Dystopian

The Reaper is a legend, more myth than man: the savior of worlds, the leader of the Rising, the breaker of chains. But the Reaper is also Darrow, born of the red soil of Mars: a husband, a father, a friend. The worlds once needed the Reaper. But now they need Darrow....

The world outside has grown toxic, the view of it limited, talk of it forbidden. The remnants of humanity live underground in a single silo. But there are always those who hope, who dream....

In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time Wade Watts really feels alive is when he’s jacked into the OASIS, a vast virtual world where most of humanity spends their days....

The thrilling sequel to the beloved worldwide best seller Ready Player One, the near-future adventure that inspired the blockbuster Steven Spielberg film....

The second volume in the New York Times bestselling Silo series. Hugh Howey goes back to show the first days of the Silo, and the beginning of the end....

Juliette, now mayor of Silo 18, doesn’t trust Silo 1, especially its leader, Donald. But in the world of the Silos, there is no black and white—everything is shades of gray....

Ten years ago, Hell Diver Xavier "X" Rodriguez fell to Earth. Those he left behind went on without him aboard the airship he once called home....

Isaac Race thought he'd found a new family and home. A new Life. He had, but it's all about to be snatched away....

Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations....

Left for dead on the nightmarish surface of the planet, Commander Michael Everhart and his team of Hell Divers barely escape with their lives aboard a new airship called Deliverance. After learning that Xavier "X" Rodriguez may still be alive, they mount a rescue mission....

Red Rising hit the ground running and wasted no time becoming a sensation. Golden Son continues the stunning saga of Darrow, a rebel forged by tragedy, battling to lead his oppressed people to freedom....

The Sea Wolf sets out to search for the Metal Islands. Leading the expedition is legendary Hell Diver Xavier Rodriguez. After enduring for a decade on the poisoned surface, his survival skills will be put to the test on the dangerous open seas....

The Banished Lands has a violent past where armies of men and giants clashed in battle, but now giants are seen, the stones weep blood, and giant wyrms are stirring. Those who can still read the signs see a threat far greater than the ancient wars....

Three weeks after the nation's power grid goes down, chaos reigns. Food supplies have dried up. Fuel is running low. And the bleak, brutal winter is relentless....

Loretta Thurwar and Hamara “Hurricane Staxxx” Stacker are the stars of Chain-Gang All-Stars, the cornerstone of CAPE, or Criminal Action Penal Entertainment, a highly-popular, highly-controversial, profit-raising program in America’s increasingly dominant private prison industry....

It was just a random mutation - one of a billion that happen in viruses every day. But this one was different. It exploded out of Somalia and spread across the oceans before anybody thought to look up from their cell phones to see what was going on....

One woman is called upon to rebuild the future of humankind after a nuclear war, in this revelatory post-apocalyptic tale from the award-winning author of Parable of the Sower....

More than 15 years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge....

Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans - though no one calls them that anymore. His wife has left him, his father is sinking into dementia, and Marcos tries not to think too hard about how he makes a living....

After a long, perilous journey, Hell Divers Xavier Rodriguez and Magnolia Katib discover the Metal Islands, a sunny, habitable zone where thousands of people live by fishing and farming. But this "paradise" is really a violent warrior society ruled by the cannibal King el Pulpo....

Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations....

After a long and bloody battle, legendary Hell Diver Xavier Rodriguez reigns as the dutiful but reluctant new king of the islands. Advised by a council of former sky citizens as well as Cazadores, he works to assimilate the two societies peacefully....

After a violent coup in the United States overthrows the Constitution and ushers in a new government regime, the Republic of Gilead imposes subservient roles on all women....

Deep underground, 39 women live imprisoned in a cage. Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time, and only a vague recollection of their lives before....

As the United States unravels, the town of Fall Creek, Michigan struggles to survive. Hannah and Liam have endured the brutal winter and ruthless adversaries, but the threat has never been greater....

Three centuries after the Genetic War divided humanity, the natural born are slaves. Fated to work in massive subterranean mines, they are expendable. Life is hell. Few escape. Fugitive Recovery Agent Eli Miller and his partner Leylani Haru will never see the sun, breathe fresh air, or taste salt on the wind. They live for the thrill of tracking down criminals and bringing them to justice.

Sally and George, brother and sister, move to Cape Street with their adoptive parents. On their first night, they witness an alien overlord, General Swipe, round up humans and imprison superheroes. Ash, their new friend, leads them to the Hero Agency, a clandestine bureau for failed superheroes. Together, they form a plan to save the day.

"Quest" is book #2 in the Systemic series. The “Su flu” virus swept its way around the globe in a matter of weeks, decimating the world’s population and laying waste to modern civilization. Surviving the flu was just the beginning of the struggle for John Stevens and his family. After a vicious and unprovoked attack by rogue mercenaries forced them to abandon their camp deep within the forests of southern Illinois, they find themselves thrust in a vastly different world from the one they once knew. Now John and his group must struggle not only to find a place to call home, but learn ...

"The New World Order" is book four in the "Fifth Phase" series. A series of economic, political, and global terror events has sent the United States cataclysmically crashing into chaos. While the America might consider itself immune to the same axiomatic truths that consumed the world’s mightiest empires… …it's not. Tom and Morgan Crenshaw, owners and operators of a Chicago area coin shop, have found themselves embroiled in the anarchy that has accompanied the decline of the once powerful US. And as the country finds itself faltering in the fifth phase of a civilization’s lifecycle,...

(Aftermath is a stand-alone, three-part series picking up where the Systemic series left off)The Su flu pandemic began in the Gansu province of China and spread across the world like wildfire. In its aftermath, humans gathered together, first in small groups, later in larger ones, in the hopes of ensuring their continued survival – survival from the elements and survival from other humans. Some people thought it enough to try to make a new life for themselves by using what they found, what they could build, what they could grow. Others found it easier to take, to intimidate, to kill. As a...

“Sighs of Despair” is book three in “The Fifth Phase” series. According to Toynbee’s Theory of Decay, a civilization experiences distinct phases during its lifecycle. But the average person is far too busy to concern themselves with the course of an entire civilization. There are phone calls to make, texts to send, emails to answer, trending online videos to watch, and bills to pay. Tom and Morgan Crenshaw are two such people. They’re struggling just to maintain the coin shop they own and operate in the suburbs of Chicago. But a series of economic, political, and global terror ...

“Descent” is book #3 in the Systemic series. It’s been nearly six months since the deadliest pandemic the planet has ever known decimated the world’s population. John Stevens has discovered that it’s not the virus that has proved most dangerous to him and his family though, but the people it left behind. Having escaped the Chicagoland area only to be pushed farther south by the territorial demands of other survivors, John and his family are desperate to find some semblance of the world they once knew. So when they stumble across a small farm in rural Georgia, inhabited by a ...

(Aftermath is a stand-alone, three-part series picking up where the Systemic series left off)John Stevens and his family have finally found the perfect place to hold out until the chaos that followed the Su flu pandemic blows over. But even the tropical isle they’ve selected, nestled in the balmy warmth of the Caribbean, isn't turning out to be the safe haven they thought it’d be. Meanwhile, Ava Acadro, the power-hungry governor of Miami is fighting to take Fort Lauderdale while control for her home city is being challenged by those within her own ranks. Will she be able to sack the ...

“Ascension” is book #5 in the Systemic series. Summer fades in Florida with visions of what might have been for John Stevens and his family. But they’re still holding out hope as they continue to search for a place they can finally call home. And they’re not alone in their desire to make a fresh start in the Sunshine State. Jake Stines and his lovely, yet fiercely determined partner, Ava Acadro, are also looking to lay down roots in the area after being forced from Atlanta. But as the power-hungry duo make a push to take control of Miami, Ava realizes that someone from her past ...

(Aftermath is a stand-alone, three-part series picking up where the Systemic series left off)John Stevens and his family have finally found the perfect place to hold out until the chaos that followed the Su flu pandemic blows over. But even the tropical isle they’ve selected, nestled in the balmy warmth of the Caribbean, isn't turning out to be the safe haven they thought it’d be. Meanwhile, Ava Acadro, the power-hungry governor of Miami is fighting to take Fort Lauderdale while control for her home city is being challenged by those within her own ranks. Will she be able to sack the ...

“Forsaken” is book #4 in the Systemic series. It’s been a long and arduous journey since John Stevens rallied his family together in the remote forests of southern Illinois in an effort to shelter them from the most devastating pandemic in history. Now they’ve finally discovered a secluded spot in the abandoned town of Olsten, Georgia where they finally feel safe from the dangers of the outside world. But are they? While John and his family look for solace from the Su flu’s aftermath, Jake Stines and Ava Acadro are searching for anything but isolation. They’re looking to make ...

Humanity's only hope from oblivion rests in the menhirs, towering bastions of scholarship and imagination which cast long shadows across the lands. The scholars within the menhirs devote themselves selflessly to the discovery of new magic that will help avert the impending apocalypse ... or so the masses have been made to understand.

Humanity has joined the ranks of the Commonwealth, an expanding civilization incorporating dozens of sentient species within an interstellar government. That civilization is now threatened by another, one so ruthless nearly all hope of survival has been abandoned. At a hidden research station, a team of scientists studies a piece of the enemy’s technology, hoping against hope to discover any means to fight back.

From gang rat to diplomat. Ava Panic prefers a simple mission. If it bothers her, shoot it. But with her partner benched, tiny Ava gets no respect from the supplier low-lifes in Ohio. Then she makes a chance discovery – Canada has advanced new cell phones. In a crumbling world, this tech is a game-changer. The Northeast can’t produce the microchips. Neither can Canada. Where did they come from? To find out, Ava has to cross the continent alone, slip into the Pacific Northwest undetected, and figure out whom to contact. Canada holds the only route through the Dust Bowl, a single train. ...

"Downfall" is book #1 in the Systemic series. Something terrible is breeding in the mountains of northwest China…a virus so infectious, its symptoms so overwhelming that its mortality rate is almost absolute. The “Su flu” as it eventually becomes known, quickly ravages the body of its host, killing it within just days, and worse yet, it’s gone airborne. Just weeks after making its appearance on the world stage – the earth’s population held as its captive audience – the virus has taken that stage and annihilated nearly all its spectators. Writer and stay-at-home dad John ...