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The Wraith: Welcome Home by Jeffery H. Haskell
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsKilling is her art, and she's about to paint her masterpiece! Madisun has returned home to New Orleans, almost a year to the day her family was murdered. The people who did it are still free. The man who betrayed her is still alive. Justice is coming to the criminals of the city, justice without mercy. Welcome home, Madi. Try not to burn the whole city down...Categorized as:
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Angel City Blues by Jeff Edwards
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLos Angeles: 2065 A wealthy young woman vanishes from her high-security apartment without leaving a single strand of DNA behind. No trace of the victim’s disappearance is recorded on any of the building’s many cameras or security sensors. Her apartment’s memory cores have been destroyed beyond any hope of recovery... -
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The Wraith by Jeffery H. Haskell
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsIf Punisher and Batman had a baby raised by John Wick... How far would you go to see justice done? How far is too far? For Madisun the answer is simple. There are people in this world that need killing, and she's just the woman for the job!From the bestselling author of the Full Metal Superhero comes an exciting new ongoing series set in the same world as Arsenal...Categorized as:
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![Homeboy: A Novel by Seth Morgan]()
Homeboy: A Novel by Seth Morgan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSeth Morgan’s frenzied, addictive walk on the wild side of 1980s San Francisco When strip-joint barker Joe Speaker unwittingly steals a sixty-nine-carat blue diamond, he becomes enmeshed in a blackmail-and-murder conspiracy that begins with the savage slaying of high-priced call girl Gloria Monday. Suddenly Joe’s a wanted man... -
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![Prepare by Geoffrey Germann]()
Prepare by Geoffrey Germann
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"... cutting-edge......skillful......high-octane....." Kirkus ReviewsAs a small boy, Darren Kiel was witness to his father's corruption and contemptible misconduct. As he grew, that experience gave rise to a seething need to atone for his father's crimes, to set the world aright, to enforce order... -
![Dome City Blues by Jeff Edwards]()
Dome City Blues by Jeff Edwards
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor fans of William Gibson, Phillip K. Dick, and Jak Koke…Los Angeles: 2063David Stalin was one of the best detectives in the business, running head-to-head with data-jackers, organ thieves, and the tech-enhanced gangs who ruled the shadowy streets of Los Angeles... -
![Irontown Blues by John Varley]()
Irontown Blues by John Varley
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom a master of science fiction comes a brand-new noir novel set in the Eight Worlds universe, where a detective hunts for the biohackers who have created a dangerous new disease.Christopher Bach was a policeman in one of the largest Lunar cities when the A.I. Lunar Central Computer had a breakdown. Known as the Big Glitch, the problem turned out to be a larger war than anyone expected... -
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Forests of the Night by S. Andrew Swann
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSet in Cleveland 100 years in the future, this debut novel is the story of Nohar Rajasthan, Private Eye, who's a moreau--descended from genetically manipulated tiger stock. When Nohar is hired by a being illegally created from human stock to look into a murder, he finds himself caught up in a conspiracy of awesome proportions... -
![By the Pricking of Her Thumb by Adam Roberts]()
By the Pricking of Her Thumb by Adam Roberts
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPrivate Investigator Alma is caught up in another impossible murder. One of the world's four richest people may be dead - but nobody is sure which one. Hired to discover the truth behind the increasingly bizarre behaviour of the ultra-rich, Alma must juggle treating her terminally ill lover with a case which may not have a victim... -
![The Escher Man by T.R. Napper]()
The Escher Man by T.R. Napper
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA cartel enforcer across South-east Asia must escape a world of paranoia and violence to save his family in this cerebral and multi-layered cyberpunk science fiction novel, from the award-winning author of 36 Streets. Perfect for fans of William Gibson's The Peripheral and Five Minds by Guy Morpuss.Your name is Endel ‘Endgame’ Ebbinghaus. It is Saturday, 3 September, 2101... -
![Shadow of the Jaguar by Steven Savile]()
Shadow of the Jaguar by Steven Savile
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingssees evolutionary zoologist Nick Cutter make the terrifying discovery that prehistoric creatures are alive and well in the twenty-first century. The natural world is turned on its head and humanity faces extinction as unexplained anomalies rip holes in the fabric of time and allow creatures from the earliest stages of Earth's development to roam the modern world... -
![Android: Free Fall by William H. Keith Jr.]()
Android: Free Fall by William H. Keith Jr.
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt is the future, and while the world has changed, crime has not. When an influential lawyer is brutally murdered at the top of the Beanstalk, a towering exo-atmospheric elevator serving as Earth's hub of interplanetary trade, Detective Rick Harrison reluctantly accepts the case... -
![Standard Hollywood Depravity by Adam Christopher]()
Standard Hollywood Depravity by Adam Christopher
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe moment Raymond Electromatic set eyes on her, he knew she was the dame marked in his optics, the woman that his boss had warned him about.Honey.As the band shook the hair out of their British faces, stomping and strumming, the go-go dancer’s cage swung, and the events of that otherwise average night were set in motion... -
![The Labyrinth of Dreams by Jack L. Chalker]()
The Labyrinth of Dreams by Jack L. Chalker
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings1st edition 1st printing paperback vg++ condition... -
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![The Steel Spring by Per Wahlöö]()
The Steel Spring by Per Wahlöö
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChief Inspector Jensen is a policeman in an unnamed European country where the government has criminalized being drunk, where newspapers are designed for reassurance, and where the city centers have been demolished to devote more space to gleaming new highways... -
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The Municipalists by Seth Fried
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA novel about an unlikely pair of lonely outsiders--one human, one AI--on an adventure to save the great American city of Metropolis written by "one of the most exciting new voices in fiction" (Charles Yu) *Named one of the best books of the month by Library Journal ("Debut of the Month"), The Verge , io9 , Amazon Books , Book of the Month Club, Vol. 1 Brooklyn , NYLON, and Tor... -
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Nowhere by Jon Robinson
Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings'No one's coming for us.Not our families, not the police.No one.'Alyn, Jes, Ryan and Elsa are Nowhere. A concrete cube in the middle of a dense forest. Imprisoned inside are one hundred teenagers from all over the country. They're all criminals. But none of them remember committing any crimes. Who has put them there. What do their captors want? And how will they ever break free . . -
![The Dewey Decimal System by Nathan Larson]()
The Dewey Decimal System by Nathan Larson
Rated: 3.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter a flu pandemic, a large-scale terrorist attack, and the total collapse of Wall Street, New York City is reduced to a shadow of its former self... -
![Absolute Planetary Book Two by Warren Ellis]()
Absolute Planetary Book Two by Warren Ellis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCollects issues 13-27 of the original series as well as 14 pages of additional content.As the series hurtles towards its conclusion, Snow initiates the second part of his comeback plan to stop The Four, makes a startling revelation about his past, and uncovers information on the world's first moon shot .. -
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Far Sector by N.K. Jemisin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFor the past six months, newly chosen Green Lantern Sojourner "Jo" Mullein has been protecting the City Enduring, a massive metropolis of 20 billion people. The city has maintained peace for over 500 years by stripping its citizens of their ability to feel. As a result, violent crime is virtually unheard of, and murder is nonexistent... -
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Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 05 by John Wagner, Alan Grant
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe law at war! Judge Dredd rides into action in this fifth volume collecting together some of his most exciting cases. Arch-nemesis Judge Death rises from the grave once again in 'Judge Death Lives', citizen is pitted against citizen in 'Block Mania' and the apocalypse comes to Mega-City One in the all-time classic Dredd epic, 'The Apocalypse War'... -
![Red Hood and the Outlaws, Vol. 1: Dark Trinity by Scott Lobdell, Dexter Soy]()
Red Hood and the Outlaws, Vol. 1: Dark Trinity by Scott Lobdell, Dexter Soy
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA part of DC Universe: Rebirth!Jason Todd, a.k.a. Red Hood has been many things--a Robin, dead, the Red Hood--now he's back and he's embracing his bad side!With his new status as a villain, Red Hood plans to take down Gotham's underworld from the inside... -
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The Punisher MAX, Vol. 3: Mother Russia by Garth Ennis
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNick Fury's got a job that needs doing - in Russia. The kind of suicide mission any sane man wouldn't ponder for a second. And that's exactly why he needs the Punisher. Searching for a deadly retrovirus whose sale on the black market could bring the world to its knees, Frank Castle penetrates a Russian nuclear silo...and comes face-to-face with the Mongolian!Collects Punisher #13-18... -
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Batman, Vol. 5: Zero Year: Dark City by Scott Snyder
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsBefore the Batcave and Robin, The Joker and the Batmobile, there was ZERO YEAR. The Riddler has plunged Gotham City into darkness. How will a young Dark Knight bring his beloved hometown from the brink of chaos and madness and back into the light? This final ZERO YEAR volume collects BATMAN #25-27 and 29-33...Categorized as:
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![The Punisher, Volume 1: Welcome Back, Frank by Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon]()
The Punisher, Volume 1: Welcome Back, Frank by Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe Punisher, aka Frank Castle, returns to Manhattan to take on Ma Gnucchi and her crime family, and on the way he battles The Russian and encounters a vigilante squad composed of Elite, Mr. Payback, and The Holy... -
![Star Wars: Darth Vader Omnibus by Kieron Gillen, Jason Aaron]()
Star Wars: Darth Vader Omnibus by Kieron Gillen, Jason Aaron
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne of the greatest antagonists in all of fiction rises again! Fresh from a stinging defeat at the hands of the Rebel Alliance, Darth Vader must reassert the Empire's iron grip on the galaxy... -
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Daredevil: Marvel Knights, Vol. 3 by Brian Michael Bendis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter his secret identity as Daredevil is publicly exposed, Matt Murdock is forced to reckon with the problems and legal ramifications that emerged as a result of his public outing. But there isn?t much time for Matt to dwell on his problems, as a new love appears on the horizon and one of Daredevil?s most dangerous foes returns to take over the NYC underworld... -
![MIND MGMT, Volume Six: The Immortals by Matt Kindt]()
MIND MGMT, Volume Six: The Immortals by Matt Kindt
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe loss of every friend, every lover, every memory, it's all led to this--the ultimate showdown! Meru gathers her allies against the Eraser's new MIND MGMT regime, but the final fight can't be won with blades, bullets, or bombs--this is a battle of minds!Collecting: MIND MGMT 31-35, NEW MGMT... -
![MIND MGMT, Volume Five: The Eraser by Matt Kindt]()
MIND MGMT, Volume Five: The Eraser by Matt Kindt
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe mission to stop Mind Management has fallen apart, and after nearly losing her mind at the hands of the Eraser, Meru finds herself alone in a world of rogue agents... -
![Gotham City Sirens: Book One by Paul Dini, Tony Bedard]()
Gotham City Sirens: Book One by Paul Dini, Tony Bedard
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis graphic novel features the bad girls of Gotham City! Catwoman, Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn are tired of playing by other people's rules regardless of which side of the law they're on. These tough ladies have a new agenda that's all their own, and they'll use any means necessary to pursue it. But can they get along and work as a team? And who will get hurt along the way?Contains issues 1-13...
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