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  • Obsidio by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff

    Obsidio by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 52 ratings
    Kady, Ezra, Hanna, and Nik narrowly escaped with their lives from the attacks on Heimdall station and now find themselves crammed with 2,000 refugees on the container ship, Mao...
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    dark  dystopia  family  friendship  multi-pov  survival  suspense  war
  • Nemesis Games by James S.A. Corey

    Nemesis Games by James S.A. Corey

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 61 ratings
    The fifth novel in Corey's New York Times bestselling Expanse series--now being produced for television by the SyFy Channel!A thousand worlds have opened, and the greatest land rush in human history has begun. As wave after wave of colonists leave, the power structures of the old solar system begin to buckle.Ships are disappearing without a trace. Private armies are being secretly formed...
  • Gemina by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff

    Gemina by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 60 ratings
    Moving to a space station at the edge of the galaxy was always going to be the death of Hanna’s social life. Nobody said it might actually get her killed.The sci-fi saga that began with the breakout bestseller Illuminae continues on board the Jump Station Heimdall, where two new characters will confront the next wave of the BeiTech assault...
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    dark  dystopia  family  friendship  multi-pov  survival  suspense  war
  • Caliban's War by James S.A. Corey

    Caliban's War by James S.A. Corey

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 71 ratings
    We are not alone.On Ganymede, breadbasket of the outer planets, a Martian marine watches as her platoon is slaughtered by a monstrous supersoldier. On Earth, a high-level politician struggles to prevent interplanetary war from reigniting. And on Venus, an alien protomolecule has overrun the planet, wreaking massive, mysterious changes and threatening to spread out into the solar system...
  • Persepolis Rising by James S.A. Corey

    Persepolis Rising by James S.A. Corey

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 53 ratings
    In the thousand-sun network of humanity's expansion, new colony worlds are struggling to find their way. Every new planet lives on a knife edge between collapse and wonder, and the crew of the aging gunship Rocinante have their hands more than full keeping the fragile peace...
  • Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey

    Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 79 ratings
    Humanity has colonized the solar system—Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond—but the stars are still out of our reach.Jim Holden is XO of an ice miner making runs from the rings of Saturn to the mining stations of the Belt. When he and his crew stumble upon a derelict ship, the Scopuli, they find themselves in possession of a secret they never wanted...
  • Abaddon's Gate by James S.A. Corey

    Abaddon's Gate by James S.A. Corey

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 71 ratings
    Abaddon's Gate is the third book in the New York Times bestselling Expanse series. For generations, the solar system - Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt - was humanity's great frontier. Until now. The alien artefact working through its program under the clouds of Venus has emerged to build a massive structure outside the orbit of Uranus: a gate that leads into a starless dark...
  • Unity by Adrienne Lecter

    Unity by Adrienne Lecter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    United we stand, divided we fall Once again reunited, the Lucky Thirteen set out to hunt down their adversaries—only to be met with an entirely new set of unexpected obstacles. As much as Bree is burning to finally get her revenge, it soon becomes obvious that on their own they are no match for the forces opposing them...
  • Babylon's Ashes by James S.A. Corey

    Babylon's Ashes by James S.A. Corey

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 57 ratings
    The sixth book in the New York Times bestselling Expanse series. NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES A revolution brewing for generations has begun in fire. It will end in blood.The Free Navy - a violent group of Belters in black-market military ships - has crippled the Earth and begun a campaign of piracy and violence among the outer planets...
  • Illuminae by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff

    Illuminae by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 70 ratings
    This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing she’d have to do. This afternoon, her planet was invaded.The year is 2575, and two rival mega-corporations are at war over a planet that’s little more than a speck at the edge of the universe...
  • Freedom™ by Daniel Suarez

    Freedom™ by Daniel Suarez

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    The propulsive, shockingly plausible sequel to New York Times bestseller Daemon, the "Greatest. Techno-thriller. Period."**William O'Brien, former director of cybersecurity and communications systems policy at the White House2009 saw one of the most inventive techno-thriller debuts in decades as Daniel Suarez introduced his terrifying and tantalizing vision of a new world order...
  • Hyperion by Dan Simmons

    Hyperion by Dan Simmons

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 73 ratings
    On the world called Hyperion, beyond the law of the Hegemony of Man, there waits the creature called the Shrike. There are those who worship it. There are those who fear it. And there are those who have vowed to destroy it. In the Valley of the Time Tombs, where huge, brooding structures move backward through time, the Shrike waits for them all...
  • Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness

    Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 59 ratings
    As a world-ending war surges to life around them, Todd and Viola face monstrous decisions. The indigenous Spackle, thinking and acting as one, have mobilized to avenge their murdered people. Ruthless human leaders prepare to defend their factions at all costs, even as a convoy of new settlers approaches...
  • Cibola Burn by James S.A. Corey

    Cibola Burn by James S.A. Corey

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 72 ratings
    The fourth novel in James S.A. Corey’s New York Times bestselling Expanse seriesThe gates have opened the way to thousands of habitable planets, and the land rush has begun. Settlers stream out from humanity's home planets in a vast, poorly controlled flood, landing on a new world...
  • Fire & Ash by Jonathan Maberry

    Fire & Ash by Jonathan Maberry

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    In the gripping conclusion to the action-packed standard bearer (Booklist) of zombie series, the threat of death is given new life.Benny Imura and his friends have found the jet and Sanctuary, but neither is what they expected. Instead of a refuge, Sanctuary is a hospice, and the soldiers who flew the plane seem to be little more than bureaucrats who have given up hope for humanity's future...
  • The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness

    The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 62 ratings
    We were in the square, in the square where I'd run, holding her, carrying her, telling her to stay alive, stay alive till we got safe, till we got to Haven so I could save her - But there weren't no safety, no safety at all, there was just him and his men...Fleeing before a relentless army, Todd has carried a desperately wounded Viola right into the hands of their worst enemy, Mayor Prentiss...
  • UnWholly by Neal Shusterman

    UnWholly by Neal Shusterman

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 50 ratings
    Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found hereIt’s finally here. The long-awaited sequel to the bestselling Unwind, which Publishers Weekly called a “gripping, brilliantly imagined futuristic thriller.”Thanks to Connor, Lev, and Risa—and their high-profile revolt at Happy Jack Harvest Camp—people can no longer turn a blind eye to unwinding...
  • Horde by Ann Aguirre

    Horde by Ann Aguirre

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    The epic conclusion to the USA Today bestselling trilogy.The horde is coming.Salvation is surrounded, monsters at the gates, and this time, they're not going away. When Deuce, Fade, Stalker and Tegan set out, the odds are against them. But the odds have been stacked against Deuce from the moment she was born. She might not be a Huntress anymore, but she doesn't run...
  • Wool by Hugh Howey

    Wool by Hugh Howey

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 74 ratings
    In a ruined and toxic future, a community exists in a giant silo underground, hundreds of stories deep. There, men and women live in a society full of regulations they believe are meant to protect them. Sheriff Holston, who has unwaveringly upheld the silo’s rules for years, unexpectedly breaks the greatest taboo of all: He asks to go outside...
  • Ghosts by Nicholas Sansbury Smith

    Ghosts by Nicholas Sansbury Smith

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Betrayal and sacrifice in the skies …Ten years ago, Hell Diver Xavier “X” Rodriguez fell to Earth. Those he left behind went on without him aboard the airship he once called home. Michael Everhart—the boy once known as Tin—has grown into a man and the commander of Hell Diver Raptor Team...
  • Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks

    Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 47 ratings
    The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks and military action.The woman known as Diziet Sma had plucked him from obscurity and pushed him towards his present eminence, but despite all their dealings she did not know him as well as she thought...
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    war  20th-century  action-adventure  adult  ai  aliens  audiobook  book
  • Retribution by Cameo Renae

    Retribution by Cameo Renae

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    War is coming between humans and Arvies, leaving me trapped between two enemies. This time, I don’t think I’ll survive.The government will stop at nothing to get me back in their clutches. They want what’s inside me—a power I call Venge—and will use my greatest weakness to bring me to my knees. The Arvies know of my gift, and use my telepathy and their numbers, in an effort to take me out...
  • UnSouled by Neal Shusterman

    UnSouled by Neal Shusterman

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    Teens fight for their humanity in this thrilling third book in the New York Times bestselling Unwind Dystology series by Neal Shusterman.Connor and Lev are on the run after the destruction of the Graveyard, the last safe haven for AWOL unwinds...
  • State of Vengeance by Summer Lane

    State of Vengeance by Summer Lane

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Vengeance is coming. Monterey Bay, California, has barely survived a brutal attack from the evil invasion forces of Omega, and Cassidy Hart is exhausted. She has lost a friend and gained a new enemy. The militias seem to be weakening, and Omega seems to be getting stronger...
  • The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury

    The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 74 ratings
    From "Rocket Summer" to "The Million-Year Picnic," Ray Bradbury's stories of the colonization of Mars form an eerie mesh of past and future. Written in the 1940s, the chronicles drip with nostalgic atmosphere--shady porches with tinkling pitchers of lemonade, grandfather clocks, chintz-covered sofas...
  • The Neutronium Alchemist by Peter F. Hamilton

    The Neutronium Alchemist by Peter F. Hamilton

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Not every fallen angel comes from heaven...The ancient menace has finally escaped from Lalonde, shattering the Confederation's peaceful existence. Those who succumbed to it have acquired godlike powers, but now follow a far from divine gospel as they advance inexorably from world to world...
  • The Fractured Dark by Megan E. O'Keefe

    The Fractured Dark by Megan E. O'Keefe

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Dying 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...
  • Cured by Bethany Wiggins

    Cured by Bethany Wiggins

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Now that Fiona Tarsis and her twin brother, Jonah, are no longer beasts, they set out to find their mother, with the help of Bowen and a former neighbor, Jacqui. Heading for a safe settlement rumored to be in Wyoming, they plan to spread the cure along the way--until they are attacked by raiders...
  • The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons

    The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 45 ratings
    The time of reckoning has arrived. As a final genocidal Crusade threatens to enslave humanity forever, a new messiah has come of age. She is Aenea and she has undergone a strange apprenticeship to those known as the Others. Now her protector, Raul Endymion, one-time shepherd and convicted murderer, must help her deliver her startling message to her growing army of disciples...
  • The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway

    The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    The Jorgmund Pipe is the backbone of the world, and it's on fire. Gonzo Lubitsch, professional hero and troubleshooter, is hired to put it out, but there's more to the fire, and the Pipe itself, than meets the eye. The job will take Gonzo and his best friend, our narrator, back to their own beginnings...
  • State of Destruction by Summer Lane

    State of Destruction by Summer Lane

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "Lane is surely worth picking up and reading, whoever you may be." - Daniel M. Harrison, #1 Bestselling Author of Butterflies and Editor of MarxRand The destruction of California is at hand. Cassidy Hart and Chris Young have survived a dangerous mission into the heart of Sky City, a secret Omega base hidden deep in the mountains, but their vengeance has come with a price...
  • The Bound Worlds by Megan E. O'Keefe

    The Bound Worlds by Megan E. O'Keefe

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Worlds will collide and fates will be rewritten in the thrilling conclusion to the Devoured Worlds space opera trilogy by award-winning author Megan E. O’Keefe. Naira and Tarquin have found a new home on Seventh Cradle. But the peace they’ve built is short-lived as mysterious assailants ambush the settlement and Naira is haunted by visions of a monstrous future...
  • Alone by Scott Sigler

    Alone by Scott Sigler

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In the final installment of an exhilarating sci-fi adventure trilogy in the vein of The Hunger Games, Divergent, and Red Rising, Scott Sigler’s unforgettable heroine, Em Savage, must come to grips once and for all with the perilous mysteries of her own existence.“We thought this place was our destiny—not our doom...
  • Rage Within by Jeyn Roberts

    Rage Within by Jeyn Roberts

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    In this apocalyptic sequel to Dark Inside four teens continue the struggle for survival as they face a world gone mad.Aries, Clementine, Mason and Michael have survived the first wave of the apocalypse that wiped out most of the world’s population, and turned many of the rest into murderous Baggers...
  • Alien by Alan Dean Foster

    Alien by Alan Dean Foster

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Based on the screenplay by Dan O'Bannon. The crew of the spaceship Nostromo wake from cryogenic sleep to distress signals from an unknown planet. One is attacked when they investigate a derelict alien craft. Safely on their way back to Sol, none foresee the real horror about to begin...
  • Fragments by Dan Wells

    Fragments by Dan Wells

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Author Dan Wells is back with the sequel to the sci-fi blockbuster Partials, which Pittacus Lore called a "thrilling sci-fi adrenaline rush, with one of the most compelling and frightening visions of Earth's future I've seen yet...
  • The Divide by Jeremy Robinson

    The Divide by Jeremy Robinson

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A wildly exciting journey through a world remade, THE DIVIDE combines real characters with horrifically realized creations, pitting the worst of human nature against the strength of family. Equal parts action, horror, and moving drama that only Jeremy Robinson can pull off.WHEN THE DIVIDE IS CROSSED...No one remembers how the Divide was created...
  • Jupiter War by Neal Asher

    Jupiter War by Neal Asher

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The third book of the Owner trilogy delivers an explosive conclusion to Neal Asher’s action-packed series chronicling the struggles for political dominance in a resource-scarce future. Power vacuums and new despots spring up across the solar system, in the wake of the events of The Departure and Zero Point...
  • Thin Air by Richard K. Morgan

    Thin Air by Richard K. Morgan

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Richard Morgan has always been one of our most successful SF authors with his fast-moving and brutal storylines, blistering plots and a powerful social conscience behind his work.And now he's back, with his first SF novel for eight years . . . and it promises to be a publication to remember...
  • Dark Intelligence by Neal Asher

    Dark Intelligence by Neal Asher

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    "Dark Intelligence is the first novel in the Transformation series, a no-holds-barred adventure set in Neal Asher's popular Polity universe.One man will transcend death to seek vengeance. One woman will transform herself to gain power. And no one will emerge unscathed . . .Thorvald Spear wakes in hospital, where he finds he's been brought back from the dead. What's more, he died in a human vs...
  • Pandemic by A.G. Riddle

    Pandemic by A.G. Riddle

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Around the world, a deadly outbreak spreads.The CDC and WHO race to stop it, but they soon learn that this pandemic hides a dark secret. It may be the start of a scientific experiment that could alter the human race forever--and reveal a shocking truth about our future.Experience the groundbreaking novel that will change everything you think you know about pandemics--and how to survive one...
  • The Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton

    The Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    In AD 2600 the human race is finally beginning to realize its full potential. Hundreds of colonized planets scattered across the galaxy host a multitude of prosperous and wildly diverse cultures. Genetic engineering has pushed evolution far beyond nature's boundaries, defeating disease and producing extraordinary spaceborn creatures...
  • The Dark Foundations by Chris Walley

    The Dark Foundations by Chris Walley

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "The Dark Foundations" continues the epic story begun in "The Shadow and Night." Far beyond the tranquility of the Assembly worlds, Nezhuala, Lord-Emperor of the Dominion, is preparing a merciless and crushing attack on Farholme as a prelude to an onslaught on the Assembly...
  • State of Alliance by Summer Lane

    State of Alliance by Summer Lane

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    NOW AVAILABLE!There is no such thing as safe. For Commander Cassidy Hart, staying alive is only one of her day-to-day problems. As a newly minted Senator of the State of California, she must travel to Monterey Bay with the hope of bringing an agreement between the militia forces and the Pacific Northwest Alliance as the United States desperately battles against the shadow invasion forces of Omega...
  • The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham

    The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 68 ratings
    In 1951 John Wyndham published his novel The Day of the Triffids to moderate acclaim. Fifty-two years later, this horrifying story is a science fiction classic, touted by The Times (London) as having “all the reality of a vividly realized nightmare.”Bill Masen, bandages over his wounded eyes, misses the most spectacular meteorite shower England has ever seen...
  • Stung by Bethany Wiggins

    Stung by Bethany Wiggins

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    There is no cure for being stung.Fiona doesn’t remember going to sleep. But when she awakens, her world no longer exists. Her house is abandoned and broken. Her neighborhood is barren and dead. And there is a tattoo on her right hand. A tattoo Fiona doesn’t remember getting…but somehow she must conceal at any cost. Because humanity has been divided...
  • In the After by Demitria Lunetta

    In the After by Demitria Lunetta

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    In debut author Demitria Lunetta's thriller, one girl must fight for her survival in a world overrun by violent, deadly creatures.Amy Harris's life changed forever when They took over. Her parents—vanished. The government—obsolete. Societal structure—nonexistent. No one knows where They came from, but these vicious creatures have been rapidly devouring mankind since They appeared...
  • The Butcher of Anderson Station by James S.A. Corey

    The Butcher of Anderson Station by James S.A. Corey

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A new story set in the world of The Expanse. One day, Colonel Fred Johnson will be hailed as a hero to the system. One day, he will meet a desperate man in possession of a stolen spaceship and a deadly secret and extend a hand of friendship. But long before he became the leader of the Outer Planets Alliance, Fred Johnson had a very different name. The Butcher of Anderson Station...
  • Havoc by Ann Aguirre

    Havoc by Ann Aguirre

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The Conglomerate’s most dangerous convicts have made the prison ship Perdition their home. And they will defend it…Perdition is under siege. Mercenaries have boarded the station with orders to take control of the facility—and execute the prisoners. Their commander is offering full pardons to the first five inmates willing to help the mercs complete their mission...
  • Terminal Alliance by Jim C. Hines

    Terminal Alliance by Jim C. Hines

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When the Krakau came to Earth, they planned to invite humanity into a growing alliance of sentient species. This would have worked out better for all involved if they hadn’t arrived after a mutated plague wiped out half the planet, turned the rest into shambling, near-unstoppable animals, and basically destroyed human civilization. You know—your standard apocalypse...
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