Inspection
In isolated towers, boys and girls are raised separately as geniuses until curiosity threatens the experiment.
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On the Beach
In post-nuclear Australia, survivors face a radioactive countdown while trying to live normally with no escape.
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Homestuck
Four friends start an online game and trigger a sprawling, multimedia chain reaction with world-ending consequences.
The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 1
An elementary school vanishes into a barren wasteland, forcing children and teachers to survive as order collapses.
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Eden
In a near-future world of rewilded forbidden zones, an adventure-racing team enters the deadliest one and finds nature fighting back.
One Giant Leap
A NASA astronaut and a young mission-control engineer fall in love through voice alone during a space mission.
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Forgotten
On a failing generation ship, a sheriff’s search for his missing wife uncovers a deadly secret behind sealed hatches.
Dead Water
A remote island community is cut off from the mainland as a buried curse unleashes a creeping, waterlogged horror.
The Z Word
After a Pride weekend breakup, a chaotic bisexual in Arizona must survive zombies, messy exes, and a corporate conspiracy.
The Fires
An Icelandic volcanologist faces eruptions, family strain, and a dangerous emotional upheaval as disaster looms.
Dead Space: Martyr
A geophysicist’s discovery of a strange artifact in an underwater crater sparks madness, cult belief, and catastrophe.
The Last Man
A poetic future-past novel follows a group of friends as plague, politics, and grief drive humanity toward extinction.