Résultats pour "Apocalypsis" dans Technothrillers

Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilisation. This is the twelfth expedition. Their group is made up of four women: An anthropologist; a surveyor; a psychologist, the de facto leader; and our narrator, a biologist. Their mission is to map the terrain and collect specimens; to record all their observations, scientific and otherwise, of their surroundings and of one another; and, above all, to avoid being contaminated by Area X itself.

The bestselling, award-winning author of The Power delivers a “page-turning” (Los Angeles Times), “propulsive” (The Boston Globe), “thrilling” (BookPage, starred review) tour de force where a handful of friends plot a daring heist to save the world from the tech giants whose greed...

Fifty years after The Andromeda Strain made Michael Crichton a household name – and spawned a new genre, the technothriller – the threat returns, in a gripping sequel that is terrifyingly realistic and resonant. THE EVOLUTION IS COMING In 1967, an extraterrestrial microbe – designated the...

When the Internet suddenly stops working, society reels from the loss of flowing data and streaming entertainment. Addicts wander the streets talking to themselves in 140 characters or forcing cats to perform tricks for their amusement, while the truly desperate pin their requests for casual encounters on public bulletin boards. The economy tumbles and the government passes the draconian NET Recovery Act.

When World War III erupts on American soil, the chaos ripples across the globe. This anthology explores the untold stories unfolding as civilization's lights go out—from the home front to distant battlefields where the fate of nations hangs in the balance. Across America, ordinary people face...

When every system dies midair, Daisy’s private jet crashes on a remote island cut off from the world. No power. No rescue. As panic spreads, she must lead the survivors through fear, hunger, and betrayal before paradise becomes their grave.

When an EMP plunges Charleston into silence, paramedic Lisa fights to save lives as the city unravels. With Dylan at her side, every step toward her family’s farm means facing looters, violence, and impossible choices. Survival demands more than skill, it demands sacrifice.

Apocalypse du Jour is a hilarious techno-thriller. It presents the adventures of four researchers, all social outcasts: an autistic programmer, a barely functional paranoid mathematician, a blind vet physicist with severe PTSD, and a basement gamer prototyper. They briefly collaborate on research via the internet without ever meeting one another. They publish an innocuous paper in an obscure journal, then disband. Three months later, every major country and corporation in the world races to kidnap or kill them.

If you enjoyed Mongol Moon and A Dance of Devils but were left with questions, such as "What is happening in the rest of the United States?" or "heck, what's happening in the rest of the world?" Apocalypse in Pieces, Volume 1 has the answers. In the United States, members of a Louisiana VFW...

Soon to be an exciting series on MGM+! The award-winning Earth Abides is one of the most influential science fiction novels of all time, a mix of dystopian horror and a literary exploration of loneliness. It remains a fresh, provocative--and all too relevant--story of apocalyptic pandemic...

He had a gun against his temple when the dog walked out of the woods. That was six weeks into the collapse. Tonight Rob is still breathing, still walking, still climbing toward a homestead in the Colorado Rockies, because Captain won’t let him stop. Because a stray dog decided a broken man was worth saving. And because the next attack is coming fast.

When a mysterious blackout strands a luxury yacht at sea, nurse Lena must protect a young boy and lead a fractured crew with no power, no contact, and no idea what caused the silence. Supplies are running out, and someone is watching from the island.

Dylan Kamal’s job is to protect America from dangerous Artificial Intelligence. Today, he’ll narrowly avoid becoming its next victim. With his security agency destroyed he’ll find himself navigating an America caught in the throes of a manufactured insurrection. A hidden cabal has infiltrated our devices and sources of media. Their goal? To turn American against American by feeding false or misleading information directly into the palm of our hands. Our political, cultural and religious differences become the weapons of our destruction.

Doug Shasta: underemployed, divorced, a couple low-key substance dependencies. You wouldn’t say things are going great. But it’s all how look at it. He’s got good friends, and his kids have a decent life on remote Sternum Island, in the placid Pacific Northwest.

One man possesses the power to destroy the world—and believes humanity will be better for it. During a sea voyage to Britain, traveler Arthur Marcel encounters Herbert Brande, an enigmatic intellectual whose cold philosophy is matched only by his extraordinary scientific knowledge. Drawn into...

When oppression by the Unionist-dominated federal government becomes intolerable, the Republic of Texas secedes from the United States. As the Unionists respond with immediate violence, Daniel Markis and Spooky Nguyen send Reaper and Skull on missions to help the fledgling nation survive in the face of overwhelming odds. Can they win through to establish a haven for Edens on North American soil? Or, shall the world edge further into darkness?

No one believed him. Everyone laughed. But when an EMP cripples the nation, Jackson Kent is one of the few prepared to survive. He must now rescue the family who rejected him from the violence of the city streets and bring them to his mountain homestead.

After a cyber attack and wide spread sabotage by terrorists took out the United States' electrical grid, one group of survivors found themselves far worse off than the rest of the populace. This group found themselves stranded on an island with no way to cross the flooded river and soggy lands surrounding them as starvation and desperation began. The one thing they had going for them, though, to get themselves through this ordeal, was that they were preppers - people who prepare for disasters as a lifestyle or hobby.

Leon Tsarev ist ein Highschool-Schüler, der sich eigentlich nichts sehnlicher wünscht, als ein Stipendium an einem guten College. Bis ihn sein Onkel, ein Mitglied der russischen Mafia, dazu überredet, einen neuen Computervirus für das Botnetz des Syndikats zu entwickeln - eine Sklavenarmee infizierter Rechner, die sie für ihre digitalen Raubzüge benutzen. Der evolutionäre Virus, den Leon basierend auf biologischen Prinzipien entwickelt, ist erfolgreich. Zu erfolgreich.

Leon Tsarev is a high school student set on getting into a great college program, until his uncle, a member of the Russian mob, coerces him into developing a new computer virus for the mob's botnet - the slave army of computers they used to commit digital crimes. The evolutionary virus Leon creates, based on biological principles, is successful - too successful. All the world's computers are infected.