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Deadlock by Mark Walden
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader...Categorized as:
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Aftershock by Mark Walden
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsScheming, extorting, menacing and general evilness are nothing new in the world of villainy - indeed it's expected. But there are codes of conduct. Until now. In an attempt to purge the Global League of Villainous Enterprises of its more destructive elements, Dr Nero has underestimated the cunning and resources of those who oppose him...Categorized as:
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Zero Hour by Mark Walden
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOverlord is reborn, and has developed the chilling ability to move from body to body, erasing the host's personality and ultimately killing them, forcing him to hop from victim to victim. He must find Otto, the only host designed to contain him, and for that he needs the location of H.I.V.E...Categorized as:
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Rogue by Mark Walden
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe leaders of the world's villainous forces are being picked off one by one in a series of mysterious attacks and Dr Nero is forced to take temporary control of G.L.O.V.E. when Diabolus Darkdoom is seriously injured. He then discovers that Otto, who has now been missing for several months since Dreadnought, is leading the attacks...Categorized as:
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Dreadnought. Mark Walden by Mark Walden
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn this action-packed H.I.V.E. adventure, the world's most powerful villains have a problem: One of their own has gone rogue.It's up to Otto to save the world from a renegade faction of the world's most powerful villains, known as the Disciples. And when they kidnap two of Otto's friends, things get personal. Otto and a few of his fellow students from H.I.V.E...Categorized as:
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Escape Velocity by Mark Walden
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsNow in paperback, a riveting installment in an action-packed series.Students and staff at H.I.V.E.—the Higher Institute of Villainous Education—are horrified to discover that Dr. Nero has been captured by the forces of H.O.P.E.—the Hostile Operative Prosecution Executive—the world’s newest and most ruthlessly efficient security force...Categorized as:
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The Cheerleaders of Doom by Michael Buckley
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe NERDS series combines the excitement of international espionage with the awkwardness of elementary school as it follows the adventures of a group of unpopular fifth graders who run a spy network from inside their school. With the help of cutting-edge science, they transform their nerdy qualities into incredible abilities, and the results are awesome, inspiringâ��and hilarious...Categorized as:
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![Improbable by Adam Fawer]()
Improbable by Adam Fawer
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFrom a brilliant new talent comes a riveting novel of chance, fate, and numbers, and one man's strange journey past the boundaries of the possible.David Caine inhabits a world of obsession, rich rewards, and rapid, destructive downfalls...Categorized as:
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The Rescue by Sophie McKenzie
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe third title in a thrilling new series about four teenagers with psychic abilities, from Red House Book Award-winning author, Sophie McKenzie...Categorized as:
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Missing by Francine Pascal
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNobody knows where I am. Nobody knows how to find me. Nobody knows my real identity.Including me... -
![Little Boy Blue by Edward Bunker]()
Little Boy Blue by Edward Bunker
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRaised within the confines of a system that has done nothing but provide him with pain, Alex Hamilton's frustration and anger are completely natural--and inherently dangerous.Since his parents split up, Alex has been constantly running from foster homes and institutions, yearning to be with his father, a broken man who cannot give his son the home he desperately needs... -
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Monster 1983: An Audible Original Drama by Ivar Leon Menger, Anette Strohmeyer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAUDIBLE DEBUTS CHILLING NEW SCI-FI FROM BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL WINNER IVAR LEON MENGER.Callum Blue (Dead Like Me), Anastasia Griffith (Damages) and Marc Warren (Hustle) star in new audio-drama from Germany's master of thriller... -
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Gone by Francine Pascal
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith Gaia's graduation from high school, Pascal's best-selling series comes to an end...only to be reborn again. Can you feel the fear?Gaia learned what it's like to feel fear -- and it wasn't pretty. Now, just in time for her last few weeks of high school, she's back to her normal, fearless self.Unfortunately, everything else is far from normal...Categorized as:
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![A Jewel in the Crown by David Lewis]()
A Jewel in the Crown by David Lewis
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJames Bond meets Maisie Dobbs in this riveting new historical caper series featuring a gifted young socialist-turned-counterespionage spy on a World War II mission orchestrated by Winston Churchill himself…1940: Weeks after the evacuation of Dunkirk, Germany is poised to invade a near-defenseless Britain...Categorized as:
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![Black Nowhere by Reece Hirsch, Emily Sutton-Smith]()
Black Nowhere by Reece Hirsch, Emily Sutton-Smith
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsListening Length: 8 hours and 34 minutes Chasing a cybercriminal into the pitch-black heart of the Dark Web. Special Agent Lisa Tanchik is the best at taking down cybercriminals. So when the FBI discovers a multibillion-dollar black market online, she’s tasked with finding the creator and bringing him to justice. Donning one of her many digital disguises, Tanchik goes undercover into the network... -
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The Hostage by Sophie McKenzie
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe second gripping book in the series about four teenagers with psychic abilities, from Red House award-winning author Sophie McKenzie... -
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Payback by Francine Pascal
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPrey on the old and you’re a coward. Prey on the young and you’re pathetic. Prey on the weak and you’re even weaker.Prey on my friends…and you’re history...Categorized as:
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Edie Investigates by Nick Harkaway
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the author of "The Gone-Away World" and the forthcoming "Angelmaker"--an exhilarating espionage murder-mystery eShort. There has been a strange death in the quiet village of Shrewton: old Donny Caspian has lost his head. In the Copper Kettle tea rooms, Tom Rice, a junior nobody from the Treasury, puzzles over the details of the case... -
![The Thief (Medusa Project #2.5) / Walking the Walls by Sophie McKenzie, Chris Higgins]()
The Thief (Medusa Project #2.5) / Walking the Walls by Sophie McKenzie, Chris Higgins
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe events in this special story take place between The Hostage and The Rescue, but The Thief can be read as a stand-alone story.The Thief stars the four Medusa teens, Nico, Ketty, Ed and Dylan. Following the explosion that ended The Hostage, the teens are sent to a boot camp in Spain - to learn some discipline, but also for their own protection...Categorized as:
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Blood by Francine Pascal
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsGaia Moore is genetically incapable of feeling fear. Following the death of a friend, for which she holds herself responsible, Gaia is in the grip of depression. She spends her days looking for fear, and it's becoming a death wish...Categorized as:
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The Persona Protocol by Andy McDermott
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe latest thriller from bestselling author, Andy McDermott. For fans of Tom Clancy and Matthew Reilly.Adam Gray is the ultimate spy.As the lead agent of the US government's top-secret Persona project, he is its most valuable weapon in the War on Terror...Categorized as:
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Trust by Francine Pascal
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGaia is a girl born withour fear and her world is becoming a painful mess. The beautiful, perfect Sam has fallen for Ella. Ella's hate for Gaia is growing and she's out to get rid her. Gaia's friend Ed is no help, he's lost his heart to her arch-enemy, Heather...Categorized as:
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Heat by Francine Pascal
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNow Gaia has told her secret to a true friend she begins to soften a little. There is a even a hint of happiness as she, Mary and Ed become inseparable. But heartache and danger are just around the corner...Categorized as:
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Hammer of Angels by G.T. Almasi
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn G. T. Almasi’s thrilling alternate reality, the United States, the USSR, and the Republic of China share a fragile balance of power with Greater Germany, which emerged from World War II in control of Europe and half of the Middle East...Categorized as:
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![Sleeper Beach by Nick Harkaway]()
Sleeper Beach by Nick Harkaway
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the Sunday Times bestselling author of Karla's Choice, comes a thrilling new detective novel.On the shore of a rundown holiday town, a young woman washes up dead. Martha Erskine, the matriarch of a local dynasty, suspects a member of her own family might be involved in the murder, and calls in Cal to investigate... -
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Rebel by Francine Pascal
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsWhat's the point of being fearless..Categorized as:
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Liar by Francine Pascal
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsPeople like me don’t have friends. So if Heather wants Ed, she can have him. I don’t care.Really...Categorized as:
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Lost by Francine Pascal
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsNow that things are insane again they’re finally back to normal. Dad’s in a coma. And I’m going out of my mind. Oh, one more thing…Sam’s back from the dead...Categorized as:
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A Blind Eye by G.M. Ford
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe rules never mattered much to Frank Corso, rogue reporter, successful true crime writer, and honorable loner with a dangerous edge. The fact that two Texas troopers have a warrant with his name on it means nothing to him -- except run -- which he does in the company of photojournalist Meg Dougherty, his former lover and perhaps one true friend...Categorized as:
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The Tomorrow File by Lawrence Sanders
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the not-so-distant future, planning takes the place of spontaneity when it comes to sex, turning the bedroom into a chamber of terror. In this society, the worst crime of all is to fall in love... -
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A Perilous Alliance by Fiona Buckley
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWidow Ursula Blanchard is urged to remarry for the sake of Queen and Country in this latest enthralling historical adventureJanuary, 1576. After three husbands, widow Ursula Blanchard has no desire to marry again...Categorized as:
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Stranglers' Moon by E.E. "Doc" Smith, Stephen Goldin
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGone from the galaxy.. -
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Unforgettable by Eric James Stone
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOut of sight, out of mind. Due to a fluke of quantum mechanics, no one can remember Nat Morgan for more than one minute—not even his boss at the CIA.Out of sight, out of mind.In the near future, a fluke of quantum mechanics renders Nat Morgan utterly forgettable. No one can remember he exists for more than a minute after he's gone...Categorized as:
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La sirène rouge by Maurice G. Dantec
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsElle a douze ans, une mère meurtrière et une armée de mercenaires sur les talons. Il a trente ans, l'habitude de tuer et pas grand-chose à perdre. Ensemble, ils vont traverser l'Europe, d'Amsterdam à Porto. Le genre de voyage où les cadavres servent de bornes kilométriques... -
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![Seesaw Monster by Kōtarō Isaka]()
Seesaw Monster by Kōtarō Isaka
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA gripping novel mixing mythology, family drama, espionage, and high technology from the international bestselling author of Bullet Train, already in development for a major film starring Anne Hathaway and Salma Hayek... -
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A Traitor's Tears by Fiona Buckley
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Ursula Blanchard's neighbour is murdered, she is once again involved with matters of espionage and affairs of stateJuly, 1573. Recently widowed, Ursula Blanchard is living a quiet life on her Surrey estate, caring for her infant son...Categorized as:
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![A Rescue For A Queen by Fiona Buckley]()
A Rescue For A Queen by Fiona Buckley
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe eleventh enthralling adventure to feature Ursula Blanchard, reluctant spy in the service of Queen Elizabeth IFebruary, 1571. Ursula is once more plunged into affairs of the state when she escorts her foster daughter Margaret to the Netherlands to meet her suitor...Categorized as:
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![Maelstrom by Paul Preuss, Arthur C. Clarke]()
Maelstrom by Paul Preuss, Arthur C. Clarke
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPreuss, Paul, Maelstrom: Vol 2, Arthur C...Categorized as:
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Sea Change by Nancy Kress
Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsRenata Black is entertained by the traffic snarl caused by a rogue self-driving house--until she spots the Org's Tiffany Teal paint marking the house's windowsill.In 2022, GMOs were banned after a biopharmed drug caused the Catastrophe: worldwide economic collapse, agricultural standstill, and personal tragedy for a lawyer and her son. Ten years later, Renata, a.k.a...Categorized as:
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![Cabaret Biarritz by José C. Vales]()
Cabaret Biarritz by José C. Vales
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGeorges Miet escribe por encargo historias populares para la editorial francesa La Fortune, hasta que un día su editor le pide una novela “seria” acerca de los trágicos hechos que habían conmocionado quince años antes la vibrante Biarritz de 1925, durante la temporada estival. Tras una terrible galerna el cadáver de una joven de la localidad aparece sujeto a una argolla en el muelle... -
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The Discrete Charm Of Charlie Monk by David Ambrose
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings'It was some moments before Charlie turned his gaze back to Control. When he did, there were tears in his eyes. "What have you done?"' "Something that evolution wouldn't have accomplished in a million years, left to itself," Control replied calmly. "You're custom-built, Charlie, a hero for our time..."' Charlie Monk is the ultimate superhero. He has no conscience. He has no fear... -
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Hurricane Fever by Tobias S. Buckell
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA storm is coming…. Introducing a pulse-pounding technothriller by the New York Times bestselling author of Arctic RisingPrudence "Roo" Jones never thought he'd have a family to look after—until suddenly he found himself taking care of his orphaned teenage nephew... -
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Thieves Like Us by Stephen Cole
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJonah Wish, a brilliant computer hacker, is the newest addition to an elite group of teen outlaws all hired by the same mysterious benefactor, Nathaniel Coldhardt. Each of them offers a unique talent: Patch is a one-eyed locksmith; Motti can dismantle any electrical system; Con's charm is truly mesmerizing; and Tye can detect a lie with more precision than a polygraph...Categorized as:
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Night Train to Rigel by Timothy Zahn
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsHUMANITY'S LAST HOPEIt begins when a man delivers a message for former government agent Frank Compton--only to fall dead at his feet. The message is a summons from the Spiders, the exotic and mysterious creatures who run the Quadrail, an incredible transportation system connecting civilizations across the galaxy... -
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![Dead Dwarves Don't Dance by Derek J. Canyon]()
Dead Dwarves Don't Dance by Derek J. Canyon
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNoose, a genetically engineered dwarf mercenary, barely survives a terrorist attack on a neohuman dance club. Injured and alone, he embarks on a brutal quest for vengeance into the squalid underbelly of the Regional Atlanta Metroplex, through the desert wasteland of the not-so-pristine wilderness, and to the peerless towers of elite society.The year is 2134... -
![Uncubicled Part 1 by Josh McMains]()
Uncubicled Part 1 by Josh McMains
Rated: 3.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFirst half of the original, higher-priced novel.**Warning: reading this book may endanger your co-workers.**Joe Tompkins was having a bad day at the office: boring meetings, pointless assignments, and this feeling that he was being watched. When he could take no more, he did what anyone would do. He knocked out a co-worker with a keyboard and escaped... -
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Déjà Vu: A Technothriller by Ian Hocking
Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOut of print. See: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...It is 2023. Scientist David Proctor is running for his life. On his trail is Saskia Brandt, a detective with the European FIB. She has questions. Questions about a bomb that exploded back in 2003. But someone is hunting her too. The clues are in the shattered memories of her previous life...
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