins of humanity to get by. With her brother suddenly missing, the only people she can trust are herself and her busted-up Bronco. Scavenging earns her enough water credits to stay alive but with no margin for error. When a stroke of unexpected luck sends her back to the nearest tent city, things go sideways.

The trek to find Chace has finally begun—only for Nyx and River to be rocked to the core. Can they press on from the devastating attack and complete their journey? Or will they be knocked back before they've even started? One thing's for certain: it's a long road to Bastion City. The western Wastes are a barren, empty void until you reach the poisoned sea. Most who set out never return. But is that because they're empty or because they're not? After a devastating loss of contact with the only home base they know, Nyx and River are truly alone in the barren landscape.

In the realm of Kravan, children of lower-class citizens are raised in a prison-like structure called "The Tower" from birth until adulthood. Known as the Tethered, they are held in thrall until their powers reveal themselves around the time of their nineteenth birthday. Every year, the Tethered who are tested and deemed harmless are chosen to leave the Tower and join the outside world as servants to live in the households of the ruling class. Those who are deemed threats are taken away—and no one knows what happens to them, though they suspect the worst.

When a devastating electromagnetic pulse is detonated over the USA, it leads to a total loss of power and a complete and catastrophic breakdown of everyday society. As the country descends into chaos and anarchy, one man makes an epic decision in order to save his loved ones and find a place of safety.

In a deal with her greatest enemy, Shara must move into the palace and pose as Prince Tallin's doting fiancée. Desperate to be reunited with the man she loves, she promises to put on an act that will convince the realm's Nobles that she is madly in love with the prince, and loyal to the Royals. She must also convince them that she's one of them, which means concealing her powers. But as she learns more about the wealthy citizens of Kravan, long-forgotten secrets come to light—and nothing is quite as it seems.

From James DeMonaco, the writer/director of The Purge film franchise, comes the provocative and terrifying last stand of a lone outpost of women in the wake of a deadly pandemic. Allie Hilts was still in high school when a fire at a top-secret research facility released an air-borne pathogen...

In a corporate-controlled future where the ruling conglomerates genetically engineer their employees, Millicent Foster is the best of the best. Physically perfect and exceptionally intelligent, Millicent is granted the uncommon privilege of breeding. But her daughter inherits more than superior genetics...little Marie has a rare ability that the world has never seen, and her conglomerate, Moxidone, will stop at nothing to have sole possession of the child.

Wally K. Daly was a prolific, award-winning dramatist, whose writing credits included Casualty, Juliet Bravo and Doctor Who. He wrote 38 radio plays during his 30-year career, across a range of genres including comedy, horror and science fiction. This collection includes his best-known SF serial, The Scream Trilogy, and three other thrilling sci-fi dramas.

After rescuing their daughter, Marie, from corporate-controlled Earth, Millicent and Ryker thought they were safe on their off-world paradise. They were wrong. Toton, once thought the weakest conglomerate, is now dominating ruined Earth with a sinister new technology. By harvesting minds for use in their supercomputers, they're enslaving the best and brightest humans to further their agenda. Millie and Ryker know that it's just a matter of time before Toton realizes the biggest prize - Marie's "gifted" mind - is merely a rocket ride away.

Alora, Nico, and their six-person team of Infiltrators prepare to break into Nova Heights and plant a computer virus that will free the Warders and end the inequality of the New States forever. Standing in their way are long-buried secrets, the seeds of a civil war, Alora’s father, and a sadistic series of deadly games. All that’s at stake is everything.

Along with Nico and their two fellow fugitives, Alora seeks refuge deep inside the devastated Ward. Pursued by the Finest and mistrusted by the Warders, she is forced to run for her life. Her search for safety and answers is complicated by the Prodigies, a rogue band of techno-genius mercenaries with the power and the desire to start a war.

Ivar The Destroyer is dead. Killed by my hands. Now, I hold the throne, and the Berserkers look to me for leadership. But loyalty runs deep-can I really trust the men who followed Ivar's ruthless orders? So much blood has been spilled to end this fight before it ever began, but bigger challenges loom.

Band 4 Harte Wege Nachdem sie der Raton-Pass-Miliz bei ihrer Verteidigung geholfen haben, wissen Lance und Joy, dass es Zeit ist, zu ihrem Ziel auf der Saddle Ranch weiterzuziehen. Die Verzögerung hat sie viel gekostet, aber er weiß, dass es etwas war, das sie tun mussten. In einer Welt, in der jeglicher Gemeinschaftssinn und jeder Gedanke an andere rasch verschwindet, hat diese eine Tat ausgereicht, um Lances Glauben daran wiederherzustellen, dass er sein Einfühlungsvermögen für seine Mitmenschen nicht verloren hat.

Facing execution, or worse, at the Agency, Sebastian Parker's life hangs in the balance. As Sebastian grows in power, he learns shocking truths about his true identity and his ultimate destiny. Will he assist the Agency in their battles? Are they fighting the real enemy? Can Sebastian evade his terrifying fate?

Die postapokalyptische Welt war noch nie gefährlicher. Während Lance, Joy und ihre zerzauste Gruppe von Überlebenden müde durch eine verwüstete amerikanische Nation ziehen und gegen Banden von Kriminellen kämpfen, die ihnen alles nehmen würden, was sie besitzen, entdecken sie, dass die größte Bedrohung noch vor ihnen liegt.

Aided by the Insubordinates, Kress and her Conspiracy wage a daring counteroffensive against the Patriot Army in an effort to liberate the city of San Francisco. Outnumbered, facing impossible odds, and opposed by a powerful and ruthless enemy named General Ekker, Kress and her friends hope for help as they struggle to understand and control their emerging abilities.

The neXt City is a high-voltage civic techno-thriller—part cyberpunk city-builder, part political reckoning.

Against all odds, Brad is alive, and surviving. Through the snow, the biting winds, the rain of bullets, and the thin ice, he forges onward, and fights to recover everything he’s lost.... Having made powerful and unhinged enemies, moving unnoticed is becoming more and more difficult, but after finding a small, but enthralling clue, he realizes he may be close to Anna and Sammy’s trail. As Brad descends further into the madness of the new world, he clings onto hope of finding his loved ones, but a reunion with someone closer to home might be on the cards.

Un des romans emblématiques d'Ursula K. Le Guin, qui a obtenu les prix Hugo, Nebula et Locus et qui n'a rien perdu de sa virulence politique. Bien au contraire... Deux planètes se font face. Anarres est une utopie concrète fondée sur la liberté absolue et la coopération. Mais loin d'être un paradis, c'est un monde pauvre et dur. Sur Urras, le capitalisme et le culte du profit règnent en maîtres.