Ergebnis für "The Names" in Dystopien

After the Sickness has killed off her parents and the bombs have fallen on the last safe cities, Monster emerges from the arctic vault which has kept her alive. When she washes up on the coast of Scotland, everyone she knows is dead, and she believes she is alone in an empty world. Monster begins the long walk south, scavenging and learning the contours of this familiar land made new. Slowly, piece by piece, she begins to rebuild a life. Until, one day, she finds a girl: feral and ready to be taught all that Monster knows.

Demokratie ist die beste Staatsform der Welt, wenn der Name auch wirklich Programm ist. Ist es nicht so, dass immer mehr Pfeiler unseres Systems ins Wanken geraten und wir wie müde Schafe verdrossen mit dem Schäfer ziehen? Würde es uns überhaupt auffallen, wenn ein Geheimdienst unseres Landes eine Kleinigkeit ändern lässt? Jede technische Neuerung schafft doch neue Arbeitsplätze und sichert zuverlässigere Ergebnisse?! Wir müssen aufwachen!

In a grim near-future world ruled by surveillance and suspicion, one man discovers that his fate may already be written, literally. When a mysterious document appears, listing names and their impending deaths, he finds his own name marked with chilling precision.

In her signature sharp prose, brilliantly translated by Jamie Chang, Nam-Joo returns with this haunting account of a neglected housing complex in the shadows of Town: a former fishing village bought out by a massive conglomerate. Town is prosperous and safe―but only if you’re a citizen with “valuable skills and assets,” which the residents of Saha Estates are not. Disenfranchised and tightlipped, the Saha are forced into harsh labor, squatting in moldy units without electricity.

In the aftermath of the War with No Name, the Colony has been defeated, its queen lies dead, and the world left behind will never be the same. In her madness, the queen used a strange technology to uplift the surface animals, turning dogs and cats, bats and bears, pigs and wolves into intelligent, highly evolved creatures who rise up and kill their oppressors. And now, after years of bloodshed, these sentient beasts must learn to live alongside their sworn enemies - humans.

“Brilliant.” —The Washington Post * “Nuanced and compelling.” —The New York Times From the PEN/Hemingway Award–winning author of The Madonnas of Echo Park, an engrossing dystopian novel set in a near-future America where mandatory identification wristbands turn second-generation...

A terrifying new plague pushes mankind to the brink of extinction. One child holds the key to survival. After years locked away in a secret government lab, she makes her daring escape in a desperate bid to save mankind before it's too late.

In a world teetering on the brink, "Peace In Name Only" unravels the façade of stability. As a devastating pandemic grips the globe, nations stand divided, and an unseen enemy launches a catastrophic electromagnetic pulse, casting the western world into darkness. Amidst the chaos, three souls—Captain Hank Hawkins, Captain Mia Blaze, and Staff Sergeant Jacob Turner—are thrust into the heart of an emerging global conflict, where survival means questioning everything they've ever known about duty, honor, and the price of peace.