dystopian fiction

Two years ago, Maggie Stevens began her hunt, but four weeks ago she found what she was looking for, and when that happened, Quentin, the boy she loved, unraveled her web of lies and left her. Still needing to take down M-Corp, Maggie now also needs to find a way to win Quentin back.

Free-spirited graffiti artist Maxwell Connors and his friend Dallas are horrified as they watch their classmates become model citizens under New Middletown's obedience policies, and wonder what lays beyond the walled city where their creativity might be appreciated.

In this alternate world, the all-powerful Library of Alexandria censors knowledge to the masses in every city with the use of alchemy--personal ownership of books is forbidden. Jess Brightwell dabbles in illegal books on the black market. When his friend inadvertently commits heresy by creating a device that could change the world, Jess learns that the Great Library values its knowledge more than human life.

In the future, the human brain is mapped and patented; geniuses and prodigies, like Orpheus Chanson, are created by the elite purchasing Acquired Savant Abilities. Zimri Robinson is a natural musical prodigy and lowly warehouse worker. For her, making music is illegal. When Orpehus and Zimri cross paths, they are both shocked with the unforeseen results.

While wandering in the desert after a worldwide apocalypse, sixteen-year-old Kid is picked up by a crew of violent raiders--Wolf, Dolly, Tank, and Pretty Boy. They take her in and Kid is thrust into their brutal world of killing "Townies" and taking their resources to live. So, when Saint, a would-be savior of humanity trying to restore civilization, calls for their crew's arrest, the five decide to take the fight to Saint.

"Twenty years ago, America Singer entered the Selection and won Prince Maxon's heart. Now the time has come for Princess Eadlyn to hold a Selection of her own. Eadlyn doesn't expect her Selection to be anything like her parents' fairy-tale love story... but as the competition begins, she may discover that finding her own happily ever after isn't as impossible as she's always thought"--OCLC.

The Remnants, followers of the Way, are growing in numbers, threatening Pacifica's plans for domination. That means the Pacifica government is on the warpath against the Remnants, but emperor Keallach finds himself focusing more on finding his brother--and also just thinking about Andriana. Andriana, meanwhile, feels drawn to both Ronan and Keallach, but she doesn't know if she can trust that Keallach really wants to become a Remnant--he may be leading the enemy right to them.

After becoming a part of the Tau, one of twenty-two large global network Affinities in the near future, young Adam Fisk thinks his life has improved for the better until the different Affinities begin to go to war with one another -- in a conflict that will change Adam's world forever.

In the near future, drought has destroyed Southern California but Luz and Ray still remain, squatting in an abandoned mansion and living on whatever they can loot or scavenge. Their hope for a better future rises when they meet a mysterious child, however as the three venture out into the wilderness, they find themselves in danger.

When Josephine Newbury gets a new job inputting an endless string of numbers into a massive database, she feels something isn't right. Her anxiety grows with her workload until one day her devoted husband disappears. Josephine soon discovers the true nature of her work and how she can save those she holds dear.