Humor Dystopian

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg. “Enchanting . . . Willy Wonka meets The Matrix.”—USA Today “As one adventure leads expertly to the next, time simply evaporates.”—Entertainment Weekly A world at stake. A quest for the...

The System arrived. Humanity fell. Oscar just wanted to build a better toaster. When the Galactic Integration transformed Earth into a ruthless tutorial zone for the wider universe, billions perished. Monsters roam the ruined streets of Seattle, and the survivors are busy forming guilds, claiming combat classes, and fighting over mana crystals. Oscar didn’t get a combat class. Thanks to his obsession with fixing broken electronics when the System dropped, he was assigned the lowest-tier crafting class available: Junkmancer. Armed with a rusty wrench, a sarcastic System interface, and the ...

Frank has survived five years of the apocalypse by trusting no one and following his own rules. But now he's no longer alone. There's Maisie, fifteen and hardened beyond her years, and little Zoe, whose smile somehow survived the end of the world. So when Frank hears whispers of a place working on a cure, he knows better than to believe it. And he goes anyway. Because for them, he’ll risk what he never would for himself. For them, he’ll break every rule. Even the ones that have kept him alive.

If the Dark doesn’t kill you, what’s in it will. One year ago, anything with a computer chip; the electric grid; communication; every modern convenience stopped working. Ridgecrest, perched on top of the Highland Plateau, went dark — cut off from the rest of the world. Anyone who leaves never returns, and no one comes into town — until today. Grab your copy and start reading Book 1 of this electrifying new serial today! Praise for The Dark: It was bound to happen. You can’t shackle talent like Christopher Greyson’s. He finally stepped out of his comfort zone and wrote one of the...

"Narrator Nancy Wu delivers an outstanding performance of this cheeky satirical novel...Listeners will be entertained by the world building; cast of amusing, eccentric characters; and bizarre charm of the aloof heroine." — AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award Winner Maybe it’s the end of the...

Tall, sexy, and possibly deadly. I've been arrested by a dangerous alien. Now I know it’s possible to break the intergalactic code without ever traveling to space. The huge and gruff Commander Rok of the Intergalactic Cadets turns up to arrest me for my supposed crimes. All I’ve been doing is running my dating business and expanding my customer base. Citywide, statewide. Hell, why not conquer the world? He says I was broadcasting my data halfway across the known galaxy. Whoops. Earth is full of women who want to find a connection. As the Commander of the Intergalactic Cadets, it's my ...

The aliens didn't invade. They made an offer that humanity, desperate and starving, couldn’t refuse. Earth is dying. The crops are gone, the governments are mostly gone, and what's left of civilization is running on rationed hope and bad decisions. Then the Veylorians arrive with food, technology, and a contract. One hundred thousand human soldiers per year, to fight their wars across the galaxy. Mark Calder used to save lives for a living. He was a paramedic in New Orleans—bad coffee, impossible hours, patients who diagnosed themselves on WebMD and were wrong every single time. Now, ...

What was meant to heal the world destroyed it instead. A miracle drug promised to end addiction, depression, and homelessness. Governments rushed it into the hands of millions, convinced they had found the cure of the century. Then the screaming started. They called it The Tox Shot. Within days, civilization begins to collapse. The infected are fast, violent, and driven by an insatiable hunger. The virus spreads through bodily fluids. Cities fall. Families are torn apart. Trust becomes as valuable as food and ammunition. Recently discharged Navy sailor Joel Bierdman expected to return home ...

There are places in this world where even angels fear to tread. In book 2 of the gripping thriller, Cain Haight — a drunk ex-soldier, his opportunist ex-wife, her redneck mother, and a sweet Amish woman are on a mission to rescue two kids from the rebel soldiers who kidnapped them. But they have to survive journeying across the Tennessee landscape filled with nightmarish creatures. The words of Cain’s grandmother echo in his ears. “There are places in this world where even angels fear to tread.” But that’s where we’re headed, straight into Hell. Grab your copy and start reading ...

The journey of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy continues through time and space in this installment from the New York Times bestselling author of the Artemis Fowl series. Arthur has traveled the length, breadth, and depth of known, and unknown, space. He has stumbled forward and backward...

The last human in the universe must battle unfathomable alien intelligences—and confront the truth about humanity—in this ambitious, galaxy-spanning debut “A good old-fashioned space opera in a thoroughly fresh package.”—Andy Weir, author of The Martian “Big ideas and...

When revenge costs $1.8 billion, it’s worth every penny. Devin Reed has hit rock bottom – literally – he sleeps on cot #187 in a homeless shelter. Once a successful shipping company owner, he lost everything to Marcus Thorne, the solar system’s most ruthless corporate titan. With his business destroyed and his wife dead from tainted medicine, Devin has nothing left but rage and a burning desire for payback. Then fate intervenes in the form of a discarded lottery ticket pulled from a trash bin. One impulsive rescue of someone else’s “worthless” paper. Overnight, Devin is ...

A wildly original novel from a rising star of Korean literature—surreal, chilling fables that take on the patriarchy, capitalism, and the reign of big tech with absurdist humor and a (sometimes literal) bite. From an author never before published in the United States, Cursed Bunny is unique...

Featuring an exclusive conversation with Logic and Steve Blum From #1 New York Times bestselling author Logic comes the highly anticipated second novel set in the far future as two friends uncover if the utopian planet Paradise lives up to its name. In the year 2115, when the Earth is no longer...

In the near future sci-fi world of Qualityland, algorithms help create an idyllic life for its citizens, but what if the perfect world wasn't built for you? Welcome to QualityLand, the best country on Earth. Here, a universal ranking system determines the social advantages and career...

In a heretofore calm pocket of a postapocalyptic world, a few survivors find they are not alone as they face a new reality rife with cosmic horrors. In an isolated village at the edge of a forest, the last of humanity ekes out a spirited existence on an Earth that was ravaged by cataclysm...

When a bizarre string of unusual corpses washes up on the beaches of San Diego during Halloween week, Detective Lindsey Brant requires more than her usual set of skills to solve the mystery. Joining forces with horror writer James Archer, the two will have to survive a scourge of undead, international killers, unscrupulous reporters, and rogue spies if they're to unravel the long-buried mystery of a deadly virus that could bring humanity to its knees. But their greatest threat to the case may just be surviving each other. See if the two will succeed in saving the world in this irreverent ...

A New York Times Notable Book A Washington Post Notable Book A Best Book of the Year: The Guardian, NPR, The Christian Science Monitor, The Globe and Mail A GoodReads Reader's Choice Bringing together Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood, this thrilling conclusion to Margaret Atwood's...

A thrilling new voice in fiction injects the absurd into the everyday to present a startling vision of modern life, “[as] if Kafka and Camus and Bradbury were penning episodes of Black Mirror” (Chang-Rae Lee, author of My Year Abroad). “Stories so sharp and ingenious you may cut yourself...

Collection of short stories featuring Hard Luck Hank and his early days on Belvaille. Print Length: 63 pages Includes: -Why Hank came to Belvaille -Hank's first job -Where Hank got his plasma pistol -Hank's first murder -Introduction of glocken -Where the Gentleman's Club and Athletic Club came from -Hank's first love -How and why Belvaille changed and became what it is today NOTE: while the stories are stand-alone, it contains many references to characters and events in Hard Luck Hank novels.