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The Saints of Salvation by Peter F. Hamilton
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsHumanity is struggling to hold out against a hostile takeover by an alien race that claims to be on a religious mission to bring all sentient life to its God at the End of Time. But while things may look grim in the immediate aftermath of the attack, mankind is busy playing an even longer game than the aliens may have expected... -
![Space Team: The Time Titan of Tomorrow by Barry J. Hutchison]()
Space Team: The Time Titan of Tomorrow by Barry J. Hutchison
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsCal Carver's time is about to run out. He and his Space Team are broke. Forced to take low-paying gun-for-hire jobs just to keep the food replicator working, their prospects are not looking good. When they pick up a distress signal from a luxury space cruiser, they think their luck might be about to change. And it does. Sadly, not in the way they'd hoped... -
![The Evolutionary Void by Peter F. Hamilton]()
The Evolutionary Void by Peter F. Hamilton
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsExposed as the Second Dreamer, Araminta has become the target of a galaxywide search by government agent Paula Myo and the psychopath known as the Cat, along with others equally determined to prevent-- or facilitate --the pilgrimage of the Living Dream cult into the heart of the Void... -
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Yestertime by Andrew Cunningham
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"I'm going to die a hundred years before I was born..."The handwritten note was in a dusty trunk that sat in a cave untouched for 150 years. What did the words mean? When journalist Ray Burton finds the trunk near the Arizona ghost town of Hollow Rock, his life changes in an instant.Something in the trunk shouldn’t be there.This begins a dangerous journey of discovery bordering on the impossible... -
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![The Shores Beyond Time by Kevin Emerson]()
The Shores Beyond Time by Kevin Emerson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe conclusion to Kevin Emerson’s epic, which Tui Sutherland, New York Times bestselling author of the Wings of Fire series, has called “perfect science fiction.”It is Earth year 2256—but the fate of the few who even remember Earth is perilously in doubt... -
![The Rewind Files by Claire Willett]()
The Rewind Files by Claire Willett
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen a bookish junior agent at the U.S. Time Travel Bureau stumbles across a massive conspiracy with roots in 1972’s Watergate, she is forced into her first- ever field assignment - to expose the conspirators and avert World War III.----------------------------------Washington, D.C. 2112United States Time Travel BureauRegina Bellows, junior agent at the U.S...Categorized as:
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![Lady Luck by K.C. Cross, J.A. Huss]()
Lady Luck by K.C. Cross, J.A. Huss
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLuck knew two things when he left Harem Station months ago. One. The silver-haired Cygnian Princess Nyleena was still safely frozen away in her cryopod. And two. There was a good chance she was his soul mate. He left anyway. Nyleena is what you might call feisty. Or sassy. Or maybe just… feral. She is wild. Much too wild for Luck’s taste. But now that he’s home there’s no way to deny it... -
![The Lost Colony by A.G. Riddle]()
The Lost Colony by A.G. Riddle
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsCan humanity survive on a new world?On Eos, the last survivors of the Long Winter face their greatest challenge yet--and race to unravel the deepest secrets of the grid. It's a journey across space and time and into humanity's past and future--with a twist you'll never forget... -
![The Coordinate by Marc Jacobs]()
The Coordinate by Marc Jacobs
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA thrilling cross-continental Dan Brown-style action adventure that blends sci-fi and ancient conspiracies seamlessly... Logan West and Emma James grew up together but are now high school seniors going in totally opposite directions after graduation. When they are assigned to work together on one last history project, they hardly expect the monotony of high school life to change...Categorized as:
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![A Pocket Full of Lies by Kirsten Beyer, Martin Frei]()
A Pocket Full of Lies by Kirsten Beyer, Martin Frei
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Full Circle Fleet has resumed its unprecedented explorations of the Delta Quadrant and former Borg space. Commander Liam O'Donnell of the U.S.S. Demeter makes a promising first contact with the Nihydron—humanoid aliens that are collectors of history... -
![The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, Volume 5: We Can Remember It For You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick]()
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, Volume 5: We Can Remember It For You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsContents:- Introduction (October 1986) by Thomas M...Categorized as:
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![Doctor Who: Nothing O'Clock by Neil Gaiman]()
Doctor Who: Nothing O'Clock by Neil Gaiman
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThousands of years ago, Time Lords built a Prison for the Kin. They made it utterly impregnable and unreachable. As long as Time Lords existed, the Kin would be trapped forever and the universe would be safe. They had planned for everything… everything, that is, other than the Time War and the fall of Gallifrey...Categorized as:
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![Jack the Bodiless by Julian May]()
Jack the Bodiless by Julian May
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn the year 2051, Earth stood on the brink of acceptance as full member of the Galactic Milieu, a confederation of worlds spread across the galaxy. Leading humanity was the powerful Remillard family, but somebody--or something--known only as "Fury" wanted them out of the way...Categorized as:
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![The Hidden Coordinate by Marc Jacobs]()
The Hidden Coordinate by Marc Jacobs
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt has been three years since Emma James and Logan West chased down the clues of mankind’s past, leading humanity into a new era of intergalactic exploration. Happily settled into college life and working part time at the Pentagon on top secret projects worthy of one’s wildest imagination, the future looked bright for them... -
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![H. G. Wells: 12 Novels - The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, The Island of Doctor Moreau, When The Sleeper Wakes, A Modern Utopia and much more… by H.G. Wells]()
H. G. Wells: 12 Novels - The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, The Island of Doctor Moreau, When The Sleeper Wakes, A Modern Utopia and much more… by H.G. Wells
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHerbert George Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946) — known as H. G. Wells — was a prolific English writer in many genres, including the novel, history, politics, and social commentary, and textbooks and rules for war games. He is now best remembered for his science fiction novels, and Wells is called a father of science fiction...Categorized as:
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![A Pivot in Time by Douglas E. Richards]()
A Pivot in Time by Douglas E. Richards
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsKelly, Justin, and Otto return in a riveting near-future thriller. From the million-copy New York Times best-selling author."Richards is an extraordinary writer" (Dean Koontz) who can "keep you turning the pages all night long". (Douglas Preston)The Enigma Cube is an alien object of unlimited power, with technology that can catapult civilization to dizzying heights - or destroy it entirely... -
![A Gift of Time by Jerry Merritt]()
A Gift of Time by Jerry Merritt
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen Micajah Fenton discovers a crater in his front yard with a broken time glider in the bottom and a naked, virtual woman on his lawn, he delays his plans to kill himself. While helping repair the marooned time traveler’s glider, Cager realizes it can return him to his past to correct a mistake that had haunted him his entire life... -
![Jacks Are Wild by Monique Martin]()
Jacks Are Wild by Monique Martin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the world of the popular Out of Time series comes the first book in the time travel adventure series, Saving Time, starring Jack Wells!Former OSS officer Jack Wells’s first solo assignment for the Council for Temporal Studies sounds deceptively simple—stop a murder before it happens...Categorized as:
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![Astounding Science Fiction, February 1943 by John W. Campbell Jr., A.E. van Vogt]()
Astounding Science Fiction, February 1943 by John W. Campbell Jr., A.E. van Vogt
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsContents:The Silver Lining / essay by The Editor (i.e. John W. Campbell Jr.)The Weapon Makers, Part 1 of 3 (Weapon Shops of Isher #) / A.E. van Vogt; interior artwork by Frank Kramer In Times to Come / essay by unknownFlight into Darkness / Webb Marlowe (i.e. J. Francis McComas); interior artwork by Frank KramerMimsy Were the Borogoves / Lewis Padgett (i.e. Henry Kuttner and C.L... -
![Consider by Kristy Acevedo]()
Consider by Kristy Acevedo
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAs if Alexandra Lucas’ anxiety disorder isn’t enough, mysterious holograms suddenly appear from the sky, heralding the end of the world. They bring an ultimatum: heed the warning and step through a portal-like vertex to safety, or stay and be destroyed by a comet they say is on a collision course with earth...Categorized as:
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![Doctor Who: The Chimes of Midnight by Robert Shearman, Paul McGann]()
Doctor Who: The Chimes of Midnight by Robert Shearman, Paul McGann
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratings’Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house not a creature was stirring...But something must be stirring. Something hidden in the shadows. Something which kills the servants of an old Edwardian mansion in the most brutal and macabre manner possible. Exactly on the chiming of the hour, every hour, as the grandfather clock ticks on towards midnight... -
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Push by Eve Silver
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt’s either break the rules or die.Miki Jones lives her life by her own strict set of rules, to keep control, to keep the gray fog of grief at bay. Then she’s pulled into the Game, where she - and her team - will die unless she follows a new set of rules: those set by the mysterious Committee.But rules don’t mean answers, and without answers, it’s hard to trust. People are dying... -
![Doctor Who: Prisoner of the Daleks by Trevor Baxendale]()
Doctor Who: Prisoner of the Daleks by Trevor Baxendale
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Daleks are advancing, their empire constantly expanding into Earth's space. The Earth forces are resisting the Daleks in every way they can. But the battles rage on across countless solar systems. And now the future of our galaxy hangs in the balance...The Doctor finds himself stranded on board a starship near the frontline with a group of ruthless bounty hunters... -
![The Enigma Cube by Douglas E. Richards]()
The Enigma Cube by Douglas E. Richards
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsA riveting near-future thriller. From the NY Times bestselling author whose books have sold over a million copies.An alien object with breathtaking capabilities. And a life-and-death struggle for the future of humanity. Dr. Kelly Connolly is part of a top-secret team studying the most important find in human history, the Enigma Cube, an alien artifact of incomprehensible power...Categorized as:
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![Fallen Dragon by Peter F. Hamilton]()
Fallen Dragon by Peter F. Hamilton
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsDeploying invulnerable twenty-fifth-century soldiers called Skins, Zantiu-Braun's corporate starships loot entire planets. But as the Skins invade bucolic Thallspring, Z-B's strategy is about to go awry, all because of: Sgt... -
![Traitor by Matthew Woodring Stover]()
Traitor by Matthew Woodring Stover
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom the depths of catastrophe, a glimmer of hope.After the capture of Coruscant, the mighty heart of the New Republic, a stunned galaxy fears that nothing can stop the Yuuzhan Vong. Still, that crushing defeat produces one small miracle: Jacen Solo is alive. Yet he can scarcely imagine himself in stranger circumstances... -
![Doctor Who: Dead Air by James Goss, David Tennant]()
Doctor Who: Dead Air by James Goss, David Tennant
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHello, Im the Doctor. And, if you can hear this, then one of us is going to die.At the bottom of the sea, in the wreck of a floating radio station, a lost recording has been discovered. After careful restoration, it is played for the first timeto reveal something incredible. It is the voice of the Doctor, broadcasting from Radio Bravo in 1966... -
![Feedback by Peter Cawdron]()
Feedback by Peter Cawdron
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsTwenty years ago, a UFO crashed into the Yellow Sea off the Korean Peninsula. The only survivor was a young English-speaking child, captured by the North Koreans. Two decades later, a physics student watches his girlfriend disappear before his eyes, abducted from the streets of New York by what appears to be the same UFO... -
![About Time: 12 Short Stories by Jack Finney]()
About Time: 12 Short Stories by Jack Finney
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAbout Time offers a delightful return to the world of time travel and light comedy that distinguished Jack Finney's all-time classic Time and Again. The protagonists of these twelve stories are well-meaning but at odds with their surroundings and their lives... -
![Doctor Who: Plague City by Jonathan Morris]()
Doctor Who: Plague City by Jonathan Morris
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"We should leave. We definitely should leave. But... chatty ghosts!"The year is 1645, and Edinburgh is in the grip of the worst plague in its history. Nobody knows who will be the next to succumb - nobody except the Night Doctor, a masked figure that stalks the streets, seeking out those who will not live to see another day.But death is not the end... -
![Lungbarrow by Marc Platt]()
Lungbarrow by Marc Platt
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Nonsense, child", retorted the Doctor. "Grandfather indeed! I've never seen you before in my life!"All is not well on Gallifrey. Chris Cwej is having someone else's nightmares. Ace is talking to herself. So is K9. Leela has stumbled on a murderous family conspiracy. And the beleaguered Lady President, Romanadvoratrelundar, foresees one of the most tumultuous events in her planet's history... -
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Awakening on Orbis 4 by P.J. Haarsma
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe sci-fi series careens to a conclusion as JT comes to terms with the startling truth about his destiny on the Rings of Orbis.Johnny Turnbull now knows that his sister, Ketheria, is the Scion — a long-awaited being who will bring understanding and healing to the universe...Categorized as:
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![Trapped by Douglas E. Richards]()
Trapped by Douglas E. Richards
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsFrom the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the adult thriller, WIRED, THE PROMETHEUS PROJECT: TRAPPED is the first book ina critically acclaimed science fiction series for kids.Ryan and Regan Resnick have just moved to the world's most boring place... -
![Armageddon by James Patterson, Chris Grabenstein]()
Armageddon by James Patterson, Chris Grabenstein
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsIn the fifth installment of James Patterson's action-packed Daniel X series, Daniel must now face an alien whose origins appear nearer to the depths of Hell than the outer reaches of the galaxy. Number Two is an unstoppable criminal that's slowly been amassing an underground army of disgusting, disgruntled, and dangerous aliens to help him enslave Earth's population... -
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![Doctor Who: Beautiful Chaos by Gary Russell]()
Doctor Who: Beautiful Chaos by Gary Russell
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Doctor and Donna battle an ancient force from the Dark Times - the latest in the bestselling Doctor Who fiction range from BBC Books. Donna Noble is back home in London, catching up with her family and generally giving them all the gossip about her journeys. Her grandfather is especially overjoyed - he's discovered a new star and had it named after him... -
![Quicksilver by R.J. Anderson]()
Quicksilver by R.J. Anderson
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBack in her hometown, Tori Beaugrand had everything a teenaged girl could want—popularity, money, beauty. But she also had a secret. A secret that could change her life in an instant, or destroy it.Now she’s left everything from her old life behind, including her real name and Alison, the one friend who truly understood her. She can’t escape who and what she is... -
![Escaping Infinity by Richard Paolinelli]()
Escaping Infinity by Richard Paolinelli
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThousands have checked into the Infinity Hotel over the years. None of them have ever checked out.Peter Childress and Charlie Womack are successful engineers on their way to Phoenix for an important presentation. But one of Charlie’s infamous “shortcuts” has gotten them good and lost once again... -
![All Good Things... by Michael Jan Friedman, Ronald D. Moore]()
All Good Things... by Michael Jan Friedman, Ronald D. Moore
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsCaptain Picard travels back and forth among his past, present, and future as he and the crew of the Enterprise fight to prevent the destruction of the human race...Categorized as:
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![Doctor Who: The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage: Tenth Doctor: 50th Anniversary by Derek Landy]()
Doctor Who: The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage: Tenth Doctor: 50th Anniversary by Derek Landy
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEleven Doctors, eleven months, eleven stories: a year-long celebration of Doctor Who! The most exciting names in children's fiction each create their own unique adventure about the time-travelling Time Lord. When the TARDIS lands on a planet that looks identical to Earth, the Tenth Doctor and Martha are amazed to find it packed with fictional characters from her childhood... -
![Doctor Who: Storm Warning by Alan Barnes, Paul McGann]()
Doctor Who: Storm Warning by Alan Barnes, Paul McGann
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsOctober, 1930. His Majesty's Airship, the R101, sets off on her maiden voyage to the farthest-flung reaches of the British Empire, carrying the brightest lights of the Imperial fleet. Carrying the hopes and dreams of a breathless nation... -
![The Unifying Force by James Luceno]()
The Unifying Force by James Luceno
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAt long last, the New York Times bestselling series that launched the Star Wars saga into the next generation and into thrilling new territory reaches its spectacular finale. Side by side, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Leia Organa Solo, their children, and their comrades in the Galactic Alliance rally for their last stand against the enemy that threatens not only the galaxy, but the Force itself... -
![Redshirts: Chapters 1-4 by John Scalzi]()
Redshirts: Chapters 1-4 by John Scalzi
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTHEY WERE EXPENDABLE . . . UNTIL THEY STARTED COMPARING NOTESA free preview of Redshirts, the astonishing new science-fiction yarn from John Scalzi."Redshirts is (a) ruin-your-underwear funny, (b) a mind-bender sure to Philip K. Dick you over, and (c) absurdly rich in ideas and feeling. John Scalzi sets his imagination to STUN and scores a direct hit. Read on and prosper... -
![Judgement of the Judoon by Colin Brake, Nicholas Briggs]()
Judgement of the Judoon by Colin Brake, Nicholas Briggs
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn exciting adventure for the 10th Doctor, read by Nicholas Briggs.Elvis the King Spaceport has grown into the sprawling city-state of New Memphis - an urban jungle, where organized crime is rife. But the launch of the new Terminal 13 hasn't been as smooth as expected... -
![Doctor Who: The Ripple Effect: Seventh Doctor: 50th Anniversary by Malorie Blackman]()
Doctor Who: The Ripple Effect: Seventh Doctor: 50th Anniversary by Malorie Blackman
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEleven Doctors, eleven months, eleven stories: a year-long celebration of Doctor Who! The most exciting names in children's fiction each create their own unique adventure about the time-travelling Time Lord.When the TARDIS lands on Skaro, the Seventh Doctor and Ace are shocked to discover the planet has become the universal centre of learning, populated by a race of peace-loving Daleks...Categorized as:
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![Ashfall Legacy by Pittacus Lore]()
Ashfall Legacy by Pittacus Lore
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPittacus Lore finished telling the story of the Lorien Nine in the New York Times bestselling I Am Number Four and Lorien Legacies Reborn series. Now he’s back to recount an all-new adventure rooted in the real mysteries surrounding Roswell, New Mexico, that will enthrall fans of Brandon Sanderson, Jay Kristoff, and Amie Kaufman... -
![Doctor Who: All-Consuming Fire by Andy Lane]()
Doctor Who: All-Consuming Fire by Andy Lane
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings‘I’ve been all over the universe with you, Doctor, and Earth in the nineteenth century is the most alien place I’ve ever seen.’England, 1887. The secret library of St John the Beheaded has been robbed. The thief has taken forbidden books which tell of mythical beasts and gateways to other worlds. Only one team can be trusted to solve the crime: Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson... -
![Ripping Time by Linda Evans, Robert Lynn Asprin]()
Ripping Time by Linda Evans, Robert Lynn Asprin
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSettle Back for a Hot One: IT'S RIPPING TIMEWhen terrorists gun down Jenna Caddrick's fiancee, the only daughter of Senator John Caddrick is trapped in a desperate struggle to stay alive. With a pack of killers on her trail, Jenna plunges through Shangri-La Station's time touring gates -- and lands in London of 1888, just in time to meet Jack the Ripper... -
![Wealth of Time by Andre Gonzalez]()
Wealth of Time by Andre Gonzalez
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow much would you sacrifice to learn the truth?Martin Briar drags himself through life. The 54 year old has lost the will to live since the disappearance of his 12-year-old daughter two decades ago.Unable to pull the trigger on himself, again, he later encounters a time-traveling antique dealer who offers him the chance to find out what happened to his only child... -
![Timeline by David Wailing]()
Timeline by David Wailing
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNOW AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD FREE from the author's website: http://www.davidwailing.com/stories/t...It’s always risky, meeting a strange man for the first time. But not for Joanna O’Donnell. Not in the year 2022.Her auto – a digital assistant – has scoured his history, his entire timeline. Working for a detective agency, Joanna knows how to unearth secrets... -
![Doctor Who: Grand Theft Cosmos by Eddie Robson]()
Doctor Who: Grand Theft Cosmos by Eddie Robson
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings'Here's to crime, Doctor!'The Doctor and Lucie visit nineteenth-century Sweden and become embroiled in an attempt to steal the infamous Black Diamond.But the stone is guarded by forces not of this world..
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