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Jeff Stymeweather went to Legaland because he heard everything there was legal. He had to see it for himself as his family life was miserable and he couldn't seem to find the peace to finish his fantasy novel. At first, nothing seemed odd about the new small town but as Jeff learned more and more about the inhabitants of Legaland he discovered that everything being legal really meant that there were no laws or rather only ones that people chose to follow.

With huge funding behind them, ChronoTonic claims to have achieved the impossible. The corporation is pushing its new machine — a time machine — as the solution to Earth's problems. I'm just not buying it. They want to buzz forward in time, pick up a few technological advancements, and buzz back to apply them in the here and now. They say we can save lives and reduce suffering by learning the lessons of the future — today.

Cuando una fantasía literaria es además histórica y didáctica, no solo enseña, sino que orienta acerca del comportamiento humano, casi siempre impredecible. Todos estos eventos no pueden ser tratados con seriedad. El hombre es un equilibrista perpetuo a punto de caer. Pero su caída no es solamente dramática, sino cómica.

Bristlebrook is up in smoke, my brutes are dead, and Sam’s camp is a powder keg begging for a flame. Injured and furious over their losses, the surviving hunters are preoccupied with their own problems. Their factions and allegiances. Their internal wars and pissing contests. The new world they want to forge. They don’t look twice at their meek little captive.

Che cosa accade dopo la fine del mondo? Cosa avviene quando la Bomba - quella di cui tutti parlavano dal 1945 - viene finalmente lanciata? Apparso nel 1963, "Cronache del dopobomba" narra il mondo dopo il lancio dell'ordigno che ha messo in ginocchio l'umanità, cancellando dalla faccia della terra città ed esseri viventi. I sopravvissuti non sono più uguali a prima, ma rappresentano l'embrione di una stirpe che ha innestato sulle malinconie di una civiltà al crepuscolo il vitalismo confuso di una razza agli albori.

In un'America alternativa dominata da un tiranno di nome Ferris F. Fremont (ispirato a Richard Nixon), due uomini tentano di combattere l'oppressione e la violenza. Sono Nicholas Brady e Philip K. Dick, sì, proprio lui, lo scrittore di fantascienza che simpatizza per Brady ma è assai più 'razionalista'. Li accompagna una figura insolita, un essere superiore che porta il nome di Valis: ma chi o cosa è Valis? Da dove proviene? Quali sono i suoi scopi? E sarà sufficiente il suo aiuto per sconfiggere l'ottusa brutalità della tirannia?

A month ago, the supernova Aeon detonated in the skies over Antarctica. Global sea levels rose by five feet, temperatures by ten degrees. A mass human and animal exodus to the north is underway even as the global electronics and power and communications grids have been destroyed. Max Carver made it back to America in time to be with Talisha and witness the birth of their child, Charlotte, but he was unsuccessful in stopping Ben Belloc from leaving the Amazon with the Colony technology.

Ein Jahr nach dem Ausbruch einer verheerenden Pandemie finden Robert, seine Kinder Hanna und Alexander sowie Sarah Zuflucht in einer Burggemeinschaft. Doch das Schicksal ist unbarmherzig: Wasser wird zur Mangelware und eine feindliche Gruppe belagert die Festung. Um dem drohenden Tod zu entgehen, müssen die Bewohner fliehen. Während sich Hanna, Alexander und Robert auf ihrer Flucht gemeinsam durch eine sterbende Welt kämpfen, muss Sarah auf sich allein gestellt ihre größten Ängste besiegen.

Nach gewaltigen Katastrophen ist die Menschheit seit 15 Jahren klimaneutral. Der Weg dahin war hart: zahllose Tierarten sind ausgestorben, die menschlichen Opfer gehen in die Millionen. Emi kennt diese Zeit nur aus den Erzählungen ihrer Eltern, die als freiwillige Helfer übermenschliches geleistet haben. Als bei den großen Paraden zu ihren Ehren auf der ganzen Welt Bombenattentate auf Politiker verübt werden, kommen Emi und ihr Vater Larch nur knapp mit dem Leben davon.

Language is no longer learned, but streamed to neural implants regulated by lang-laws. Those who can't afford language streaming services are feral, living on the fringes of society. Big tech corporations control language, the world’s most valuable commodity. But when a massive cyberattack causes a global language outage, catastrophe looms.

Humanity devolves back to its carnal heritage of slavery to re-establish currency through the slave trade. Nobody knows who started it, but the devastation ravages every organic life form, both plant and animal. 90% of human life is wiped out, and of the 10% that survive, radiation poisoning has varying effects on the human genome, creating both mindless beasts called Ashers and beings with special gifts - Alphas. As humanity struggles to survive, migrating to the safety of continental coastlines in search of fresh water, the planet scurries to salvage some kind of economic stability.

Lucas must choose between commitment and honor in the thrilling ninth installment of the series. With the enemy force defeated and a safe haven for his new home, Lucas is convinced his life will finally return to some sort of normalcy with Sierra. But an unexpected trauma turns his world upside down, and he's faced with two impossible roads forward.

The tenth installment in the international bestselling Day After Never series follows Lucas' trek to Houston at the helm of the Freedom Army—but nothing could have prepared him for the deadly obstacles he and those he loves encounters, or an enemy so deadly that the slightest miscalculation could cost him everything.

The heartland of the country has gone dark after an EMP attack has neutralized the power grid. John Carver, a construction worker and prepper, must rescue his family from the city and seek shelter in their cabin off the grid. The only thing in the way of John’s family reunion is one hundred miles, and the entire metropolis of Cincinnati fighting to stay alive.

In Book 11 of the bestselling The Day After Never series, Lucas finds himself at an unimaginable crossroads where the survival of the ones he loves is threatened by monstrous forces.

Jared Crandall’s life seems as broken as the Utah landscape surrounding him. With the Great Quake having shattered roads throughout the country and isolating him in his cabin, Jared assumes he will die alone. But Keith Martin, his old LDS missionary companion, finds him, arriving on an unusual motorcycle called the XEB. Keith brings a letter from Church headquarters asking Jared to serve again as his companion—to cross a desolate country where anarchy prevails and to fulfill a mission whose purpose is unclear. A call Jared cannot refuse.

Kelly's friends and allies will stop at nothing to rescue her, especially her brother, Scott, and her boyfriend, Morgan Campbell. While Morgan completes his mission at home, Scott goes to bring her back. Ansen Pringle and other dangers in this Fallen World must be reckoned with, but the question remains… are they ready for an angry Scott?

Prima che il problema della disoccupazione, del surplus di braccia si manifestasse, Dick aveva già ipotizzato una soluzione grottesca e sarcastica: la gente in più che non serve al sistema economico mettiamola in ghiacciaia. Teniamola da parte. Forse ci serviranno un giorno, forse no, però se li mettiamo in cantina non se ne andranno in giro a prostituirsi, drogarsi, rubare, spacciare e chissà quante altre attività illegali. Teniamo desti solo quelli che servono, che lavorano e consumano. Quelli che fanno girare la macchina del capitale.

La Mente Comune di Ganimede ha decretato la fine del pianeta Terra. L'umanità sarà cancellata e il mondo riportato alla sua originaria purezza per essere nuovamente colonizzato dalla specie superiore dei Ganimediani, grossi vermi dotati di capacità telepatiche. Tuttavia, i membri del Gran Consiglio sanno che per raggiungere l'obiettivo l'ultima sacca di resistenza terragna – i ribelli Neg guidati dal leader nero Percy X – dovrà essere annientata.

Man Alone is set in and around a complex Seattle where Rat City meets the Billionaires' Club. Zene, a man alone, lives in a chaotic, sexually disruptive and violence-wrecked world.