DK Guides: Savage Earth provides a remarkable account of our planet's structure and the literally Earth-shattering process that shaped it -- often with savage consequences for human being and other living things. Lavishly and spectacularly illustrated, with many unusual views of the Earth and its features, Savage Earth offers a comprehensive approach to understanding the making and shaping of planet Earth. Take a dramatic journey across the planet with Savage Earth.

Thousands of years ago an ancient peace-loving alien culture called the Argolians visited Earth and helped humanity take hold, and as a result, took the little planet under its wing. Later, after watching most of their race brutally slaughtered by the Kontarians, the last few remaining Argolians flee with the object the evil Kontarians are lusting after—the Stone of Unarl, a living gem that possesses incredible power. Now the Argolians are back to help save Earth, the last of the Argolians’ sister planets, which is in danger of being destroyed by the Kontarians. Aware that the sudden appearance of a group of aliens on Earth would cause more havoc than good, the Argolians have chosen one reluctant human to try and save the planet. After intensive training, John Savage takes command of the Argolians’ “gift,” a small craft that is one of the most powerful weapons in the universe. Can Earth’s newest hero succeed? To do so Savage must not only overcome his own fears of failure, but also defeat the Kontarian spies placed on Earth years before. These aliens will do anything to possess Savage’s ship and delay his training until the Kontarian fleet arrives.

It's been over a century since the humans lost the war for Earth. Cities have been reclaimed by nature, and the planet is quiet and empty by day. At night, feral vampires-more beast than man-roam the lands, hungry for blood. The few thousand surviving humans live on a massive airship that circles the Earth, moving with the rotation of the planet so it's always in sunlight. Alexandria Goddard is a member of the elite Ground Mission Team, a group tasked with making dangerous runs to the planet's surface for the supplies needed to keep the ship airborne. But even as the team fights for their people's survival, dangerous forces are working against them. A growing movement aboard the airship believes it's time for humans to resettle the Earth, and they are willing to go to extreme measures to make their vision a reality. As the situation aboard the ship becomes more desperate, Alex and her team discover a terrifying secret about the vampires infesting the Earth. P.T. Hylton, author of Regulation 19 and the Zane Halloway series, and Jonathan Benecke, a bold new voice in science fiction, bring you a post-apocalyptic vision of a world where vampires rule, humanity is on the run, and safety is an illusion as fleeting as a shadow.

Sometimes bad choices are the only ones you have In the not-too-distant future, a devastating global attack takes place and planet Earth is on the brink of extinction. In this sci-fi thriller, Master Sargent Joe Kovach has been through a personal hell as he struggles to adapt to his new enhancements. As battles escalate, so does his determination to uncover the group who triggered this brutal extinction event that has left the planet overrun by mechanical and genetic horrors. His first stop: reconnect with his team of tier-1 Space Force rangers to find the Nightmare Factory—a secret underground research facility that may hold the keys to not just his future but mankind’s as well. This impossible mission will have him hunting for answers that can rid the world of its mistakes forever—or doom it altogether—it's time for him to take his place as the master warfighter the world needs. Soon Kovach realizes his days are numbered unless he can find a way to use his new skills to get out alive! Outside of a few areas Earth is quickly becoming inhospitable to human life. Survival becomes a matter of staying one step ahead of the nightmarish horde of biological and mechanical killing machines that are taking over the world Kovach is a nearly unstoppable force and possibly the only thing standing up against humanity’s possible extinction.

Jairus Victor Grove contends that we live in a world made by war. In Savage Ecology he offers an ecological theory of geopolitics that argues that contemporary global crises are better understood when considered within the larger history of international politics. Infusing international relations with the theoretical interventions of fields ranging from new materialism to political theory, Grove shows how political violence is the principal force behind climate change, mass extinction, slavery, genocide, extractive capitalism, and other catastrophes. Grove analyzes a variety of subjects—from improvised explosive devices and drones to artificial intelligence and brain science—to outline how geopolitics is the violent pursuit of a way of living that comes at the expense of others. Pointing out that much of the damage being done to the earth and its inhabitants stems from colonialism, Grove suggests that the Anthropocene may be better described by the term Eurocene. The key to changing the planet's trajectory, Grove proposes, begins by acknowledging both the earth-shaping force of geopolitical violence and the demands apocalypses make for fashioning new ways of living.

Bombs fell. Billions died. Now you must pick up the pieces and rebuild this Broken Earth. Broken Earth is an adventure-setting that takes place in a post-apocalyptic version of Earth. n it, heroes struggle to rebuild what was once the northern Midwest of the United States, and a tiny bit of southern Central Canada. As an adventure-setting, Broken Earth includes many compelling locations and adventures, but also gives the heroes freedom to explore the world. This book contains everything a GM needs to run a prolonged campaign in the Broken Earth setting, including locations, NPCs, plot points, mutant monsters, and a detailed first adventure that brings the party together. It also has new edges, races, and powers for players to use with their Broken Earth characters.

Hywel Mortymer's story begins in 1800 when he is sixteen and a dramatic change in fortune leads him, innocent and inexperienced, to a brutal and dangerous life working in the coal mines. In the mines children can be horribly maimed in devastating gas explosions, or grow deformed with the burden of their labours and babies are born underground. Wales is in turmoil. A tragic divide between rich and poor, the workers powerless, penniless, starving and diseased sparks growing unrest as the newly founded Unions move inexorably towards the Chartist Rebellion. This Proud and Savage Land is a brilliantly detailed chronicle of early nineteenth- century Wales and a prelude to the bestselling Rape of the Fair Country.

Full of UFO's, futuristic technology, edge-of-your-seat flying scenes and unforgettable characters, human and otherwise, Stephen Coonts' Savage Planet is classic storytelling at its best . . . and pure, unadulterated fun. Aliens are coming! A year after young engineering student Rip Cantrell discovered the first flying saucer buried deep in the sands of the Sahara, another saucer is brought up from the bottom of the Atlantic. The recovery is funded by a pharmaceutical executive who believes that the saucer holds the key to an anti-aging drug formula that space travelers would need to voyage between galaxies. But one of his technicians, Adam Solo, an alien marooned on Earth for a thousand years, steals the saucer, hoping to summon a starship to rescue him. Unfortunately, the stolen saucer has damaged communications gear. Solo goes to Rip Cantrell and his partner, ex-Air Force test pilot Charlotte "Charley" Pine, and Rip's uncle Egg, for help in summoning a starship. Meanwhile, as a terrified world fearful of space invaders approaches meltdown, big pharma moguls and their thugs are hot on the trail of the foursome. In a world turned upside down, it may be the arriving aliens who offer limitless possibilities. Rip and Charley face an incredible decision: Do they dare leave the safety of earth to travel into the great wilderness of the universe?

Having discovered that his destiny is tied to that of Farworld, Marcus, despite his growing power over water, struggles with physical pain and inner doubts as, with the help of his companions, he tries to complete the quest to find the other elementals that will help destroy the evil force of the Dark Circle.