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Sparks Rise by Alexandra Bracken
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsDon’t miss the thrilling novella that connects the last two novels in the New York Times best-selling Darkest Minds trilogy. Sam didn’t think things could get worse at Thurmond rehabilitation camp. Then the Reds arrive. Everyone assumed the kids with firepower had been killed years ago. Instead they were taken away, brainwashed, and returned as terrifyingly effective guards...Categorized as:
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![Love and Decay 3, Episode Eleven (Love and Decay (Complete Series) #35) by Rachel Higginson]()
Love and Decay 3, Episode Eleven (Love and Decay (Complete Series) #35) by Rachel Higginson
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. Reagan and friends have found sanctuary with Tomás. The cathedral offers protection from Zombies and a place to rest and recuperate. But what happens when the outside world follows you inside? There is a greater hazard to the Parker family than Feeders and warlords... -
![Rebirth by Iain Rob Wright]()
Rebirth by Iain Rob Wright
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAfter mankind's previous victories at Portsmouth and Kielder, things begin to look hopeful, but unknown to the last human survivors is that they are about to face their worst enemy yet. Crimolok has arrived, and soon, there'll be nothing left. This is the final fight between Hell and Earth - the last battle between light and dark... -
![System Overclocked by Randi Darren]()
System Overclocked by Randi Darren
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWrench is a Fixer.Someone born to maintain, fix, and correct any and every issue that could go wrong in the Habitat that he lives in. To make sure he and his fellow humans can remain on display and entertain their owners as any good human pet would.Or at least that’s what he was born to be.He’d taken a different route in his life and had joined a resistance faction to help free Humanity... -
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![Love and Decay 3, Episode Ten (Love and Decay (Complete Series) #34) by Rachel Higginson]()
Love and Decay 3, Episode Ten (Love and Decay (Complete Series) #34) by Rachel Higginson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. Reagan and friends have worked hard to survive Mexico. They fought warlords and cannibals, slave traders and Matthias Allen. They fought and they survived. Colombia is closer than ever, and with it their dream for a better, safer life... -
![Psion Omega by Jacob Gowans]()
Psion Omega by Jacob Gowans
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSammy, a fourteen-year-old fugitive, accidentally discovers he has the powers of a Psion. The war between the New World Government and the Continental American Government has taken its toll, not only on the two world superpowers, but also on the band of resistance fighters stuck between them... -
![Aliens: Phalanx by Scott Sigler]()
Aliens: Phalanx by Scott Sigler
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt's Medieval carnage meets Alien as a pre-industrial society fights against extinction brought about by a massive infestation of Xenomorphs.Ataegina was an isolated world of medieval castles, varied cultures, and conquests, vibrant until the demons rose and spread relentless destruction... -
![Spore by Kenny Soward, Mike Kraus]()
Spore by Kenny Soward, Mike Kraus
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAmerica's food crops cover nearly a billion acres. In the race to produce as much as we could... something went wrong.Tired of the usual post-apocalyptic tale? Welcome to your new addiction.SPORE is a new, thrilling post-apocalyptic survival saga from #1 best-selling authors Mike Kraus and Kenny Soward.A billion acres of food have been wiped off the map overnight... -
![Numbers Raging by Rebecca Rode]()
Numbers Raging by Rebecca Rode
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTHE THRILLING CONCLUSION IS HERE. It’s been ten weeks since Treena returned to NORA. The council has rejected her war preparations at every turn and Dresden is backpedaling on his promises. Treena’s secret followers push her to unseat Dresden and take control—something she refuses to consider now with NORA on the brink of war. Vance has his own set of troubles... -
![The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard by J.G. Ballard]()
The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard by J.G. Ballard
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFirst published in 1978, this collection of nineteen of Ballard's best short stories is as timely and informed as ever. His tales of the human psyche and its relationship to nature and technology, as viewed through a strong microscope, were eerily prescient and now provide greater perspective on our computer-dominated culture... -
![Days 109 to 116 by Amy Cross]()
Days 109 to 116 by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe battle for Boston is over, but there are still dangers lurking in the city. And as Elizabeth and Thomas arrive, they discover that old enemies are waiting to strike back. Desperate to find her father, Elizabeth sets out to see if anyone knows whether he survived the battle. She soon learns, however, that the city's new rulers don't take kindly to people digging into the past... -
![The Shades by Amy Cross]()
The Shades by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne late September day, the entire population of the United States vanishes, leaving behind nothing but empty streets. For the rest of the world, there's no explanation for how 300m people could simply vanish in the blink of an eye. While international organizations dither over what to do next, a powerful company pays for a small team of investigators to head to the U.S. and learn the truth... -
![The Prologue to the Postnuclear Dystopia by Dmitry Glukhovsky]()
The Prologue to the Postnuclear Dystopia by Dmitry Glukhovsky
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe prologue to the fresh legend of European post-apocalyptic sci-fi, METRO 2033. This book inspired a score of video games, including the upcoming METRO: LAST LIGHT, gave birth to a series of novels written by followers across the world and will soon be turned into a Hollywood movie!Meet the legend for free. Welcome to the last refuge of the mankind after the end of the world... -
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![Alone Against Tomorrow: Stories of Alienation in Speculative Fiction by Harlan Ellison]()
Alone Against Tomorrow: Stories of Alienation in Speculative Fiction by Harlan Ellison
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBy law, one cannot copyright a title. If someone were stupid enough to do it, novels could be written and published with such titles as " Moby Dick," " Alice in Wonderland" or "Gone With the Wind." But also, by law, ownership of a title can be guaranteed if it can be proved that the original author has established such a connection with the title that any duplication would infringe that linkage... -
![Under the Dome: Part Two by Stephen King]()
Under the Dome: Part Two by Stephen King
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAll hell has broken loose in Chester's Mill after an invisible force field suddenly and inexplicably descends on the small Maine town, isolating all within it from the outside world. As the grim reality of the situation dawns and panic sets in, each other town's denizens reveals their true nature in the face of shortages, rationing, lawlessness, and uncertainty... -
![The Age of Embers by Ryan Schow]()
The Age of Embers by Ryan Schow
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA high-tech nightmare. A crippling attack on America and her infrastructure. Are humans in their final days? When a sudden, unexplained spasm of violence rocks the country from coast to coast, when our military is hijacked and the President can’t be found, the survivors will be left to wonder if this is the start of a new world war, or if this is the last chapter of humanity itself...Categorized as:
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![State of Shock by Jack Hunt]()
State of Shock by Jack Hunt
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 11 ratings"Fans of Alas Babylon and One Second After will enjoy this terrifyingly real, on the edge-of-your-seat, tale of survival and human courage." Six months after a deadly attack on the United States kills millions, obliterates the electrical grid and thrusts the nation into darkness, Lt. Scot Murphy and the others continue to face obstacles... -
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Hero by Michael Grant
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMonster. Villain. Hero.Four years after the Perdido Beach dome went down, the alien virus that created it is still wreaking havoc, and virus-infested rock has created a new set of humans with mutant powers... -
![Paingod and Other Delusions by Harlan Ellison]()
Paingod and Other Delusions by Harlan Ellison
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRobert Heinlein says, ?This book is raw corn liquor ? you should serve a whiskbroom with each shot so the customer can brush the sawdust off after he gets up from the floor.? Perhaps a mooring cable might also be added as necessary equipment for reading these eight wonderful stories: They not only knock you down?they raise you to the stars... -
![This Fallen World by Christopher Woods]()
This Fallen World by Christopher Woods
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe world has Fallen, but life goes on… Matthew Kade was a corporate assassin—one of the best agents Obsidian Corporation had. But then the bombs began falling, and the old world ended. Now he must navigate the new world he finds himself in, a world where the strongest survive, and the weaker do their bidding…or die... -
![What Doctor Gottlieb Saw by Ian Tregillis]()
What Doctor Gottlieb Saw by Ian Tregillis
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGretel has wires in her head. Gretel likes to pick wildflowers. Gretel is one of the subjects on the farm, and she is Doctor Gottlieb's responsibility, but she knows something she isn't telling -- and if Doctor Gottlieb doesn't figure it out, it may be his body in a ditch next. This story is set in the world of Ian Tregillis's Milkweed series, which began with Bitter Seeds...Categorized as:
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![Countdown to Armageddon by Darrell Maloney]()
Countdown to Armageddon by Darrell Maloney
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsScott Harter was an average man. He wasn't dumb, but he'd never be invited to join Mensa either. He'd liked to have married a beauty queen, but his average looks certainly did nothing to attract any. Neither did his vanilla personality. No, Scott was average in every way, except when it came to luck. He was a very lucky man... -
![El cuarto jinete by Víctor Blázquez]()
El cuarto jinete by Víctor Blázquez
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings¿Qué ocurriría si tus familiares, vecinos y todos aquellos a los que conoces se convirtieran en insaciables e incansables asesinos?Ven, acompáñame, Castle Hill es un pequeño y apacible pueblo americano digno de postal, un lugar donde la vida es tranquila y fácil. Todos los pueblos tienen ovejas negras pero, por lo general, la paz domina la vida de este pequeño y agradable lugar... -
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![I morgen er alt mørkt by Sigbjørn Mostue]()
I morgen er alt mørkt by Sigbjørn Mostue
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBrage er en vanlig tenåring, med hjertet håpløst fortapt til den uoppnåelige Frida. Han og vennene lever sine trygge liv i oljenlandet Norge, skjermet mot verdens råskap. Tror de. En dag meldes det fra Japan om rasende horder av mennesker, såkalt forrykte. De går løs på alt og alle. Når galskapen og smitten brer seg skal ikke bare Brages liv falle sammen, men også hele verden... -
![Rebirth by Aaron Hodges]()
Rebirth by Aaron Hodges
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor centuries, our evolution has stagnated. Surrounded by technology, we ceased to adapt.Until now.In 2051, the Western Allies States have risen as the new power in North America. Now a mysterious epidemic is spreading across the countryside, igniting terror wherever it touches. But its victims do not die - they change. People call them the Chead, and where they walk, destruction follows... -
![The Feral Sentence by G.C. Julien]()
The Feral Sentence by G.C. Julien
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis book is the compilation edition of The Feral Sentence serial and contains all four episodic parts / novellas found in Book 1.PART ONEThe year is 2087, and the federal government has implemented a new sentence for criminal convictions—banishment to a remote island.When Lydia Brone is wrongly convicted of murder, she is sentenced to three years on Kormace Island... -
![Blackout by Jack Hunt]()
Blackout by Jack Hunt
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFive strangers wake up in a town stricken by an unknown apocalyptic event. They have no memory. Forced to figure out who they are and how they got there, they soon discover all is not what it seems, and now they must fight to stay alive while trying to find a way to escape. A powerful tale of survival, hope and human courage... -
![Sabbat Worlds by Dan Abnett, Christian Z. Dunn]()
Sabbat Worlds by Dan Abnett, Christian Z. Dunn
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAcross the Sabbat Worlds, a bitter conflict is fought, a conflict that can only end in victory or annihilation. This anthology opens the gateway to the Sabbat Worlds like never before, featuring new stories from some of the Black Library's best-known authors including Dan Abnett, Graham McNeill and many more... -
![Villain by Michael Grant]()
Villain by Michael Grant
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt’s been four years since the events of GONE.The Perdido Beach dome is down, but the horrors within have spread, and now all of humanity is in danger. The alien virus-infested rock that created the FAYZ is creating monsters–monsters that walk the cities and countryside, terrorizing all... -
![The Maxists by Kirk Allmond]()
The Maxists by Kirk Allmond
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is the second book in the "What Zombies Fear" series. Victor Tookes and his family are still struggling to survive after a parasite that turns people into zombies wipes out civilization. After reaching the relative safety of the family home in Virginia, the danger only intensifies... -
![La glándula de Ícaro: El libro de las metamorfosis by Anna Starobinets, Fernando Otero Macías]()
La glándula de Ícaro: El libro de las metamorfosis by Anna Starobinets, Fernando Otero Macías
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsUna operación quirúrgica que extirpa el impulso sexual masculino, un tren que nos devuelve a cualquier punto del pasado, un invento genético que acerca la vida eterna… En esta mítica colección de relatos, Anna Starobinets retrata sin piedad una humanidad que se tambalea... -
![The World After by Ryan Casey]()
The World After by Ryan Casey
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsScott Harvard's life is falling to pieces. His mother has passed away. The love of his life has died in a tragic accident. And now his job is under threat. Things can't get much worse. But things do get worse. An EMP devastates the country's infrastructure, obliterating everything electrically powered, plunging society into a new dark age without media or government to control it... -
![I Am AI by Ai Jiang]()
I Am AI by Ai Jiang
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf you have the opportunity to give up humanity for efficiency, mechanical invincibility, and to surpass human limitations. . . would you? Ai is a cyborg, under the guise of an AI writing program, who struggles to keep up with the never-blinking city of Emit as it threatens to leave all those like her behind... -
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![The Expanded Earth by Mikey Please]()
The Expanded Earth by Mikey Please
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings'The same thing but bigger, was not the same thing'One sunny Sunday, without warning, humankind is reduced to the height of a handspan - an unsightly transformation as potentially fatal as it is inconvenient.On a remote coastal path, Giles awakes in his new body to discover a world reshaped and magnified into a place of astounding abundance and deadly peril... -
![Nature's End by Whitley Strieber, James W. Kunetka]()
Nature's End by Whitley Strieber, James W. Kunetka
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe year is 2025. Immense numbers of people swarm the globe. In countless, astonishing ways, technology has triumphed-but at a staggering cost. Starvation is rampant. City dwellers gasp for breath under blackened skies. And tottering on the brink of environmental collapse, the world may be ending....It is a future that could well be ours... -
![The Terminal Beach by J.G. Ballard]()
The Terminal Beach by J.G. Ballard
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe Terminal Beach is one of Ballard's most brilliant collections of short stories, ranging from the title story's disturbing picture of an abandoned atomic testing island in the Pacific to the shocking Oedipal fantasy of 'The Gioconda of the Twilight Noon'... -
![Alien: The Cold Forge by Alex White]()
Alien: The Cold Forge by Alex White
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA dramatic new Alien novel, as Weyland-Yutani seeks to recover from the failure of Hadley's Hope, and successfully weaponize the Xenomorphs.With the failure of the Hadley's Hope, Weyland-Yutani has suffered a devastating defeat--the loss of the Aliens. Yet there's a reason the company rose to the top, and they have a redundancy already in place... -
![The Phlebotomist by Chris Panatier]()
The Phlebotomist by Chris Panatier
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 10 ratings*LONG LISTED FOR THE BOOKNEST FANTASY AWARD*War brought the Harvest. Willa Mae Wallace is a reaper. To support herself and her grandson Isaiah, Willa works for the blood contractor Patriot. Instituted to support the war effort, the mandatory draw (The Harvest) has led to a society segregated by blood type... -
![Deus Ex: Black Light by James Swallow]()
Deus Ex: Black Light by James Swallow
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsILLUMINATE THE SHADOWS The year is 2029, and the shining promise of a new age of human augmentation is in ruins in the wake of the devastating ‘Aug Incident’ – a horrific catastrophe triggered by a cabal of shadowy power brokers, where millions of cybernetically-enhanced people suffered a forced psychotic break... -
![Питер by Шимун Врочек, Радик Мухаметзянов]()
Питер by Шимун Врочек, Радик Мухаметзянов
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Метро 2033" Дмитрия Глуховского - культовый фантастический роман, самая обсуждаемая российская книга последних лет. Тираж - полмиллиона, переводы на десятки языков плюс грандиозная компьютерная игра! Эта постапоклиптическая история вдохновила целую плеяду современных писателей, и теперь они вместе создают "Вселенную Метро 2033", серию книг по мотивам знаменитого романа... -
![Die Optimierer by Theresa Hannig]()
Die Optimierer by Theresa Hannig
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIm Jahr 2052 hat sich die Bundesrepublik Europa vom Rest der Welt abgeschottet. Hochentwickelte Roboter sorgen für Wohlstand und Sicherheit in der sogenannten Optimalwohlökonomie. Hier werden alle Bürger von der Agentur für Lebensberatung rund um die Uhr überwacht, um für jeden einzelnen den perfekten Platz in der Gesellschaft zu finden... -
![Q by Ben Mezrich]()
Q by Ben Mezrich
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSARS. Avian Flu. Ebola. Every year, the infectious disease changes—but the threat remains the same. We've all read the headlines. We all know the score. Our interconnected world is at a uniquely dangerous moment. The potential for an epidemic progressing to a catastrophic level has never been higher... -
![Dust by Allison M. Dickson]()
Dust by Allison M. Dickson
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA hungry alien substance has traveled to Earth following a doomed Lunar mission. No life form stands a chance, but Clyde Jackson is tougher than most. He's seen war and he's been in plenty of foxholes. Now he's living through the end of the world one day at a time in a panic room that has become his only refuge... -
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![Terminator Salvation: From the Ashes by Timothy Zahn]()
Terminator Salvation: From the Ashes by Timothy Zahn
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsFrom The Ashes, written by Hugo Award-winning author Timothy Zahn, sets the scene for the events chronicled in the movie Terminator Salvation, revealing the full story behind John Connor, the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators... -
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Monster by Michael Grant
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIt's been four years since a meteorite hit Perdido Beach and Everyone disappeared. Gone. Everyone, except the kids trapped in the FAYZ - an invisible dome that was created by an alien virus. Inside the FAYZ, animals began to mutate and teens developed dangerous powers. the terrifying new world was plagued with hunger, lies, and fear of the unknown... -
![Slipt by Alan Dean Foster]()
Slipt by Alan Dean Foster
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Alan Dean Foster presents a story of miracles amid the wreckage of modern science. Living next to a toxic chemical dump is Jake Pickett, the magic man. He can turn bullets to dust or collapse skyscrapers with his mind. But all he really wants to do with his "magic" is entertain the local kids... -
![A Taste of Tomorrow - The Dystopian Boxed Set by Hugh Howey]()
A Taste of Tomorrow - The Dystopian Boxed Set by Hugh Howey
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Taste of Tomorrow - The Dystopian Boxed set includes 11 books from some of the biggest names in dystopian literature in a single collection. Each story contains a brand new foreword by its author... -
![Darklandia by T.S. Welti]()
Darklandia by T.S. Welti
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsManhattan, 2147Seventeen-year-old Sera Fisk gleefully celebrates the death of her 114-year-old great-grandmother, the last Atraxian alive who still remembers what New York was like before Felicity.There is only one principle of Felicity: Suffering is optional. Those who disagree or forget this principle, as Sera's father did, are detained and “purified”... -
![Un minuto antes de la oscuridad by Ismael Martínez Biurrun]()
Un minuto antes de la oscuridad by Ismael Martínez Biurrun
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTras una serie de colapsos y revueltas, Madrid se ha replegado sobre sí misma y ha dejado de ser una ciudad segura más allá de la M-30. Las autoridades han cortado los suministros a los barrios de la periferia, donde la policía ya hace tiempo que no patrulla...
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