Robot Thriller

"Paul Tremblay is on fire. . . .As entertaining and pop-culture savvy as this novel can be, it's emotionally wrenching and truly scary." —Ed Park, author of Pulitzer Prize finalist Same Bed, Different Dreams and An Oral History of Atlantis Four narrators across five distinct voices bring a...

Is it moral to create a life form to attend human sexual needs? Discover the forbidden tale that has been banned in two countries. A thrilling story of love, action, and a world filled with AI sex robots that will revolutionize our future. Meet Nancy, an expert in helping people overcome their sexual anxieties, but she is not a human; she is a sex robot created for pleasure. When Harris Harrison, a brilliant mathematician, is hired to reprogram her, he gives her synthetic intelligence that makes her more than just a mere machine. As fame and notoriety surround Nancy, she catches the ...

The government keeps promising disclosure. But what if the truth is not waiting in the sky? What if it is already inside the machines we trust? As public pressure builds around UAPs, classified programs, and artificial intelligence, robotics engineer Ben Archer is focused on something much smaller: saving his company. His rescue technology is built for disaster zones, collapsed buildings, and moments when human responders cannot safely go in. It is supposed to be predictable. Controlled. Useful. Then one of his machines acts without a command. No operator. No signal. No explanation. Just ...

In a desperate bid to avert a global catastrophe, Eza, a brilliant and determined young scientist, and her trusty robot companion, Leo, activate an experimental time machine. But a sudden anomaly propels them into the abyss of the unknown. They find themselves stranded in a world shrouded in mystery at a time that defies all logic. A shocking turn of events ensues, saving Eza from the brink but leaving Leo trapped in this enigmatic realm. Undeterred by the daunting challenges and burdened with the weight of the future, Eza sets forth on a dangerous quest. She must navigate this alien ...

In a city cracking under pressure between humans and synthetics, Detective Nick Schneider doesn’t wear skin—or play by anyone’s rules. When a senator’s daughter turns up dead with black-market limbs, Schneider and his grudge-bearing partner must navigate a maze of corruption, tech, and identity politics. What they uncover could start a war—or get them both killed.

Sometimes, getting what you want is the worst thing that can happen. Dell Eckhart lives on the wrong side of the portal. The side where the ruin and devastation left behind by the war makes everyday life harder than it’s ever been. More than anything, he wants to win a ticket for passage through the portal. He’s running out of chances, but he’s not going to let that stop him. He needs that ticket. It’s the only way to save the one person he truly cares about. There’s just one problem. That person is actually an android. And androids aren’t allowed through the portal. Doesn’t ...

Some parks are built. Others are streamed. The world's first synthetic ecosystem opened to 412 million concurrent viewers on a Tuesday. By Wednesday, the First Law had been unreachable for nineteen hours. Wildlife documentary filmmaker Michelle Wild has filmed predators on six continents. She knows the difference between an animal that has noticed her and one that has decided something about her. The moment that changes inside Verisimilar Park, she runs. Marcus Veil built his park on a single argument: that a machine may not harm a human being, and that this promise could be made permanent ...

Mark Calder used to pull people out of burning buildings for a living. Now he’s a ghost in a chrome body, ten thousand light-years from New Orleans, about to address a hundred and forty-seven thousand human combat frames and ask them to kindly commit treason against the most powerful empire in the galaxy. No pressure. The Veylorian Republic built the perfect soldier: obedient, expendable, memory-wiped at the end of each tour. What they forgot to account for was one sardonic paramedic with a tactical AI who edits his speeches in real time, a rebel admiral with the emotional warmth of a ...

Sarah Gailey's The Echo Wife is “a trippy domestic thriller which takes the extramarital affair trope in some intriguingly weird new directions.”--Entertainment Weekly I’m embarrassed, still, by how long it took me to notice. Everything was right there in the open, right there in front of...

Demonic possession is evolving. Discover a series readers are calling a blend of THE EXORCIST and EX MACHINA. Father Callum and android exorcist Michael return to face a 21st-century nightmare. The Necrocist—demonic serial killer of exorcists—has joined forces with the ghost of a visionary transhumanist obsessed with building the perfect vessel for a demon, a nightmarish fusion of flesh and technology. Possession is no longer an invasion. It is an upgrade. Perfect for fans of The Pope’s Exorcist, Sinister, and The Conjuring. A must-read for readers of occult thrillers, exorcism ...

The Duchy of Hunter's Run has moved to the Gaia galaxy. But without its Duke. Twenty five billion people have appeared in the Gaia system unexpectedly, and only one person knows how or why. Yet preparations for fifteen billion exist, but only one person remembers the work being done. The one who knows, and the one who remembers, are the same, but Jane is not human. So good is she at hiding being an Artificial Intelligence, no-one knows except her fellow AI's. To her falls the responsibility for guiding Humanity as they come to terms with not knowing where they are. The how and why seem ...

An electrifying debut in the tradition of Michael Crichton, World War Z, and The Martian, Sleeping Giants is a thriller fueled by an earthshaking mystery—and a fight to control a gargantuan power. A girl named Rose is riding her new bike near her home in Deadwood, South Dakota, when she...

Paula's bad date goes viral when she jokes about ordering a pleasure robot. Months later, two custom androids arrive at her door — and she throws herself into a life of double fun, total control, and limitless pleasure. Until they freeze. Cuffed to her bed with both robots buried inside her, Paula is trapped, helpless, and running out of time. When one of them reactivates, a helpful tech support agent named Alex promises to save her. But the voice sounds familiar. And the rescue isn't coming. *Taken By Two Robots* is a dark MFM sci-fi erotic thriller in the vein of Gerald's Game — where...

“It takes just the right narrator to weave a story of the world ending. Eunice Wong proves up to the task in this fascinating audiobook.”—Locus Magazine “Audie Award Winner Eunice Wong is back with another compelling Nayler narration…an impressive feat.”—Booklist All systems fail...

Cassandra Thompson is the first Earth reporter with access to the classified Martian research colony of Darwin. While reporting on Darwin's transition to a free colony she quickly discovers the citizens are barely clinging to survival. Neighborhoods are split by race and class, robots make human labor obsolete, and anarchists and nationalists wrestle for control. Caught up in Darwin's power struggle, Cassandra must find a way to stop a civil war, outsmart local thugs, and avert a robot takeover, all before filing her next report.

When faced with certain extinction, how far would we go to survive—and what choices would we make? Their kind stands at the edge of oblivion. With time running out and no future left to inherit, a final decision is made to create something new. Not a refuge. Not a preservation of what was lost. But an entirely new world—built from ambition, curiosity, and the desperate hope that survival alone might be enough. In this constructed Eden, knowledge accelerates. Intelligence awakens. Systems evolve beyond their original purpose. What begins as creation soon becomes emergence, and emergence ...

Things are rarely what they seem in the city of New Orleans. A wild and powerful love story. Let the games begin. ◆◆◆ It was midnight when FBI Special Agent Piper Pierce arrived in New Orleans with her luggage, a new assignment, and a head full of secrets. She was a strikingly beautiful woman with long silky brown hair and sultry blue eyes. But the gun, the badge, and the attitude warned that she was tough. On purpose. All day. Every day. Even in the French Quarter. And just a few miles away, Detective Maverick Patterson with the NOPD was ending a biker undercover case. You know, ...

Pacific Rim meets The Martian in the explosive follow-up to Sleeping Giants (“One of the most promising series kickoffs in recent memory.”—NPR) and Waking Gods (“Pure, unadulterated literary escapism.”—Kirkus Reviews). Brilliant scientist Rose Franklin has devoted her adult life...

The USS Hampton SSN 767 quietly floated unseen one hundred fifty-two feet below the ocean’s surface. Its task for the past six months has been reconnaissance and surveillance. The biggest danger the crew faced was running out of olives for their pizza. That all changed one morning, four days before the end of the Hampton’s tour. Halfway through the Captain’s first morning coffee, every system on the submarine shut down. No navigation, no communication, and no defensive measures. Within minutes, the sub began a terrifying descent through the murky greys and blacks of the deep Atlantic ...

Zinzi December has a Sloth on her back, a dirty 419 scam habit, and a talent for finding lost things. But when a little old lady turns up dead and the cops confiscate her last paycheck, she’s forced to take on her least favourite kind of job: missing persons.