Resultados para "The Tree" en Distopía

After making a grievous mistake that ended in death, Henryk Mandrusiak feels increasingly ostracized within his own community, and after the passing on of his parents and the departure of his best friend, Reid, there is little left to tie him to the place he calls home. Henryk does something he never expected: He sets out into the harsh wilds alone, in search of far-flung family. He finds his uncle’s village, but making a life for himself in this unfriendly new place—rougher and more impoverished than the campus where he grew up—isn’t easy.

When Sybil's father returns from off-world, he brings the children something they've never seen before, a tree...The Tree - a short story.

Pabla was born of the forest, and her home is under attack. She's a skilled warrior, but the ancestral ways can't win a modern war. Her enemy won't stop until they've wiped every one of her kind out. Luke Remini is an underdeveloped man from an overdeveloped country. Crude, inept, and woefully misguided, he's the knight in whining armor that nobody asked for. He must journey to the heart of a failed state and expose the truth before the last rainforest is destroyed.

In the land of Tisandre, a country on the brink of transformation, the battle between religious fervor and the thirst for scientific discovery rages beneath the surface. As the authoritarian ruler, Caius Magnus Torvok, tightens his grip on power, the nation plunges into a new age of dogma and control, where truth itself becomes a weapon. Luke Thorne, a former military officer turned political adviser, is drawn into a web of lies, loyalty, and internal conflict.

Long ago, an otherworldly creature made the Earth almost uninhabitable and nearly consumed all of mankind. Now angels protect, and rule over, New Eden—Earth’s last remaining city. By angelic decree, and scripture akin to propaganda, all redheads are enslaved. Alizard is the stubborn daughter of the two most powerful families in the city. She expects to inherit a position of great leadership until the day her hair turns red.

I never wondered if Oliver loved me. The second we met, I knew we belonged together. And I knew Oliver knew it, too. I saw it in his eyes. The eyes I instantly adored. The eyes everyone else feared. After the Al Bot war of 2099, Layla and Oliver fall in love - but their bond is tested by a handsome renegade, an ambitious family, and a covert killer who twists the truth.

One day changed the world forever. Billions died. A small handful of survivors braved the apocalyptic wasteland to start again. This is their story.

Schafft sich die Menschheit selber ab? "Singularity" ist der neue Science-Fiction-Thriller von Bestseller-Autor Joshua Tree über die Zukunft der künstlichen Intelligenz. Ende des 21. Jahrhunderts ist die Menschheit tief gespalten: Während die eine Hälfte medizinisch bestens versorgt ein langes Leben führt, ist die andere schlicht überflüssig. Bestenfalls als billige Arbeitskräfte haben die meisten Menschen ein karges Auskommen. Einer dieser Überflüssigen ist James, der als Hausdiener der neuen Elite anheuert.

A genetically engineered colony on a new world. A baby born different than everyone else. A mother who will do anything to save him. On planet Eamine, twenty-one-year-old Alina must protect her baby when Mandin is born with a remarkable DNA anomaly. Mandin's uniqueness makes him as a target for exploitation. Trained by the Expeditionary Academy, Alina knows how to survive Eamine’s harsh environment and seeks to keep Mandin safe.

In a near-future dystopia where the boundaries of humanity are rewritten by the relentless march of artificial intelligence and genetic manipulation, the price of progress is a truth humanity cannot face. The line between flesh and machine, soul and simulation, has been obliterated, and in its place, a horrifying new reality emerges—one where human ambition threatens to destroy the natural order. The Trinities tells a story of unraveling control, where engineered minds and bio-enhanced bodies populate a world teetering on the edge of apocalypse.

The zombie apocalypse didn't happen overnight. It happened over the course of several weeks. America was so wrapped up in what the media fed them that they were oblivious until it was too late. When society's infrastructure started to crumble and the dead began rising to walk the planet, resources became scarce, causing strangers to become friends, neighbors to become family, and some of the closest people to become enemies. Communities fortified their defenses, against not only the threat of the undead but the greed and jealousy of the living.

The Salvation escapees have forged a shaky alliance, and it’s holding...for the moment. Their new society is going from strength to strength. They’re building shelters, farming, foraging, and scavenging. Each day things get better, but winter edges closer.

For Callie, Phil, and the others, life is one long battle from dawn ’til dusk. Despite this, the settlement has flourished and gone from strength to strength. Until now.

The day of judgement has arrived. Chaos and devastation reign once more, but this time, they are wielded by a single man with just one goal—power. To gain it, he will do whatever it takes, no matter the cost. For the citizens of Redemption there are only two options, submit or die. The choice is an easy one for most, but some will not get to make it. Some will be struck down even before the first bullets are fired.

Winter has arrived, and it will wreak havoc on Redemption. Lives will be lost. Hearts will be broken. But it’s nothing compared to the storm that’s coming. Dark clouds of a different kind are gathering on the horizon, and with them comes an enemy of unimaginable power. There’s a war on its way. When it’s over, only one side will be left standing.