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Age of Deception by T.A. White
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsWar hero and daughter to two Houses, Kira is just beginning to learn how deep the rabbit hole goes. Agreeing to accompany her father’s people back to their homeworld, Kira Forrest prepares for the fight of her life. She’s agreed to undertake the Trial of the Broken, a rite of passage every member of her father’s House must pass... -
![Born of Fire by Sherrilyn Kenyon]()
Born of Fire by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsIn a universe where assassins make the law, everyone lives in fear--except for Syn. Born of an illicit scandal that once rocked a dynasty, he always knew how to survive on the bloodthirsty streets. But that was then, and the future is now…Syn was raised as a tech-thief until his livelihood uncovered a truth that could end his life... -
![Defending the Galaxy by Maria V. Snyder]()
Defending the Galaxy by Maria V. Snyder
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsYear 2522. Oh. My. Stars.Junior Officer Ara Lawrence here, reporting for duty. Again. It's situation critical for the security team and everyone in the base - including my parents - with a new attack from the looters imminent, a possible galaxy-wide crime conspiracy and an unstoppable alien threat. But this all pales in the face of my mind-blowing discovery about the Q-net... -
![Chasing the Shadows by Maria V. Snyder]()
Chasing the Shadows by Maria V. Snyder
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsYear 2522. Lyra Daniels is dead.Okay, so I only died for sixty-six seconds. But when I came back to life, I got a brand new name and a snazzy new uniform. Go me! Seriously, though, it's very important that Lyra Daniels stays dead, at least as far as my ex-friend Jarren, the murdering looter, knows.While dying is the scariest thing that's happened to me, it morphed my worming skills... -
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![Nyxia Unleashed by Scott Reintgen]()
Nyxia Unleashed by Scott Reintgen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsGetting to Eden brought Emmett and his crewmates one step closer to their promised fortune. But surviving Eden may be the biggest reward of all.Emmett Atwater thought Babel’s game sounded easy. Get points. Get paid. Go home. But it didn’t take long for him to learn that Babel’s competition was full of broken promises, none darker or more damaging than the last one... -
![The Causal Angel by Hannu Rajaniemi]()
The Causal Angel by Hannu Rajaniemi
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWith his infectious love of storytelling in all its forms, his rich characterisation and his unrivalled grasp of thrillingly bizarre cutting-edge science Hannu Rajaniemi has swiftly set a new benchmark for SF in the 21st century. And now with his third novel he completes the tale of his gentleman rogue, the many lives and minds of Jean de Flambeur... -
![The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons]()
The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 45 ratingsThe 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 Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury]()
The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 61 ratingsHere are stories of other worlds: of the rain-gutted forests of Venus and the deep canals of Mars; of the empty blackness of space and of planets that have no name. Here are stories, too, of Earth - new and unfamiliar in the glow of a wondrous future. And here- above all - is the story of The Illustrated man - tattooed by a witch with the most fantastic images ever seen on Earth..Categorized as:
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![The Dark of Light by Audrey Sharpe]()
The Dark of Light by Audrey Sharpe
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the mid twenty-third century, unexplained planetary destruction threatens Earth’s sister planet, Gaia, and the nearly one million humans who call it home. Colonized when Earth faced environmental collapse, the planet has been a valuable agricultural resource, but the recent devastation threatens Gaia’s future. The Galactic Council assigns the crew of the Starhawke to investigate...Categorized as:
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![Navigating the Stars by Maria V. Snyder]()
Navigating the Stars by Maria V. Snyder
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“The answer is no, Lyra,” my mother utters her favorite—I swear—phrase. No means I have to travel with them to another planet—again. No means leaving all my friends fifty years in the past. Thanks, Einstein. Seventeen-year-old Lyra Daniels can’t truly blame Einstein or her parents for their impending move across the Milky Way Galaxy...Categorized as:
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![Their Fractured Light by Amie Kaufman, Meagan Spooner]()
Their Fractured Light by Amie Kaufman, Meagan Spooner
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsA year ago, Flynn Cormac and Jubilee Chase made the now infamous Avon Broadcast, calling on the galaxy to witness for their planet, and protect them from destruction. Some say Flynn’s a madman, others whisper about conspiracies. Nobody knows the truth... -
![The Lasaran by Dianne Duvall]()
The Lasaran by Dianne Duvall
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Dianne Duvall brings readers the first novel in a thrilling new sci-fi series full of action, intrigue, humor, and romance.Taelon searches the galaxy for his younger sister, who mysteriously disappeared while on a diplomatic mission... -
![Relentless by Lauren Dane]()
Relentless by Lauren Dane
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the erotic universe created by hot new talent Lauren Dane, passion knows no rank... Fifteen Families rule the Federated Universes-and Abbie Haws has spent her life battling the system. She's always been too driven to pay much attention to love. But when she meets Roman Lyons, Head of House Lyons, who stands for everything she hates, Abbie's attraction catches her off-guard.. -
![The Playful Prince by Michelle M. Pillow]()
The Playful Prince by Michelle M. Pillow
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTo play. Prince Quinn, royal Ambassador, isn't looking for a serious relationship. In fact, he's never even considered it. Hopping from lover to lover, he's content to enjoy himself, never taking anything but his work seriously. However, when Dr. Tori Elliot is sent to the palace to test for biological weapons, he can't seem to stay away from her. Or not to play... -
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![The Diabolic by S.J. Kincaid]()
The Diabolic by S.J. Kincaid
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 26 ratings“The perfect kind of high-pressure adventure.” —TeenVogue.comA New York Times bestseller!Red Queen meets The Hunger Games in this epic novel about what happens when a senator’s daughter is summoned to the galactic court as a hostage, but she’s really the galaxy’s most dangerous weapon in disguise.A Diabolic is ruthless. A Diabolic is powerful... -
![Shades of Earth by Beth Revis]()
Shades of Earth by Beth Revis
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAmy and Elder have finally left the oppressive walls of the spaceship Godspeed behind. They're ready to start life afresh--to build a home--on Centauri-Earth, the planet that Amy has traveled 25 trillion miles across the universe to experience. But this new Earth isn't the paradise that Amy had been hoping for... -
![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... -
![A Million Suns by Beth Revis]()
A Million Suns by Beth Revis
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsGodspeed was fueled by lies. Now it is ruled by chaos. It's been three months since Amy was unplugged. The life she always knew is over. And everywhere she looks, she sees the walls of the spaceship Godspeed. But there may just be hope: Elder has assumed leadership of the ship. He's finally free to enact his vision - no more Phydus, no more lies... -
![Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff]()
Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsFrom the internationally bestselling authors of THE ILLUMINAE FILES comes an epic new science fiction adventure.The year is 2380, and the graduating cadets of Aurora Academy are being assigned their first missions... -
![Killbox by Ann Aguirre]()
Killbox by Ann Aguirre
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsTalk is cheap when lives are in jeopardySirantha Jax is a “Jumper,” a woman who possesses the unique genetic makeup needed to navigate faster than light ships through grimspace. With no tolerance for political diplomacy, she quits her ambassador post so she can get back to saving the universe the way she does best—by mouthing off and kicking butt.And her tactics are needed more than ever... -
![The Fractal Prince by Hannu Rajaniemi]()
The Fractal Prince by Hannu Rajaniemi
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratings“The good thing is, no one will ever die again. The bad thing is, everyone will want to.”A physicist receives a mysterious paper. The ideas in it are far, far ahead of current thinking and quite, quite terrifying. In a city of “fast ones,” shadow players, and jinni, two sisters contemplate a revolution... -
![Transference by B.T. Keaton]()
Transference by B.T. Keaton
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRebellion. Revenge. Revelation.Barrabas Madzimure is banished to the desert planet Eridania for his many crimes. Slaves to the Church and to the will of its prophet Jovian, a charismatic figurehead who rules everything on Earth, Madzimure and his cohorts toil underground digging endlessly for the substance eridanium—the source of Jovian’s alien power.But Madzimure can no longer hide from his past... -
![The Rowan by Anne McCaffrey]()
The Rowan by Anne McCaffrey
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsThe Rowan is the first book in "The Tower and the Hive" series (also known as "The Rowan" series) by Anne McCaffrey. It is set in the universe of the "Pegasus" trilogy, against a backdrop of a technologically advanced society in which telepathy, psychokinesis and other psychic Talents have become scientifically accepted and researched... -
![The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness]()
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 69 ratingsTodd Hewitt is the only boy in a town of men. Ever since the settlers were infected with the Noise germ, Todd can hear everything the men think, and they hear everything he thinks... -
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![Jane's Warlord by Angela Knight]()
Jane's Warlord by Angela Knight
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe next target of a time traveling killer, crime reporter Jane Colby finds herself in the hands of a warlord from the future sent to protect her--and in his hands is just where she wants to be... -
![Hover by Melissa West]()
Hover by Melissa West
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOn Earth, seventeen-year-old Ari Alexander was taught to never peek, but if she hopes to survive life on her new planet, Loge, her eyes must never shut. Because Zeus will do anything to save the Ancients from their dying planet, and he has a plan. Thousands of humans crossed over to Loge after a poisonous neurotoxin released into Earth's atmosphere, nearly killing them... -
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The Tower and the Hive by Anne McCaffrey
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsMuch had been done to limit and destroy the powers of the terrible Hivers, who had torn through space, annihilating every living thing that stood in their way. But still the Alliance had to discover the whereabouts of every last Hiver world and stop the Queens from further colonization... -
![Heaven's Queen by Rachel Bach]()
Heaven's Queen by Rachel Bach
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsFrom the moment she took a job on Captain Caldswell's doomed ship, Devi Morris' life has been one disaster after another: government conspiracies, two alien races out for her blood, an incurable virus that's eating her alive. Now, with the captain missing and everyone -- even her own government -- determined to hunt her down, things are going from bad to impossible...Categorized as:
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![Invaded by Melissa Landers]()
Invaded by Melissa Landers
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe romantic sequel to Alienated takes long-distance relationships to a new level as Cara and Aelyx long for each other from opposite ends of the universe...until a threat to both their worlds reunites them. Cara always knew life on planet L’eihr would be an adjustment... -
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Contagion by Erin Bowman
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIt got in usAfter receiving an urgent SOS from a work detail on a distant planet, a skeleton crew is dispatched to perform a standard search-and-rescue mission.Most are dead.But when the crew arrives, they find an abandoned site, littered with rotten food, discarded weapons...and dead bodies.Don't set foot here again... -
![Tale of the Thunderbolt by E.E. Knight]()
Tale of the Thunderbolt by E.E. Knight
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAs the Resistance attempts to overthrow their vampiric alien masters, elite Cat force member David Valentine embarks on a terrifying journey in search of a long-lost weapon that will guarantee their victory-and the end of the Kurian Order's domination of Earth...Categorized as:
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![The Demon's Possession by Kiersten Fay]()
The Demon's Possession by Kiersten Fay
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author Kiersten Fay comes this devilishly passionate tale of a fierce demon captain and the vulnerable young princess he vows to protect. Their passion will ignite the stars.As captain of the merchant ship Marada, Sebastian has only one goal: keep his family and his crew safe while they deliver a curious parcel to a ruthless pirate... -
![Sanctuary by Caryn Lix]()
Sanctuary by Caryn Lix
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKenzie holds one truth above all: the company is everything.As a citizen of Omnistellar Concepts, the most powerful corporation in the solar system, Kenzie has trained her entire life for one goal: to become an elite guard on Sanctuary, Omnistellar’s space prison for superpowered teens too dangerous for Earth... -
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This Shattered World by Amie Kaufman, Meagan Spooner
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe second installment in the epic Starbound trilogy introduces a new pair of star-crossed lovers on two sides of a bloody war.Jubilee Chase and Flynn Cormac should never have met.Lee is captain of the forces sent to Avon to crush the terraformed planet's rebellious colonists, but she has her own reasons for hating the insurgents.Rebellion is in Flynn's blood... -
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![Silent Blade by Ilona Andrews]()
Silent Blade by Ilona Andrews
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsOld hatreds die hard. Old love dies harder.On Meli Galdes' home planet, the struggle for power is a bloody, full-contact sport--in business and on the battlefield. For years her lethal skills have been a valuable asset in advancing her family's interests. She's more than earned her right to retire, but her kinsmen have one last favor to ask.Kill the man who ruined her life...Categorized as:
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![Calculating God by Robert J. Sawyer]()
Calculating God by Robert J. Sawyer
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAn alien shuttle craft lands outside the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. Out pops a six-legged, two-armed alien, who says, in perfect English, "Take me to a paleontologist...Categorized as:
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![Alienated by Melissa Landers]()
Alienated by Melissa Landers
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsTwo years ago, the aliens made contact. Now Cara Sweeney is going to be sharing a bathroom with one of them. Handpicked to host the first-ever L’eihr exchange student, Cara thinks her future is set. Not only does she get a free ride to her dream college, she’ll have inside information about the mysterious L’eihrs that every journalist would kill for. Cara’s blog following is about to skyrocket... -
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The Hunt by Megan Shepherd
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThey’ve left the cage—but they’re not free yet.After their failed escape attempt, Cora, Lucky, and Mali have been demoted to the lowest level of human captives and placed in a safari-themed environment called the Hunt, along with wild animals and other human outcasts... -
![These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman, Meagan Spooner]()
These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman, Meagan Spooner
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 55 ratingsIt's a night like any other on board the Icarus. Then, catastrophe strikes: the massive luxury spaceliner is yanked out of hyperspace and plummets into the nearest planet. Lilac LaRoux and Tarver Merendsen survive. And they seem to be alone. Lilac is the daughter of the richest man in the universe... -
![The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi]()
The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsJean le Flambeur gets up in the morning and has to kill himself before his other self can kill him first. Just another day in the Dilemma Prison. Rescued by the mysterious Mieli and her flirtatious spacecraft, Jean is taken to the Oubliette, the Moving City of Mars, where time is a currency, memories are treasures, and a moon-turned-singularity lights the night... -
![The Alien Corps by P.J. McDermott]()
The Alien Corps by P.J. McDermott
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe was fired after her last mission. Now she's back.Hickory and her team are assigned to the medieval planet Prosperine to deal with an upsurge in violence and religious fanaticism amongst the local population. There are claims of magic being performed by a mystic known to his followers as the Teacher... -
![Outside In by Maria V. Snyder]()
Outside In by Maria V. Snyder
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMe?A leader?Okay, I did prove that there's more to Inside than we knew.That a whole world exists beyond this cube we live in. And finding that led to a major rebellion—between worker scrubs like me and the snobby uppers who rule our world. Make that ruled. Because of me, we're free...Categorized as:
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![Avalon by Mindee Arnett]()
Avalon by Mindee Arnett
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOf the various star systems that make up the Confederation, most lie thousands of light-years from First Earth-and out here, no one is free. The agencies that govern the Confederation are as corrupt as the crime bosses who patrol it, and power is held by anyone with enough greed and ruthlessness to claim it... -
![The Replaced by Kimberly Derting]()
The Replaced by Kimberly Derting
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRomantic and action-packed, The Replaced is the gripping second installment in the Taking trilogy.Kyra hasn't been the same since she returned from her mysterious five-year disappearance. Now, on the run from the NSA, Kyra is forced to hide out with others who, like her, have been Returned. Yet she is determined to find Tyler, the boy she loves who was also abducted—all because of her... -
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![Spinning Starlight by R.C. Lewis]()
Spinning Starlight by R.C. Lewis
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSixteen-year-old heiress and paparazzi darling Liddi Jantzen hates the spotlight. But as the only daughter in the most powerful tech family in the galaxy, it’s hard to escape it. So when a group of men shows up at her house uninvited, she assumes it’s just the usual media-grubs. That is, until shots are fired...Categorized as:
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![A Maze of Death by Philip K. Dick]()
A Maze of Death by Philip K. Dick
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsFourteen strangers come to Delmak-O. Thirteen of them were transferred by the usual authorities. One got there by praying. But once they arrived on that treacherous planet, whose very atmosphere seemed to induce paranoia and psychosis, the newcomers tound that even prayer was useless. For on Delmak-O, God is either absent or intent on destroying His creations... -
![Fluency by Jennifer Foehner Wells]()
Fluency by Jennifer Foehner Wells
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsNASA discovered the alien ship lurking in the asteroid belt in the 1960s. They kept the Target under intense surveillance for decades, letting the public believe they were exploring the solar system, while they worked feverishly to refine the technology needed to reach it. The ship itself remained silent, drifting. Dr... -
![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... -
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Gravity by Melissa West
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIn the future, only one rule will matter:Don’t. Ever. Peek.Seventeen-year-old Ari Alexander just broke that rule and saw the last person she expected hovering above her bed — arrogant Jackson Locke, the most popular boy in her school. She expects instant execution or some kind of freak alien punishment, but instead, Jackson issues a challenge: help him, or everyone on Earth will die... -
![Watch the Skies by James Patterson, Ned Rust]()
Watch the Skies by James Patterson, Ned Rust
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAll's quiet in the small town of Holliswood - television sets, computers, and portable devices aglow in every home, classroom, and store. But everything is not as perfect as it may seem. An evil is lurking, just out of sight, behind the screen.As the super-villain assembles an all-star team of his own creation, not even Daniel can imagine the enormity of his plans...
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