Science fiction: cyberpunk, nær fremtid

Arkady Ryswife is a devout member of the Iolite League, a religious society dedicated to building the better world of the future. Behind the scenes, however, he is an elite soldier, a member of a covert wing of the League that ensures its ends are met where peaceful means do not suffice.These operatives have a mission to recover crucial fragments of the world's lost, fractured history. Arkady's team is not the only one willing to kill for these relics - just the best. At least, until a fatal mistake leaves the team in shambles on the eve of what may be the most important mission of their lives. Forced back into the field without delay, Arkady and his companions must recover a piece of data that the League has been seeking for years. Still reeling from their loss, they must go behind enemy lines, outsiders in a notoriously xenophobic nation. Isolated and suspicious of betrayal at every turn, they plunge into the web of one of the world's most astonishing mysteries, a journey from which none of them will return unscathed.

Må du gå i køkkenet og ikke i krig er en håbefuld men let pessimistisk digtsuite og en række billeder, der udspringer af et længerevarende kunstnerisk projekt om reproduktivt arbejde og robotter og den verden, robotterne opstår i. Illustrationerne er litografier og tegninger som i første omgang blev vist i forbindelse med udstillingen af samme navn i Danske Grafikeres Hus 2021. Digtsuiten, der er henvendt direkte til især robotten, handler om teknologiens plads i verden og hverdagen, jegets ambivalens og drømme om en virkelighed, hvor naturen vi kender og behøver består, mens kapitalismen og industrialiseringen lægges i graven. Bobbi-Johanne Østervang (1990) er kunstner uddannet fra Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi. De har udstillet på bl.a. Willumsens Museum, Center for Kunst og Mental Sundhed og Kunsthal Charlottenborg og er publiceret i bl.a. Hvedekorn og Friktion Magasin.

The year is 2029. Environmental toxins, industrial waste, harmful dioxins, and biological and chemical warfare have rendered Earth's atmosphere uninhabitable. All unsupported plant life and domestic and non-domestic animals perish. Humans must survive in oxygen enriched domiciles and wear specially designed portable oxygen units.With high demands for fresh air, oxygen supplies are being depleted at a rapid rate. Uprisings, revolutions, and rebellions are commonplace all over the world. Dr. Sigurd Gulbrandsen, genius scientist and head of The Global Environmental Institute, is the mastermind behind Oasis. A scientific and technological wonder, Oasis is a weather machine designed to create chemically treated rainwater. She is believed to be mankind's last hope for survival.Dr. Amy Green is part of an international team of scientists dedicated to making sure the Oasis project is a success. But when a corrupt government seizes control of Oasis and launches her prematurely, the results prove to be catastrophic. Now Amy, along with a team of Earth's greatest minds, must find a way to shut Oasis down and put an end to the ravenous, mutated creatures, whose numbers increase just as steadily as the rising rainwaters, before time runs out.

IN A TECH-DRIVEN FUTURE, HARD CHOICES FORCE UNEXPECTED FAMILY ALLIANCESSometimes happy endings don't stay that way.Over a year after Melanie Fielding helped her mother Diana Landreth overthrow a repressive North American government headed by her grandmother Sarah Stephens, she faces even more problems.The new Netwalk technology that allows Sarah's personality to exist after death is developing in unpredictable ways. Rogue Netwalkers emerge, allied with Diana and Melanie's long-term foe, the Freedom Army.Worse, Melanie is forced into an alliance with her estranged brother Andrew Stephens, at the demand of the international Corporate Courts. The Courts control a mysterious entity, the Gizmo, which is somehow connected to Netwalk. As they learn more about the Courts and the Gizmo, Melanie and Andrew realize that Diana may not be trustworthy.That the Gizmo and the Courts have a dangerous agenda that isn't what it seems-and Sarah may be their best tool to stop the Gizmo from fulfilling its goals.

Better to reign in hell…Uriel 3019 has been a cybernetically altered angel since he volunteered for the program fifteen years ago. His devotion to the floating city of Heaven is fierce, and he'll follow any command he's given. But Uriel's orderly world is crumbling. Angels are going mad, even hurting people. Some are rebelling, and the noble families are vying for control-by any means necessary.Uriel's latest assignment brings him into a secret society, where his partner, Raphael, is working for freedom and equality for all angels. Could their group be responsible for the angels' recent erratic behavior? Uriel is determined to find out-and report on his findings. But he doesn't count on Raphael's confession-that he has feelings for Uriel-or the memories slowly starting to return from the time before he became an angel.Is he on the right side? Does he dare to stand against Heaven, even if doing so will save his fellow angels from becoming soulless automatons? Uriel has to decide if his loyalty belongs to his superiors… or to the angel who's stolen his heart.

What Does It Mean To Be Human?In a futuristic society where people were forced to leave a devastated Earth behind and set up their lives somewhere out amongst the stars. Three people wrestle with forging connections and building community in the face of intolerance and fear.RAVI has been Re-Animated, brought back to life by the government for purposes unknown. When the Resistance raid the Re-Animation Centre halfway through his welcome to his new life, he's convinced that life is coming to a rapid close. Instead, in a single outstretched hand, they offer him a chance to live his new life outside the shadow of his old one.But Ravi soon finds out his old life came to its own dramatic end trying to take out the Resistance itself.Dr PALMER is the best at what she does. Has been ever since she first picked up a screwdriver. It's why she was headhunted right out of her PhD. Now, working with a professor she adores on a top secret, cutting edge project, Dr Palmer has everything she ever wanted.Until she finds paperwork that redefines the entire direction of her life. Leaving her questioning, how much of her humanity is she willing to sacrifice?BLUE lost everything in The Crash. But they gained something even greater: independence.All too soon, that independence is threatened by a new, rising faction of the military who believe that only natural born humans deserve human rights.Forced into hiding, Blue begins to wonder if independence is worth the isolation that comes with it.

2088. Après une série de drames, Jérémy Preston a sauvé l'humanité en inventant un implant qui permet aux hommes de rêver à nouveau. Depuis, sa communauté se réfugie dans les illusions et le chercheur est admiré de tous. Un jour, Joyce, une femme recherchée pour terrorisme, fait irruption dans sa vie. Au fil des révélations de la rebelle, une relation se tisse entre ces êtres que tout sépare. Le doute s'installe chez le scientifique lorsqu'il découvre les secrets du monde qu'il a fait naître. À qui profite véritablement sa technologie? Quels dangers fait-elle courir à ses utilisateurs? Avec cette fiction d'anticipation, Sandrine Fabre nous met en garde sur les conséquences politiques de l'injonction au bonheur. Un roman passionnant.

Drei Jugendlichen aus den bayerischen Alpen gelingt zu Anfang des 21. Jahrhunderts die Erzeugung eines Geschöpfes, das biologische und künstliche (und literarische) Intelligenz in sich vereint. Zur selben Zeit bricht in Süddeutschland eine Seuche aus, welche die Menschheit existenziell herausfordert. Die Ressourcen werden knapp, ein Krieg beginnt, und das irdische Leben tritt in eine neue Phase ein.

"A new speculative fiction short story collection from award-winning, Nebula-nominated Nigerian author Wole Talabi"--

Jane Swift is a gritty starship captain aiming for opportunity and adventure. The crew of the Starstriker is in desperate need of work. While searching for clients at the Star Harbors, Jane is approached by Sir Jarris Hackwell, founder of Atlantis. The famous explorer is leading an expedition to find a lost planet and offers her a job to transport his team past the Fringe. Despite her reservations, Jane cannot resist the call to adventure. Little does she know, dark forces are plotting against her.Not only will Jane's world be turned upside down, but she will be forced to make a decision that will affect every man, woman, and child in the Cybersphere.Within this cyberpunk dystopian adventure, you'll find starships, star-docks, cyber gadgets, speech and clothing, explorers, bionatrons, modified weapons, monsters, ancient ruins, and much much more!

His name is Cyanide Jones.He works for Human Resources Management. They supply solutions for business problems. He's a company man, a corporate head-hunter. But that doesn't mean what you think. He doesn't recruit people to go work for some company. He terminates their employment, permanently. When he is hired to kidnap the leader of a feared eco-terrorist group it starts off a chain of events that will either change the world forever or destroy it once and for all.Set in the not-too-distant future, in a world destroyed by climate change, corporate greed and government corruption, The End of Everything We Know is a hard-boiled neon nightmare, a cyberpunk history of what's to come. Just like a short, sharp punch to the face, it will leave you seeing stars, spitting teeth and screaming for more.

Following on from the events in The Ballad Of Ricky, Kung Fo is a lost soul in New London. He decides to take the opioid 'Ko Sang' to forget about everything and through his addiction, meets Xiang Bancroft, a kick ass chick in black PVC. From there, he is asked to steal a ruby ring in exchange for more drugs. Through a series of unfortunate events, he ends up with the ring and thus control of a massive drug company. He then falls in love with Helen, his AI secretary, and their love affair brings New London to its knees.

ABANDONED BY THEIR GODS! FORSAKEN BY THEIR OVERSEERS!Discover a world where humanity has been bioengineered by alien gods into a diverse array of new races, ranging from the minuscule to the colossal, in The Earthlings!When the alien overseers vanished one fateful morning, the humans were left to confront a daunting new reality. Experience a thrilling adventure in this gripping illustrated novelette by Mike Dubisch.

Her first trip back into the vreal opened Cindira's eyes to her own power, but can she master it in time to save her father and defeat the shadowy figure threatening all she holds dear?The code holds the key to survival, and no one knows that better than Cindira. For years, she's used it to keep Gaia safe from the hackers and members of her own family who would burn it down to the source. But when her own stepmother enlists her help to find Rex Tieg, Cindira soon discovers the vreal's greatest potential, one which may put her square in a killer's path. New allies emerge to aid her quest, but could they be part of the forces she seeks to defeat?Meanwhile, a frustrated prince demands resolution. Francisco knows he could secure Gaia's future if he were to embrace the very corruption he once swore to stamp out. Power is security, however, and all he has to do is grab it. But a vreal nation cannot rise on its own. He needs the help of a coding genius. He needs the bandit. Luckily, Francisco also holds the key to her identity: a mysterious glass shoe which only responds to his touch. Finding the woman who haunts his dreams means finding the woman who can wear the shoe. She is Gaia's future. But could she also be someone from his devastating past?Isle of After plunges readers into a cyberpunk page-turner that must come to a head by the stroke of midnight. Jack in today and download the thrilling conclusion to the Enter the Kingdom series.

When man and machine are one and the same, death is no longer an inevitability. But in the darkest reaches of space, neither is life.Diplomat.Rebel.Fugitive.Nika Tescarav has lived many lives, though she no longer remembers most of them. Chased by agents of a regime that will do anything to protect the secrets of the Rasu Protocol, Nika flees to the stars with her once and future lover on a mission to expose those secrets. A race across alien worlds both exotic and deadly leads them to the bastion of the enemy, but its discovery brings a terrible revelation: sometimes the truth is indeed worse than the lies spun to conceal it.With Nika and Dashiel on the run, NOIR steps up to defend against a virulent pathogen unleashed upon innocent civilians. When a desperate government moves to crush the resistance once and for all, unlikely alliances are forged between former adversaries and all paths converge in an explosive showdown that will change the future of the Asterion Dominion forever.ASTERION NOIR700,000 years ago, the Asterions fled persecution for their pro-synthetic beliefs. In the safe harbor of a distant galaxy, they have evolved into a true biosynthetic race and built a thriving society upon the pillars of personal autonomy, mutual respect and boundless innovation.Now that society is fracturing at the seams. Beneath lies built upon lies, the shocking truth as to why threatens the future of not merely the Asterions, but all life in the universe.Cyberpunk and space opera collide in a thrilling new trilogy from the author of the epic Aurora Rhapsody space opera saga. Enter a world of technological wonders, exotic alien life, enthralling characters, captivating worlds-and a terrifying evil lurking in the void that will shatter it all.

"En imponerende og foruroligende historie. Et spændende science fiction-eventyr med imponerende landskaber. Smukt tegnet. Smukt konstrueret. En varm anbefaling. Jeg vil altid have bøger fra Baggaardsbaroner på min bogreol"'- Troldspejlet, Jakob Stegelmann & Ida Rud"Dark Halo fremmaner en både sælsom og skræmmende fremtid i krydsfeltet mellem science fiction og climate fiction, g man fornemmer bestemt et slægtskab med Moebius og Jean-Claude Méziéres i Dark Halos drømmende og sansemættede skildring af rumskibets sælsomme mikrokosmos"- Nummer 9I en fjern fremtid rammes jorden af en organisk pest, og stort set alt liv udryddes. Kun en fraktion af menneskeheden overlever. I et sidste desperat forsøg på at bevare den gamle verden sendes et gigantisk rumskib ud i rummet. Rumskibet ved navn ARK-1 har til formål at lagre og præservere de sidste rester af jordens fauna og flora, så menneskeheden kan starte forfra udenjordisk. Men under skibets 400 år lange færd mod den fjerne exoplanet mister menneskeheden dog forbindelsen til skibet. En hemmelig ekspedition, sponsoreret af den excentriske oligark OA, sendes ud i det ukendte kosmos, for at opspore det tabte rumskib. Blandt besætningen er den idealistiske biolog Hio, der drømmer om at genopdage biologiske liv, der nu, så mange hundrede år efter, kun eksisterer som en myte. Men da Hio og besætningen begynder deres færd, opdager de snart, at deres mission rummer langt større indsatser end forventet.

The year is 2344. Nearly forty years ago, the Imperial nation of Vincere declared war on their neighboring Kingdom Morari, long before Prince Nox Obscuris was born. Growing up in such a frightful time became nothing more than a nuisance, as it meant he was often kept safe and sound behind the castle walls while the rest of the country suffered. It is only when he overhears a royal guard from the Reaper unit threatening his father with a terrifying and devastating course of action that makes Nox realize that he must focus his attention on the war effort to stop thousands, perhaps millions, from a brutal death. He makes a risky deal, with the terrifying Reaper in question, to put an end to the war within ten years, or else.Now racing against the clock, and armed with a mysterious power he does not understand, Nox is determined to keep his end of the bargain and stop as many casualties as possible. However, a young medic soon catches his eye and seems to be as charming as he is mysterious. But wartime is hardly the time and place to fall in love...Or is it?

A chauvinistic playboy, working for the Galactic Task Force. A naive cyborg, hiding from the people that built her. Can she avoid becoming just another bedpost notch? Psychic intel agent, Casanova, just wants to ride out his suspension with as many conquests as possible. But a fateful encounter with a stalker cyborg dubbed Jinx, flips his plan on its head. Somehow, he agrees to an undercover mission on Milantra,one of the wealthiest planets in the galaxy. Unsupervised and surrounded by depravity, the two struggle to work together as they fight their hidden (and not so hidden) desire for one another. It should be easy, right? Wrong. Emotions will flare and Jinx's subconscious plot will be their undoing. And as if that wasn't troublesome enough, there's something sinister lurking nearby - or are Casanova's psychic abilities playing tricks on him again? Casanova is the first installment of author Gareth Mayer's Dark Love Series. Taking place in a post-apocalyptic future, this cyberpunk Marvel-Universe-sized anthology is not your typical Disney fare. Warning: Adults only. Pick up your copy of this action-packed, interstellar love story and discover the dark secrets of the Hadean Galaxy. Start the adventure today...

Augs can make or break you.So can women.When it comes to the latter, the jury's still out on Chloe.Which isn't good when it comes to yours truly.The girl is a world-class hacker who can turn anyone into a dribbling idiot either by hijacking their implants or wearing the right dress. She also happens to be my newest partner-or at least, I thought she was.Turns out, she's a headhunter and our last job together was my audition for work, not hers.And while poaching talent is nothing new, she's considerably different, and so is her offer:If I help her and her friend get to the bottom of a bloody, corporate coverup, she'll help me find my missing brother.I get the feeling that what she wants is beyond suicidal, but Adam's been missing for years. Not only that, but I've exhausted thousands of leads trying to locate him.So, at this point, what choice do I have?