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Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsHer city is under siege.The zombies are coming back.And all Nona wants is a birthday party.In many ways, Nona is like other people. She lives with her family, has a job at her local school, and loves walks on the beach and meeting new dogs. But Nona's not like other people. Six months ago she woke up in a stranger's body, and she's afraid she might have to give it back... -
Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 52 ratingsHarrow the Ninth, the sequel to Gideon the Ninth, turns a galaxy inside out as one necromancer struggles to survive the wreckage of herself aboard the Emperor's haunted space station.She answered the Emperor's call.She arrived with her arts, her wits, and her only friend.In victory, her world has turned to ash... -
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 74 ratingsThe Emperor needs necromancers.The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman.Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead bullshit.Brought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife as a reanimated corpse... -
The Fractured Dark by Megan E. O'Keefe
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDying planets, dangerous conspiracies, and secret romance abound in the second installment of the Devoured Worlds trilogy by award-winning author Megan E. O'Keefe. Naira and Tarquin have escaped vicious counter-revolutionaries, misprinted monsters, and the pull of a dying planet... -
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Death Becomes Her by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe UnknownWorld is about to suffer change. For a thousand years, it has felt stifled by Michael's strictures, the rules they must follow on pain of death. As the first and most powerful vampire in existence, he has the power to keep the power struggles under the radar from the rest of humanity. Unfortunately that is changing... -
Writers of the Future Volume 31 by L. Ron Hubbard, Kevin A. Anderson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe future is here…the future is now! Orson Scott Card, Kevin J. Anderson and Larry Niven have seen the future. Now, you can, too. A constellation of the brightest lights in the Science Fiction and Fantasy firmament have judged these authors to be the best, the brightest, the truest emerging stars in the field... -
Thrum by Meg Smitherman
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAmi awakes from years in stasis to find she’s at the edges of deep space, and the only surviving member of her crew. Utterly alone and unable to contact Earth, she sends out a distress beacon, not expecting a response. When she gets one from a being who calls himself Dorian, she’s welcomed onto his ship as he offers his assistance in any way he can. But nothing on Dorian’s ship is as it seems... -
The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex by Tamsyn Muir
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsEach of the Empire's houses keeps secrets, even from themselves. For the bookish academics of the Sixth, every secret is a mystery, and every mystery is a puzzle to be solved or a paper to be published. Deep in the bowels of their house, one such secret is about to reveal itself... -
The Pulse Super Boxset: EMP Post Apocalyptic Fiction by Alexandria Clarke
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA riveting new Post Apocalyptic EMP boxset that keeps you guessing until the end! EMP masterminds Alexandria Clarke, author of "Black Out" and James Hunt Author of “Static” and “Surviving the Collapse” which have collectively accumulated 200+ five-star reviews come together in this SUPER BOX SET for the first time! A Tale Of Survival In A Powerless World After an EMP bomb detonates over the... -
The Ghosts of Heaven by Marcus Sedgwick
Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA bold, genre-bending epic that chronicles madness, obsession, and creation, from the Paleolithic era through the Witch Hunts and into the space-bound future.Four linked stories boldly chronicle madness, obsession, and creation through the ages... -
Tribesmen of Gor by John Norman
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIn this tenth volume of John Norman's Gor series, Tarl Cabot must prove his final loyalty to the harsh and caste-bound planet known as counter-earth. "Surrender Gor," reads a message sent from the Others, a mysterious people from the worlds of steel. Either the proud rulers of Gor submit or be destroyed... -
Hunters of Gor by John Norman
Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsFormer Earthman Tarl Cabot is now a powerful Tarnsman of the brutal and caste-bound planet of Gor, also known as Counter-earth. He embarks on an adventure in the dangerous and mysterious wilderness of Gor, pitting his warrior skills against treacherous outlaws, bandits and fighters... -
Black Hammer, Vol. 1: Secret Origins by Jeff Lemire, Dean Ormston
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOnce they were heroes, but the age of heroes has long since passed... -
The Thrilling Adventure Hour by Ben Acker, Ben Blacker
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe star-studded stage show and Nerdist podcast sets its sights on a graphic novel! An anthology containing a series of short tales set within the various worlds covered throughout the run of the hit stage show and podcast The Thrilling Adventure Hour! Written by the creators of the show with art by some of the comics' best artists, bring all the best elements of the show to vivid... -
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Bad Island by Doug TenNapel
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsSomething on this island is up to no good . . .When Reese is forced to go on a boating trip with his family, the last thing he expects is to be shipwrecked on an island-especially one teeming with weird plants and animals. But what starts out as simply a bad vacation turns into a terrible one, as the castaways must find a way to escape while dodging the island's dangerous inhabitants... -
The Apocalypse Suite by Gerard Way, Gabriel Bá
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 52 ratingsIn an inexplicable worldwide event, forty-seven extraordinary children were spontaneously born to women who'd previously shown no signs of pregnancy. Millionaire inventor Reginald Hargreeves adopted seven of the children; when asked why, his only explanation was, "To save the world."These seven children form the Umbrella Academy, a dysfunctional family of superheroes with bizarre powers...Categorized as:
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