dystopian fiction

"In Compound Eleven, freedom fromy tyranny is impossible. Her name is Eve Hamilton, and she has managed the impossible. She is free. Until just like that, it is wrenched from her graps. And this time, the corridors of the dark undergound city are even more dangerous than ever before. But her brief taste of freedom has left her with somthing useful, somehting powerful, something that terrifies the leaders of Compound Eleven. And now she has a monster inside. One she will need to learn to control, and fast, or she will lose everything and everyone she holds dear. Starting with Wren Edelman. The one boy who has taught her that anything is possible if they stick together. But will that matter if she becomes the very thing he fears the most"--Adapted from publisher description.

"Outlaw twin sisters Ava and Mira Goodwin were born to defy Texas's tyrannical and oppressive Governor Roth. They inspired millions across the country to liberate themselves and fight to live free under the new Common rule. But an enemy still endangers their fragile vision for the future. Ava and Mira's mission: hunt the man down. The once-mighty Governor Roth has fled Dallas. Holding a hostage beloved by Ava and Mira, Roth has a mission, too: regroup his Loyalists, wreak vengeance, and reclaim his power. With the help of a savvy programmer turned rebel warrior, Ava and Mira brave a journey more uncertain than they've ever attempted before. As they forge southward into foreign territory--against a ruthless cartel, Roth's aggressive Texas Guard, and a formidable new foe--courage, alliances, and trust will be tested. Now, in the most unlikely and treacherous of places, the sisters must finish what they started. Before they--and the Common--are erased from history forever"--OCLC.

In a near-future consumer dystopia, Zo? Zindleman must choose from limited, bleak housing options, including a converted strip-mall refuge that offers safety and proximity to her new place of work, ALLMART.

"Cassie McKinney has always believed in the Hive. Social media used to be out of control, after all. People were torn apart by trolls and doxxers. Even hackers--like Cassie's dad--were powerless against it. But then the Hive came. A better way to sanction people for what they do online. Cause trouble, get too many "condemns," and a crowd can come after you, teach you a lesson in real life. It's safer, fairer and perfectly legal. Entering her senior year of high school, filled with grief over an unexpected loss, Cassie is primed to lash out. Egged on by new friends, she makes an edgy joke online. Cassie doubts anyone will notice. But the Hive notices everything. And as her viral comment whips an entire country into a frenzy, the Hive demands retribution. One moment Cassie is anonymous; the next, she's infamous. And running for her life. With nowhere to turn, she must learn to rely on herself--and a group of Hive outcasts who may not be reliable--as she slowly uncovers the truth about the machine behind the Hive"--Amazon.com.

"On his sixteenth birthday, the AEtherian Rex Himmel learns that he is special--but no one will tell him why. Ordered by AEtheria's leader to join the militaristic AEtherian Cover Force, Rex soon finds himself involved in an investigation of several mysterious, frozen Cthonian bodies that have been discovered in AEtheria. Just as his team finds a reason for the bodies' appearance, AEtheria's power plant is destroyed in a violent attack from below"--Provided by publisher.

In a future where people's shadows have started inexplicably disappearing and those same people develop a strange new magic power--at the cost of losing all their past memories--husband and wife Ory and Max have escaped the Forgetting and live relatively normally in an abandoned hotel lost in the Virginia woods. Then one day their greatest fear comes to them--Max loses her shadow. Knowing she will soon forget everything about Ory, Max flees. Ory follows, desperate to spend their remaining time together. However, the world outside the hotel has changed, and on their separate journeys each must search for answers about love, hope, and survival.

Orla Cadden, an aspiring novelist who is stuck writing clickbait, meets Floss, a striving celebrity, who comes up with a shady plan to make them both stars. Thirty-five years later, a woman named Marlow is a government-appointed celebrity who spends every minute on camera and wants nothing more than to escape her ruthless corporate sponsors. It's then she learns of her dark family past, so she escapes her fake reality and sets out on a quest to find the truth about her family.

"In the destroyed city of Berlin in 2039, Ana is fifteen years old and struggles to survive. The weather makes life difficult, there is not enough food for everyone and the freedom they once knew is non-existent. The city and its civil life disappeared completely; Now, after years of war, the inhabitants are subject to the orders of a strict military regime. Immersed in this bleak universe, Ana achieves the impossible: recover the Internet connection and, against the rules established by the dictatorship, begins to write a blog. Soon Ben contacts her, with whom he first chats and then meets in person. Ana is strong and, despite the harshness of her reality, she looks for a world that is not only different but better, driven by the memories of those that are no longer there, friendship and ... love"--Translated from OCLC.

"Luka Kane has spent 736 days wrongfully imprisoned inside the Loop awaiting his execution. Each day is the same. Each day is torturous. But things are starting to change. Whispers of war are circulating. Strange things are happening to the prisoners. And the warden delivers a message: Luka, you have to get out... Now Luka must decide whether breaking out of the Loop is his only way to survive, especially if there's any chance of saving the ones he loves. But the population on the outside may be far more terrifying than anything he could have imaged. And in order to save his family, he'll have to discover who is responsible for the chaos that has been inflicted upon the world"--Dust jacket.

"In a near-future New York City where a service alerts people on the day they will die, teenagers Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio meet using the Last Friend app and are faced with the challenge of living a lifetime on their End Day"--Provided by publisher.