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....

If society fell apart, could your family survive? Jim Powell thought he was ready. He was a regular guy who travelled a lot for work and hated every second he was away from his young family....

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 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....

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

A gripping vision of our society radically overturned by a theocratic revolution, Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid's Tale has become one of the most powerful and most widely read novels of our time....

Paths converge in the fourth installment of the PREPPER saga. Jack Warrant leads his family to safety, but the journey is fraught with danger. The reassembled Gray Team faces a new challenge which threatens to tear them apart.

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....

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....

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....

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....

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....

This is the way the world ends...for the last time. It starts with the great red rift across the heart of the world's sole continent, spewing ash that blots out the sun. It starts with death, with a murdered son and a missing daughter....

Tired from years of fighting, Xavier passes the crown to a younger Hell Diver, Kade Long, and then sets off on the Sea Wolf with Magnolia to find Michael and his family. But the journey will push them both to their limit....

On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother of four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find the GNSB on her step. Two officers from Ireland’s newly formed secret police are here to interrogate her husband, a trade unionist....

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....

When Conor is called back to work for the first time since the terror attacks, he learns that business is good. With no media and no law, anyone with a score to settle is working hard to take out their enemies before order is restored.

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....

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....

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....

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....

In the near future, when America has become a police state, 100 boys are selected to enter an annual contest where the winner will be awarded whatever he wants for the rest of his life....

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....

Lara, a high school senior living in New Orleans, is forced to confront the undead when the outbreak consumes the city and the nearby Bayou. As the pandemic spreads, Lara must persevere and work with other survivors in order to outlast the tides of blood.

As the world succumbs to the chaos of a stormy apocalypse, Gavin, Avery, and Sarah forge a challenging journey back to Texas. Having narrowly escaped the watery abyss that consumed their valley near Santa Fe, they now face a different kind of threat—unforgiving terrain with one eye on the ominous skies, and the other on looters like Will, who still might be chasing them.

In the calm before the storm, two healers face their memories.
Damian and Alice have been dancing around each other and dancing with their demons for a decade. Now the jig is up, and they have no choice but to face the music together.

No more hiding. Running from danger is no longer enough. The time has come for Mason to act. Heal, grow, expand, adapt, fortify, attack. Become a force to be reckoned with in the post-apocalyptic world. And let's not forget the need to rescue someone very important. The 4th novel in the Dystopian Girls series is very much harem adventure intended for mature readers. Expect more sexually explicit scenes, profanity and violence. "Another great book from the wonderful imagination of a fantastic author I am greatly looking forward to the next one." "I went through Books 1-4 in two days. The ...

In a reimagined New Orleans and its haunting bayous, survivors of a devastating outbreak band together to rebuild and reclaim their city. Amidst the ruins, they forge new communities, develop sustainable solutions, and unravel the mysteries of the infection that changed their world. Through trials and triumphs, their stories of resilience and hope paint a vivid picture of human endurance and the transformative power of unity in the face of unimaginable adversity. This tale weaves together the gritty realities of survival with a poignant exploration of the enduring spirit of New Orleans.

No phones. No computers. No Internet. Nothing. Three weeks without power, following a crippling EMP strike, have thrust the nation into disarray. Amid this outage, where technology is rendered useless, Martha Marshall has one mission: to help her mother reach a hidden homestead, the last beacon of hope in a world overrun by starvation and brutal gangs.

Roadways are clogged, government assistance is stymied, infrastructure is failing – so what do you do? Who do you turn to for help? How do you protect yourself or your family? There’s no perfect solution, and you know it. But you have to do something. When a virus the likes of which the world has never seen sweeps across Chicago, a close knit group of neighbors find themselves asking these same questions. Do they stay and try to ride out the storm? Or do they cut and run? As the virus spreads, and the world crumbles, will the group find their hold out for humanity? Will they find…...

In the thrilling conclusion to The Gamma Trita Trilogy, Lorelei Ogden and April Vasquez are approaching the end game. The vile Terance Tamoon and oppressive Gamma Trita Corporation are racing to complete Project Galatea -- a chilling technological advancement that will transfer human minds into indestructible android bodies. Stopping their enemies is the last thing standing in Ogden's way in her quest for a peaceful life together with Vasquez.

"After Dinner Conversation" Magazine - July 2021 Taps: A draft dodging trumpet player seeks redemption by playing at veteran funerals. The Perfect Daughter: Jane confronts her parents over the holidays after learning they genetically enhanced her at conception. Blackorwhite: A lactose intolerant inmate tells his story to, and befriends, the doctor assigned to look after him. The Devil You Know: The literal devil is found peacefully strolling small town America on vacation with his family. The Fortune Teller: An otherworldly fortune teller pushes determinism, while feeding off the emotions ...

The remnants of civilization hang on the edge of collapse. Lena, a former teacher and current leader of a small community, spearheads a risky quest to establish alliances and prevent the gradual slide into chaos. Trust is a scarce commodity in the post-plague world. Every decision Lena makes bears the burden of shaping the future. She embarks on a perilous journey from the lush farmlands of her home to the treacherous west coast, driven by the urgent quest for allies and the looming specter of imminent danger.

Livie Christiansen had been sick in bed for too long. The sixty-year-old, single woman was finding it too difficult to get back on her feet. At the suggestion of her sister, she reluctantly calls on Metro Services to deliver a temporary robot body. Livie transfers her consciousness into the metallic body and a new world opens up to her. She soon learns that the comfortable, secure world of 2070 is not what it seems. As Livie heads down the rabbit hole, she discovers that the world is a very sinister place indeed. Jeff Nebeker-Johnson, the author of Darkness: A Slave's Story, delivers his ...

What would you do to stay alive? How would you protect your family? Would you hide or fight? Would you share or steal? Would you kill or be killed? Just how far would you go to survive a pandemic that’s decimating the world’s population?The Dystopian Diaries is a fictional series that follows personal accounts of the same horrific pandemic but experienced under very different circumstances. The commonality among these diaries is that their writers are average people experiencing an abnormal situation in different environments, with different skill sets, and often with vastly different ...

Roadways are clogged, government assistance is stymied, infrastructure is failing – so what do you do? Who do you turn to for help? How do you protect yourself or your family? There’s no perfect solution, and you know it. But you have to do something. When a virus the likes of which the world has never seen sweeps across Chicago, a close knit group of neighbors find themselves asking these same questions. Do they stay and try to ride out the storm? Or do they cut and run? As the virus spreads, and the world crumbles, will the group find their hold out for humanity? Will they find…...

Roadways are clogged, government assistance is stymied, infrastructure is failing – so what do you do? Who do you turn to for help? How do you protect yourself or your family? There’s no perfect solution, and you know it. But you have to do something. When a virus the likes of which the world has never seen sweeps across Chicago, a close knit group of neighbors find themselves asking these same questions. Do they stay and try to ride out the storm? Or do they cut and run? As the virus spreads, and the world crumbles, will the group find their hold out for humanity? Will they find…...

Shane McDonald is working at the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant when a solar storm wipes out the grid. He's desperate to reach his family, but they're hundreds of miles away, and the world is falling apart around him. With a blind daughter to protect, finding his way back to his loved ones will be a dangerous journey, across treacherous terrain.