Ivy Lissack

Because the German state has failed, a large number of people are living in the forest, outside of society.

Noah, 35, retreats to a beloved lakeside cabin to quietly end it all. But when his ex-wife Lizzy arrives unannounced, his carefully laid exit unravels — in ways neither of them saw coming.

After years, a Catholic priest tries to rekindle a broken relationship with his secret daughter. But to her, he's just the man (or father) who never wanted her.

A programmer develops a self-aware artificial intelligence software that begins to act politically