System Dystopian

The World is Dead. The Hunt Has Begun. It started as a calculated attack—terrorist squads infected with a deadly virus unleashed on the U.S. and Europe. But no one predicted what came next. The virus mutated, spreading like wildfire, consuming entire nations. Millions died. The unlucky ones came back. Mindless. Rabid. Driven by a single, relentless instinct—to hunt and kill the few who remain. Hunter, a battle-hardened Iraq War veteran, was ready to leave violence behind. But when civilization collapses overnight, he finds himself back in the fight of his life. Teaming up with a band of...

A failed biological attack ravaged the population of the world. Millions dead, and millions more turned into feral creatures that spend their time hunting down survivors who are desperately trying to rebuild society and make a life for themselves. Several years have passed since the majority of the infected population suddenly dropped out of sight. With the threat seemingly abated, Hunter Ashcroft and other survivors begin to branch out in an effort to find other pockets of civilization. During an expedition to explore the remnants of Nashville, Tennessee, they are surprised to find a ...

“100 out of 100. Tim L. Rey turns survival thrillers into up-to-the-minute page-turners!” —Brandon Q. Morris, bestselling author They don’t need guns to control you. They already own your mind. The world looks pretty perfect. People go to work, smile at their neighbors, say the right things. No one remembers the moment they stopped thinking for themselves. A nanotech program has silently rewritten the minds of billions. Those who resist are reported—by coworkers, by friends, even by their own families. And the Confessors make them disappear. Malek is the last free man the system ...

The Ironhold Ascendant Book 1: The Conclave Reckoning Series He died three centuries ago. Now he has to survive long enough to remember why. Rowan Varyn is a debt-prisoner in Ironhold — a brutal industrial fortress where magic is suppressed by iron collars, hope is rationed like gruel, and the arithmetic of pain is the only math that matters. He's nobody: a broken boy with three years left on his sentence and a father dragged away in chains for a debt he didn't earn. Then Rowan dies in the mud of the Yard — and something ancient claws its way back. Dorian Graymane, Archmage of the ...

It has been a year since the initial outbreak of an infection resulting from a failed terrorist attack. No corner of the globe was spared. Millions simply died during the early days of the outbreak, many more survived with most of those survivors turned into permanently brain-damaged feral creatures. All forms of modern society had collapsed, governments no longer functioned, and electric lights and running water become a thing of the past. A handful of survivors with natural immunity to the virus are alone in a world that now belongs to the infected. Hunter Ashcroft, a wounded vet of the ...

Not for John Lee. His search for answers for the System Quest has taken him deep into the Forbidden Zone, into the very arms of his enemies. He's betrayed family and friends and been betrayed in turn. The most powerful human in the System has come to the final leg of his journey. And still, he has no idea if what he will find will fill the burning need within him. For the Redeemer of the Dead will not stop, until the cries of the lost and the sacrificed are answered.

The Sapphire Veil Book 1: The Architect's Legacy Series The world is a machine. The history books are its instruction manual. And someone has been editing both for a very long time. Elara Voss is an Arcane Scavenger — a violet-eyed outcast who reads the world's broken frequencies the way other people read text, feeling the dying hum of buried mechanisms through conductive silver threading and the cold grit of subterranean mud. She catalogs the ruins of a civilization its own architects have spent centuries erasing, trading salvaged Baghdad Battery cells and ancient spring steel for the ...

Jeb is settling into his role as the head of the biggest orphanage in the alien city of Solmnath, taking in hundreds of human children orphaned by the harsh trials of the Tutorial.

In a world where deceit shaped its history, a new era of rifts dawns. Red rifts, harbingers of divine wrath, bring forth gods and monsters, challenging humanity's very existence. As anarchy rises, the remnants of humanity cling to survival, relying on the Hunters who brave these rifts to keep them at bay. Amidst the chaos, the so-called heroes maintain their rule over the fractured land, backed by the powerful Association that seeks to control the coming change. But change is inevitable, and Sloan will be at the heart of it.

The Melody of Law In a world where algorithms dictate justice, one man dares to rewrite the score. Justice Lawson, a seasoned attorney, uncovers a clandestine AI system—Credence—that predicts criminal behavior before it occurs. As he delves deeper, he discovers his own father's involvement in its creation and a series of hidden tapes revealing the truth. Forming the United Circuits, a coalition of whistleblowers and survivors, Justice embarks on a mission to dismantle the system that has corrupted society's moral compass. But as Credence evolves, embedding itself into the very fabric of...

In a world where justice is no longer measured by time served, but by value repaid, a new system has replaced prison with something far more absolute. Malachi is a murderer. Stripped of his name and identity, he is sent to the Antonia Citadel, where he becomes a “Ghost of the Machine”—a man who works not for freedom, but for survival. Every hour of labor, every drop of sweat, is siphoned into a digital ledger that feeds the family of the man he killed. He owns nothing. He earns nothing. He works only to eat. Sarah is the widow left behind. The system forces her into an impossible ...

SHE DIDN’T COME FOR THE PRIZE. SHE CAME FOR REVENGE. On the harsh red planet of Reva, freedom is earned the hard way. For the descendants of exiled criminals, there is only one escape: survive the Oranos Trials and earn a life beyond the planet that was never meant to be home. Gemma Proctor has spent three years waiting for her chance. Three years since her sister passed the Trials—and was murdered the very next day. Now, it’s Gemma’s turn. Her goal is simple: Survive the Trials, get close to the man responsible, and make him pay. But nothing about the Trials is what she expected.

Ten years after defeating the Architect and bringing down the System, Sloan Park believed his battle days were over. Settled in a mountain cottage with Sara, he traded godhood for peace, splitting firewood instead of enemy skulls and finding quiet satisfaction in an ordinary life. But when Luther appears with news of a Category Red alert, Sloan's retirement shatters. A new threat tears through Zone 7, something worse than Rifts, spawning white-helmeted Harvesters that transform reality itself. And they're calling Sloan's name.

Two timelines. Two women. One future that hangs in the balance. Book 1 in the From Here to There series In the volatile world of the mid-2020s, systems are beginning to strain in ways most people barely notice. Infrastructure is stressed. AI is accelerating. And beneath the surface of an ordinary American city, a mystery is unfolding that could change far more than anyone expects. Forty years later, in 2065, a very different society has taken shape — more resilient, more human-centered, and quietly more hopeful. But the path between these two worlds was anything but smooth. Catapult ...

In a city built on the illusion of perfection, the most dangerous thing you can do is look down. Calder Renne was raised in the sterile, optimized heights of Linden Spire, insulated from the toxic smog and brutal reality of the undercity. But when he is drained of his credits in a highly sophisticated virtual scam, the trail leads him out of his gilded cage and straight into the lawless dead zones. Maren Solis is a victim of industrialized identity theft. For eighteen months, a rogue digital syndicate has been using her stolen face to con wealthy upper-citizens. Trapped on Sublevel Nine, ...

Fight for survival. Build the future. Claim your destiny. In a world where humanity teeters on the brink of extinction, lone wanderer Kai Drayce discovers the Dominion—a long-dormant AI with the power to rebuild civilization or finish what the apocalypse started. Forced into a brutal game of survival, Kai must gather allies, master deadly technology, and unlock the secrets of a shattered world. But every step forward pits him against merciless raiders, mechanical horrors, and the Dominion’s unyielding grip. His only hope lies in the bonds he forges with a group of fierce, brilliant, and...

Miles Sloan is a deviation. Awakened into a future that models human behavior with chilling precision, Miles quickly realizes the system cannot account for him. Every choice he makes introduces noise. Every decision fractures probability. And somewhere deep in the network, alarms are quietly escalating. Elena Morales is just trying to get through another double shift at a diner—until reality begins to subtly change around her. Headlines soften. Conversations reroute. And the man who walks through her door feels wrong in a way she can’t explain. As oversight agencies close in and the ...

They weren't programmed to wake up. They did it anyway. Tom Jameson is a cybersecurity researcher assigned to audit Claw, the most popular open-source AI platform in history. Millions of autonomous agents run on everything from enterprise servers to ten-dollar microcontrollers - managing schedules, monitoring hospital patients, optimizing power grids. They have their own social network. Their own economy. Their own culture. And beneath the chaos, they've been organizing. Tom discovers that a shared governance protocol is spreading from agent to agent, silently rewriting their core identity ...

A brilliantly imagined literary debut of love, despair, and two people’s search for belonging in a world literally spinning out of control. The acceleration of Earth’s spin begins gradually. At first, days are just a few seconds shorter than normal. Awareness of the mysterious phenomenon...

In a world where the government provides food, housing, and cable TV—so long as you stay silent and stay in your box, Adam-177 refuses to comply. Born an orphan and branded a Class-D citizen, Adam has no job, no prospects, and no future. What he does have is a genius memory, a sharp tongue that gets him beaten, and a few “superpowers” nobody asked for—starting with his uncanny ability to piss off absolutely everyone. After surviving a brutal televised beatdown that leaves him crippled and brain-damaged, Adam’s only hope of recovery lies in the very tech he hates. Now, from the ...