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Neural Wraith 2 by K.D. Robertson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFinance isn't Nick Waite’s strong suit as a detective, but he’s learning fast as he investigates the cover-up of a murder inside Neo Babylon’s oldest bank. The winds of conspiracy whirl around him, and everyone from the police commissioner to gang lords warn him to step back.Taking the easy way out isn’t in his nature, however... -
Extinct by R.R. Haywood
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe end of the world has been avoided—for now. With Miri and her team of extracted heroes still on the run, Mother, the disgraced former head of the British Secret Service, has other ideas…While Mother retreats to her bunker to plot her next move, Miri, Ben, Safa and Harry travel far into the future to ensure that they have prevented the apocalypse. But what they find just doesn’t make sense... -
The Long Run by Daniel Keys Moran
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFew of the telepaths survived the massacre by the United Nations Peaceforce. Seven years later, the last telepaths, Denice and Trent, are marked by the Peaceforce, and will die unless Trent can carry out his plan to avenge the deaths of his friends... -
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.. -
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Interstellar by Greg Keyes, Jonathan Nolan
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTHE END OF EARTH WILL NOT BE THE END OF USFrom acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight Trilogy, Inception), this is the chronicle of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage. At stake are the fate of a planet... Earth.. -
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... -
Digital Heretic by Terry Schott
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMillions on Earth are shaken by the events set in motion by Zack's final play...Billions on Tygon watch breathlessly as the consequences of his actions ripple through both worlds.Will his girlfriend, still inside the Game, step forward to lead the movement that he created?Billions of lives are in jeopardy of being lost...based on the decisions made by children inside the Game... -
Hell Follows by Andrew Vaillencourt
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsDockside is burning, and it’s up to everybody’s least favorite Army-surplus cyborg to fix it.It starts when somebody takes a hit out on The Chairman, and quickly spirals into a mystery that takes Roland and his hyper-kinetic partner Lucia far from New Boston and into the depths of unregulated star systems... -
La Jetée: ciné-roman by Chris Marker
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLa Jet�e is the book version of the legendary 1964 science fiction film about time and memory after a nuclear apocalypse. Chris Marker, the undisputed master of the filmic essay, composed the film almost entirely of still photographs... -
The A.I. War: The Big Boost by Daniel Keys Moran
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Long-Awaited Sequel to The Long Run and The Last Dancer.In 2072, the United Nations Space Force began building the Unity . . . at Halfway.The Unity was seven kilometers long... -
Sycamore 2 by Craig A. Falconer
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter discovering the truth behind Sycamore, tech pioneer Kurt Jacobs rejects the corporation’s offer of a new identity and chooses to fight to expose the truth. But with an overt threat against his family hanging over him, Kurt must act without being seen... -
A Fighting Chance by William C. Dietz
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe all-new, thrilling conclusion to the Legion of the Damned series from the national bestselling author of When Duty Calls. Earth has fallen. And the men, women, and cyborgs of the Confederacy must dig deep within their warrior hearts to make one final stand against an alien aggressor.. -
Early Years by Steven Campbell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCollection of short stories featuring Hard Luck Hank and his early days on Belvaille... -
Delovoa by Steven Campbell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCollection of short stories featuring Delovoa and his life pre-Belvaille... -
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Crusade by Jonathan Yanez
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe book, the cup, the sword; ancient alien relics buried on Earth have been recovered. But before they can be put to use, two old friends must be saved. Angelica and Jax codenamed Angel and Spartan have been gone since the end of the Voy invasion. With no communication received from the two original members of the Pack Protocol, the search begins... -
Emerald Eyes by Daniel Keys Moran
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen the government created 250 telepathic infants to train as warriors, the children were nurtured as only the most valuable of slaves can be. But now these rare children have come of age, and they demand the same freedom as all men and women--and possess a unique power with which to fight for it... -
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... -
Terminator Salvation: Trial by Fire by Timothy Zahn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFollowing the dramatic events of Terminator Salvation, a recovering John Connor grants Barnes permission to return to the destroyed VLA lab and bury his brother, killed in the explosive opening of the movie. At the ruins Barnes and Blair Williams hunt through the debris for the remains of their comrade but instead uncover a mysterious cable leading up into the mountains... -
Cyber Dawn by M.L. Adams
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBen survived cancer... that was the easy part.After losing his leg to cancer and spending six years as a prototype in a top-secret cybernetic research program, seventeen-year-old Ben Raine is ready for a normal life. Now a junior in high school, it seems as though normal is just what he’s going to get... -
Clay by Tony Bertauski
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWe map the universe with five sensesInterpret reality with our mindWe rely on this bodyWhat a poor vessel it isJamie wants to be a halfskin.Her life has become dull and pointless. If she had more biomites—synthetic stem cells that promise hope—she could take control of her life. But Jamie’s body is already 49.9% biomites. The rest is clay—her God-given organic cells... -
Trapped by Randolph Lalonde
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhile the artificial intelligences of the galaxy attempted to wipe out humanity, a designer slave, Aspen, escaped into the underworld. Some time later, mankind is slowly regaining control, destroying artificial intelligences by any means but leaving a chaotic, lawless galaxy behind as a result... -
Insider X by Dave Buschi
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFacility 67096. It shapes our thoughts. Shapes our world. Manipulates us. And it seeks one thing. The destruction of everything we hold dear.Marks and Lip, one a former Marine, the other a cyber specialist for the NSA, are our answer to Facility 67096. What is Facility 67096? It controls the Web. Has controlled it ever since the beginning... -
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... -
Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits by David Wong, Jason Pargin
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Jason Pargin takes readers to a whole new level with his darkly comic sci-fi thriller. A Winner of the 2016 Alex AwardsNightmarish villains with superhuman enhancements. An all-seeing social network that tracks your every move. Mysterious, smooth-talking power players who lurk behind the scenes. A young woman from the trailer park. And her very smelly cat... -
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Cyberpunk City Book One: The Machine Killer by D.L. Young
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor fans of Altered Carbon, Neuromancer, and Snow Crash.Former data thief Maddox thinks his life of cybercrime is behind him. He couldn't be more wrong.Forced by a powerful executive to steal a priceless dataset, Maddox uncovers the shocking truth of a secret war between AIs, raging inside the digital universe known as virtual space... -
A Window Into Time by Peter F. Hamilton
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA profound, poignant, mind-blowing trip into time and consciousness awaits in this ebook original novella from New York Times bestselling author Peter F. Hamilton. In the vein of Life After Life, Hamilton’s bold speculations into the nature of life—and what comes after—make for riveting, provocative fiction. The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine... -
Terminator Salvation: The Official Movie Novelization by Alan Dean Foster
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe eagerly awaited fourth Terminator movie, Terminator Salvation, starring Christian Bale and directed by McG, reaches cinemas on 22 May 2009.In a brand-new chapter in the Terminator chronicles, Judgment Day has come to pass and Skynet has destroyed much of the world’s population. In this post-apocalyptic world, the resistance, led by John Connor, continues its brutal fight for survival...Categorized as:
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Shadowrun 32: Wolf and Raven by Michael A. Stackpole
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTogether with a group of cyborg bounty hunters and computer wizards, soldier of fortune Wolfgang Kies assists Elf Lord Dr. Richard Raven in keeping humanity safe from preying monsters--both magical and technological. But crimelord Etienne LaPlante interferes with their vigilantism, preparing to strike at Raven and those who serve him... -
The Eighth Science Fiction Megapack: 25 Modern and Classic Stories by Pamela Sargent, George R.R. Martin
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"The Eighth Science Fiction Megapack" presents another stellar lineup of classic science fiction, new and old. Here are 25 stories (plus a bonus interview with best-selling author George R.R. Martin) by some of the field's greatest authors. Included are:THE TRUE DARKNESS, by Pamela SargentPERMANENT FATAL ERRORS, by Jay LakeADJUSTMENT TEAM, by Philip K... -
House of the Sun by Nigel Findley
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe kingdom of Hawaii is a tropical playground with a sinister underside. Dirk Montgomery, former Lone Star cop turned shadowrunner, must stay one step ahead of the factions battling to control the islands--the megacorps, the government, the rebels and the yazuka, not to mention the dragons, elves, new friends and old enemies... -
Beyond the Pale by Jak Koke
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRyan Mercury, the late president's secret agent, must find a mage with the ability to control the awesome power of the Dragon Heart. If he fails, the world will fall prey not only to industrial saboteurs, but spiritual demons as well. But in a turn of good fortune, Mercury will be joined by a mysterious figure--one who's known to be one of the more powerful individuals in the "Shadowrun" universe... -
Gorgon Child by Steven Barnes
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA virtual superman, a streetfighter trained by the Mob, Knight turns his awesome powers on those who created him. Fighting alongside his beautiful mate, he takes on a corrupt television evangelist who schemes to enslave America. The action-packed, near-future adventure sequel to Streetlethal... -
The World According To Ellie Quin (ELLIE QUIN by Alex Scarrow
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEllie Quin has escaped the tedium of life on her father's farm to the domed main city of her home world - New Haven. A noisy, colourful, over-crowded city filled with ditto-heads and limp-chiks, the dregs of society watching day-time sopa-drams on the toob. A place where crime is rife and a naive young woman can too easily become a victim and a statistic...Categorized as:
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The Demon Seekers by John Shors
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEarth, 2171.It's been a century since hostile aliens turned Earth into a prison for the worst of their own kind, nearly wiping out humanity in the process.Seventeen-year-old Tasia is a Seeker--a human survivor who hunts down the cruel creatures that conquered and destroyed her world...Categorized as:
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Cyber Shogun Revolution by Peter Tieryas
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Man in the High Castle meets Pacific Rim in this action-packed alternate history novel from the award-winning author of United States of Japan and Mecha Samurai Empire.NO ONE SURVIVES AN ALLIANCE WITH THE NAZIS. NOT WITHOUT USE OF FORCE.California, 2020... -
Apex Cypher by Colin F. Barnes
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNote: This prequel story can be read at any point in the Code Breakers series.Rogue hackers Petal and Gabriel are low on food and water. Their reputation precedes them and they are no longer able to hustle the crime community for supplies. With survival becoming harder, they’re left with no other choice but to accept a risky job from a dangerous individual... -
Into the Shadows by Jordan K. Weisman, Tom Dowd
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis bestselling series has achieved an average sales pace of 5,000 copies per month. In the world of the future, where magic and technology coexist, the super-corporations' wars wage out of control--and shadowrunners survive by their wits and by their skill at riding the computer Matrix. Cross-marketed with the Shadowrun role-playing game... -
Remix by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSteel-eating mutant bacteria have reduced Europe to isolated, barbarous rubble and Nazi cossacks are at the gates of Imperial Paris. LizAlec, adopted daughter of Lady Claire, icily glamourous head of Imperial security, is kidnapped from a lunar Arrivals Lounge on her way to finishing school, and rescued by a one-lunged outcast who keeps his best friend's head in a coolbox... -
Into Neon by Matthew A. Goodwin
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Star Wars Meets Blade Runner In An Awesome Adventure!” -Amazon Review (5 Stars) Moss’ life is going nowhere until a mysterious woman knocks on his door and leaves him with the key to take down one of the world’s largest corporations. When he discovers a familial connection to the stranger, Moss leaves the comfort of his home with his best friend for the sprawling megacity... -
Preying for Keeps by Mel Odom
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA small-time mobster wants to go legit--and what better way than manipulating two biogenetic engineering corporations into corporate war? So when a shadowrunning team is brought in by one of the companies to recover vital computer chips believed stolen by the competition, they uncover a tangled plot more devious than anything they could have imagined... -
Shadowrun 38: Ragnarock by Stephen Kenson
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTommy Talon is hired to hunt a murderous archeologist and recover a magical relic. But Talon's not hunting alone. Someone else wants the artifact too -- someone very powerful. And Talon and his team must outwit Germany's most potent megacorporation if they're to have any chance of returning the treasure or any chance of returning at all.. -
Run Hard, Die Fast by Mel Odom
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTop shadowrunner and street samurai Argent meets with a potential client only to be caught in the middle of a deadly corporation crossfire that leaves corpses scattered across the streets. It turns out the meeting was arranged by Argent's former lover, who is trapped in the Pueblo Corporate Council lands...Categorized as:
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The Immortality Game by Ted Cross
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMoscow, 2138. With the world only beginning to recover from the complete societal collapse of the late 21st Century, Zoya scrapes by prepping corpses for funerals and dreams of saving enough money to have a child. When her brother forces her to bring him a mysterious package, she witnesses his murder and finds herself on the run from ruthless mobsters... -
Stealing Worlds by Karl Schroeder
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom Karl Schroeder, author of Lockstep, comes the near-future, science fiction, hacker's heist, Stealing Worlds.Sura Neelin is on the run from her creditors, from her past, and her father's murderers... -
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Drifter by William C. Dietz
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSmuggler Pik Lando is hired by a beautiful woman named Angel, and suddenly he finds himself involved with her and a group of hell-bent revolutionaries. . . and there is a price on his head... -
Stones: Data by Jacob Whaler
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlexander the Great. Genghis Kahn. Julius Caesar. Attila the Hun. Mao. Stalin. For thousands of years, the Stones have been hidden among us, giving a privileged few power to rule over masses, destroy empires and create new ones. It's near the end of the 21st century. When Matt Newmark was ten years old, his mother was killed in a vicious corporate assassination...Categorized as:
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Code Noir by Marianne de Pierres
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe world of Parrish Plessis is complex, frenzied, bloody and improbably dangerous. (Warpcore SF)The Tert war is over, and bodyguard Parrish Plessis has gotten a piece of the toxic pie-and the responsibilities that go along with it... -
Ultraviolet Catastrophe by Jamie Grey
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA mind is a terrible thing to waste. When sixteen-year-old Lexie discovers her parents have been using drugs to suppress her outrageous IQ, she understands why the advanced theories in her physics books have suddenly started making sense. But they’re not done dropping bombshells...Categorized as:
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Terminator Salvation: From the Ashes by Timothy Zahn
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsFrom The Ashes, written by Hugo Award-winning author Timothy Zahn, sets the scene for the events chronicled in the movie Terminator Salvation, revealing the full story behind John Connor, the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators... -
The Flying Sorcerers by David Gerrold, Larry Niven
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis funny and insightful science fiction classic introduces Shoogar, the greatest wizard ever known in his village. His spells can strike terror in the hearts of even his most powerful enemies. But the enemy he faces now is like none he has ever seen before. The stranger has come from nowhere and is ignorant of even the most basic principles of magic...
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