Bøger af Ann Christy

Summer school is supposed to be a pain, but it isn't supposed to be the end of the world. Sam's first year of teaching is finally over and he loved every minute of it. With summer school well underway, he's starting to feel like he's getting the hang of this teaching gig, particularly since he's pretty sure his students are the most awesome kids ever. When a suspiciously high number of students and teachers don't show up one day, Sam is thrown into a situation he can't believe. Nanites have saved many lives, but now it's all gone wrong and people are going crazy. Trapped inside the school, Sam has to ride out the wave of insanity sweeping across the land. There's one thing he's very sure of...no one is going to hurt his kids. He'll get them to safety, no matter what comes between them and the road home. The Book of Sam is a prequel to the Between Life and Death series. Go back and experience the nanite apocalypse from the very beginning with Sam, a character favorite of readers in the first book, The In-Betweener.

What happens after the end? A new beginning. All we can do is hope we're there for the start of what comes next. In And Then Begin Again, there is light at the end of the tunnel. There is hope at the end of the long darkness. Not everyone will see it, but then again, not everyone should see it. From the most unlikely superhero to an alternate timeline, from a school where things aren't quite as they seem to a new world on the brink of disaster, from a man who cheats time to the last survivor of a space disaster...it's all imagined here, and there is always hope. Inside these pages is a combination of new tales and previously published anthology stories, newly imagined without word limits, including Sedge, The Mirroring, Life/Time in the New World, Unnatural, Yankari, and Lulu Ad Infinitum.

In Bringing All The Bad, two novels delve into the dark, where monsters disguise themselves as human. There, we discover what it really means to be special...and female. Magic Baby in Room 108 After a mysterious phone call, Detective Melody Baker busts a highly organized child sex-trafficking ring. Though many children are rescued, there are more to find and time is of the essence. As authorities search, one rescued child spins a fantastical tale for the police. Is her story born of trauma-induced madness or does something more lie behind it. As Melody is soon to discover, there is more than one way to find justice and sometimes, a monster can be a detective's best friend. All of Them Dead or Hidden In a single day, tens of millions of women inexplicably drop dead...and they continue to die. The world desperately searches for some pathogen to cure or weapon to eliminate, but there is none to find. All too quickly, women become the most endangered of creatures. Four women follow three very different paths through the end of their world. For none of them is survival guaranteed. For none is life easy. As desperation shifts to a grinding determination, humanity must grapple with a terrible choice. When our existence depends on a few surviving women, can humanity afford to let them choose their own future?

An endless, broiling summer bakes the deaders that roam the world. Veronica feels stuck in limbo while she waits for news that might bring an end to the nightmare that has overtaken their world. Between bashing heads and scavenging for what's left, it's all she can do to keep on going. Back at the warehouse complex, the rest of the group keeps watch over their group of captive in-betweeners and tries to stay alive. At long last, Veronica finds a package left by Princeton and Violet at their drop-off point. Everything is finally going their way and a cure for the in-betweeners might finally be within their grasp. But nothing is easy in the post-nanite world of deaders and in-betweeners. Not everyone wants a cure for the nanite plague. Around every shiny, white cloud is a deep, black lining. This time, the clouds are smoke and there is a storm coming. Between No More is book three in the exciting, post-apocalyptic Between Life and Death series. With mild language and occasional violence, (and some very gross undead), this series is suitable for ages 16 and up.

Long after the dust has settled and the survivors of the Silo Saga have gone to seed, Hugh Howey's bestselling WOOL trilogy continues to captivate readers worldwide. The power of Hugh's story is underscored all the more by the number of authors who have embraced the invitation to tell their own stories in his ever-expanding world. The first of its kind, this gathering brings together nine of the Silo Saga's most acclaimed authors to further expand upon the groundbreaking world first laid forth in WOOL, SHIFT, and DUST. From the power struggles of the Up Top to the darkest depths of the mines and everything in between, this anthology promises something for everyone bold enough to venture another journey deep below the surface of the best and worst humanity has to offer. Proceeds from the sale of this anthology benefit National Novel Writing Month)

The last time Veronica checked, the world outside was still dead...and still covered by the sort-of-undead remnants of humanity. That was this morning. Now, she has to run that gauntlet to try and save Emily, just as Emily once saved her. Four years ago the world was destroyed by medical nanites gone awry, leaving humanity divided into three groups: the living, deaders, and the horrific in-betweeners. Emily's only hope for a cure lies eighty miles away at a military hospital where nanite treatments were once given, and she's running out of time. Between Veronica and that hospital is a world of flesh-eating monsters and possibly something even worse...humans. If Veronica fails to get there, Emily will be trapped forever between life and death. Forever Between is book two in the exciting post-apocalyptic series, Between Life and Death. With mild language and occasional violence, (and some very gross undead), this series is suitable for ages 16 and up.

Emily is alone. Two years after the end of the world, she talks to herself and smashes heads with her favorite sledgehammer. This is not the life she imagined for herself as her eighteenth birthday rolls past. It's time for her to look beyond her safe, little hiding place to the world beyond. The madness of the apocalypse is ending, the dangerous in-betweeners - those no longer quite human, but not yet dead - are few and far between. The deaders that cover the world are going still, their senses dulled by time and the elements. The problem is that there are no people...none. Emily has found not a single living human when she's dared to step outside her safe-zone. As Emily weighs the heavy cost of surviving alone and begins to accept the inevitable, everything changes once again. One of the deaders at her gate turns out not to be a deader at all. He's an in-betweener different from any other she has seen before, and he carries a message. If Emily has the courage to step beyond her gate and the skills to survive a perilous trip in a dead world, she might just have a chance at life...a life with humans...after all. The In-Betweener is book one in the thrilling post-apocalyptic adventure series, Between Life and Death.

Silo 49 has endured. In Going Dark they freed themselves from the WOOL agenda. In Deep Dark they discovered their forgotten past. In the third installment of the Silo 49 series, all that they have worked for through the generations finally comes to fruition. The dawn is near and the long dark is finally ending.Lillian and Leo - cousins and best friends - enter the lists for the 89th Race in Silo 49. The prize they seek is the singular honor of running outside, with no boundaries and no walls to hem them in. But the run is much more than a simple, but risky, trip outside to map their surroundings. The silo is falling apart, age and wear showing in every crack and seam. If the Others will not die out and let the world be reborn, then they must seek a way around the Others and find the blue skies for themselves.Books in the Silo 49 Series: 1- Silo 49: Going Dark 2- Silo 49: Deep Dark 3- Silo 49: Dark Till Dawn 4- Silo 49: Flying Season for the Mis-Recorded

When an ancient vampire rises, Girard must find her before the entire vampire world is destroyed. True vampires are not what we've imagined. Not even close. Small and soft, they seem harmless...right up until they take your body for their own. Living through the ages, they change bodies and faces like chameleons, watching our history unfold and keeping their secrets close. That's what they're supposed to do anyway. The Guardians-an ancient order of vampire law enforcement-must sometimes step in and make sure the hidden remains in the dark.When a legendary vampire wakes to a world she can't understand and immediately begins creating havoc, the Guardians intercede. Thousands of years of secrecy are at stake. Girard is tasked with finding the ancient, Thalia. He must either help her to adjust to a new world or eliminate her. As usual, nothing is simple when vampires are involved and this is no exception. This time, vampire secrecy isn't the only thing at risk. Humanity itself teeters on the brink of disaster and the only shred of hope lies with the Guardians.

A lot can change in a century. Graham set the silo free to become a place filled with life and hope in Silo 49: Going Dark. These brave remnants of humanity have forged a new path with no one to guide...or suppress...them. Their silo has changed for the better, but a kinder lie is still a lie and the truth is waiting. Marina is a Fabricator, recently tasked with reclaiming silver from private hands to replenish the diminishing vault stocks. Among the curiosities turned in, she finds something that should not exist. So begins a search for the most elusive thing in the silo...the truth. Long buried knowledge isn't the only thing unearthed during her single-minded pursuit. Crime, memory-wipes, and even death will stalk the eternal stairwell of the silo. Silo 49: Deep Dark is book two in the thrilling, post-apocalyptic series set in the WOOL universe. Books in the Silo 49 series: Silo 49: Going Dark Silo 49: Deep Dark Silo 49: Dark Till Dawn Silo 49: Flying Season for the Mis-Recorded

Welcome to the World of Perfect Partners, Incorporated! Step into the world of sentient androids. Humans no longer have to woo a human mate or wait for that perfect match...they simply order their heart's desire and live life to the fullest. Called PePrs - say it like pepper, the spice - they have become indispensable to humanity. They do the jobs we don't want to do, act as our windows to the wider world, fill all our social needs, and have become the expressions of our collective will. From the battlefield to the dog pound, from our perfect mate to the nanny that cares for our children...almost every task can now be done by a PePr, leaving humans to explore a life free of drudgery. It sounds perfect. Then again, things that start perfect don't usually stay that way. Each of the novellas in this volume is a stand-alone work. There are no cliff-hangers, but there might be tears, gasps, and smiles. Who will you root for? Human or PePr...choose your side! Corrections - Deirdre is a SUPer, a government-owned robot in the time before Perfect Partners were released. Originally designed to be a battlefield intelligence unit, politics demanded she work in a less controversial profession. Now, she's a parole agent for recently released criminals in need of supervision, and this time she's got herself a doozy for a client. Greg, a petty thief with a 40-year long rap sheet is almost more than she can handle. Between arthritis and illegal card games, they forge a new relationship even as the world around them shifts and alters in startling ways. Imperfect - Sandra was built with everything; a perfect body, perfect face, and every upgrade that can be bought. Yet somehow she finds herself on the reject table next to a half-disassembled robot with an erratic personality. And now, on top of everything else, she's just experienced her first emotion. Too bad for her it turned out to be fear. Yet all is not as it seems inside the cold Perfect Partners facility. As Sandra gets swept up in the plots inside the PePr facility, she must maintain her placid facade or wind up on the chopping block along with her new friend. In the end, it all boils down to one question: How much is Sandra willing to give up to provide a better future for her kind? The Dogcatcher - As a civil service PePr, Ace has a job that keeps him in the public eye and under constant scrutiny. Designed and built to relate well with animals, he's the perfect Animal Control worker. He's also got a secret and it's not just that he has emotions. Deep within the abandoned relics of humanity's industrial past, he has a secret home for himself and all the unadoptable dogs that he rescues. When Ace does something that will demand his termination, he discovers he has more friends than he imagined in the most surprising places. PePr, Inc. - Hazel has a busy life with a great career and friends she loves. She also has Henry, and that's not working out quite like she expected. A PePr is meant to complement their human, filling in all the gaps to create the ideal couple, something no human could ever hope to find in another human. It's just not turning out that way for Hazel. When Henry finally goes too far, Hazel finds that getting free of him might not be as easy as going back to PePr to void the contract. Posthumous - Love is eternal in a silicon heart. Edna writes, but isn't allowed to publish. She lives on her own, but can't legally own her home. She has a beagle she loves, but is still considered property herself. Life can be complicated for a PePr - even one who has received manumission, the coveted right to remain functional even without a human owner. That's especially true when that PePr falls in love.

Escape from Texas was only the beginning. Karas and crew are free, but freedom is relative for a striker. Never sure when trouble might find them, they've spent a year trading along the great river and exploring the world they've only just discovered is real. It's a good life, but life on the sea is a treacherous thing. When a hurricane traps them between open ocean and the mysterious land of Florida - a place from which no visitor returns - they find themselves in greater danger than ever before. Florida turns out to be more than a secretive place that hoards technology. It's a land filled with dangerous plots and even more dangerous people. Texas is Florida's enemy and nothing else matters except victory. Strikers like Karas and her friends are exactly what Florida has been looking for. Within their bodies they hold the keys to victory and Florida wants to posses those keys, no matter the cost. Whether or not the friends can survive contact with Florida will depend on how deeply they can dig into themselves for strength...and how much they're willing to sacrifice.

Epidemiologist Giselle Quick is a happy woman. After being lured away from the CDC to work in the private sector, she now has it all: fulfilling work, a great paycheck, and time to spend with her sons. And seriously, who wouldn't like getting paid to play diabolical games all day? That those games save lives makes it perfect. Inside the BG Group's laboratories, Giselle and her team game out all the possibilities of biological warfare and natural pandemics. Her Red Cell makes sure they're prepared should the worst happen. It may be for profit, but it's good work.There's only one small thing to mar this perfect job and life, but it's beginning to make Giselle nervous about BG's intentions...they're getting far too interested in the results of her games.First Strike is a standalone novella prequel to the Strikers Trilogy. There's no need to read the entire series and it can be enjoyed before or after the main trilogy.

Dark Collections - Volume One The End. Those two little words can mean so much. But how will things end...and will it hurt? That's what we really want to know. Delve into the darkness and join us at the end of the world. From a blighted sky to an invasion from beyond, from untethered time to one person driven beyond the edge of sanity, from a child's game to an unseen apocalypse...it's all imagined here, and imagined darkly. Inside the pages of The Ways We End is a combination of new stories and previously published anthology tales, now re-imagined without word limits, including Cottage of Hunger, The Mergens, The Mountains of Five, The Bridge, Rock or Shell, and A Mother So Beautiful.

Was Lysa's sacrifice enough to save the Earth? As the enormous spacecraft named Fluffy floats above a stunned Earth, the planet is again thrown into chaos. Humans thought the Portal Invasion was over. The portals stopped coming as suddenly as they began. Earth has barely begun recovering from the terror. Now, the sentient spacecraft and its crew tell the world how wrong they were...about everything. As Hub waits in the deep, dark vastness of space, the crew of the stolen spacecraft races to stop the tragedy soon to befall Earth. If they can get humanity to stop fighting each other long enough to help save their own necks, the galaxy can open to humanity. Humans need only summon the bravery to step through the door. In the thrilling conclusion to the Into The Galaxy duology, unlock the secrets to Hub, Earth's past, and the future of every living thing on this unique planet, the one and only Earth.

Book one of the Silo 49 series, a thrilling journey back into the silo, set in Hugh Howey's world of WOOL. Silo 49 has never had it easy and things have just gotten a whole lot worse. Graham, the head of IT, has done many unsavory things in his life but everyone has a line they won't cross. He just found his. With only his best friend, Wallis and a dying electrician, Grace, to stand by him, he is left with one clear and final choice. Does he do what is right or what the rules say he should? It is a race against time for the trio against the impersonal might of Silo One. Their only choice? Going Dark. Books in the Silo 49 Series: Silo 49: Going Dark Silo 49: Deep Dark Silo 49: Dark Till Dawn Silo 49: Flying Season for the Mis-Recorded

Love and Freedom Are Worth the FightSafely hidden away in the Eastlands, Karas and the surviving Strikers train for the day when they can finish the task they were always fated for: Infiltrate Texas. With each passing year, their immunity to the bioweapons Texas uses against the world diminishes. They're running out of time. Over a hundred years of war and destruction could end, but only if the Strikers can achieve the impossible before their bodies betray them.When Texas unleashes another bioweapon, this time to clear land so they can expand, the Strikers are left with no choice. Karas and crew must venture across a devastated landscape and into innumerable dangers. They are determined to stop Texas. No risk is too high, no sacrifice too great. For Karas, losing Jovan is the greatest risk of all, but if they win, they will have won a life together. That's worth fighting for.Strikers: Outlands is the final book in the thrilling science fiction trilogy, Strikers.

Savannah's final year of college just went from bad to spectacularly awful. Instead of boring summer classes and dollar shot night, the world has gone insane. People everywhere are tearing each other apart. It's not ideal.Survival is the goal and Savannah has never been good at waiting for others to take the lead. If only life after the end were that simple. Between badly run emergency shelters, cruel experiments, and hordes of ravenous screamers, everything stands in her way. Despite her best efforts to survive on her own, she finds herself with people who see more than a hard-partying girl with a knack for weapons. They see someone worth saving. As Savannah begins to realize the true strength of a trusted group, she also understands that she'll do anything it takes to keep that group alive. No matter what, Savannah won't let them become trapped forever between life and death.Savannah Slays is the exciting prequel to the Between Life and Death series, finally revealing the true origins of two character favorites; Charlie and Savannah. Savannah Slays can be read as a stand-alone, as a prequel, or after the main series.