"Mary Shelley's landmark novel that invented the human extinction genre and initiated climate fiction, imagining a world where newly-forged communities and reverence for nature rises from the ashes of a pandemic-ravaged society, now for the first time in Penguin Classics, with a foreword by Rebecca Solnit A Penguin Classic Written while Mary Shelley was in a self-imposed lockdown after the loss of her husband and children, and in the wake of intersecting...

"Chito and Yuuri have arrived at the highest stratum, but their journey will not be over until they reach the very top of the city. Along the way, they continue to explore the evidences of humanity's innovation and growth through the ages, now nothing more than crumbling ruins. Having learned what they can about the past, what awaits them in the future as the girls embark on the final leg of their tour...?"--Page [4] of cover.

On the bleak, windswept moors of northern England, a small religious cult has cut itself off from society, believing they have found meaning in a purposeless world. Led by their prophet Nathaniel, they eagerly await the end times. But when the prophet brings in a new recruit, Stephanie, along with her rebellious daughter Judith, the group's delicate dynamic is disturbed. Judith is determined to escape, but her feelings are complicated by a growing...

"On a small farm beside a lake in Minnesota's north woods an old man is waiting for the Rapture, which God has told him will happen in two weeks, on August 19, 1974. When word gets out, Last Days Ranch becomes ground zero for The End, drawing zealots, curiosity seekers, and reporters--among them the prophet's son, a skeptical New York writer suddenly caught between his overbearing father and the news story of a lifetime. Into the mix comes Melanie...

The story you are about to read is told from the perspective of Julien, a young journalist in close proximity to a person the Bible calls the "Beast." Julien will give us a window into the character of the Antichrist and how our last days could unfold according to Scripture's ultimate plot. This imagined prophetic narrative will also reveal how this coming prince may alter reality and impact humankind--and eventually transform into the most malevolent...

"Raised in a privileged community of wealthy survivalists on an idyllic, self-sustaining Oregon ranch, Marlo has always been insulated. The outside world is a casualty of ravaging climate change, a troubled landscape on the brink of catastrophe. For as long as Marlo can remember, the unknown that lies beyond the borders of her utopia has been a curious obsession. But just as she plans her escape into the chaos of the real world, a charismatic new...

"He's known by many names: Thanatos. Horseman. God's last angel. And then, of course, there's the one I'm all too familiar with -- Death. The day Death comes to Lazarus Gaumond's town and kills everyone in one fell swoop, the last thing he expects to see is a woman left alive and standing. But Lazarus has her own extraordinary gift: she cannot be killed -- not by humans, not by the elements, not by Death himself. She is the one soul Death doesn't...

When two worlds collide...Jack Walker and Michael Talbot come from two worlds; the same, yet different. They both find themselves transported into an alien one, where things aren't as they seem. While it appears similar to the ones they come from, there are some terrifying differences. Is it a dream? Or has reality been somehow warped?Jack comes from a world filled with nocturnal creatures that were once human, but now seek to destroy the last vestiges...

A collection of stories about the not-too-distant demise of the earth as we know it.