Ergebnis für "Gone" in Dystopien

From the widely acclaimed author of The Gone-Away World and Tigerman, comes a virtuosic new novel set in a near-future, high-tech surveillance state, that is equal parts dark comedy, gripping detective story, and mind-bending philosophical puzzle. "A Pynchonesque mega-novel that periodically...

A wildly entertaining debut novel, introducing a bold new voice that combines antic humor (think Joseph Heller and Kurt Vonnegut) with a stunning futuristic vision (á la A Clockwork Orange and 1984, with a little Mad Max thrown in) to give us an electrifyingly original tale of love, friendship...

"When the world falls apart, it doesn’t matter how. It’s who’s left to rebuild." -Sadie Gallagher

From author Alice B. Sullivan comes a terrifying post-apocalyptic, zombie thriller that won’t let you sleep until every page is devoured… Ten years after a disastrous viral outbreak, eighteen-year-old Sadie Gallagher has finally found solace, alongside her faithful canine companion, in a tight-knit community she’d stop at nothing to protect. But when a stranger shows up, the threads of trust and security fray, and the quaint life Sadie’s worked so hard for threatens to crumble.

What does Control mean to you? Does it refer to how we respond to the situations we find ourselves in? Or our tendency to regulate everyone and everything around us? For Miles Gether, a former valiant member of the United States Armed Forces, this word highlights his purpose and how far he’s willing to go to establish himself within the gruesome, post-apocalyptic world that has unfolded in the months following his discharge from the Military.

Despite everything Elizabethtown lost to Phineas, the survivors have managed to avoid the new government in Atlanta for the past seven years. But when an unexpected event puts one of their own at risk, Devon, Rowan, Kiaya, and Doug must once again go head-to-head with New Atlanta.

Following a deadly outbreak of influenza which decimates the population of the planet, the government issues orders that all remaining citizens are to report to designated authorized population zones so that resources may be fairly distributed. Journalist Maggie Langton, determined not to let her son, Mark, grow up in the dangerous environment of the APZ, decides to run for the empty ranch land of northwestern Arizona. When she runs into O’Reilly, a fugitive ex-Enforcer, she grudgingly admits she needs help developing those skills needed to live on a small ranch camp.

The pandemic is over, but its effects are still resonating across the country and they’re growing louder, not softer. Former journalist, Maggie Langton and ex-Enforcer and current fugitive from the government, Jim O’Reilly, are settling in to their new lives at the remote Hideaway Camp, a ranch camp in the northern Arizona wilderness. The garden is thriving as are the various children who have come to live with them and also call Hideaway home.

In 2087, coastal flooding and extreme changes in the weather have turned the United States into a nation of migrants and tent-cities. In this environment, three family groups struggle with their plights and their dreams for the future. They come together from different parts of the nation when they hire illegal traffickers to take them across the border with Canada where they will live as illegal immigrants. Crossing is not an easy task because Canada has established a border wall, both physical and electronic. The wall is constantly patrolled by low-flying drones and satellites.

Tragedy strikes the three Americans when Sarah Woodson is brutally taken from her home in Ireland - across the Irish Sea to the pastoral beauty of England’s Cotswold’s - and the horrors of a post-apocalyptic sex slave trade. Determined to escape her captors - including a monster who’s vowed never to let her leave England alive - and to survive the impossible journey of a thousand miles through the harsh Welsh wilderness, Sarah uses every resource she has to find her way home again.

Years Gone is a thrilling dystopian novel that will take its listeners on a roller coaster of a ride they wont't forget. The first-person narrative draws listeners in from the first word, and as they follow Dean as he fights for his life and sanity, they will be keep listening on to find out what happens next. As Dean continues his journey through this post-apocalyptic world and discovers who he can and cannot trust, he also learns to overcome his own demons and past, which will drive the plot forward until the surprise ending.

They thought they were safe, somewhat hidden from the world. They were wrong. They thought they knew how to protect themselves and each other. They were wrong again. In the blink of an eye, they lost people, good people, who were trying to help others. When the evil outside the farm finds its way in, how will they react? Will they hide themselves away, or join in the fight for survival and freedom? They've paid the ultimate price. How much more will this new way of life cost them?

Russ and Anne Mathews made their escape from their home, along with family, friends, and new friends they made along the way. Now, they must build a new life for themselves at the Warren farm, without the luxury of electricity and very few traces of the 21st century. The problem: there are a lot of people who didn't prepare for something like this, and some of those people will stop at nothing to take what the group has, by whatever means necessary.

Russ and Anne Mathews live in a rural suburb in Tennessee. Regular people, with regular jobs, living a normal life - except for one thing. They are what many people call "preppers". They have stocked up on supplies to survive any kind of event they can think of that may occur to disrupt life as they know it. When that event comes, they start preparing for the new way of life they will face.

Survival Rules is an apocalyptic survival thriller featuring a world breaking under societal collapse and the devastating force of coronal mass ejections. A disaster series perfect for fans of Kyla Stone, A.G. Riddle, Bobby Akart, Jack Hunt, and Ryan Schow. If you enjoy captivating characters and pulse-pounding, harrowing action, then you’ll love Survival Rules.

2028. Prime Minister Fitzwilliams' instincts tell him it's time to call a snap election. His cabinet team is adequate (just), the howling protests of the doctors after the GP changes has finally died down and, best of all, the Australian Greens are in receivership. So what could possibly go wrong? The PM is prepared for everything until he finds himself facing what he least expected - an actual opposition. How do you deal with a party that doesn't play by the rules, protests in the nude, sends mail by carrier pigeon and has a list of candidates all called Ned Ludd?

Lance was just trying to get through his terrible day when his world came crashing down. As the blazing sun dipped below the horizon, Lance's heart pounded in his chest, each beat pushing him closer to the edge of desperation. Racing against time and a cosmic cataclysm, he must navigate a ravaged world after a monstrous CME strikes the Earth, plunging it into darkness. But this harrowing journey is not solely to survive the aftermath; it's a race to reach his injured father in distant Kansas, where a lonely farmhouse stands as their last beacon of hope.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Today Show #ReadwithJenna Book Club Pick Libby Book Award Winner for Best Diverse Author In a near-future northern settlement, the fates of a young woman, a professor, and a mysterious collective of researchers collide in this mesmerizing and transportive...

My name is Anne Mathews. I'm a prepper. But I haven't always been. This is how it started.