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The Darwin Games are over. The battle for survival has just begun … The Lovecraft family is in ruins. Their convict father, Jonah, roams The Barrens, near starvation, in search of his daughter. Only the hope of seeing Ana again keeps him alive. Meanwhile, Ana, Liam, and Duncan have found temporary relief at a camp outside The Walls. Inside City 6, Jonah's young son, Adam, has been co-opted by Jonah's enemy, Chief Keller, and is being groomed as...

The Republic of Ariya A Universal Free Trade, Not for Profit, Fraternal Order for Mankind! "In order to form a more perfect union between enlightened individuals and their community, it is thus desirable to institute an organization that is centered around the principles of reason and freedom while working towards harmonizing the interest of all those who join Ariya, the intent of which is to create a Universal Free Trade, Not for Profit Fraternal...

… Une apocalypse. Un terme universellement compris dans toutes les langues de l'humanité. Les combats étaient marqués par une brutalité presque extraterrestre, comme si personne ne cherchait à prolonger l'agonie, préférant en finir au plus vite. Dans ce chaos, toutes les limites semblaient disparaître, jusqu'à ce que tout s'achève. Pour ceux qui n'ont pas vécu cette expérience, c'est ce que nous appelons la guerre. À PROPOS DE L'AUTEUR Chemse...

From debut young adult novelist Jade Shyback comes the first in the Aqueous series. On the eve of Earth's collapse, young Marisol Blaise is taken to live on an underwater mersation known as Aqueous with parents not her own. There, she must compete in the trials, grueling tests designed to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of each trainee, hoping to be assigned to the all-male elite diving team known as the Cuviers. Desperate to prove to herself, the...

In Scorpion, the sequel to Jeff Sweat's YA futuristic thriller Mayfly, Jemma, Lady, and Pico all left the Holy Wood to seek answers to the End, and when they find the Old Guys-the only adults to have survived the original wipeout of everyone over the age of seventeen-they think they've found help at last. But, there's a lot the Old Guys aren't telling them. In fact, some of them don't seem interested in solving the End at all and just want Jemma...

"Whispers in the Pages" is a gripping young adult dystopian narrative set in the monochrome, repressive city of Eridos, where books are banned and free thought is a distant memory. The story centers around Lia, a seventeen-year-old girl whose life is defined by the strict rules and colorless conformity of her society. Lia stands out with her keen, stormy eyes and an innate curiosity that sets her apart in a world where creativity and knowledge are...

The crew is broke and out of luck, and will have to deal with some less-than-trustworthy associates if the Serenity is going to keep flying. What seems like an easy job in town for half the crew, is primed to turn sideways with feds, uneasy locals, and a high profile politician in the mix… Superstar Marvel and DC writer Sam Humphries (Star-Lord: The Saga of Peter Quill, Harley Quinn) teams up with fan-favorite artist Jordi Pérez (How I Became...

Nous sommes en 2035. Un terrible virus sévit et oblige la population mondiale à se confiner. Ombeline s'ennuie dans son orphelinat. Elle supporte mal l'enfermement et ne s'entend pas bien avec la directrice de l'institut. Heureusement, Léontine et Malaurie, 4 et 14 ans, sont comme deux sœurs pour elle. Jacinthe, la seule adulte qui s'occupe d'elle, connaît son secret : Ombeline communique avec les animaux. Elle ne leur parle pas : elle émet...

This genre-bending Africanfuturist horror novel blends The Handmaid's Tale with Get Out in an adrenaline-packed, cyberpunk body-hopping ghost story exploring motherhood, memory, and a woman's right to her own body. Nelah seems to have it all: fame, wealth, and a long-awaited daughter growing in a government lab. But, trapped in a loveless marriage to a policeman who uses a microchip to monitor her every move, Nelah's perfect life is precarious. After...

In a post-apocalyptic world where humanity has embraced robotic bodies to survive, one such robot begins to doubt his thoughts are really his own. Rabbit, robot 0045, is approached by a mysterious stranger known as the Magician, who begins an investigation toward a horrible truth that Rabbit could never have imagined. Perhaps this world is even more sinister than it seems.