Títulos em Ficção sobre Desastres

Lesbos é a ilha grega onde viveu Safo, a mais célebre poeta lírica da Antiguidade. É também onde, até recentemente, se situou um dos mais degradantes campos de refugiados da Europa, conhecido como acampamento Moria. É justamente esta ilha que Ana Martins Marques escolhe como cenário desse poema longo. Nele, a autora coloca, lado a lado, os fragmentos de Safo e o drama humanitário e político do refúgio no mundo atual.

When a hurricane bears down on the town of Grand Meadows, a group of strangers is forced together in a house on Hawkstone Hill. Among them is Trent Barnes, a haunted man carrying a lifetime of family shame, and Maya Bruce, a journalist seeking more than just headlines. As floodwaters rise and walls collapse, what begins as a fight for survival becomes something deeper: a reckoning with the past. A letter, long-buried truths, and the legacy of a man buried in shame emerge from the ruins. For Trent, it’s a chance to face his family name—and to decide who he wants to become when the storm passes.

In the heart of a dystopian London, where the air crackles with tension and the streets echo with uncertainty, a reluctant hero emerges. Meet Dom, a laid-back everyman with a penchant for sarcasm and a feline companion named Mango. When catastrophic events plunge the city into darkness, he finds himself on an unexpected journey for survival. As the fabric of society unravels, join Dom on a side-splitting adventure through a city overrun by authoritarianism and existential crises, where unexpected allies and bizarre encounters await around every corner.

Isolated at her family's wildlife refuge in northern Georgia, Raven longs to escape. Instead, she spends her days shoveling manure for bears, wolves, and a tiger. That is, until her father contracts the Hydra virus—a mysterious, lethal disease spreading across the country like wildfire. Desperate to help him, Raven journeys into town to get medicine, only to discover the outside world is swiftly collapsing into chaos. There are no more police, no more laws, and no hospitals. No one is coming to help.

Heinrich von Kleists Das Erdbeben in Chili ist eine eindrucksvolle Novelle über eine verbotene Liebe, ein dramatisches Naturereignis und die erschütternden Reaktionen einer frommen Gesellschaft. Nach einem verheerenden Beben scheint zunächst Hoffnung aufzuleuchten – bis sich die öffentliche Stimmung gegen die Überlebenden wendet. Ein kraftvoller Text über Vorurteil, Glaube, Mitgefühl und Gewalt – erzählt mit sprachlicher Präzision und großer emotionaler Tiefe.

Henry’s world ended the day the airport burned. Now, with only a satchel, a plan, and one last promise to his wife, he walks hundreds of miles through the wreckage of civilization—armed with nothing but grit, wit, and the fading signal of a distant phone call.

In a remote mountain lodge, the Callahan family has spent decades perfecting the art of self sufficient living. Gus and Jo have created a haven where their children and grandchildren can thrive, teaching them the skills needed to survive anything. Their carefully constructed world is thrown into chaos when a mysterious power outage isolates them from civilization.

At 12:50:52 MMT, a locked seam under Myanmar lets go. In Mandalay—and as far as Bangkok—a city’s story changes in a sideways breath. Told in many voices and built from verifiable details of the March 28, 2025, earthquake, this documentary-style novella brings the day before, the minute of, and the hundred days after to urgent life.

Manna City is a climate-controlled utopia for the elite, enclosed in a massive wall. But when an unknown female is found dead in the shantytown outside full of desperate people hoping to get in, the local Body Collector takes an interest. His usual job is to burn unclaimed dead to earn a meager wage. However, the victim bears the strange markings of the Olduvai survivalists who manage to live in the surrounding wasteland by cultivating dala, a medicinal plant with hallucinogenic properties.

When an ambitious experiment to reverse climate change spirals out of control, the planet is plunged into an eternal winter.

Surviving this hurricane might be easier than living with Grandma. Three generations. One tiny apartment on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. And a storm like no one has experienced before. Jessie is a sharp, inquisitive girl. She and her mom Anna struggle to ride the unpredictable waves of Grandma’s demands, but they can barely keep their heads above water. When Hurricane Katrina batters their home, Jessie must confront the storm surge and her own self-talk. As she endures and perseveres, Jessie learns that resilience is not just about preparation, and Grandma has her own survival stories.

Sophie Reyes, senior watch engineer aboard the Ocean’s Destiny, fights to stabilize the ship as a violent storm rages. With floodwaters rising and systems failing, Sophie races to save her crew and the passengers who depend on her. Josh Carter, a young man on his honeymoon, awakens to chaos. As the ship rocks and panic spreads, he must control his fears to lead a small group of survivors to safety.

This Christmas Eve, America goes dark. Families are gathering in celebration. Presents wait under trees. Across America, it was to be a night of festivities and anticipation. Then the night goes silent. From International bestselling author Bobby Akart comes Silent Night, a heart-pounding standalone disaster thriller of America collapsing and the family trying to survive it. In Kansas City, Arrowhead Stadium roars as the Chiefs take the field. Shoppers flood the Country Club Plaza where the Dalton family’s barbecue restaurant glows with holiday lights.

Marlowe never wanted to spend her week locked in a courthouse serving jury duty. But on the second day, a catastrophic EMP strikes, shutting down power, communication, and society as she knows it. Trapped in a city unraveling into chaos, Marlowe's only ally is Cristian, a hardened sheriff's deputy with a past as fractured as the streets they now walk.

From a working-class family, Scotsman Andrew Cunningham stewards for wealthy travelers aboard elegant cruise ships of the early 20th century, but he resents those who flaunt their inherited wealth. New Yorkers Florence and Bradley Cumings, first-class passengers traveling aboard Titanic, are the exception, and the three discover an ancestral connection.

He raised her for the end of days. She ran from him to escape the madness. Now the EMP has proven him right. No warning. No rescue. No power. No Mercy. The EMP takes everything, and society falls apart in days. In this emotional and fast-paced post apocalyptic fiction thriller, Charlie must reconnect with the father she abandoned and the past she’s tried to forget, before it’s too late. A moving story of survival, forgiveness, and EMP resilience.

This book takes you along on a journey with a group of friends as they learn to navigate a harrowing post-apocalyptic landscape. Four couples must band together for survival when a mysterious event threatens to destroy America’s power grid while simultaneously challenging its waning morality. Learn from their failures and successes as they travel, on foot, from Arizona to East Texas in an attempt to outpace societal collapse and the rapid rise of the depravity of man.

In the aftermath of an EMP that plunges the world into darkness, Susan will do anything to protect her younger brother, Ronnie. Battling through plane wreckage and chaos, their only hope lies in reaching a remote family cabin, but danger lurks at every turn. When they join forces with a former soldier on his own desperate search, the stakes rise as ruthless militias and a mysterious “safe haven” threaten everything. As trust fades and a dark truth comes to light, Susan must fight not just to survive, but to lead.

An EMP attack cripples the grid in seconds, leaving Bethany and Krystal trapped in Baja and hunted by cartel thugs. Hundreds of miles away, her husband Lucas begins a desperate journey on foot while their son Reuben escapes a burning city with his bandmates. With no power, no communication, and danger at every turn, each of them must fight to survive and find their way back to each other.

Nach einer globalen Katastrophe hat Hig noch drei Dinge, für die es sich zu leben lohnt: Seinen Hund Jasper, seinen aggressiven, aber hilfsbereiten Nachbarn, und seine Cessna. Solange er nur Kurzstrecken fliegt und Treibstoff spart, kommt er über die Runden. Doch eines Tages empfängt er eine Nachricht von einem anderen Piloten. Gibt es irgendwo dort draußen noch ein anderes, ein besseres Leben? Diese Frage lässt Hig nicht mehr los. Schließlich folgt er der Stimme aus seinem Funkgerät und fliegt los, obwohl er genau weiß, dass er nicht genug Treibstoff hat, um wieder nach Hause zurückzukehren.