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Crisis by Kurt Schlichter
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKelly Turnbull, the hero of PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC, INDIAN COUNTRY, WILDFIRE, and COLLAPSE, is back this fifth novel that tells the story of how America split apart into red and blue...Categorized as:
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![Interlude-Brandon by Terry Schott]()
Interlude-Brandon by Terry Schott
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBrandon Strayne.Brilliant computer programmer, businessman, and world leader.Where did this mysterious man come from?This volume details his history and rise to power.Before there was the Game...there was a boy....This takes the story of the Game even further by viewing how it all started!A must read for all fans of the Game is Life Series...Categorized as:
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Virtual Prophet by Terry Schott
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsInside the Game, players struggle to survive in a world where technology no longer functions. On Tygon, fans are unable to view what is occurring inside the Game. Trew and Danielle rush to save both realities, but they are unable to know what the other is doing. The fate of reality depends on a Game, and time is about to run out.. -
![House of Gold by C.T. Rwizi]()
House of Gold by C.T. Rwizi
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom visionary author C. T. Rwizi comes the epic journey of four people on a distant planet who face the ultimate test of loyalty, friendship, and duty in the rising tide of war.A corporate aristocracy descended from Africa rules a colony on a distant planet.Life here is easy—for the rarified and privileged few... -
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![Viendra le temps du feu by Wendy Delorme]()
Viendra le temps du feu by Wendy Delorme
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Elles étaient toutes brisées et pourtant incassables. Elles existaient ensemble comme un tout solidaire, un orchestre puissant, les organes noués en ordre aléatoire, un grand corps frémissant. Et j'étais l'une d'entre elles." Une société totalitaire aux frontières closes, bordée par un fleuve... -
![ASIN: B08MDG7DZK by S.A. Ison]()
ASIN: B08MDG7DZK by S.A. Ison
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMica and Malisa Flores learn that their missing mother, Ivy, isn’t missing at all. Her sudden disappearance three years before has left the sisters devastated. They are given a mysterious journal written by their long-lost mother. Their mother was pushed back 17,000 years into the past, into the Paleolithic era... -
![Radio by Sophia Elaine Hanson, Sophia Slade]()
Radio by Sophia Elaine Hanson, Sophia Slade
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter the traumatic events at the dreaded prison Red Bay, Ronja is hanging by a thread. Whispers trail her through the Belly, carrying rumors of her borderline supernatural voice. Plagued by nightmares and haunted by the memories of those she could not save, she clings to the promise that her gift will soon become the weapon of the Anthem... -
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Cyber by Terry Schott
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is an alternate cover edition for B01ABIZEXI The Game is Life - Book 7Deceived by a trusted colleague, Loredana Cyber, heir to the world’s largest entertainment company, walks away from big business and vows never to return...Categorized as:
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![M Archive: After the End of the World by Alexis Pauline Gumbs]()
M Archive: After the End of the World by Alexis Pauline Gumbs
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFollowing the innovative collection Spill, Alexis Pauline Gumbs's M Archive—the second book in a planned experimental triptych—is a series of poetic artifacts that speculatively documents the persistence of Black life following a worldwide cataclysm. Engaging with the work of the foundational Black feminist theorist M... -
![Liege-Killer by Christopher Hinz]()
Liege-Killer by Christopher Hinz
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTwo hundred years after Earth is devastated by nuclear war and genetically engineered Paratwa assassins, the humans of orbiting Earth colonies are at peace, until a series of murders reveal the reemergence of the Paratwa... -
![The Matrix: The Shooting Script by Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski]()
The Matrix: The Shooting Script by Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIncludes detailed scene notes by Paul Oosterhouse, assistant to the Wachowskis throughout the making of the movie...Categorized as:
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![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... -
![Casual Felonies by Kelly Fox]()
Casual Felonies by Kelly Fox
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAt what point does casually stalking your hot barber become a felony?Look, I swear I’m harmless. Just a mildly obsessed, extremely hot influencer trying to figure out why my barber-slash-hookup-slash-possible-soulmate kicked me out after the best [redacted] of my life... -
![The Desert of Glass by Michael C. Grumley]()
The Desert of Glass by Michael C. Grumley
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsOne of mankind's greatest secrets... has been hiding in plain sight for three thousand years.Half a century ago, an aberration was spotted by one of our earliest satellites, and summarily dismissed as a hardware malfunction. But it was no aberration. And no malfunction. It was an accidental glimpse of something extraordinary, and very old...Categorized as:
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![Another 20 Miles by P.A. Glaspy]()
Another 20 Miles by P.A. Glaspy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFor some, the road leads to salvation. For others, it's the last chance for freedom. The Chambers family has come to grips with the world as they knew it being gone. They know the city is the last place they want to be. With no modern vehicles working, they need another way to get out. They just have to figure out what that is... -
![Blackcoat by Steve McHugh]()
Blackcoat by Steve McHugh
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Celine Moro took a job as a Blackcoat, an elite agency tasked with investigating crimes throughout Union space, she thought she had finally put her past to rest.Now, betrayed by her allies, her world is falling apart. Running from the corrupt politicians that she had sworn to bring to justice, Celine is dusting off the skills of her old trade in order to bring truth to light... -
![Becoming Elektra by Christian Handel]()
Becoming Elektra by Christian Handel
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSie bestimmen, wer du bistWenn dein Leben eine Lüge ist ... Als die junge und schöne Elektra Hamilton bei einem Reitunfall ums Leben kommt, erhält Isabel ein unerwartetes Angebot. Sie, die Elektra wie aus dem Gesicht geschnitten ist, soll deren Platz einnehmen. Sie muss lediglich für immer verschweigen, wer sie wirklich ist... -
![Exile Hunter by Preston Fleming]()
Exile Hunter by Preston Fleming
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Pure energy in print form, whether the characters are being pursued or simply talking; Fleming has proven himself a craftsman.” KIRKUS REVIEWS“As with all of Preston Fleming's previous books, EXILE HUNTER weaves together the harsh realities of personal betrayal, physical torment, emotional pain, and a spiritual quest with astute intelligence.” BOOKPLEASURES...Categorized as:
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Active Memory by Dan Wells
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom Dan Wells, author of the New York Times bestselling Partials Sequence and the John Cleaver series, comes the third and final book in the dark, pulse-pounding, sci-fi neo-noir series that began with the acclaimed novel Bluescreen... -
![Fledge by J.A. Huss]()
Fledge by J.A. Huss
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen given the choice to kill or die,It’s a no-fucking-brainer.When given the choice to obey or not,Things get gray.But given the choice,To kill or save the one who saved you?Now you’ve got my attention.And killers don’t work wellWith a conscious around to fuck things up.So, you know…Hope for the best, but expect the worst.Because I’m still fucking Junco.And I’m still at war with everyone...Categorized as:
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![Ninguém nasce herói by Eric Novello]()
Ninguém nasce herói by Eric Novello
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNum futuro em que o Brasil é liderado por um fundamentalista religioso, o Escolhido, o simples ato de distribuir livros na rua é visto como rebeldia... -
![Borderless by Eliot Peper]()
Borderless by Eliot Peper
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsInformation is power, and whoever controls the feed rules the world in this all-too-plausible follow-up to the science fiction thriller Bandwidth.Exiled from Washington after a covert operation gone wrong, Diana is building a new life as a freelance spy, though her obsessive secrecy is driving away the few friends and allies she can count on...Categorized as:
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![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... -
![Flip by David Estes]()
Flip by David Estes
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIn a scared and broken world where someone must die before another can be born, one family has been torn apart by fate and a ruthless government, only to find themselves suddenly thrust back together with one chance to save their struggling nation...Categorized as:
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![Holding Their Own VII: Phoenix Star by Joe Nobody]()
Holding Their Own VII: Phoenix Star by Joe Nobody
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTreachery has made Bishop an outlaw and rocked the Alliance to its foundation. Forced into exile while his friends strive to clear his name, Bishop and his family encounter the best and worst mankind has to offer while they travel the badlands. The human animal is trying to regroup, striving to fill the vacuum in leadership left after the collapse and form productive societies. But it’s not easy... -
![Emerald City by Astrid Cole]()
Emerald City by Astrid Cole
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter nearly suffering defeat at the hands of her sister, Sage Arpine does all in her power to return to a normal life. Her fairy-tale dreams of marrying a prince and living at the palace don’t quite turn out, but she can’t complain now that she’s found true love, reunited with her nieces, and returned to her pizzeria in Diamond City. At least, that’s what she thinks... -
![China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh]()
China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsWith this groundbreaking novel, Maureen F. McHugh established herself as one of the decade's best science fiction writers. In its pages, we enter a post-revolution America, moving from the hyper-urbanized eastern seaboard to the Arctic bleakness of Baffin Island; from the new Imperial City to an agricultural commune on Mars... -
![Aristoi by Walter Jon Williams]()
Aristoi by Walter Jon Williams
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsSuccessful in its efforts to create a glittering interstellar empire, founded on the use of an ultra-advanced computer and bioengineering technology, humankind becomes the prey of its own creation, the Aristoi... -
![Into the Shadows by Glenn Beck, Harriet Parke]()
Into the Shadows by Glenn Beck, Harriet Parke
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe sequel to Agenda 21, from #1 New York Times bestselling author and nationally syndicated radio host Glenn Beck. “I knew those men were our enemies, but they, like everyone else in the Republic, were nothing more than servants. Rule followers. They had no choice. But I did. I had a choice and I made it. I knew then and there that, no matter what happened, I would never go back. Never... -
![Le Code Enigma by Neal Stephenson, Jean Bonnefoy]()
Le Code Enigma by Neal Stephenson, Jean Bonnefoy
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn 1942, Lawrence Pritchard Waterhouse, mathematical genius and captain in the U.S. Navy, is assigned to Detachment 2702, whose mission is to keep Nazis ignorant of the fact that Allied Intelligence cracked the enemy's fabled Enigma code... -
![The Culling by Ramona Finn]()
The Culling by Ramona Finn
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat happens to a girl trained as a executioner, who finds out her life is a lie?In a solar system where The Authority decides who lives and who dies, only one of their own executioners can stop them.Glade Io is a trained killer... -
![Genius: The Con by Leopoldo Gout]()
Genius: The Con by Leopoldo Gout
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThree teen geniuses from diverse backgrounds must work together to stop a vicious warlord, protect their families, and save the world in this fast-paced sequel to Genius: The Game.ON THE RUN!Tunde: This fourteen-year-old self-taught engineering genius from Nigeria is in a race against time to save his village from a ruthless warlord... -
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The A.I. Chronicles (The Future Chronicles by Samuel Peralta
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA.I.: Artificial Intelligence. Even today, machines that mimic human thinking surround us... -
![Breach by Eliot Peper]()
Breach by Eliot Peper
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA hacker is drawn out of hiding and into an epic geopolitical showdown in the frighteningly plausible conclusion to Eliot Peper’s critically acclaimed Analog Series. When you’ve betrayed your revolutionary cadre, an off-grid fight club on a remote tropical island is a good place to hide—or die.For notorious ex-hacker Emily Kim, the outcome of each fight makes little difference...Categorized as:
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![Wool Gathering by W.J. Davies, Ann Christy]()
Wool Gathering by W.J. Davies, Ann Christy
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLong after the dust has settled and the survivors of the Silo Saga have gone to seed, Hugh Howey's bestselling WOOL trilogy continues to captivate readers worldwide. The power of Hugh's story is underscored all the more by the number of authors who have embraced the invitation to tell their own stories in his ever-expanding world... -
![Imprisoned by Christine Kersey]()
Imprisoned by Christine Kersey
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt is recommended that you read Gone (Parallel Trilogy, Book 1) (which is FREE) before reading Imprisoned. This description contains spoilers for Gone.Trapped in a parallel universe where it is illegal to be overweight, Morgan Campbell is dragged out of her house and locked up in a Federally Assisted Thinning (F.A.T.) center... -
![Elegy by Kate Wrath]()
Elegy by Kate Wrath
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLess than one second: how long it takes for everything to change. The story rewritten. The answers lost. The world turned upside down. Eden’s life is in tatters. Too many questions. Too many answers she never would have chosen. With no time to think or mourn, she struggles to take control of her fate once again. There’s one thing that Eden has always wanted— find Oscar... -
![Eden Collapsing by Shade Owens]()
Eden Collapsing by Shade Owens
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHer paradise is collapsing, and she’ll do just about anything to salvage what remains. Following Eden’s mass migration to a new haven ruled by an old friend, Eve struggles with her loss of power and is driven by an insatiable thirst to gain control over this new paradise. Meanwhile, Gabriel attempts to cope with the ghosts of his past and becomes too unstable to live among the others... -
![Shadow Call by AdriAnne Strickland, Michael Miller]()
Shadow Call by AdriAnne Strickland, Michael Miller
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHis throne. Her rebellion. Their war.Qole is the youngest starship captain in living memory on her homeworld of Alaxak and has spent her life hunting a dangerous energy source called Shadow. Alaxans distrust and evade the galaxy’s royalty as a rule, but Qole is now harboring the exiled Prince Nevarian Dracorte, along with some very conflicting feelings about it—and him... -
![Dark Reflections by Samuel R. Delany]()
Dark Reflections by Samuel R. Delany
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsArnold Hawley, a gay, African–American poet, has lived in NYC for most of his life. Dark Reflections traces Hawley's life in three sections — in reverse order. Part one: Hawley, at 50 years old, wins the an award for his sixth book of poems. Part two explores Hawley's unhappy marriage, while the final section recalls his college days... -
![Let's Put the Future Behind Us by Jack Womack]()
Let's Put the Future Behind Us by Jack Womack
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFormer bureaucrat Max Borodin is one of Moscow's most successful businessmen. He strolls through the wreckage of today's Russia with ease - convincing people to do his bidding, providing its citizens (both friends and clients) with the luxury goods they covet, and generally leading a prosperous and satisfying existence... -
![Overdrawn by N.J. Crosskey]()
Overdrawn by N.J. Crosskey
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHenry Morris is watching his wife slip away from him. In an ageist society, where euthanasia is encouraged as a patriotic act, dementia is no longer tolerated.Kaitlyn, a young waitress, is desperate for the funds to keep her brother’s life support machine switched on... -
![Our War: A Novel by Craig DiLouie]()
Our War: A Novel by Craig DiLouie
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn the battlefields of America, even our children will have to fight.In his most powerful novel to date, acclaimed author Craig DiLouie presents a near future in which America is entrenched in civil war.After his impeachment, the president of the United States refuses to leave office, and the country erupts into a fractured and violent war...Categorized as:
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![Rath's Trial by Piers Platt]()
Rath's Trial by Piers Platt
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRath thought that defeating the Janus Group and stealing back his hard-earned fortune might help ease his guilty conscience. But when he returns to the planet Scapa to find the woman he loves, his past crimes finally catch up to him. And the police aren't Rath's only concern: someone's put a price on his head. Rath will need to figure out who his new enemy is if he wants to stay alive...Categorized as:
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![Disclose by Joelle Charbonneau]()
Disclose by Joelle Charbonneau
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMeri Buckley—or Meri Adams, as her new ID labels her—has lost everything.Her mother to a fight much bigger than herself. Her father to grief, fear, and denial. And the truth—to an overbearing government that insists that censorship and secrecy are the only path to peace... -
![Genius: The Revolution by Leopoldo Gout]()
Genius: The Revolution by Leopoldo Gout
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree teen geniuses from diverse backgrounds must take down an online terrorist ring, rescue an imprisoned father, and prepare for their final showdown with a misguided mastermind in this third and final book in the Genius YA trilogy by Leopoldo Gout.How do we stop him? We beat him at his own game. Painted Wolf: Mysterious activist blogger and strategist from China... -
![Мова by Віктар Марціновіч]()
Мова by Віктар Марціновіч
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings«Мова» – другі беларускамоўны раман Марціновіча пасля «Сцюдзёнага выраю». «У “Мове” я паспрабаваў сабраць у незвычайным сюжэце маё разуменне багажу праблем, звязаных з нашай ідэнтычнасцю, з культурай, мовай і гісторыяй. З тутэйшасцю, з правінцыйнасцю, з гатоўнасцю адмовіцца ад свайго», – кажа аўтар... -
![11,4 sueños luz by Nicholas Avedon]()
11,4 sueños luz by Nicholas Avedon
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEn el París del siglo XXIII donde todo está en venta, las emociones puras son de gran valor para aquellos que no pueden vivirlas. Ariel de Santos es un creador de sueños vívidos, uno de los pocos artistas capaces de modelar las emociones para seducir e inspirar a un mundo que se ha olvidado de soñar... -
![Crescent Moon by Andrew Barrer]()
Crescent Moon by Andrew Barrer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe protected escapees of the blood-farm experiments are free, secure, and set for life. Kind of. Because there's something new to fear in this short thriller, the twisting finale of the Young Blood Trilogy.Billy Cantor and fellow survivors of the Sunset Consortium are under witness protection in luxurious seaside condos at Rockaway Beach. Sign the contract, keep quiet, and stay safe... -
![Afterglow: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors by Grist]()
Afterglow: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors by Grist
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHopeful and forward-looking futuristic short stories that explore how the power of storytelling can help create the world we need“This is a glorious book that challenges our conceptions of bookmaking as much as it questions our conceptions of world-building. We, as earthlings, will be better to the earth after experiencing this book. That is not hyperbole...Categorized as:
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