While German and Japanese scientists also labored unsuccessfully to create an atomic bomb, by the summer of 1945, the American-led team was ready to test its first weapon.
While German and Japanese scientists also labored unsuccessfully to create an atomic bomb, by the summer of 1945, the American-led team was ready to test its first weapon.
Quentin Tarantino's long-awaited first work of fiction - at once hilarious, delicious, and brutal - is the always surprising, sometimes shocking new novel based on his Academy Award-winning film.
'Fast-paced and enthralling' Sun'A slick new series of romance and intrigue'Observer'Everything you want from a vampire novel'United by PopIN DARKNESS WE SHINEWelcome to VAMPS, an elite academy in theSwiss Alps for the children of the wealthiest and most powerful vampire families.
"Zwischen den Linien" ist ein psychologischer Roman, der die Geschichte von Mia erzählt, einer 27-jährigen Künstlerin, die nach einer Schizophrenie-Diagnose ihr Kunststudium abbrechen musste und sich in ein isoliertes Leben zurückgezogen hat.
The 'Reign of Brainwash: Dystopia Box Set' serves as a monumental collection that explores the grim intricacies of dystopian societies through a tapestry of literary styles.
*Winner of the 2025 CARICON FICTION PRIZE and shortlisted for the 2025 WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE PRIZE*'The past is uprooted, the present holds on by thread, and in the midst of it all is Miss Pauline, strong, conflicted, driven and remarkable.
A collection of speculative fiction offers "e;a darkly comic look at how far people will go to hold on to the devices that are replacing human experience"e; (The Washington Post).
'Mikey Please has one of the most brilliant minds I know; the perfect combination of science, philosophy and madness' Daniel Kwan, Oscar-winning director of Everything Everywhere All At Once'The Expanded Earth genuinely changed the way I look at the world around me.
EMILIA HART'S STUNNING NEW BOOK THE SIRENS IS OUT NOWTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLEROVER 700,000 COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDEAs seen on BBC's BETWEEN THE COVERS'A bewitching debut.
'A relentlessly gripping, glorious epic fantasy - the exhilarating must-read fantasy debut of 2025' Tasha Suri, author of The Jasmine ThroneA SONG OF REBELLION.
'I absolutely loved it' - Zadie Smith, author of White Teeth'Fast, harsh, smart and fun' - GuardianElectrifying and darkly funny, Mariel Franklin's debut Bonding is a uniquely modern story of sex, tech and freedom in the messy tangle of our digital age.
Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen recounts the adventures of Corporal Calvin Morrison of the Pennsylvania State Police who is accidentally transported to a more backward parallel universe.
'John Marrs is not to be missed' - Freida McFadden, bestselling author of The Housemaid'Few writers do domestic suspense meets dystopia better than John Marrs' - Lucy Foley, bestselling author of The Paris Apartment'The books of John Marrs have become a quiet phenomenon .
The complete trilogy in one volume: Tech-savvy resistance fighters battle a twenty-first-century fascist takeover that threatens the entire planet-and beyond .
From the internationally bestselling author of The Atlas Six, Masters of Death is a queer, page-turning fantasy bursting with Olivie Blake's signature sharp wit, stunning prose and unforgettable characters.
The acclaimed author of The Peep Diaries and Hello, I'm Special returns to fiction, and delivers a mind-altering collection of short stories that confront the hypocrisies, humiliations and hilarities of modern life.
A bearded man in a badly soiled suit known only as The Stranger wanders an apocalyptic landscape on the fringes of a dying metropolis, looking for a way to "e;get back on top.
In Michael Farris Smith's latest gritty epic, a young woman returns home with her child, to her ghost-haunted father, while a religious extremist hunts the storm-ridden territory to find the girl who may hold the key to the region's apocalyptic future.
Haunting and beautifully written first novel by the award-winning author of Battleborn, set among a cult of survivors in a dystopian American desert'A Mad Max world painted with a finer brush' Elle'An unforgettable journey into a hauntingly imagined near-future' Ruth Ozeki'Set in a drought-ravaged Southern California trolled by scavengers, Gold Fame Citrus burns with a dizzying, scorching genius' Vanity Fair Desert sands have laid waste to the south-west of America.
A manufactured and pre-programmed serial killer; a suicidalrobot; a romantic necrophiliac; and an archaeologist who feeds the perverse desires of aficionados of the apocalypseFrancisco Garca Gonzalezs stories map out literary and metafictional approaches to the sci-fi universe in ways that echo the humor and violence of Miguel de Cervantes,Mara de Zayas, Jorge Luis Borges, Rosa Montero, and Roberto Bolao.
A manufactured and pre-programmed serial killer; a suicidalrobot; a romantic necrophiliac; and an archaeologist who feeds the perverse desires of aficionados of the apocalypseFrancisco Garca Gonzalezs stories map out literary and metafictional approaches to the sci-fi universe in ways that echo the humor and violence of Miguel de Cervantes,Mara de Zayas, Jorge Luis Borges, Rosa Montero, and Roberto Bolao.
Von unterschiedlichen wissenschaftlichen Perspektiven ausgehend zeigen die Beiträge dieses Bandes Vorstellungen von Zukunftsvisionen in Texten der Vergangenheit und Gegenwart.
The NEXT irresistibly uplifting read for fans of BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD set in a magical laundryThe #1 International word-of-mouth bestsellerHeartwarming and inspirational, MARIGOLD MIND LAUNDRY will remind you there is always a reason to feel positive'A life-changing novel' ***** reader review'A book that makes me reflect on my life' *****'Even better when you read it with a loved one' *****'I took leave from work because I needed to finish it in one sitting' *****_______________________We will wash away your pain and iron away any creases in your heart.
Dyer and a graduate student named Danforth fly an airplane over the mountains, which they soon realize are the outer walls of a huge, abandoned stone city of cubes and cones, utterly alien compared with any human architecture.
A life-affirming dystopian tale of global disaster, survival, and belief for any reader of Emily St John Mandel's STATION ELEVEN or Cormac McCarthy's THE ROAD 'THE ROAD crossed with a post-apocalyptic romance.
