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1) Metropolis
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The future. Metropolis is a wonderful city, high above the ground its towers stand. The people prosper, the economy is flourishing, the suspended streets are busy. But Metropolis also has a great secret, so hidden that not even Freder Fredersen, son of founder Joh Fredersen knows about it. He is spending his free time in the Eternal Gardens, when suddenly a woman shows up, with what looks like a class of children. They're from the City of Workers,...
2) Alone
Author
Publisher
[Self published]
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Alone is a sci-fi/fantasy sub genre about the raw, emotional journey of surviving post-apocalyptic America alone.
Cassandra is learning how to stay sane while in isolation, and how to safely find food and shelter while being hunted by an unknown entity.
Mathew is turning his ideas of redemption into action as he prepares his ward to embark on a mission to save the entrapped people of the experiments.
Verose—Mathew’s ward—has been told all of...
Author
Series
Tales from the Great Island volume Book 1
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
© 2021
Language
English
Description
The mighty eruption changed everything....Earth's survivors now live in safety and harmony on the Great Island--or so they think. Ruled by the powerful women of the Disciple Council, the Great Island's colonies mirror the beauty and inspiration of the Seven Wonders of the World. But the feminine, tyrannical leadership of the island is too suffocating to bear. And now, sixteen-year-old Raindalynn Noic is dreading her testing for her "chosen" career....
Author
Series
Edge of collapse volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Freedom demands a price...As the United States falls apart, the town of Fall Creek struggles to survive. Hannah, Liam, and the others have endured the brutal winter and violent adversaries, but the threat has never been greater. Enemies from within have taken control of the town--including what little remains of the food. Isolated, and on the verge of starvation, the townspeople are faced with a desperate choice. To be free, Fall Creek may have to...
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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Description
"The bestselling, award-winning author of The Power delivers a dazzling tour de force where a handful of friends plot a daring heist to save the world from the tech giants whose greed threatens life as we know it. When Martha Einkorn fled her father's isolated compound in Oregon, she never expected to find herself working for a powerful social media mogul hell-bent on controlling everything. Now, she's surrounded by mega-rich companies designing private...
Author
Series
Kelly Turnbull novels volume 4
Publisher
[Kurt Schlichter]
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The socialist People's Republic is falling apart, held together only by the murderous thugs of the blue states' government. The communist Chinese want to carve off a colony in North America, and the United States is mobilizing for war to stop it and to finally reunify the country split apart a decade before. As hunger and violence sweep across what had once been Golden State, Kelly Turnbull must undertake his most daring mission yet. With his trusty...
Author
Series
Competition archives volume 3
Publisher
Nicole Scarano
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
With mercenaries tasked with destroying their rebellion en route, Hope--as her friends affectionately named her--and Luka prepare for their final stand. The corporation will stop at nothing to kill her and regain control of the island, but Hope is determined to save the man she loves and the newfound friends she has come to care for. With the odds stacked against them, the remaining competitors prepare for their greatest challenge yet. But Hope is...
8) Singularity
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In 2020, a super-computer attacks mankind. Sixty years later, a teenage boy, lost in a world run by machines, meets a female survivor searching for the last human stronghold.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"When Silvia and her mother finally land in a place called Island City, after being expelled from their ancestral home in a not-too-distant future, they end up living and working at The Morningside, a crumbling luxury tower where Silvia's aunt, Ena, has been serving as the superintendent. Silvia feels unmoored in her life because her mother has been so diligently secretive about the family's past. But in Ena there is an opening: a person willing to...
Author
Series
Everything is fine volume 2
Publisher
Webtoon Unscrolled
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
After a mild disagreement and a tiny bit of unpleasantness, things are back on their way to being fine and dandy. Sam and Maggie just need to clean up a very big mess. This is the story of a couple doing their very best to get by in a world where things are absolutely, totally, and unquestionably fine.
12) Greywaren
Author
Series
Dreamer trilogy (Maggie Stiefvater) volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Niall and Mor escaped their homeland for a new start, and lost themselves in what they found. Declan has grown up as the responsible son, the responsible brother--only to find there is no way for him to keep his family safe. Ronan has always lived on the edge between dreams and waking... but now that edge is gone, and he is falling. Matthew has been the happy child, the brightest beam. But rebellion beckons, because it all feels like an illusion now....
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 2083, Benjamin Brandt is among the millions of slummers who are relegated to poverty and struggle on the outskirts of society. As a minority growing up in the gritty underbelly of Cleveland's Industrial Valley, Ben sees the way genetically designed elites live only from a distance: from the shadows of public spaces people like him are forbidden to use, and on TV, where he watches the enhanced athletes compete at an extraordinary level. For years,...
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Series
Language
English
Description
"They look like an everyday family living an ordinary life. But beyond the edges of this peaceful farm, unimaginable forces of light and dark have been unleashed. Fallon Swift, approaching her thirteenth birthday, barely knows the world that existed before -- the city where her parents lived, now in ruins and reclaimed by nature since the Doom sickened and killed billions. Traveling anywhere is a danger, as vicious gangs of Raiders and fanatics called...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a near future when life is harsh outside of Earth's last unpolluted place, Cee tries to leave an abandoned island while her sister, STEM prodigy Kasey, seeks escape from the science and home she once trusted.
It's been three years since Cee woke up on the shore of an abandoned island, with no memories of life prior, or how she got there. All she knows is she has a sister-- and is determined to find her. A world away, STEM prodigy Kasey is looking...
16) Sanctuary
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
In 2032, when sixteen-year-old Vali's mother is detained by the Deportation Forces, Vali must flee Vermont with her little brother, Ernie, hoping to reach their Tía Luna in the sanctuary state of California.
In 2032 America, all citizens are chipped and everyone is tracked. It is almost impossible to survive as an undocumented immigrant, but that is exactly what Vali is doing. She and her family have carved out a stable, happy life in small-town...
Author
Series
Great library volume 5
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The corrupt leadership of the Great Library has fallen. But with the Archivist plotting his return to power, and the Library under siege from outside empires and kingdoms, its future is uncertain. Jess Brightwell and his friends must come together as never before, to forge a new future for the Great Library . . . or see everything it stood for crumble.
18) The survivalist
Publisher
Quiver Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
After a viral pandemic decimates the world, a survivalist is forced to take on a group of heavily armed religious fanatics who believe that he is harboring a woman who could be the key to ending the virus and repopulating the world.
Author
Series
Alice in Borderland volume 3
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Eighteen-year-old Ryohei Arisu is sick of his life. School sucks, his love life is a joke, and his future weighs on him like impending doom. As he struggles to exist in a world that can’t be bothered with him, Ryohei feels like everything would be better if he were anywhere else. When a strange fireworks show transports him and his friends to a parallel world, Ryohei thinks all his wishes have come true. But this new world isn’t an...
Author
Series
Alice in Borderland volume 4
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Eighteen-year-old Ryohei Arisu is sick of his life. School sucks, his love life is a joke, and his future weighs on him like impending doom. As he struggles to exist in a world that can't be bothered with him, Ryohei feels like everything would be better if he were anywhere else. When a strange fireworks show transports him and his friends to a parallel world, Ryohei thinks all his wishes have come true. But this new world isn't an empty paradise,...
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