Ergebnis für "The Group" in Dystopien

Light, Laugh, and Human Folly is a collection of novellas centered around anti-heroes living in a society that makes a straight road to success impossible. Alexander Belyaev’s reality-set stories with a touch of science fiction are chillingly close to home. They present the listener with scenarios that are very plausible and easy to imagine witnessing in today’s world. Instead of introducing a traditional hero, who comes and saves the world, Belyaev centers his narrative around individuals who are not only far from heroic but are decidedly unlikable at times.

In The Messiah of Morris Avenue, Tony Hendra—the acclaimed satirist and New York Times bestselling author of Father Joe—poses the question: would we recognize the messiah if he appeared today? And delivers, in the words of Frank McCourt, “just what the country needs now—a good dose of...

As a political machine maneuvers California war hero, Scott McHale into running for political office, a frightening evil sets its sights on the American public. Treachery and mayhem unknowingly propel Scott and his lovely activist wife, Angie closer to higher office. The Oval Office appears firmly in the kingmaker’s sights. The Latino couple's success and independence grow until the nation plunges into chaos planned years before. When Scott suddenly goes off script, he vanishes into a smokescreen of sexual innuendo and scandal.

Named a Book You Need to Read in 2021 by Harper’s Bazaar A “moving, astounding, and totally unsettling” (Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author) literary debut following two patients in recovery after an experimental memory drug warps their lives. Lucien moves to Los Angeles...

A conflicted extraterrestrial from a dying species lands on semi-dystopian Earth in 2040 with one intent: human consumption. It holds a secret. A few groups including two scientist lovers and a pair of military officers pursue the alien for their own purposes. The third group are members of China's Communist Party. With the advent of humanoid artificial intelligence, possibilities for android usage expand. A self-serving billionaire manufactures humanoids that are indistinguishable from humans. His purpose is morally questionable.

Flynn Zarytsky, recruiter for the Chicago mega-tech company Magnetic, comes face-to-face with true terror amid a horrific mass shooting by homegrown terrorist organization REDS. Wolf, a REDS soldier, has her in his sights, then decides to spare her life. But in doing so, he may have ensnared her in a fate worse than death. REDS’ master plan is to make society pay for its greed and to establish a new order.

Humanity has been split into three different species. Mutual incomprehension has fractured the globe. As humans race to be the first of their kind to reach the stars, another Great War looms. For you that means returning to Yorkshire and the town of your birth, where factories churn out the parts for gigantic spaceships. You're done with the pretentions of the capital and its unfathomable architecture. You're done with the people of the Bund, their easy superiority and unstoppable spread throughout the city of London and beyond.

The year is 2100, and the chaos of the early internet era is long behind us. Mathematical proof ensures that neural implants can’t be hacked, and the Board of Reality Overseers blocks false information from spreading. When undergraduate Sergei Kraev, who dreams of becoming a professor, is accepted into a prestigious graduate program in computer science, he is thrilled and throws himself into his assigned research project - one important enough that if he succeeds, he’ll earn the academic appointment of his choice.

In the not-so-distant future, the world teeters on the brink of an unfathomable crisis. Water—the essence of life—has become the most scarce and valuable resource on the planet. Society has fractured, with power residing in the hands of those who control the dwindling water supply. Amid this chaos, "City of Last Resort: Part 1" unveils a gripping tale of resilience, conspiracy, and the relentless pursuit of justice.

Risen from their literal hole in the ground, Thia, Lance, and her "Maly" brethren have escaped The Hive and now face a full-on war. Welcoming the distraction from her abysmal love life, Thia throws herself into training the troops and claiming Nary bases. Grateful to be of service again, Evan focuses on maneuvering their forces while fighting to break the icy bonds of betrayal still clutching Thia’s heart. After a startling vision by his mother, Lance learns that Gigi is alive and trapped within The Hill. Now, he will stop and nothing to save his favorite icy blonde.

In the year 2048, 38-year-old Ang (Angelica) tells the story of what happened to her twenty-four years earlier, in August 2024, when she was 14; when she and her brother Sal, 16 ½ at the time, fled from their home in Oregon in hopes of reaching their grandparents’ farm at Whirl’s End, Pennsylvania. It is a period of crisis, tragedy, collapse of social order, balkanization of the United States, and the rise of tyranny.

Adelaide is an angel. An angel who has fallen for a demon. There is something about Daman though that makes her feel like she is alone even while she is with him. Seduction, treachery, and combat between angels, demons, and vampires fill this fast-paced, sexy story, in which Adelaide must face her worst fears and darkest desires.

Dostoyevsky was never shy to play with the issues of human mind in his work. A Funny Man's Dream is one of his shorter pieces that, nevertheless, lacks none of the profundity or the mind-bending power of his larger works.