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Dead in the Water by Barry J. Hutchison
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDan Deadman's afterlife just hit an all new low. When a suspect explodes mid-interrogation and his office is taken over by an intergalactic despot, undead detective, Dan Deadman, reckons he's finally hit rock bottom. Banished to a dangerous underground hostel network, Dan becomes embroiled in a mass-murder investigation that will take him from the bowels of Down Here to the depths of the ocean... -
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The Unnamed Way by Ian W. Sainsbury
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe fourth book in the best-selling The World Walker series. Does absolute power corrupt absolutely? Maybe. Seb Varden is in a good position to find out. Depending on your point of view, he has either spent a few days, six months, or seventeen years playing a potentially deadly game... -
![Extinction Point: Kings by Paul Antony Jones]()
Extinction Point: Kings by Paul Antony Jones
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTHIS IS THE END... The Caretakers are dead, destroyed by the revelation of their long-ago corruption at the hands of a mysterious alien race. But Earth and its human survivors are still not free; the alien scourge that brought about so much calamity to the planet are coming to claim what they believe is rightfully theirs... -
![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... -
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![Monsters in Space! by Ray O'Ryan]()
Monsters in Space! by Ray O'Ryan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZack learns that appearances aren’t everything when he has an up-close-and-personal monster encounter in this chapter book adventure.Zack is shocked when he goes to school one day and finds a monster in his seat! Who/what is this creature? At first Zack is scared, but he soon finds that this monster, Al, is kind and friendly... -
![Arch Rivals by Simon Archer]()
Arch Rivals by Simon Archer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNick Gateon may have made it through his first semester in Valcav Academy, found a mentor in the world's greatest superhero, found romance with several hot superheroines, and survived, but a new semester is coming. New heroes, new villains, new powers, new women, all wrapped up in the greatest superpowered competition on the entire planet... -
![Aliens by Alan Dean Foster]()
Aliens by Alan Dean Foster
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsHaving survived one encounter with an alien, Ripley is persuaded to return to the planet where her crew found the alien ship. A colony has been established there, but suddenly all contact with the settlers has been lost. Accompanied by marines, Ripley is going to find out why...Categorized as:
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![Ice Rift Salvage by Ben Hammott]()
Ice Rift Salvage by Ben Hammott
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAction adventure sci-fi horror set in Antarctica. The spaceship entombed in the huge iceberg calved from the Pine Island Glacier drifts towards the warmer air and ocean temperatures of the South Atlantic. The race is on to claim the alien technology before the ice melts and releases its hold on the trapped alien vessel... -
![Stargate SG-1: Permafrost by Sally Malcolm]()
Stargate SG-1: Permafrost by Sally Malcolm
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA 30,000 word novella. Buried secretsA week before Christmas, Dr. Daniel Jackson discovers that archaeologists in Iceland are excavating a Norse burial site that might have connections to the recently encountered Asgard race.Concerned about what they might uncover, Daniel persuades General Hammond to let SG-1 travel to Iceland – much to the annoyance of the field archaeologists... -
![3zekiel by Peter Cawdron]()
3zekiel by Peter Cawdron
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsDeep within the Congo, a team of scientists prepares for the greatest event in the history of humanity, making First Contact with an intelligent extraterrestrial species, only the jungle is no place for doubts... -
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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... -
![Bitter Waters by Wen Spencer]()
Bitter Waters by Wen Spencer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsUkiah and his senior partner, Max Bennett, are just returning to Pittsburgh after the events of Tainted Trail. Before they even land, they have a new tracking job — to find a boy missing from his backyard... -
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Alien vs. Predator: Armageddon by Tim Lebbon
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Rage launch the ultimate assault on the Human Sphere. Their greatest weapons are the most fearsome creatures in the galaxy—the Xenomorphs. Having fled centuries before, the Rage return to take revenge and claim the planet for their own. Now, through a deal struck with the unlikeliest of allies, the human race may rely on the Predators to ensure mankind’s ultimate freedom... -
![Lights Out by James Patterson, Chris Grabenstein]()
Lights Out by James Patterson, Chris Grabenstein
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJames Patterson's high-octane sci-fi adventure series comes to a white-knuckle conclusion in the final battle that Daniel X has been waiting for his entire life. In this sixth and last installment of the Daniel X series, the alien-hunting hero is finally ready to take on the biggest threat in the galaxy: The Prayer--the same beast that brutally murdered his parents long ago...Categorized as:
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![Human Is?: A Philip K. Dick Reader (Gollancz S.F.) by Philip K. Dick]()
Human Is?: A Philip K. Dick Reader (Gollancz S.F.) by Philip K. Dick
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1 • Beyond Lies the Wub • (1952) • shortstory by Philip K. Dick9 • The Defenders • (1953) • novelette by Philip K. Dick31 • Roog • (1953) • shortstory by Philip K. Dick36 • Second Variety • (1953) • novelette by Philip K. Dick80 • Impostor • (1953) • shortstory by Philip K. Dick94 • The Preserving Machine • [Dr. Rupert Labyrinth] • (1953) • shortstory by Philip K... -
![The Creatures from Beyond Beyond by R.L. Stine]()
The Creatures from Beyond Beyond by R.L. Stine
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI didn’t think it was such a great idea when my parents decided the family would spend the summer in a vacant house in a small town called Blairingville. Boringville seemed more like it. But as it turned out, this vacation was anything but boring.It all started when my brother and I looked in that closet marked OFF LIMITS... -
![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... -
![Doctor Who: Wild Blue Yonder by Mark Morris]()
Doctor Who: Wild Blue Yonder by Mark Morris
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBased on a script by Russell T Davies, the spectacular second adventure for Doctor Who’s 60th anniversary features David Tennant as the Fourteenth Doctor and Catherine Tate as Donna Noble... -
![My Sweet Satan by Peter Cawdron]()
My Sweet Satan by Peter Cawdron
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsThe crew of the Copernicus are sent to investigate Bestla, one of the remote moons of Saturn. Bestla has always been an oddball, orbiting Saturn in the wrong direction and at a distance of thirty million kilometers, so far away Saturn appears smaller than Earth's moon in the night sky. Bestla hides a secret... -
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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... -
![Ghost of the Well of Souls by Jack L. Chalker]()
Ghost of the Well of Souls by Jack L. Chalker
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA small band of travelers seeks to prevent a tyrant from finding the various pieces of a gate that, when fully assembled, will give him enormous power... -
![Plague Land: No Escape by Alex Scarrow]()
Plague Land: No Escape by Alex Scarrow
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn one week, the plague destroyed and wreaked havoc upon the world. The survivors thought it was over, but it was only the beginning...Three survivors made it through with just each other to rely on, but now they are scattered across the globe. Leon is in England, Grace is on the way to New Zealand, and Freya to the "New United States... -
![Godzilla - The Official Movie Novelisation by Greg Cox]()
Godzilla - The Official Movie Novelisation by Greg Cox
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe official novelization of the much-anticipated brand-new Godzilla movie--a rebirth for the major international franchise! Gareth Edwards' Godzilla will be released on May 16, 2014! An epic rebirth of Toho's iconic Godzilla, this spectacular adventure pits the world's most famous monster against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity's scientific arrogance, threaten our very... -
![The War of the Worlds (Great Illustrated Classics) by Malvina G. Vogel, H.G. Wells]()
The War of the Worlds (Great Illustrated Classics) by Malvina G. Vogel, H.G. Wells
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor generations, readers have enjoyed classic literature. They have delighted in the romance of Jane Austen, thrilled at the adventures of Jules Verne, and pondered the lessons of Aesop. Introduce young readers to these familiar volumes with Great Illustrated Classics. In this series, literary masterworks have been adapted for young scholars... -
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![Rogue; Planet Athion by Debbie Cassidy]()
Rogue; Planet Athion by Debbie Cassidy
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEach Victory is another day I get to continue breathing. Each Victory is a reprieve from Death. Ever since I was betrayed and taken from my home planet, ever since they pumped me with poison and abandoned me on this asteroid to fight or die, I’ve been surviving.But I’m not alone.There are others with me, alien to me, just as I am to them... -
![Doctor Who and the Horror of Fang Rock by Terrance Dicks]()
Doctor Who and the Horror of Fang Rock by Terrance Dicks
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn a remote rocky island a few miles off the Channel coast stands the Fang Rock lighthouse. There have always been tales of the beast of Fang Rock, but when the Tardis lands here with Leela and the Doctor, the force they must deal with is more sinister and deadly than the mythical beast of the past...Categorized as:
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![Critical Strike by Darren Wearmouth]()
Critical Strike by Darren Wearmouth
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA fight for survival in an alien world. Revenge is planned against Unity. Denver, Charlie and Layla are trapped in the middle of a galactic conflict which has spanned across many millennia. With no immediate allies on either side, they must use all of their skill and strength to stay alive and find a way back to Earth-if there is one... -
![Symbios (A Short Story) by J.A. Konrath]()
Symbios (A Short Story) by J.A. Konrath
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBestselling author J.A. Konrath brings us a gruesome story of the depths a person will go to in order to survive.When his deep space mission goes awry, Lieutenant Jehrico Stiles crash-lands on an unknown planet. With breathable air, drinkable water, and a friendly native species, the planet seems almost utopian. The only trouble is, Stiles is starving... -
![Alien: Invasion by Tim Lebbon]()
Alien: Invasion by Tim Lebbon
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFor centuries Weyland-Yutani has tried to weaponize the aliens. Now someone has beaten them to it, sweeping through Yautja space and turning predator into prey.Faced with the overwhelming forces of the Rage, Earth envoys forge an unprecedented alliance with the Predators... -
![Spore by Alex Scarrow]()
Spore by Alex Scarrow
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn a small town in the Nevada desert, an alien pathogen has reduced the entire population to a seething mass of black slime. When the Eighth Doctor arrives, he realises this latest threat to humanity is horrifyingly familiar - it is a virus which almost annihilated his entire race, the Time Lords.. -
![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... -
![Gods of Green Mountain by V.C. Andrews]()
Gods of Green Mountain by V.C. Andrews
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsImagine a planet with two blazing suns. A world inhabited by mortals with flaming red hair, saffron colored skin, and violet eyes. A place where extreme and often violent weather conditions force the people underground where they will be safe...until the next furious storm strikes... -
![Predator: Cold War by Nathan Archer]()
Predator: Cold War by Nathan Archer
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Predator ship has crashed in the wilds of a Russian taiga, and the Russians and the Americans are keen to lay hands on the prize. Reluctantly, NYPD detective Shaefer, the only man to kill a Predator and live, is dispatched to investigate, followed by his ex-partner... -
![The Invasive by Michael Hodges]()
The Invasive by Michael Hodges
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBishop is trapped deep inside Montana's Apex Valley along with his injured wife, a shotgun-wielding stranger named Colbrick, and a sneaking suspicion he's never making it back to Chicago. Things no man has seen before haunt the woods. Strange animal species creep behind pine trees, some of them with flashing red tags that blink faster and faster... -
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![Immunity by Erin Bowman]()
Immunity by Erin Bowman
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSurvivors of a deadly planetary outbreak take on a new, sinister adversary in the white-knuckle sequel to Contagion.Thea, Coen, and Nova have escaped from Achlys, only to find themselves imprisoned on a ship they thought was their ticket to safety. Now the nightmare they thought they’d left behind is about to be unleashed as an act of political warfare, putting the entire galaxy at risk... -
![Predator: Incursion by Tim Lebbon]()
Predator: Incursion by Tim Lebbon
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsPredator ships stream into human space in unprecedented numbers. The Colonial Marines, controlled by Weyland-Yutani, respond to the incursion, thus entering the Rage War. This terrifying assault by the Yautja cannot go unchallenged, yet the cost of combat is high. Predators are master combatants, and each encounter yields a high body count. Then when Lt... -
![The Forest by Justin Groot]()
The Forest by Justin Groot
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn an Earth with titanic forests instead of oceans, highly trained rangers brave the depths to bring back footage of treacherous landscapes and ferocious beasts. It’s a dangerous job, but it has its when a trio of ranger recruits stumble across a strange artifact, they begin to unravel a mystery with planet-spanning ramifications... -
![Alien Resurrection by A.C. Crispin]()
Alien Resurrection by A.C. Crispin
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAt the farthest reaches of the solar system, aboard orbiting space station Auriga, the unthinkable has happened. Ripley awakes. Her last memory is of her own fiery death on the prison colony Fiorina 361. And yet she is alive. Her questions grow as she notices her body stronger and fiercer than she ever remembers... -
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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... -
![Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius by Terrance Dicks]()
Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius by Terrance Dicks
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhy do so many spaceships crash-land on Karn, a bleak, lonely and seemingly deserted planet? Are they doomed by the mysterious powers of the strange, black-robed Sisterhood, jealously guarding their secret of eternal life? Or does the mad Dr... -
![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... -
![The Predator: Hunters And Hunted Official Movie Prequel by James A. Moore]()
The Predator: Hunters And Hunted Official Movie Prequel by James A. Moore
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe official prequel novel leads into the summer blockbuster The Predator, Shane Black’s new movie set within the universe of the previous films. With a screenplay by Shane Black and Fred Dekker, the film stars Yvonne Strahovski, Boyd Holbrook, Olivia Munn, Alfie Allen, Thomas Jane, Sterling Brown, Keegan-Michael Key, Edward James Olmos, Jake Busey, and more. Author James A... -
![Alien: River of Pain by Christopher Golden]()
Alien: River of Pain by Christopher Golden
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsWhen Ellen Ripley finally returns to Earth, she learns that the planet LV-426—now called Acheron—has been colonized. But LV-426 is where Ripley and the crew of the Nostromo found the original Xenomorph—the killing machine known as the Alien.Protected by the Colonial Marines, the colonists seek to terraform the storm-swept planet... -
![Alien: Prototype by Tim Waggoner]()
Alien: Prototype by Tim Waggoner
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsDead cargo!Venture, a direct rival to the Weyland-Yutani corporation, will accept any risk to crush the competition. Thus, when a corporate spy "acquires" a bizarre, leathery egg from a hijacked vessel, she takes it directly to the Venture testing facility on Jericho 3.Though unaware of the danger it poses, the scientists there recognize their prize's immeasurable value... -
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![The Complete Aliens Omnibus: Volume Two (Genocide, Alien Harvest): 2 by David Bischoff, Robert Sheckley]()
The Complete Aliens Omnibus: Volume Two (Genocide, Alien Harvest): 2 by David Bischoff, Robert Sheckley
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGENOCIDE by David BischoffThe alien queen is dead, the hive mind left to flounder… and on a world bereft of its leader two strains of Alien divide their forces for world-shattering, acid-drenched war. On Earth, in the wake of alien infestation, athletes are flocking to humanity’s Goodwill Games... -
![Joyride by Guy Adams]()
Joyride by Guy Adams
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne of three thrilling companion novels, set in the universe of the new Doctor Who spin-off show, Class, created by New York Times bestselling novelist Patrick Ness, author of The Rest of Us Just Live Here and the Carnegie Medal-winning A Monster Calls.Young people across the city are acting crazy. But they aren't the ones in control.. -
![Alien: Sea of Sorrows by James A. Moore]()
Alien: Sea of Sorrows by James A. Moore
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsAs a deputy commissioner for the ICC, Alan Decker’s job is to make sure the settlements on LV178 follow all the rules, keeping the colonists safe. But the planet known as New Galveston holds secrets, lurking deep beneath the toxic sands dubbed the Sea of Sorrows... -
![Doctor Who: The Many Hands by Dale Smith]()
Doctor Who: The Many Hands by Dale Smith
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEdinburgh, 1759.The Nor' Loch is being filled in. If you ask the soldiers there, they'll tell you it's a stinking cesspool that the city can do without. But that doesn't explain why the workers won't go near the place without an armed guard.That doesn't explain why they whisper stories about the loch giving up its dead, about the minister who walked into his church twelve years after he died.. -
![The Burn Zone by James K. Decker, James Knapp]()
The Burn Zone by James K. Decker, James Knapp
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPlagued by overpopulation, disease, and starvation, humanity was headed for extinction—until an alien race called the haan arrived. And then the real trouble began. It’s been a rough day for Sam Shao. As part of a program that requires humans to act as surrogates to haan infants, Sam has been genetically enhanced to bond with them... -
![The Way Up is Death by Dan Hanks]()
The Way Up is Death by Dan Hanks
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen a mysterious tower appears in the skies over England, thirteen strangers are pulled from their lives to stand before it as a countdown begins. Above the doorway is one word: ASCEND...
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