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Mae finds herself pregnant in a world where the global population has hit twenty billion, and governments decree that no child may be born without a life being sacrificed in return. With growing unrest and violence towards pregnant women, Mae must navigate a hostile world to secure a future for her unborn child — no matter the cost. When the stakes are so high, how far would you go to protect your family?

Zoe loves teaching science, she loves her garden, and most of all she loves her quiet, peaceful bungalow. Then at school, people start falling ill. The virus is airborne and highly infectious. It starts with flu symptoms, confusion, and sleepiness, which worsen until one day they just don't wake up. It decimates the population and leaves chaos in its wake. Now Zoe has to find a way to survive. Luckily, when the pandemic strikes, she already has a greenhouse full of vegetable seedlings, but not everyone around is as prepared.

A decade ago, unrest over population control methods resulted in the tragic death of Ava’s parents. Left orphaned, Ava is driven by a singular mission: to secure the youth-restoring drug, Pres-X, for her elderly aunt. Since the unrest, fertile women’s rights have been severely curtailed. Such oppressive restrictions force Ava to explore morally grey methods to obtain the funds required to secure the drug.

Annie is 37 weeks pregnant, standing in IKEA, finally about to take home the crib she should have bought months ago. That’s when it happens – the long-anticipated Cascadia Earthquake, dismantling Portland and the entire Pacific Northwest in a matter of minutes. Propulsive, disruptive, funny, terrifying, Tilt is a novel about how the foundations of our lives are built and shaken. About a woman trying to walk back to the husband she’s long been pushing away. About put-off dreams and inevitability and what makes us keep moving forward.

Iris was born twenty-eight years ago during the unrest, when every birth required a life to be sacrificed. Since then, fertile women’s rights have been curtailed in further attempts to reduce the population. Deemed as a dangerous nuisance, restrictions are in place on where fertile women can work and socialise, as well as what internet access they are allowed. Iris has been a good citizen and has followed every rule imposed upon her. But when new and even more sinister methods to reduce the population are enforced, Iris can’t accept it any more.

In the near future, Hannah (age 16), her younger brother Loghan (age 11), and her younger sister Emma (age 5) are on the run aided by a man named Shane. Hannah hears that Shane’s a kidnapper on the news. Is he out to help or put them in more danger? A few months earlier, Hannah, Loghan, and Emma lived in one of the nicest suburban neighborhoods in Potsville, Indiana. Emma’s health has been deteriorating for some time, but now they’re noticing.

Imagine a world where.... Everything you ate was monitored by the government. Every step you took was counted. Your children were weighed every day at school. Neighbours reported on neighbours and no one was safe from judgement. Sugar was illegal, and baking was a crime. Imagine if that world was here.... What would you do? Toe the line or fight for your freedom....

The Machine Stops is a groundbreaking sci-fi short story by E. M. Forster. The story is set in a world where humanity lives underground and relies on a giant machine to provide its needs. The book is particularly notable for predicting new technologies such as instant messaging and the Internet.

The complete first and second series of the Orwellian sitcom starring Robert Lindsay and David Threlfall. In this parody of George Orwell’s dystopian classic, everyman Edward Wilson finds his life taking a sinister turn when he becomes embroiled in mysterious government machinations.

Short-listed for the Arthur C Clarke Award 2014, this is a Frankenstein tale for our time. Vic returned from war tormented by his nightmares. His once happy marriage to Beth all but disintegrated. A machine promised salvation, purging him of all memory. Now the machines are gone, declared too controversial, the side effects too harmful. But within Beth's flat is an ever-whirring black box. She knows that memories can be put back and that she can rebuild her husband piece by piece.

Miriam was raised in a society without children. To offset the devastation of climate change, state-of-the-art birth control has made daycares and playgrounds things of the past. As tempting as the government inducements are to remain child-free, Miriam’s curiosity about the people who “drop out” of society to become parents grows. When she finds a like-minded partner, she must choose between the rewarding comforts she knows and the unknowable mysteries of being a mother.

Año 2112. Una alarma climática sin precedentes asola el planeta Tierra: bosques deforestados; especies extinguiéndose todos los días; una contaminación que roza ya lo irremediable. Zoe, una joven bióloga y activista ecológica para quien la lucha se ha convertido en su forma de vida, es seleccionada para formar parte de Cosnápolis, una ciudad secreta, aparentemente idílica y donde todos sus habitantes viven en armonía, que ha logrado preservar la flora y la fauna.

Año 2112. Una alarma climática sin precedentes asola el planeta Tierra: bosques deforestados; especies extinguiéndose todos los días; una contaminación que roza ya lo irremediable. Zoe, una joven bióloga y activista ecológica para quien la lucha se ha convertido en su forma de vida, es seleccionada para formar parte de Cosnápolis, una ciudad secreta, aparentemente idílica y donde todos sus habitantes viven en armonía, que ha logrado preservar la flora y la fauna.

Año 2112. Una alarma climática sin precedentes asola el planeta Tierra: bosques deforestados; especies extinguiéndose todos los días; una contaminación que roza ya lo irremediable. Zoe, una joven bióloga y activista ecológica para quien la lucha se ha convertido en su forma de vida, es seleccionada para formar parte de Cosnápolis, una ciudad secreta, aparentemente idílica y donde todos sus habitantes viven en armonía, que ha logrado preservar la flora y la fauna.

Año 2112. Una alarma climática sin precedentes asola el planeta Tierra: bosques deforestados; especies extinguiéndose todos los días; una contaminación que roza ya lo irremediable. Zoe, una joven bióloga y activista ecológica para quien la lucha se ha convertido en su forma de vida, es seleccionada para formar parte de Cosnápolis, una ciudad secreta, aparentemente idílica y donde todos sus habitantes viven en armonía, que ha logrado preservar la flora y la fauna.

Kyra has always made it a habit to follow the rules. Or, more specifically, she has done so in hopes of staying out of sight and out of mind to those around her. Ever since she was taken prisoner, even with the feelings she's kept towards those responsible for killing her mother, she's never had an issue keeping her head down. That is, until she and her entire prison sector are relocated, and those feelings begin to bubble to the surface as tensions grow.

Cassie Forrest potrebbe quasi credere che la vita a Kingdom Come Farm sia perfetta, con Adrian e gli amici al suo fianco, e la primavera in arrivo. Ma il disgelo primaverile significa anche milioni di zombie scongelati e, se lo scorso anno le ha insegnato qualcosa, è che la vita in questo nuovo mondo è molto imperfetta.

Imagine if World War 2 had been a cover-up this whole time. Imagine if every country had no idea that a larger mysterious power was ruling over everything and everyone. The United States got power-hungry after World War 1, so it began to devise a plan to keep gaining more control, not cluing the president in. The government descended into oppression for centuries, putting more control over the people, arrests for no reason, and checkpoints, like a living prison. People have to hide who they truly are. Safety is never guaranteed.

Raised in a privileged community of wealthy survivalists on an idyllic, self-sustaining Oregon ranch, Marlo has always been insulated. The outside world, which the ranchers call “the Disaster”, is a casualty of ravaging climate change, a troubled landscape on the brink of catastrophe. For as long as Marlo can remember, the unknown that lies beyond the borders of her utopia has been a curious obsession. But just as she plans her escape into the chaos of the real world, a charismatic new resident gives her a compelling reason to stay.

Mina Kane’s next undercover op is of the green thumb variety. Tasked to break into a penthouse at the tip-top of a megascraper and air-meld incriminating data on a hydro-shipping mogul, Mina must first pose as an apt gardener who knows a thing or two about roses. The only problem is the rookie’s along for the ride, and he’s a pro at making everything more difficult than it has to be.