end of the world

After his older brother is killed, David turns to anger and his parents to religion, but just as David's life is beginning to make sense again his parents press him and his sister to join them in cutting worldly ties to prepare for the Rush, when the faithful will be whisked off to heaven.

Tells the story of six people whose fates become intertwined on an Earth far different from their own.

Inside the Dome, Partridge, having taken his father's place as leader of the Pures, realizes that things are not as clear as he thought, while outside, Pressia and Bradwell continue their efforts to heal the Wretches, unsure if they can still trust their friend Partridge.

Earth is the mental asylum of the universe and humans are the incurable inmates. Now the asylum is being shut down. Everyone Says That at the End of the World traces the adventures of a ghost-haunted slacker couple expecting their first child, an outrageously arrogant television actor seeking redemption and a prophetic hermit crab on a cross-country quest as they struggle to survive the final four days of life on Earth. Inter-dimensional time travelers, Jesus clones, and prosthetic limbs all play a role in the catastrophic events leading to the planet's end.

Studies the different millennial beliefs and prophecies that have been present throughout history, from the ancient beliefs of the West and the Orient to the apocalyptic movements of the late twentieth century.

Describes various apocalyptic predictions about the end of the world, discussing Nostradamus, Y2K, 2012, and other theories.

The great city of Carce (a fantasy world based on Europe during the later Roman Empire) and all life on Earth will be destroyed unless two young men, Corylus and Varus, and two women, Hedia and Alphena, pursue the answer to the mysterious and threatening happenings that prefigure this disaster.

Archaeologist Nathan Lee Swift has always respected the ruins he has explored and never crossed the line between noble discovery and the plundering of ruins, until one night when he gives in to his professor's greed and becomes a common grave robber, but when a wealthy collector opens a vial of blood dating back to the first century, releasing a plague which threatens to destroy humanity, Nathan finds a chance for redemption.

In the year 2000, a young man discovers ice-nine, a dangerous substance which can set off a chain reaction more deadly than a nuclear bomb, and discovers a new prophet whose teachings sweep the world.

From the depths of the ultra-secure prison on Ice, Tristan continues to fights against Devon.