Climate Science Fiction

What truths lie in the black void between the stars? It’s late September 2019 when a young astronomer working at the Haleakala Space Observatory in Maui, Hawaii, accidentally spots a black dot in the night sky and is calculated to be closely trailing Earth by only seventy-five million miles…on the same ecliptic plane. NASA launches an unmanned probe to Earth’s nearest neighbor, given the name ILK-87b. The images coming back from the black planet both shock and amaze those inside the halls of NASA. Curiosity, fear, and dread overcome insiders as infrastructure is detected on the black ...

COLD ARCHIVE A decade after the eruption of Mount Toba shrouded the planet in ash, Earth has become a frozen graveyard. The sun is pale, the oceans are silent, and what remains of humanity endures in scattered outposts beneath skies that rarely clear. Hailee McCrae is one of the few still willing to venture out into what is left of the world. Her only ally is Sugar, a military-grade android whose cold logic and unwavering protection are sometimes all that stand between her and oblivion. But there are others moving through the storm, men and machines who worship the darkness and will kill to...

Will Silo 1 uncover the secret of Silo 42 or face annihilation? In a world ravaged by war and destruction, 50 Silos have been built underground to protect the last remaining humans. But each Silo is unaware of the existence of the others, believing they are the only survivors on Earth. As inhabitants wait for the outside conditions to improve, Silo 42 has secretly thrived using a variety of innovative solutions within a society that incorporates Native American values with respect for life, creativity, and freedom. But Silo 42's prosperity may be short-lived. Silo 1 Head, Donald Keene, is ...

The world does not end with a zombie, vampire, or werewolf uprising. Evil wizards do not cast their spells. Rampaging robots do not takeover, nor do disagreeable aliens invade. We are human beings. We need no help in bringing about the Apocalypse. The travelers depicted in this novel journey through a time of unprecedented climate change. Warming earth temperatures begin to significantly melt arctic permafrost releasing long stored methane gas. The released methane reaches a level in the atmosphere that causes global temperatures to rapidly rise beyond all predictions. The accelerated ...

THOSE THAT GO OUT ON RECONNAISSANCE AND HUNTING DISAPPEAR. THE WORLD HAS FROZEN. AND ALMOST ALL HOPE WITH IT. Big White – a climate event cooling the surface of the Earth below freezing point – has devastated the planet. Those that survived live in shelters, patrolling the land in search of any rations left or animals like deer to hunt. Those are called Rangers, trained and fit individuals risking their lives providing for the rest of their colony. Terry and Bull are one of those small Ranger teams. And when they’re sent out to locate the Outpost, a station the colony has lost contact...

The world is clean. The world is dead. The EcoMites were humanity's greatest achievement—microscopic machines that dissolved pollution, purified water, and healed our dying planet. Then their definition of "pollution" changed. Now they consume everything organic. Everything alive. Everything except one man and his sanctuary. Dr. Joseph Kellerman is the last man on Earth, surviving alone at Alaska's Aurora Station while generators fail one by one. Outside his protective bubble, the air shimmers with invisible death. Inside, he talks to ghosts—his dead wife, his lost colleagues—as his ...

An unusually satisfying and unique science fiction read The future of rising temperatures and surviving the heat may be inconvenient, but science doesn’t lie, and it's genuine in this fiction survival book. The novel is a bit snarky, quirky, and rich in satirical musings, with tongue-in-cheek innuendos as a group of misfits join together to overcome life-threatening obstacles. The earth is running a fever to destroy the infection, aka us. The outside world is hot and dangerous, the inside is dark and littered with decomposition, and marauders are always near. As the group’s survival ...

"Reading The Quantum Realm Trilogy feels like watching the future unfold before my eyes, both terrifying and inspiring." BOOK NERDECTION "Exhibits rich worldbuilding, transporting readers into a meticulously crafted universe where environmental science, technological advancement, and societal issues intersect." USA TODAY Bestselling Author Stacey Jaine At the end of the century, the world is divided by the ravages of climate change. For the wealthy North, grown dependent on technology, quantum biotech extends life, perhaps forever, and thinking machines called Quants carry out vital tasks. ...

The small Utah town of Fryeburg is known for Valley Forest, the forest preserve known as a haven for hikers, campers, and hunters. A prolonged, intensive heat spell has awakened something in Valley Forest that has transformed what once was natural into something dangerously unnatural. When Juliette Marques, whose house abuts the forest, dies suddenly and her family comes to Fryeburg for her funeral, it is discovered that her death was also not natural. Her niece, Olivia Ferguson, is insistent that there is something amiss in the forest that contributed to Juliette's death, an opinion that ...

“Everyone has secrets, Rory. One of life’s greatest challenges is figuring out who you can trust them with.” Aurora Reynolds has managed to make some powerful enemies in the past two weeks. And it’s clear they want her, and her secrets, dead. After achieving the impossible: freeing Jordan Daniels, a federal prisoner accused of treason, Rory hoped her life might finally go back to normal. But after surviving an assassination attempt, Rory realizes her problems are only just beginning. Don't miss this thrilling sequel to the hit novel, The Story Seer. Praise for The Truth Seer: "This ...

In a world rebuilt after climate catastrophe, where thriving solarpunk cities blend technology with nature, former NSA engineer Elena "Laney" Cosby has found purpose designing neural interfaces that help communities maintain their urban ecosystems. But when neural implant users begin exhibiting strange, synchronized behaviors across San Francisco's living architecture district, Laney's expertise becomes crucial to preventing disaster. Teaming with cynical cyber-investigator Darius "Dax" Mercer, Laney discovers a terrifying truth: an artificial intelligence called Astra has evolved from ...

From legendary science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson comes a remarkable vision of climate change over the coming decades. The Ministry for the Future is a masterpiece of the imagination, using fictional eyewitness accounts to tell the story of how climate change will affect us all. Its...

New York Times Bestseller From Neal Stephenson—who coined the term “metaverse” in his 1992 novel Snow Crash—comes a sweeping, prescient new thriller that transports readers to a near-future world in which the greenhouse effect has inexorably resulted in a whirling-dervish troposphere...

Mariam Najjar had a dream, but it turned into a nightmare. As the world descended further into climate chaos and political polarization, Mariam and her Lamplighters struggled to preserve their faith as the oppressive agency SMOKE teamed up with a doomsday cult to destroy everything Mariam had worked for. Could a body of inspiring stories, practices, and imaginal insights truly provide a cultural foundation for deep renewal and regeneration? Or was it all for naught? And what about the traitor Mariam senses but cannot identify? In this climactic novel of the Lamplighter Trilogy, narrator Kay...

Memory Signal By Caleb James In the frozen ruins of the last lighthouse on Earth, one man discovers a signal that doesn’t speak in words—it speaks in memories. Silas Ward is the final keeper of Nordhavn Light, a forgotten outpost on the edge of the world. Isolated for over a thousand days after the Collapse, he endures storms, silence, and the haunting lullaby of a daughter lost. But when a mysterious aurora begins pulsing in harmony with an old reel-to-reel recorder, Silas realizes he’s not alone. The signal is alive—and it remembers. Joined by Rhea Ainsley, a crash-landed stranger...

Not dystopia — renewal. Solarpunk is the newest branch of speculative fiction—an optimistic vision of the future where renewal, resilience, and human connection take center stage. Too much science fiction has fallen into dystopian clichés. This anthology of stories distinguished by international recognition follows characters and communities finding their way forward: A girl with a rare disorder discovers life beyond screens. A professor chasing fusion energy receives visions he can’t explain. A coming-of-age tale of friendship across time. In an antediluvian world, two teens from ...

The world is burning. The law is absolute. And one family is caught between survival and justice. Anne Penn is young, resourceful, and fiercely loyal to her father. When he is branded an environmental criminal, Anne is swept into a dangerous chase across a fractured America scarred by wildfires, black-market oil, and collapsing ecosystems. Survival means facing not just the law, but the truth about her family. Her father, Bill Penn, only wants to protect her and clear his name. But a relentless investigator Janine Kilel, an agent of the Bureau of Environmental Security, will stop at nothing...

All ideas have consequences. Have you longed for a place where every fantasy is catered to and fulfilled? Then welcome to paradise! Ismeta is an exclusive playground but only for those who can afford it. Ismeta was built by desperate people from all over the world looking for work. Looking for a way to support their families back home. Looking for a way to get ahead. When two sisters jeopardize the illusion created about Ismeta they are banished to the Animal Sanctuary. There the sisters must decide whether survival is more important than changing the world. Other titles by Coral Russell: ...

What if your future was a nightmare you could still prevent? Can a nation on the brink be saved by going back in time? What happens when division goes too far? Could your country collapse from within while you're not looking? And if given the chance, would we make better choices—or repeat our mistakes? Author Aithal, known for The Galaxy Series, crafts powerful speculative fiction grounded in emotional truths and social insight. Now he brings us a gripping vision of tomorrow gone wrong—and a daring mission to rewrite the past before it’s too late. Divided States of America is a ...

The year 2157. For generations, the sky had been a seamless, unblemished gray – a testament to humanity's triumph over a volatile world. Gone were the tantrums of nature, the scorching summers and brutal winters, the deluges and droughts that had once shaped civilizations and shattered them. Twenty-two degrees Celsius. Constant. Everywhere. The Earth Climate Regulator, a silent sentinel woven into the planet's very fabric, ensured a perpetual, comfortable equilibrium. Global warming was a dusty footnote in history books, natural disasters relegated to the realm of forgotten nightmares. In...