Dystopier

Deprived beings bonded by the Eternal flame make the trickiest captives.Divided, disconnected, yet stronger than ever.I don't need to see my men to feel them; their raw power simmers beneath the cuffs clamped around my wrists. We maybe trapped at Afterlife Asylum once more, its malicious owner's mocking laugh echoing through the walls, but he's overlooked one simple fact. With my harem, I am fierce. Without them, I'm feral.Dying is no longer an option. Hiding in Hell is a distant memory. A war has been waged upon the Mutes, and it's not just Christopher in my sights now. It's the entire human race. Whatever it takes, whatever I have to do, I will be free of these stone walls and the world of poverty beyond. If an uprising is needed to gain the Mutes equal rights, then I'm prepared to fight. Love has found me in the most unlikely of places, and Hell hath no fury like a mutant scorned.Trigger warning: This novel is the first in a dark RH trilogy. Certain themes such as sex, self-harm, death and controversial beliefs are featured so anyone easily offended should avoid. However, those who always fall for the twisted, deranged villain and never question their own sanity about it, the Afterlife Asylum is the place for you.

Deprived beings without genetic mutations make the worst saviours.I was wrong. So very wrong. I used to think love was a weakness. Now I draw on its strength to survive, despite being more alone than ever.Deemed useless by the deranged owner of Afterlife Asylum, every step I now take in the human world is a struggle. With a bitter chill gnawing at my bones, refusing to let me sleep, I long for the fires of the underworld. Although, I know from the chasm residing in my chest, those are not the fires I'm longing for.With Pyro still trapped and Hoax lost to the astral planes, I must turn to the one who abandoned us all in our hour of need. Saving them is my only goal and failure is not an option. I'm on my last life. I have to make this one count.

2032Kriege und Naturkatastrophen haben dazu geführt, dass große Teile der Erde nicht mehr bewohnbar sind.Der achtzehnjährige Paul ist einer der ersten Menschen, die auf den künstlichen Kontinent Lex im Pazifik umsiedeln - ein utopisches Paradies für all diejenigen, die es sich leisten können.71 p. c.Siebzig Jahre später hat sich auf Lex eine neue, friedliche Gesellschaftsform etabliert, in der die Menschen ohne Konflikte zusammenleben.Um den Frieden und die innere Sicherheit zu wahren, wird in Kauf genommen, dass die Regierung stark in das Leben des Einzelnen eingreift. So werden den Bürgern sämtliche wichtige Entscheidungen abgenommen und bestimmte Rechte beschnitten.Die sechzehnjährige Vinnie steht kurz vor ihrer Zwangsheirat mit einem von der Regierung ausgewählten Fremden.Sie glaubt fest an das System - doch dann fällt ihr Pauls Tagebuch in die Hände und ihr Weltbild gerät ins Wanken.

Es geschah Ende 2034, dass sich die drei Könige Putin, Trump und Xi Jinping auf eine Dreiteilung der Welt einigten...Das einzige Land, das sich erfolgreich der Vereinnahmung durch die drei Weltmächte widersetzte, war ausgerechnet das kleine Island. König Trump hatte erst einmal seine Berater konsultieren müssen, um zu erfahren, wo dieses Land lag. In einem Telefonat teilte ihm Putin mit, dass er dieses Eiland nicht haben wollte. Als Trump erfuhr, dass das Land voller Vulkane und Gletscher wäre, verkündete er, dass auch Trans-Amerika diese »Shit-Hole-Insel« nicht haben wolle. Zumal er über den Namen eines dieser Vulkane gestolpert war: Eyjafjallajökull. Alle seine Nackenhaare hatten sich gesträubt, als er wieder und wieder versucht hatte, diesen Namen zu lesen. Ein solcher Name grenzte aus Sicht von Trump an eine Unverschämtheit. Einen Vulkan mit einem derart zungenbrecherischen Namen zu belegen. Sollten sie ihn doch behalten, ihren Eierlukull-Vulkan. Dabei hatten die Wissenschaftler behauptet, auf Inseln käme es zu Verzwergung. Diese Namen sprachen eine andere Sprache! Es bestärkte König Trump wieder einmal in seiner Einschätzung von Wissenschaftlern. Diese Eierköpfe hatten keine Ahnung. Xi fand es unter seiner Würde, sich mit einem solch trostlosen Eiland überhaupt zu beschäftigen. Und so kam es, dass Island als einziges Land unabhängig blieb. Wie das Leben so spielt...

A fascinating philosophical-literary reflection,inviting us to examine the priorities in our own lives.What do we think about real life? About a retreat in untouched nature? About death and immortality? Through the lives of our children? These questions also preoccupy the fictional poet and philosopher Moritz Brandt. His friend Aaron sorts through his estate, coming across diaries and essays in which Brandt reflects on real life. The more he delves into these texts, however, the more frequently Aaron asks himself: Where does the desire to change, to become real, come from? Michael Hampe masterfully links narrative and reflection so that we recognize how the distinction between appearance and reality prevents us from coming to terms with our lives.

Who will save us?Experience an explosive journey through this nail-biting intense, action-packed post-apocalyptic slow-burn romantic thriller. Strap in for a roller coaster of emotions that will slam you into a scorching end of days tale full of madness and uncertainty, leaving your heart pounding until the very end.Can you handle the War Zone?We used to worry about things like low internet, long wait times, and political views. We were too busy worrying about zombies and climate change to notice what was really heading our way. We took those days for granted, but now, there's no going back. Wild rumors of civil war seemed far-fetched at best; however, this new reality is much worse.Now, all that remained was us.The ones left behind, trying to survive.

Englische Literatur in Reclams Roter Reihe: das ist der englische Originaltext - ungekürzt und unbearbeitet mit Worterklärungen am Fuß jeder Seite, Nachwort und Literaturhinweisen. Eine Welt stürzt unaufhaltsam ins Chaos: Waldbrände machen die USA immer unwirtlicher und religiöse Fundamentalisten das Leben aller Andersdenkenden immer gefährlicher. Schließlich fällt für Lark und seine Familie die Entscheidung zur Flucht. Sie wagen die todbringende Überfahrt nach Irland, das friedliche Tal Glendalough ist ihr Ziel. Verzweiflung, Hoffnung, eine Frau und ein Hund werden zu Begleitern auf einem Weg ins Ungewisse. Diese Verdichtung aktueller Entwicklungen trifft mitten ins Herz und führt unmissverständlich vor Augen, wie das Leben in der Klimahölle aussehen könnte. Als musikalische Inspirationsquelle diente dem Autor »The Lark Ascending« von Ralph Vaughan Williams.Englische Lektüre: Niveau B2 (GER)Sprachen: Englisch, Deutsch

Kein Trost ohne Tränen. Kein Urteil ohne Leid. Keine Gerechtigkeit ohne Opfer. Unser Gewissen verpflichtet uns dazu, die Welt in einen besseren Ort zu verwandeln, ihren Opfern zu helfen, ihr Leid zu lindern und ihnen Trost zu spenden. Doch was ist, wenn unser Gewissen uns täuscht? Wenn die Gerechtigkeit zu einem Köder wird? Der Trost zu einem Spektakel für die Massen? Dann betreten wir die Welt des Mitleids und der Anmaßung.Willkommen in der Welt von Hunter's Edge.

In Zeiten wie diesen erzählt von einer Zeit nach der Klimakatastrophe. Die Geschwister Noah und Alina leben im Duisburg der 60er Jahre des 21. Jahrhunderts. Die Menschheit leidet Hunger, ein Gesundheitssystem gibt es nicht mehr und der Staat ist, wo er nicht mit restriktiver Härte regiert, Clansystemen gewichen. Während Alina als praktische Ärztin mehr Menschen in den Tod geleitet, als ihnen helfen zu können, nimmt Noah an einem Experiment teil, in dem er in die Vergangenheit geschickt werden soll, um die Menschen zu einem nachhaltigeren Leben zu bewegen und so die Gegenwart von der Vergangenheit aus zu verändern.

Kristen Black, PI, is forced by an agent of the dreaded intelligence service, Military Security, to find a small metal case that's missing. About the size of a paperback book, the case is very cold to the touch, and it has a keypad that responds to body heat. The agent won't tell Kristen what the mysterious item is or why he's so frantic to retrieve it. Right from the beginning, Kristen is under constant threat by other parties who are also looking for the case and are willing to kill to get it. As the search continues and the body count increases, Kristen begins to suspect that the metal case is not just a threat to the agent but it's also a threat to everyone else in the world, including her.

The end of the virus was just the beginning... Amazonian River Fever has decimated Prague, forcing the few survivors of the savage pandemic to flee to the uninfected village of Otöka. Doctor Eli¿ka Korbova, having desperately tried to save as many people as she could, is hopeful that the village will be their salvation.But Otöka is no paradise. The colonel in charge, the doctor's half-sister, is fast becoming a tyrant, and a new fearful ideology is taking hold. With everyone around her descending into madness and barbarism, Eli¿ka must find a way to stop the colonel and save the village before it's too late.A compelling story of hope against all odds.

A long, deserted highway leads to the future he's been searching for.In the small, post-apocalyptic, coastal town of Cameron Louisiana, Aurelie Haydel is trying to survive and protect those that she loves just like everyone else that trades goods and supplies at their local meet up market. Their small community of survivors keep to themselves, and being on the coast of Louisiana it is easy to do since they never see travelers come through. All the better for them in the cut throat world that now exists. It's every man, woman, and child for himself in most other parts of the country -and world for that matter- or so they hear from the static radio reports that come in on their old transistor radios.While at market one day, a stranger wanders through asking to buy food. Paper money is now worthless, only gold, and bartering -trading up- is acceptable. This stranger, Rennet McCabe, seems persistant to hang around her, even though she has made it clear she's not interested in anything he's peddling. She tries to avoid him all at cost, but strangely keeps getting thrown together with him. What plans does the universe have in store for her and those that she has sworn to protect? How will this stranger upset their carefully protected community, and why won't he leave their little corner of the world?

Marcus äas nur dek sep jarojn, sed li kredas kompreni la modernan mondon, kaj kiel elturni¿i en ¿i. Inteligenta kaj lerta, li sentas sin hejme en la reta mondo kaj facile super­ruzas la observajn sistemojn de sia lernejo.Sed lia tuta mondo ¿an¿i¿as, kiam li kaj liaj amikoj impliki¿as en la sekvoj de grava terorisma atako konträ San-Francisko. Trovite en malbona loko en mal­bona momento, Marcus kaj lia bando estas retenitaj de la Departemento de Hejmlanda Sekureco (DHS) kaj for­kondukitaj al sekreta malliberejo, kie oni senkompate pri­­demandas ilin.Ellasite finfine de la DHS, Marcus trovas, ke lia urbo estas ¿an¿ita en polican ¿taton, en kiu ¿iu civitano estas trakt­ata kiel suspektato. Sciante, ke neniu kredus lian historion, li konvink­i¿as, ke restas al li nur unu eblo: mem gvidi ribelon konträ la DHS.

Marcus äas nur dek sep jarojn, sed ri kredas kompreni la modernan mondon, kaj kiel elturni¿i en ¿i. Inteligenta kaj lerta, ri sentas sin hejme en la reta mondo kaj facile super­ruzas la observajn sistemojn de sia lernejo.Sed ria tuta mondo ¿an¿i¿as, kiam ri kaj riaj amikoj impliki¿as en la sekvoj de grava terorisma atako konträ San-Francisko. Trovite en malbona loko en mal­bona momento, Marcus kaj ria bando estas retenitaj de la Departemento de Hejmlanda Sekureco (DHS) kaj for­kondukitaj al sekreta malliberejo, kie oni senkompate pri­­demandas ilin.Ellasite finfine de la DHS, Marcus trovas, ke ria urbo estas ¿an¿ita en polican ¿taton, en kiu ¿iu civitano estas trakt­ata kiel suspektato. Sciante, ke neniu kredus rian historion, ri konvink­i¿as, ke restas al ri nur unu eblo: mem gvidi ribelon konträ la DHS.

DESTINY ISN'T ALWAYS EASY, BUT IT ISN'T ALWAYS HARD, EITHER... SURROUND YOURSELF WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE, AND YOU WILL ALWAYS FIND A WAY. Life in The Nation isn't easy. Organ failure is the leading cause of death. Prisoners on death row in Augmentation Bay have their organs harvested for the wealthy. Then, when twenty-six-year-old Jaysen Masters was sent to Augmentation Bay, it changed everything.Jaysen thinks the next thirty years will be spent with his cagey, Connor, but when Jaysen finds out that his sister is locked in a separate part of the prison, he and his friends plan their escape.The Architect, however, has another plan. A dark plan. Will Jaysen get to Izzy in time, or will someone else intervene? Will The Renegades get to Jaysen before The Architect does? Will Jaysen be sent to The Harvesting?

Wie gefährlich ist ein Papyrus, der mehr als doppelt so alt ist, wie die Ursprünge der ägyptischen Zivilisation? Welches tödliche Geheimnis ist darin verborgen?Ein Berliner Archäologieprofessor hat das Papyrus in Kairo als Fälschung billig erstanden, es sollte ein Souvenir für seine Frau sein. Doch bald wird er gnadenlos gejagt, da mysteriöse Ägypter das Papyrus unbedingt wieder haben wollen. Es darf keine Übersetzung geben.Es ist aber zu spät, seiner Tochter Anna, einer angehenden Anthropologin und ihrem Freund, einem IT-Experten, ist die Übersetzung mittels IT und künstlicher Intelligenz gelungen und Julia, eine Hamburger Journalistin hat von der Sache Wind bekommen und wittert die Megastory.Alle wollen nach Kairo, aber nur Julia kennt Alwin den Abenteurer, mit dessen Hilfe sie geheime Nachforschungen anstellen. Sie wissen nicht, in welch tödliche Gefahr sie sich begeben, als sie wie Grabräuber illegal in den Untergrund des Gizeh Plateaus vordringen.Gibt es dort unten die Kammer des Wissens, von der schon Herodot gewusst haben soll?Finden sie tief unter der Wüste Beweise für eine untergegangene uralte High Tech Zivilisation oder werden sie alle in dem unterirdischen Labyrinth sterben?

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"The end. A hunt for strange coins that granted wishes brought together many people who fought and ultimately changed the world forever. Despite an endless queue of powerful opponents, Shuichi and Claire have triumphed against all odds. Now only one enemy remains... The story of monsters born from wishes comes to a climactic end!"--page [4] of cover.

"In the year 198 of the Age of the Sun, Tokyo is a crowded cosmopolis. But the world's most populous city is threatened by devils that cause people to burst into flame at random. The only ones who can stop it are the Pyrofighters, a team of specialized firefighters. The young Shinra, blessed with the ability to ignite his feet and travel at the speed of a rocket, wants nothing more than to be a hero, and knows that this is the place for him. But he's not the best at following orders"--

Time is running out.Eleven alien vials hold the fate of humanity, but who can be trusted with them?In their race to save the world, the Black Island Guardsmen must put Paola in a danger unlike anything she's ever faced.How far will the Guardsmen go to get the vials? Can Mary protect her daughter from an insidious alien who's caused too much destruction?The Darkness has already consumed two of their own.Will Luca be mankind's savior or its final judge? Can Boricio overcome his past, or will he succumb to his single weakness - an infected Rose?Will the world fall prey to The Darkness, or is there still time for The Light to triumph?Find out in Season Five of Yesterday's Gone, the penultimate game-changing season of Sean Platt and David W. Wright's best-selling post-apocalyptic thriller series.(Warning: This book is intended for mature audiences and contains disturbing and potentially offensive material.)

The #1 bestselling horror sci-fi series with over 1,000 5-star reviews starts here with Yesterday's Gone: Season One.They thought they were alone. They were wrong.On October 15th, humanity went missing.A handful of scattered survivors wake to find the world empty of friends, family, and neighbors.Among them, a child searches for his family. A special agent turned enemy of the state survives a fiery plane crash with no way to reach his daughter. A serial killer discovers he's no longer at the top of the food chain.Now these strangers must find the strength inside them to weather the new world.But they are not alone.In the absence of civilization, a new threat emerges. In the stillness, it waits and watches, preying on their weakness. Their only hope is to find more survivors, rise above their fear, and face the oncoming darkness.But can they unite before they too are lost? And can they all be trusted?Season One of Yesterday's Gone by Sean Platt and David W. Wright is a tense post-apocalyptic thriller that will leave you guessing to the end. Combining TV's thrilling, episodic nature with the in-depth character only found in novels, Yesterday's Gone is a new wave in fiction. If you like The Stand and LOST, you'll love this series that combines tension, intrigue, and fear of the unknown. Get Yesterday's Gone now and see who lives and who dies!(Warning: This book is intended for mature audiences and contains disturbing and potentially offensive material.)

They survived the end of the world. Can they survive what's next?Five months ago, most of humanity disappeared. Now the survivors must unravel an ugly mystery on a seemingly empty planet.In a world where nothing is exactly as it seems, small groups of survivors band together in search of the truth. As each faces an impossible choice, their paths converge and lead them closer to the truth. But at what cost?A mysterious island, a religious compound, a serial killer, and a new miracle are at the heart of their continued existence.The fate of the world hangs on their every decision, action, and betrayal ...Season Two of Yesterday's Gone by Sean Platt and David W. Wright picks up where Season One left off. This page-turning post-apocalyptic thriller delves deeper into the dark new world and the dangers that lurk in its shadows to keep you on the edge of your seat.What would Boricio do? Find out in the next season of Yesterday's Gone!(Warning: This book is intended for mature audiences and contains disturbing and potentially offensive material.)

Who's afraid of The Darkness...The fight is on and the surviving humans don't know if they're on the winning side.As they battle The Darkness and fight to find their way home, the future has never felt more uncertain. Will they survive, or will The Darkness finally end them?The past is revealed, and as the remaining survivors discover the truth behind the mysterious disappearances, they uncover a danger far greater than anything they ever imagined.In Season Three of Yesterday's Gone by Sean Platt and David W. Wright, all will finally be revealed.As this gripping post-apocalyptic series intensifies, your questions will be answered and new ones will arise. Elements of The Stand and LOST, with a dash of alien invasion, make this series one for the ages.Join Team Boricio by Grabbing your copy of Yesterday's Gone today!(Warning: This book is intended for mature audiences and contains disturbing and potentially offensive material.)