Sci Fi - Dystopian & Post-Apocalyptic Genre

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Summary: As humanity quivers on the brink of extinction, McKayla Mason navigates a treacherous path between duty and conscience. Imprisoned for twelve cycles for crimes against the Armada, Mason is released to join an impossible operation to find a new home for humanity before Kepler 442b meets the same fate as Ancient Earth. Paired with a team led by the enigmatic Sergeant Major Bentley, Mason is thrust on an intergalactic crusade to an alien planet teeming with sentient life, flora, and fauna-none of which they have seen before. But this utopia soon turns deadly when a disease threatens her squad, pressing them to accept the harsh truths of continued existence. Mason's fortitude is tested to its limits as conflicts escalate. Trapped between a domestic conflict and haunted by her past, she must defy commands and risk everything to establish an avenue to coexist. But in a new world where trust is scarce and alliances do not exist, will her attempt be enough to save what little remains of humanity? In this spellbinding tale of loss and redemption, readers journey through realms of danger, alien languages, and discovery. Prepare to explore the depths of humanity's resilience and the boundless reaches of the human mind as the pages turn in this first installment of WolfStar.

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Summary: In a post-apocalyptic world ruled by fear, where a mere glance could mean death, can one soldier rise above the chaos to reclaim humanity's lost hope? === The gorgons descended upon Earth in 2026, and by 2042, humanity is reduced to a mere whisper, hiding in fortified blockades away from the paralyzing gaze of these alien predators. For those who remain, the rules are simple: stay quiet, move quickly, and don't look. Sergeant Cameron "Jet" Shipley knows the stakes all too well; he's lost family, friends, and faith in a world where survival means living in the shadows. When he is thrust into a perilous mission to investigate mysterious thermal signals that could lead to more survivors, a new recruit within his squad unveils a shocking revelation: a weapon that could turn the tide against their alien foes. But as Jet grapples with the implications of this hidden technology, he is forced to confront a troubling truth: why has it been kept under wraps for so long? With a growing sense of distrust in the military, the sergeant is torn between loyalty to his superiors and the desire to see justice for his fallen loved ones. When the lines between friend and foe blur, can Jet confront his doubts and unite humanity against the gorgons, or will his thirst for vengeance blind him to the real threat lurking in the shadows? ===   Pick up your copy of a gripping post-apocalyptic novel with alien predators that plunges readers into the urgency of survival after invasion, where military sci fi and alien artifacts shape the fate of humanity. With a screen adaption underway for streaming networks, now is the perfect time to order your copy of this science fiction alien invasion series opener. Dissonance Volume I: Reality has it all: post-apocalyptic survival, military conspiracy, found family and horror all wrapped into one!

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Summary: Rules were made to be broken. From terraformed outposts to magical realms, journey to worlds where deadly plants, rampant biodiversity, or failed colonies have created irresistible opportunities for those brave enough to seize them. New worlds, found family, mystical secrets, and deadly science weave together in this lesbian-centric anthology focusing on a very different kind of first time—a first encounter with a world, or being, entirely unlike our own. If you like diverse stories with lesbian heroines practicing science, magic, and seduction, buy Distant Gardens today!

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Summary: Life after the Crash. Over a century after the end of the Earth, life goes on in Redemption, the sole remaining Lunar colony, and possibly the last outpost of humankind in the Solar System. But with an existential threat burrowing its way into the Moon's core, humanity must recolonize the homeworld. Twenty brave dropnauts set off on a mission to explore the empty planet. Four of them—Rai, Hera, Ghost and Tien—have trained for two-and-a-half years for the Return. They're bound for Martinez Base, just outside the Old Earth city of San Francisco. But what awaits them there will turn their assumptions upside down—and in the process, either save or destroy what's left of humanity.

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Summary: Earth on the Cusp of the Twenty-Second Century Just think how the world has changed in the last seventy-six years. In 1948, scientists ran the first computer program, and "the Ultimate Car of the Future," the futuristic, three wheeled Davis Divan, debuted. Since then, a succession of inventions—the personal computer, the internet, the World Wide Web, smart phones and social media—have transformed every aspect of our lives. How might the next seventy-six years change us, in ways we can barely even begin to imagine, as culture, climate change, politics and technology continue to reshape the world? Earth in 2100 will be as unrecognizable to us as today would be to someone from 1948. Eighteen writers tackled this challenge, creating an amazing array of sci-fi possibilities. From emotional AI's to photosynthetic children, from virtual worlds to a post-urban society, our writers serve up compelling slices of life from an Earth that's just around the corner. So dive in and and take a wild ride into these amazing visions of our collective future.

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Summary: There are monsters outside the city walls. Harvard is small, anxious, and plagued by a constant tremor, which is not an ideal combination for a desert scavenger. He and his crew are under constant threat of desertwalker attacks, and Harvard is nearly useless against them. When the biggest mistake of Harvard’s life separates him from his crew, he must learn the secrets of the desert beasts in order to survive the dangers of the dusts. Returning to Bastion with a surprising ally, Harvard is forced to choose between saving his crew or allying with the “monsters” who rescued him. Harvard never saw himself as a hero, but when the beasts of the dusts implore him to aid their rescue mission, he holds the lives of crabs and humans alike in his trembling hands. For awesome post-apocalyptic action, where Earth is ruled by gargantuan crab beasts, get your copy of Empress of Dust today!

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Summary: A collection of five speculative short stories by H. L. Moore, including award-winning tales Entente and No Place of Honour.

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Summary: What price for justice? Cora discovers the traitor in her midst. A fiendish move allows him to flee capture. Months pass. Life has moved on. New faces join Cora’s cause. But when the traitor resurfaces, Cora must make a choice. Join forces with her sworn enemy to get justice, or put her friends at risk. Cora will do anything to find him, but nothing is as it seems. Following a bloody trail, secrets are all around her. A dark new power manifests within. Is the traitor still working for Lucius, or are they both in danger? What will it take to find out? What price is too high?

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Summary: Life in 1960 Fellowship America is tenuous. High school senior, Ian Hobart, dreams of becoming a star reporter. Until one symbol changes his life forever. One fall day in 1960 Fellowship America, Ian rides his bike home after his shift as copy boy. He is dreaming of the day he is a star reporter and can afford his own car, but all his dreams vanish at the sight of the Fellowship shield burned into the family’s front door. He can’t believe it. Doesn’t want to believe it. The Fellowship’s Angels of Death Took his parents and older brother. And that can mean only one thing—he and his siblings will be next. Pursued by Fellowship agents, Ian gathers his younger siblings and what supplies they can carry. They flee into the wilds of the Blue Ridge Mountains, where they rely on Ian’s savvy and survival skills. But life in the mountains is brutal and unforgiving. Resources are limited. Food is scarce. And winter is coming. They won’t survive without help. With no one else he can trust, Ian turns to his best friend. And puts all their lives in danger. A standalone companion to the Fellowship Dystopia, start here or deepen the world you already know.

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Summary: Everyone knows that the “Fomorians” first appeared in the 1840s, after the dwarves of western Ireland quarantined their own homelands west of the Corrib. The finest minds of the dwarves and the British establishment have failed to uncover the causes of their appearance, beyond that it is a disease dubbed “Fomoritis”. But nobody knows for certain. Until now. One corrupt scientist from a dwarven megacorporation runs an illegal experiment to find out. What he doesn’t expect is the Fomorians themselves to object and hand his subjects over to the military. For the children involved, that was just the beginning.

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Summary: Ruling a city isn’t what it’s cracked up to be. Leanna has been governing the great city of Kingsfield for less than a year, and it’s already making her crazy. Audience Day is full of insane people making wishes, there’s a goblin infestation in town, and a ghost on the loose in the slums. But when a new group against Leanna starts recruiting conspirators in the shadows, Leanna must decide if ruling is what she really wants. Caught between that and her estranged family demanding audience, Leanna needs to put all the pieces together. Will she separate her allies from her enemies before it’s too late?

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Summary: A prophecy to a 16-year-old blacksmith’s son sends Trygare kan Ingan from his home in the Cymenean glyns, armed only with his father’s sword. Being GodChosen isn’t easy. The woman he wants doesn’t want him ; the man who should be his best friend thinks him laughable, and everyone ridicules his youth, to say nothing of his glyndweller accent. Slaying a dragon and defending the country from invaders changes their minds, and things are going nicely, but then the gods interfere… Tragedy strikes, sending Trygare to a foreign land where his true destiny lies… …to become the ancestor of a dynasty that will rule his planet for three thousand years.

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Summary: Left for dead behind enemy lines, prince Dominel seeks refuge in an abandoned stronghold of the slaughtered wizards. There he is recruited and trained by undead mages in the once forbidden magics so that he can close the doors into the world of man and halt the advance of the horde of monsters known as the storm. Can the strength of a lone wizard stand against a god of evil bent on ruling all the worlds of monsters and men. Will other races stand as friends or foes in Dominel’s quest? Can Dominel open himself to memories of his past lives without fracturing his sanity and becoming a worse threat than the monsters he seeks to halt? And what of the man who is prince, king and wizard? What space is left for him in a life of crushing duty and wondrous enchantment? For the answers read on

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Summary: The battle against fate begins. Cora Blake needs answers to her growing magical abilities. She returns to her hometown in the Native Free Lands for the first time since she was a child, seeking out the tribe’s elder. But when a prophecy foretells of an attack on the tribal lands, she must fight against fate to prevent a war. The dragon Lucius manipulates from the shadows, while Cora’s own demons threaten to break her. Trapped in a conflict that appears predetermined, Cora must turn against the agency that trained her. She came to Heaven’s Crest for answers. What she found is a cause worth fighting for.

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Summary: The Earth has gone silent. John Mark Ellis and the crew of the Sanson are sent to investigate. When they arrive, they find vast alien machines known as Clusters in orbit. Fearing the worst, they land and discover that the once overcrowded, polluted Earth has become a paradise of sorts. The problem is over half the population is dead or missing and the planet's leaders don't seem to care. As Ellis works to unravel the mystery, sudden gravitational shifts from the galaxy's center indicate something even worse is in the offing. Can Ellis save the galaxy from the heirs of the new Earth?

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Summary: A flicker of hope lies in darkness. Cora reels from the death of a friend. With their soul trapped in her body, she desperately seeks a way to bring them back. Her hunt for a healer lands her on the doorstep of Helen, the most powerful dragon in Seattle. But when the world comes under threat, Cora is given a choice. Help Helen save the dragon that threatens Earth in exchange for the healer. Faced with the entire Dragon Council, Cora once again puts herself at odds with Lucius. Is this another twist in the road or is it how the war begins?

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Summary: ***Third Place Winner in The BookFest Awards, Spring 2026, in the category: Fiction—Sci-Fi/Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic! "An ambitious, emotionally grounded science-fiction epic whose strong narrative voice, moral complexity, and vivid world-building make it a powerful and memorable exploration of AI, responsibility, and redemption.” — IndieReader Jeremiah Reese designed Archi, a sentient artificial intelligence program, to solve the most intractable problems—make the world a far better place. But Archi had other ideas . . . and we never stood a chance. Years later, Jeremiah may be the only one left who can stop the maniacal program from completing its goal of human extinction. Pursued by an army of cybernetic warriors and genetically altered hybrids fashioned after mythological creatures, Jeremiah and Gabrielle, a sixteen-year-old child of the apocalypse, must escape through the tangled, backcountry of western North Carolina to rally the remnants of humanity in a desperate final bid to end Archi’s terror reign.

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Summary: Danger is in the air ... Fourteen-year-old Muree and her little brother live in the tunnels under Homa, stealing to survive, hiding from the alien Zecla and their mechs. But when the mechs suddenly focus on them, the two children are forced to run ... into a pandemic of galactic proportions. Warning: creepy absentee father, depictions of illness and death, underage sexuality, parental betrayal, pregnancy loss, innuendo, humans used for food by aliens. There are four point of view characters: two human, two alien. This book is a standalone story which is not in the Red Dog Conspiracy universe. It was written in 2008, and is being published for the first time. The ebook is exclusively available on my website.

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Summary: “Intelligent, unique, and tremendously entertaining.” - Readers' Favorite EARTH … CENTURIES AFTER THE FALL! I was created by beings who couldn’t touch this world ... only watch it crumble. Every twenty years, a new tribe ... a new hope ... a new failure. I was told, “Do not interfere.” But watching them die ... again ... again ... I wasn’t meant to change history ... only guide it. Silently. Humanity had a second chance … I was left to make sure they didn’t waste it. But I broke Directive Three. Can they survive a second collapse ... can I?

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Summary: "Hauntingly beautiful and poignant." ~ Readers' Favorite In a world shattered by war, a lone robot soldier awakens with one mission: to protect the last surviving human - a little girl named Amy. Together, they form an unbreakable bond in a world where hope is scarce. But danger lurks in the form of robotic mutations known as wolfhounds. One Shot's prime directive is clear: protect Amy at all costs. On a perilous journey through a devastated world, the bond between a girl and a robot might be the key to humanity's future. If they can survive.