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Borough of Bones by John Conroe
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsZone War 2. Ajaya is back in the Zone again - training soldiers to survive the unsurvivable, and using his time inside to hunt for answers of his own. And what he finds reaches far, far outside Manhattan. Human life has been extinguished from the Zone, but what's brewing there is far from satisfied... -
Zone War by John Conroe
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsBook 1 of the Zone War series. A few short years from now, eco-terrorists unleash the worst attack the world has ever seen. Over 25,000 autonomous combat drones are released in Manhattan from the hold of a ship. Hundreds of thousands are dead, and the entire island is evacuated and quarantined in just a few days’ time... -
Sentinel by Audrey Faye
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNewborns change everything—even when they haven’t arrived yet.The birth of a baby raven is expected any day now, and Ghost Mountain Pack is kind of falling apart, or at least their dominants are. A tiny ball of fluff calls on some of their most powerful instincts—and slices into their deepest wounds.Rio knows it’s his job as sentinel to walk alongside those dominants as they struggle... -
Elder by Audrey Faye
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA note from Audrey: Some series can be read out of order - this isn’t one of them. Start with Alpha and welcome to Ghost Mountain!The Ghost Mountain pack has been waiting for their fancy new den building for months, but it won't be the only thing unloading off the trucks... -
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The Dragon King by I.T. Lucas
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTo save his beloved kingdom from a devastating war, the Crown Prince of Trieste makes a deal with a witch that costs him half of his humanity and dooms him to an eternity of loneliness.Now king, he’s a fearsome cobalt-winged dragon by day and a short-tempered monarch by night... -
Sword of Mars by Glynn Stewart
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA defector with a dangerous leadA chance to speak for the silentA perilous quest into enemy starsWhen the star system of Legatus was preparing to secede from the Protectorate of the Mage-King of Mars, it was the secret agents of the Legatan Military Intelligence Directorate that laid the groundwork and fought the covert war to make it happen... -
Alien Arcana by Glynn Stewart
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsAn alien ruinA murdered archeologistAn ancient secret—and a conspiracy that will kill to keep it! When a scientist is murdered after finding signs of alien magic in an archeological dig, Mage Damien Montgomery, Hand of the Mage-King of Mars, is sent to investigate both the murder and the alien runes... -
Love and Decay 3, Episode Seven by Rachel Higginson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. Reagan and the Parkers have finally rescued Page just in time for their favorite family activity- killing Zombies. When they are attacked in the middle of the night, Reagan heads out with some Parkers to protect the bungalow... -
Love and Decay 3, Episode Six by Rachel Higginson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. Get Page back. That’s the only thing Reagan and her friends can focus on, but that is not the only problem facing them. While new allies provide valuable assistance, the outside world still threatens to tear this group apart... -
Love and Decay 3, Episode Five by Rachel Higginson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. Things have been bad for Reagan and friends, but Raphael’s slaving camp might top them all. Unsure where Haley and Page were taken to, and faced with the evil that immediately surrounds her, Reagan is close to giving up. This life asks too much of her. This world demands too high a price... -
Love and Decay 3, Episode Nine by Rachel Higginson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. Reagan Willow has made a lot of enemies during her time in the Zombie Apocalypse, but one enemy stands above the rest. He has made it his mission in life to destroy her and he will stop at nothing to get his way. Matthias Allen lost his family because of Reagan and the Parkers... -
Privileged by Sophie Davis
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNote: This book was previously released as Inescapable.With a Talent like Mind Manipulation, Talia Lyons has always been able to talk her way out of any sticky situation. Not this time.Talia’s impulsive nature has landed her on Vault, UNITED’s prison island in the Isle of Exile. But when a terrifying new group called the Privileged threatens everyone she loves, Talia cannot sit idly by... -
Starship's Mage: Omnibus by Glynn Stewart
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn a galaxy tied together by the magic of the elite Jump Magi, Damien Montgomery is a newly graduated member of their number. With no family or connections to find a ship, he is forced to service on an interstellar freighter known to be hunted by pirates... -
Freedom, Humanity, and Other Delusions by Niall Teasdale
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNava’s second year at the Sonkei Alliance School of Sorcery begins with a strange new student who seems to have a real invisible friend and just gets stranger. By the time she’s going off-world to rescue a friend during her summer break, events have conspired to make her question a lot of things, including her very nature. Just how alien is Death’s Handmaiden... -
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We Shall Not Bow by Adaline Winters
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDisguised as our saviors, the Fae flooded into our world. Twenty years later, humanity is on the brink of extinction and Earth has become a magical playground for the Fae.~ Luna ~ As the Dark Menace, I fight for the resistance and for my family who are struggling against the odds for survival. I’ve given them everything I have—my life, my heart, and my devotion... -
Marked by Sophie Davis
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings*Note: this book was previously titled as Unforgettable*When Talia and Erik leave Washington after UNITED's attack on TOXIC, they have no idea that the war has just begun. The Talented are about to lose their citizenry, their status, their entire lives.With the Creation drug wreaking havoc on Erik, the couple relocates to Eden - an island community of Talented refugees from around the globe... -
Maelstrom by Andrew Hastie
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA dangerous prophecyAn altered timelineAnd a world of malevolent creatures The second book in Andrew Hastie’s imaginative and original Infinity Engines series, Maelstrom is an action-packed, dystopian time travel adventure. Caitlin has disappeared and someone has changed history. Lost in an alternate reality, Josh must discover who has disrupted the timeline and try to fix the continuum... -
From the Grave by Kresley Cole
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKresley Cole’s New York Times bestselling Arcana Chronicles series comes to a spectacular and fiery conclusion in this final installment.When even the gods hold their breath . . .To defeat the Emperor and Fortune, Evie, the great Empress of Arcana, must repair her bond with Death, despite the earth-shattering developments between them. And danger lurks in every shadow . . -
Fugitive Six by Pittacus Lore
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThis sequel to Pittacus Lore’s Generation One is the second book in an epic new series set in the world of the #1 New York Times bestselling I Am Number Four series.Newcomers as well as fans of the original series will devour this fast-paced, action-packed sci-fi adventure that’s perfect for fans of Marvel’s X-Men, Alexandra Bracken’s Darkest Minds trilogy, and Tahereh Mafi’s Shatter Me series... -
Generation One by Pittacus Lore
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe first book in a pulse-pounding new series that's set in the world of the #1 New York Times bestselling I Am Number Four series. The war may be over—but for the next generation, the battle has just begun!It has been over a year since the invasion of Earth was thwarted in Pittacus Lore's United as One... -
Death's Handmaiden by Niall Teasdale
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Clan Worlds Alliance is the larget political body in the known galaxy. At its centre lies Shinden, home to the Clan Assembly and the Shinden Alliance School of Sorcery, probably the best educational facility of its type anywhere. Students from all over the Clan Worlds go there to study a form of magic based squarely on scientific principles... -
Bitter Wind by Niall Teasdale
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNava Ward, the mysterious first year student at the Shinden Alliance School of Sorcery, is about to receive an offer she would be stupid to refuse. Then she gets an offer she would really prefer to refuse but can’t. And soon she must deal with the ghost of a dead actress and the bitter schemes of a mad metaphysicist... -
The Warrior Race by T.C. Edge
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKira Blackstone’s reputation precedes her. Rebel, warrior, genetically enhanced killer. She’s fought since she was a girl to save the city of Haven. Now, unfortunately, her friends are going to have to fight their war without her. Kidnapped during a fight by a group of mysterious soldiers, garbed in fine silver armour and flowing red robes, Kira finds herself waking in total darkness... -
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Shadows by Terry Schott
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is an alternate cover edition for B00MJB6DIQ The Game is Life - Book 5Dawn belongs to a secret group of teenagers who play a cloak and dagger game on their cell phones.Her world is turned upside down when the players' actions begin to affect reality, and not in good ways..Categorized as:
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Talented by Alexandra Moody
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSeventeen-year-old Elle Winters gave up everything for one shot at saving her closest friend. But though she may have escaped the ARC and found her way to the surface, Elle is no closer to finding Sebastian and stranded in a world where she doesn’t belong... -
Captivated by Sophie Davis
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCan't get enough of Talia and Erik? Want to know about their first meeting? Interested in what happens between the books? Dying for a peek at what's coming in Created? Captivated is a Talented Novella that includes four short stories, two from Talia's point of view, and two from Erik's point of view. The first is a detailed account of what happened the first time Talia and Erik met...Categorized as:
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Hero at Large by Timothy Ellis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSurviving having survived, comes with a body count.Jonathon Hunter has evoked the wrath of 27th century pirates. With his twin sexy bodyguards, Jonathon seeks to come to grips with station life in a suddenly hostile universe.Celebrity, gratitude, sudden attacks, and a mysterious prophecy are more than most 18 year old's can handle... -
The Fugitive by Pittacus Lore
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn this exhilarating one-hundred-page companion novella to the New York Times bestselling I Am Number Four series, Mark James is on the run—and on the wrong side of the law—but he'll do whatever it takes to save Sarah Hart and help the Garde...Categorized as:
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Call the Moon by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNaka can use her mind to destroy a world, or she can save it. When nothing seems right, she calls the moon.Naka was adrift with no means to focus, but accidentally starting a tremor in her hometown lets everyone know what she is and sentences her to confinement... -
Light Of A Thousand Stars by Siobhan Davis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAriana Skyee has been the center of Zane Anders’ world for years. They got together as a couple ten months ago, so Zane finally has the girl of his dreams. Life should be peachy. But it isn’t.Haunted by a shared secret that threatens to destroy their relationship and claim their sanity, Zane is on a one-man mission to prevent Ari from falling apart... -
Intuition by Leigh Walker
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRiley Payne has recently accepted several things. She'll probably never graduate from high school. She's a secret agent. She has telekinetic power--i.e., she can move things with her brain waves. The boy she likes, Finn, is telepathic--i.e., he can listen to all of her thoughts, including the ones involving his bulging biceps...Categorized as:
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Into the Shadows by Jason D. Morrow
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe ability to see into the future has only brought Waverly pain and suffering. She has been wrong about everything. Ethan...Remi...are all of them really dead? Stuck in Shadowface's compound, Waverly meets a girl named Amber who is determined to escape. Through a simple touch, Waverly can see that she is destined to escape with her. But she knows it is not the end. Shadowface must be stopped... -
Anchored by Bridget E. Baker
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo worlds, one fate...Alora was born with the ability to Lift, a power no other women on Terra possess. If the wrong people find out, there's no telling what will happen. But when she almost kills a man in self-defense, her secret is exposed and she's forced to run for her life... -
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Fractured Suns by Theresa Kay
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAlmost everything she thought she knew is wrong…A trip to the city yields some much-needed answers, but Jax is once again forced to leave Lir behind and return to Peter’s cabin—where enemies from her past await. But there are bigger things at stake than revenge, and she finds herself traveling with some unexpected companions toward a place she hoped to never see again... -
Seize Today by Pintip Dunn
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe third book in the New York Times bestselling and RITA®-award-winning Forget Tomorrow series is a thrilling conclusion to an epic trilogy.Seventeen-year-old precognitive Olivia Dresden is an optimist. Since different versions of people's futures flicker before her eyes, she doesn't have to believe in human decency... -
Flight by J.A. Huss
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen the Devil’s sonGives you a gift,It’s probably a good ideaTo say no fucking thanks.But if you do accept it,You’ve got no one to blameBut yourself.When the Devil comes to youAsking a favorIt’s a good idea to say ‘Yes, Sir.’Because the Devil pays His debts and you mightNeed him someday.I’m making this shit up as I go,So it might all be wrong.You don’t want to owe that Luck bastard anything... -
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... -
Away From The Sun by Jason D. Morrow
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWaverly holds the vial of red liquid in her hands. She doesn’t know what it is, or why it’s important. But she knows that the mysterious Shadowface wants it, and is willing to do anything to get it.Waverly hides in the settlement of Elkhorn with Ethan, but it seems that Shadowface has eyes everywhere... -
Grave Cargo by Jami Gray
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA dead mage, a missing friend, and an unpredictable alliance merge into a volatile package sending Rory careening through the Arcane elite’s deadly secrets. Rory Costas, Arcane Transporter, is finally out from under the Guild’s thumb and ready to jumpstart her career as an independent contractor... -
Only Cold Depths by Jennifer Estep
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA WOMAN WHO CAN’T CONTROL HER POWER . . .Everyone knows the name Vesper Quill. I used to be a lowly lab rat working in a Regal-owned corporation, but thanks to my truebond with Kyrion Caldaren, I’m now one of the most wanted fugitives in the Archipelago Galaxy... -
Hellfire by Jean Johnson
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHer story began in A Soldier’s Duty and An Officer’s Duty. Now Ia is captain and commander at the helm of Hellfire, where she is finally free to chart the course for the fulfillment of her destiny… As captain, Ia must now assemble a crew that can rise to the ultimate challenge of saving the galaxy. The hardest part will be getting them to believe her, to trust in her prophecies... -
Free Souls by Susan Kaye Quinn
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen your mind is a weapon, freedom comes at a price.The final installment of the Mindjack Trilogy is here! Four months have passed since Kira left home to join Julian’s Jacker Freedom Alliance, but the hole in her heart still whistles empty where her boyfriend Raf used to be... -
A Game of Romance and Ruin by Ruby Roe
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsIn a game of power, can love be the deadliest weapon?Stirling Grey, a legendary negotiator, is on a mission: to mend her broken heart and avenge its ruin.Morrigan Lee, a hidden princess and heir to the throne, is harbouring a dark secret.For years, Stirling and Morrigan navigated the perilous games of power and politics, shared clandestine moments, and ultimately... fell in love.. -
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Experimental Voyage by R.J. Blain
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen a spaceship accident costs Camellia her chance to explore the universe as a botanist, she jumps at the chance to be a test subject on an experimental voyage. If the gamble restores her hearing, her dreams for the future will no longer be out of reach... -
Astraeus Station by D.L. Harrison
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsScott Akin managed to not only survive but flourish with his allied family, friend, and lover, as well as other support. Things are unsure for the space station. The country of his birth still wants to bring him up short. The one good thing is there’s almost as much potential and opportunity in his situation as there are dangers and hard work... -
Exposing ELE by Rebecca Gober, Courtney Nuckels
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 13 ratings"I honestly wish I could believe that things will end perfectly, with one big bright happy ending. But these last few days have taught me that life isn't made up of shiny moments. Life is hard; it's gritty. One day you are filled with joy and the next, you are crawling through the muddy trenches with no inkling of when you might be able to climb your way back up again... -
Finding ELE by Rebecca Gober, Courtney Nuckels
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsHow far would Willow go to find the man she loves? It only took three short months for Project ELE to send sixteen year old Willow Mosby's life spinning out of control. Her family has been torn apart; she merely escaped capture by the Hasting's men and now Alec, her first love, is missing along with her newfound friends... -
Return to Paradise by Pittacus Lore
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn this thrilling one-hundred-page prequel companion novella, discover what happened in the aftermath of the Mogadorians’ attack on Paradise, Ohio, from Mark James—Number Four’s bully-turned-ally.After Four leaves town to find the rest of the Garde, Mark is left behind to pick up the pieces... -
Five's Betrayal by Pittacus Lore
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn this explosive one-hundred-page prequel companion novella, uncover the truth behind Number Five’s unknown history with the Mogadorians.This sequel to I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: Five’s Legacy finds Number Five entering the ranks of the Mogadorian army. The Mogs have convinced him that they will be the victor in their war for Earth, and Five decides he would rather be on the winning side...
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