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Val and Julie just want what's best for their kids, David and Sophie. So when teenage son David comes home one day asking for a Pilot, a new brain implant to help with school, they reluctantly agree. This is the future, after all. Soon, Julie feels mounting pressure at work to get a Pilot to keep pace with her colleagues, leaving Val and Sophie part of the shrinking minority of people without the device.

Hig, bereaved and traumatised after global disaster, has three things to live for—his dog Jasper, his aggressive but helpful neighbour and his Cessna aeroplane. He's just about surviving, so long as he only takes his beloved plane for short journeys, and saves his remaining fuel. But, just once, he picks up a message from another pilot, and eventually the temptation to find out who else is still alive becomes irresistible. So he takes his plane over the horizon, knowing that he won't have enough fuel to get back.

For 30 years, they have avoided the outbreak of walking death that has consumed America's heartland. They have secured a small compound near the ruins of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Isolated from the world, they have remained blissfully unaware of what lies outside in the region known as the Dead Lands. Until now. Led by a military vet who's seen better days, the inexperienced offspring of the original survivors form a small expedition to explore the wastelands around them. Small pockets of humanity hide in the shadows: some scared, some mad, all dangerous. This is the New World.

This season, on the most unfiltered reality show in the universe, the one to watch will be human …Succubi treat all other species as livestock. Gene seeds from every corner of the universe are bought and sold for sustenance, for labor … for fun. Yet, for all their advantages over natural breeding programs, gene seeds are not without risk. Occasionally, such seeds retain episodic memory of a past life. These seeds – called ghosts – are routinely destroyed when discovered. Succubi, however, are ruled by their desires. Wherever there’s potential for profit, exceptions get made.

Essun - once Damaya, once Syenite, now avenger - has found shelter, but not her daughter. Instead there is Alabaster Tenring, destroyer of the world, with a request. But if Essun does what he asks, it would seal the fate of the Stillness forever.

Four audiobooks in one box set: Last Stand: Surviving America's Collapse, Last Stand: Patriots, Last Stand: Warlords, and Last Stand: Turning the Tide. John Mack, a prepper and former soldier, struggles to save his family and community after an EMP (electromagnetic pulse) takes out the country's electrical grid. With most electronics, communications, and transportation destroyed in a matter of seconds, the nation quickly collapses into anarchy. Threats emerge from enemies both foreign and domestic.

When a massive solar flare wipes out power across the U.S., veterinarian Aria Jenkins is stranded at her grandfather’s remote homestead with her young sister. In this gripping tale of survival fiction, society crumbles into chaos. Aria must rely on prepper knowledge and navigate the new dystopian reality to protect her family from growing dangers. In this blend of post-apocalyptic fiction and EMP survival, Aria faces the ultimate test of resilience in a nation gone dark.

Richard Morgan has always been one of our most successful SF authors, with his fast-moving and brutal storylines, blistering plots and a powerful social conscience behind his work. And now he's back, with his first SF novel for eight years...and it promises to be an audiobook to remember. An ex-corporate enforcer, Hakan Veil, is forced to bodyguard Madison Madekwe, part of a colonial audit team investigating a disappeared lottery winner on Mars. But when Madekwe is abducted and Hakan nearly killed, the investigation takes him farther and deeper than he had ever expected.

The end of the world has been avoided - for now. With Miri and her team of extracted heroes still on the run, Mother, the disgraced former head of the British Secret Service, has other ideas.... While Mother retreats to her bunker to plot her next move, Miri, Ben, Safa and Harry travel far into the future to ensure that they have prevented the apocalypse. But what they find just doesn't make sense. London in 2111 is on the brink of annihilation.

Eight years ago, an infection hit London, before spreading outwards. Ninety percent of the population was either contained by the military, trampled during the riots, or infected by the disease. A disease that came to be known as The Rot. Colin Bolton survived the incident, but not without losing everything he held dear to him - his life, his love, and his humanity. Now, he's living at a farmhouse, acting as a bodyguard for a new surrogate family. Life is stable. He's making do. He’s surviving. That is...until a vagrant scavenger comes knocking at the door.

Events are coming to a climax in the Banished Lands, as the war reaches new heights. King Nathair has seized the fortress at Drassil, and now possesses three of the Seven Treasures. And with Calidus and Queen Rhin, Nathair will do anything to obtain the rest. They will allow him to open a portal to the Otherworld – so Asroth and his demon-horde can break into the Banished Lands and finally become flesh.

Darrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. The Gold overlords demanded his obedience, hanged his wife, and enslaved his people. But Darrow is determined to fight back. Risking everything to transform himself and breach Gold society, Darrow has battled to survive the cutthroat rivalries that breed Society’s mightiest warriors, climbed the ranks, and waited patiently to unleash the revolution that will tear the hierarchy apart from within. Finally, the time has come.

Yuki and Sam are soulmates. They are destined to spend the rest of their lives together. They are supposed to love one another, forever. But when a miracle drug is released which can extend a human's life indefinitely, Sam chooses to live forever, instead of loving Yuki forever - and the world they know is spun inside out. WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER plunges into a parallel universe where forever is on sale to the highest bidder.

When society ceases to exist, who can you trust? After the collapse of the nation's power grid, America is under martial law - and safety is an illusion. As violence erupts around him, Morgan Carter faces one of his most difficult decisions yet: whether to stay and defend his home, or move to a more isolated area, away from the prying eyes of the government. He and his family are hesitant to leave their beloved Lake County, but with increasingly suspicious activities happening in a nearby refugee camp, all signs point towards defecting.

What’s the point in solving murders if we’re all going to die soon, anyway? Detective Hank Palace has faced this question ever since asteroid 2011GV1 hovered into view. There’s no chance left. No hope. Just six precious months until impact. The economy spirals downward while crops rot in the fields. Churches and synagogues are packed. People all over the world are walking off the job—but not Hank Palace. He’s investigating a death by hanging in a city that sees a dozen suicides every week—except this one feels suspicious, and Palace is the only cop who cares.

When an egotistical billionaire’s plan to solve climate change goes horribly wrong, it unleashes a catastrophe with devastating consequences. Widowed boat tour operator, Kelly Walker, is determined to escape from Florida with her family, before the flood waters rise and life as she knows it disappears. But when disaster strikes her son, Jackson, is missing. She’ll do anything to find him. But as brutal winds and power failures accompany the floodwaters, she fears she may already be too late.

En el año 1984 Londres es una ciudad lúgubre en la que la Policía del Pensamiento controla de forma asfixiante la vida de los ciudadanos. Winston Smith es un peón de este engranaje perverso y su cometido es reescribir la historia para adaptarla a lo que el Partido considera la versión oficial de los hechos. Hasta que decide replantearse la verdad del sistema que los gobierna y somete.

It took just a few weeks for a plague called the Death to wipe out over 90% of the world’s population. Those who survived thought themselves lucky until the world that remained came into stark relief. Devin Chase, a writer by trade and urban dweller sits in his apartment in New York unaware that his fiancé is the first victim of a worldwide pandemic called the Death. Upon learning of his fiancé’s condition he sets out to find her.

World War Three wiped out the humankind. The planet is empty now. Huge cities became dust and ashes. Railroads are being eaten by rust. Abandoned satellites hang lonely in their orbits. Radio is mute on all frequencies. The only survivors of the last war were those who made it into the gates of the Metro, the subway system of Moscow city. It's there, hundreds of feet below the ground, in the vaults of what was constructed as the world's largest air-raid shelter, where now people try to outlive the end of days.

As a reporter, I’ve seen firsthand what the Awaken virus does to people you love, turning them into mindless beasts intent on violence. That’s why I’m staying safe inside my apartment. Women are getting kidnapped right off the streets in broad daylight. Rumors say there’s a group of Awakened living under New York, and they’re responsible for the disappearances. The old me would have sniffed out that story, but post-apocalypse Mal is too scared to go digging for clues.

In a desperate attempt to escape destruction decades earlier, humankind was forced underground into the depths of the Earth, creating a new society called the Tri-Realms. After her parents and sister are abducted by the Enforcers, 17-year-old Adele, a member of the middle-class moon dwellers, is unjustly sentenced to life in prison for her parents' crimes of treason.

When Zach and I were born, our parents must have counted and recounted: limbs, fingers, toes. The complete set. They would have been disbelieving - nobody dodged the split between Alpha and Omega. Nobody. Born as twins. Raised as enemies. One strong Alpha twin and one mutated Omega; the only thing they share is the moment of their death. The Omegas live in segregation, cast out by their families, as soon as their mutations become clear.

In a shocking betrayal, Captain Rolo has vaporized the supercarrier Immortal with a nuclear warhead, all but wiping out the Vanguard army. Little does he know that King Xavier and the surviving Hell Diver and Cazador teams from Brisbane were not aboard. In Panama, Outpost Gateway has suffered a very different disaster: attack by carnivorous vines. Director Rodger Mintel sent out a desperate SOS as the voracious coils ripped into the bunker.

The world erupted into chaos... Those who struggle to survive it will find no solace in the coming days. They thought making it through would offer safety but soon realize there is no safe place. Yellowstone has finally erupted and the quakes followed them even to Jace's childhood home. While fighting off men who act like locusts, Kelly makes a move on Theo and the group is on edge. Her antics nearly cost them twice already; now can they afford to let her stay?

With the nation torn asunder by war, Ayden and Clara find themselves ensnared in a relentless cycle of adversity as they endeavor to escort their newfound allies to safety in Pennsylvania. The key to their survival lies in their capability to outsmart and outmaneuver unrelenting enemy forces while also forming alliances with unlikely partners as they desperately strive to find a sanctuary. Meanwhile, in the rugged expanses of Wyoming, Ayden’s girlfriend Mia faces her own harrowing trials.

మనిషికి మనిషే శత్రువుగా మారి ఎంతకైనా తెగించే రోజుల్లో బతుకుతున్నాం మనం. రోజు రోజుకీ ఈ సమాజం కూడా దారుణం గా తయారవుతూ వస్తుంది. అటువంటి సమాజం లో మరో మనిషి పైన నమ్మకం లేకుండా పెరుగుతున్న మన మధ్య బతికే నోరు లేని మూగ జీవుల పరిస్థితి ఏంటి అనే దృక్కోణం లో నుంచి పుట్టినట్లు గా ఉంటుంది కె సభా రాసిన ఈ కథ అమూల్యం.

In 2039, Earth hangs on the edge of ruin, caught between destruction and a fragile hope for renewal. The apocalyptic prophecies of Revelation have come to life, throwing the world into chaos, and Major Phoenix Bates is caught in a dangerous struggle between duty and love. Under the control of a powerful one-world government ruled by ten kings, only a brave few—rebellious who dare to challenge the regime.

Я - Зенит - увлекательный технотриллер, после прослушивания которого задаешься вопросами - может ли человек доверять своему компьютеру, телефону и всем остальным многочисленным девайсам? Что если это не мы смотрим в экраны, а экраны смотрят на нас? Шимпке узнает, что полиция планирует провести обыск в его самодельной лаборатории. Он уверен, что одного взгляда в микроскоп будет достаточно для того, чтобы понять, что в этой лаборатории был создан смертельный вирус. Шимпке готовится к побегу.

Я - Зенит - увлекательный технотриллер, после прослушивания которого задаешься вопросами - может ли человек доверять своему компьютеру, телефону и всем остальным многочисленным девайсам? Что если это не мы смотрим в экраны, а экраны смотрят на нас? Давид с большой настороженностью принимает план Дрейпера. Давид считает, что после инцидента с Аном, Фишеру ни в коем случае нельзя приближаться к аэропортам.

"Я - Зенит - увлекательный технотриллер, после прослушивания которого задаешься вопросами - может ли человек доверять своему компьютеру, телефону и всем остальным многочисленным девайсам? Что если это не мы смотрим в экраны, а экраны смотрят на нас? Серия 7. Давид понимает, что Леви нельзя доверять. Какие бы цели ни преследовал странный человек в маске, они явно не имели ничего общего с благополучием Давида и Ясмин.

Может ли человек доверять своему компьютеру, телефону и всем остальным многочисленным девайсам? Что если это не мы смотрим в экраны, а экраны смотрят на нас? Это история о Лондонском компьютерном аналитике Давиде Бирке. Он сталкивается с первым в мире искусственным интеллектом ЗЕНИТ, у которого есть сознание, который принимает решения самостоятельно и способен контролировать удаленно практически любую технику.

"Я - ЗЕНИТ" - увлекательный технотриллер, после прослушивания которого задаешься вопросами - может ли человек доверять своему компьютеру, телефону и всем остальным многочисленным девайсам? Что если это не мы смотрим в экраны, а экраны смотрят на нас? Дрейпер Фишер и Селена Миллер едут в автомобиле Тесла, который потерял управление и возможно находится под контролем того, кто желает им смерти...