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Spinward Fringe Broadcast 15: Pursuit by Randolph Lalonde
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlice Valent, Noah "Carnie" Lucas and the crew of the Clever Dream are delving into the galactic underworld in search of resistance groups and Mary Reed, an elusive leader amongst the rebels... -
![Degrees of Separation by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller]()
Degrees of Separation by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLife. Luck. Love. Lowport. Life, so the wags tell us, is what happens while we're making other plans. Luck. . .or, as some have it, chance. . .Luck is what makes Life interesting; introducing spicy bits of chaos – good, bad, and neutral. Without Luck, there is no savor – no adventure – in Life. Love. Ah, Love... -
![Apex Predator: Wolf Moon by D.A. Roberts]()
Apex Predator: Wolf Moon by D.A. Roberts
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey exist in myth and legend dating back to the earliest history of man. Different cultures have different names for the same creature, which has haunted the dark places of our collective psyche. Loup Garou, Werewolf, Lycanthropes, Rougaru, Michigan Dogman, The Beast of Land Between the Lakes, Oolonga-Doglalla, Shunka Warak'in, Skinwalker... -
![The Long Run by Daniel Keys Moran]()
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... -
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![House of Gold by C.T. Rwizi]()
House of Gold by C.T. Rwizi
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom visionary author C. T. Rwizi comes the epic journey of four people on a distant planet who face the ultimate test of loyalty, friendship, and duty in the rising tide of war.A corporate aristocracy descended from Africa rules a colony on a distant planet.Life here is easy—for the rarified and privileged few... -
![Secret Agent Seduction by Maureen Smith]()
Secret Agent Seduction by Maureen Smith
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBorn to live a life of intrigue and adventure, beautiful Secret Service agent Lia Charles has never met a challenge she can't overcome. That is, until she receives her latest assignment--rescue the brilliant, boldly charismatic and bona fide hottie Armand Magliore, a revolutionary leader of a war-ravaged Caribbean republic... -
![Renegade by Alex Knight]()
Renegade by Alex Knight
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKaiden Moore is on the run.A fugitive both in real life and the game world of Nova Online, his only hope is to follow the trail of virtual breadcrumbs left behind by Bernstein, the man whose murder Kaiden was framed and jailed for. The data Bernstein gathered may be the only way to expose the corruption of the Party and finally clear his name... -
![Entwined Fates by Tiffany Roberts]()
Entwined Fates by Tiffany Roberts
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsHe met his destined mate too soon.Bold, kind, and adventurous, Kiara was everything Volcair needed in his stiff, formal life. Along with his pet inux, Cypher, the three were inseparable during Volcair’s years on Earth. But the same winds of fate that brought them together as children tore them apart again. With half a universe separating them, years sped by, and Kiara seemed lost to him forever... -
![Black Light Express by Philip Reeve]()
Black Light Express by Philip Reeve
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsZen and Nova have ridden a train from one world to another before. They come from the Network Empire, whose stations are scattered across half the galaxy. But this time it's different. They've passed through a gate which shouldn't exist at all. They did terrible things to open it, they don't know where it leads, and now they can never go back... -
![Hell Follows by Andrew Vaillencourt]()
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... -
![The A.I. War: The Big Boost by Daniel Keys Moran]()
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... -
![The Stories of Ibis by Hiroshi Yamamoto]()
The Stories of Ibis by Hiroshi Yamamoto
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn a world where humans are a minority and androids have created their own civilization, a wandering storyteller meets the beautiful android Ibis. She tells him seven stories of human/android interaction in order to reveal the secret behind humanity's fall. The story takes place centuries in the future, where the diminished populations of humans live uncultured lives in their own colonies... -
![Expelled by Ell Leigh Clarke]()
Expelled by Ell Leigh Clarke
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJayne Austin wasn’t always the galaxy’s number one spy. She was expelled from spy school for uncovering a double-agent because apparently, that’s what happens to spies that accomplish great things.Given a choice between going back to her planet or selling her one-way ticket for starting capital she thought long and hard about her choices. All of fifteen seconds. Then, she created ‘the Plan... -
![Junkers Season Two (Junkers #2) by Benjamin Wallace]()
Junkers Season Two (Junkers #2) by Benjamin Wallace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt was supposed to be the happiest place on the whole wide planet. It was supposed to be a place where every child’s favorite characters came to life. And, it was, until those characters went nuts and started killing everyone. Then it wasn’t so happy... -
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![Shadowrun by Catalyst Game Labs]()
Shadowrun by Catalyst Game Labs
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings20 Years of Man, Magic and Machine The year is 2072. Magic has returned and creatures of myth and legend walk among us as megacorps bleed the world dry. You're a shadowrunner-a deniable asset, a corporate pawn-using bleeding-edge science and magic to make your meat body and mind betterthan- flfl esh. Stay on the edge, and you may survive another 'run on the mean sprawl streets... -
![The Ultimate Escape by Marc Cerashi, Tom Clancy]()
The Ultimate Escape by Marc Cerashi, Tom Clancy
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJulio Cortez has left the Net Force Explorers to move with his family to a new home. But when he and his family are held hostage, the team has to convince the world that Julio's in danger...Categorized as:
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![Beyond the Rift by Peter Watts]()
Beyond the Rift by Peter Watts
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsCombining complex science with skillfully executed prose, these edgy, award-winning tales explore the shifting border between the known and the alien. The beauty and peril of technology and the passion and penalties of conviction merge in narratives that are by turns dark, satiric, and introspective...Categorized as:
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![Zima Blue and Other Stories by Alastair Reynolds]()
Zima Blue and Other Stories by Alastair Reynolds
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsShort story collection by the critically acclaimed author of Revelation Space and Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days... -
![Emerald Eyes by Daniel Keys Moran]()
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... -
![Ones and Zeroes by Dan Wells]()
Ones and Zeroes by Dan Wells
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom Dan Wells, author of the New York Times bestselling Partials Sequence and the John Cleaver series, comes the second book in a dark, pulse-pounding sci-fi-noir series set in 2050 Los Angeles.Overworld. It’s more than just the world’s most popular e-sport—for thousands of VR teams around the globe, Overworld is life. It means fame and fortune, or maybe it’s a ticket out of obscurity or poverty... -
![Throne of Lies by Aaron Dembski-Bowden]()
Throne of Lies by Aaron Dembski-Bowden
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe Night Lords are among the most feared Chaos Space Marines in the universe. They prey on their victims from the shadows, stalking the faithful of the False Imperium in their ultimate quest to destroy the Emperor. The warband of the Exalted, travelling aboard The Covenant of Blood, are recovering from the events at Crythe Primus...Categorized as:
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![Genius: The Con by Leopoldo Gout]()
Genius: The Con by Leopoldo Gout
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThree teen geniuses from diverse backgrounds must work together to stop a vicious warlord, protect their families, and save the world in this fast-paced sequel to Genius: The Game.ON THE RUN!Tunde: This fourteen-year-old self-taught engineering genius from Nigeria is in a race against time to save his village from a ruthless warlord... -
![Elegy by Kate Wrath]()
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... -
![Out in the Cold by Michael Anderle]()
Out in the Cold by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat happens when the world’s deadliest operative is activated with no target to take out?Tina Harrington was a member of the black ops team known as C.O.R.P.S.E. - until she was killed.But her death triggered a secret program, activating an android that was trained to kill, yet is now confused about its mission... -
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![Dreaming Metal by Melissa Scott]()
Dreaming Metal by Melissa Scott
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsScott returns to the world of her earlier novel, Dreamships, and, as in several of her novels, takes up the theme of artificial intelligence. Persephone is a planet racked by class struggle and economic and political upheaval... -
![Chromed: Upgrade by Richard Parry]()
Chromed: Upgrade by Richard Parry
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s 2150AD. There hasn’t been a corporate war… until now.Mason Floyd is an augmented syndicate enforcer at the top of his game. His job is asset protection and acquisition, no questions asked.Company tech is stolen on Mason’s watch. Rival megacorps want it, and they don’t mind killing him to get it. Framed for the theft, Mason runs...Categorized as:
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![Clay by Tony Bertauski]()
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]()
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... -
![The Armageddon Blues by Daniel Keys Moran]()
The Armageddon Blues by Daniel Keys Moran
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJalian, a silver-eyed huntress from 700 years in the future, travels back to the 20th century in an attempt to save her world from the ravages of nuclear destruction. A stunning tour-de-force of love and adventure sweeping along a timeline of infinitely possible worlds... -
![SybirPunk vol.1 by Michał Gołkowski]()
SybirPunk vol.1 by Michał Gołkowski
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPrzyszłość - sterylnie czyste miasta, uporządkowane społeczeństwa i służąca ludzkości zaawansowana technologia...... No nie, sorry, ale nie.Przyszłość to NeoSybirsk: rozpadająca się, sklecona na sznurek i szmatę cywilizacja pokryta węglowym pyłem. Cuchnące zaułki, w których można stracić życie za butelkę wody... -
![Insider X by Dave Buschi]()
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... -
![Genius: The Revolution by Leopoldo Gout]()
Genius: The Revolution by Leopoldo Gout
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree teen geniuses from diverse backgrounds must take down an online terrorist ring, rescue an imprisoned father, and prepare for their final showdown with a misguided mastermind in this third and final book in the Genius YA trilogy by Leopoldo Gout.How do we stop him? We beat him at his own game. Painted Wolf: Mysterious activist blogger and strategist from China... -
![Мова by Віктар Марціновіч]()
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... -
![The Membranes by Chi Ta-wei]()
The Membranes by Chi Ta-wei
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt is the late twenty-first century, and Momo is the most celebrated dermal care technician in all of T City. Humanity has migrated to domes at the bottom of the sea to escape devastating climate change. The world is dominated by powerful media conglomerates and runs on exploited cyborg labor... -
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![Cyberpunk City Book One: The Machine Killer by D.L. Young]()
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... -
![Shadows of Annihilation by S.M. Stirling]()
Shadows of Annihilation by S.M. Stirling
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe third novel in a World War I alternate history series where America's greatest weapon against Germany is Black Chamber secret agent Luz O'Malley and technical genius Ciara Whelan. Only they can protect America's best hope of winning the war...Categorized as:
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![Mindkiller by Spider Robinson]()
Mindkiller by Spider Robinson
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWireheads, addicted to an electric current fed into the pleasure centers of the brain, are the new junkies... -
![A Window Into Time by Peter F. Hamilton]()
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... -
![Shadowrun 32: Wolf and Raven by Michael A. Stackpole]()
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... -
![Static Ruin by Corey J. White]()
Static Ruin by Corey J. White
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe killed the man who trained her. She killed the fleet that came for her. She killed the planet that caged her. Now she must confront her father.Mars Xi is on the run, a bounty on her head and a kill count on her conscience. All she has left are her mutant cat Ocho and her fellow human weapon Pale, a young boy wracked by seizures who can kill with a thought... -
![The Eighth Science Fiction Megapack: 25 Modern and Classic Stories by Pamela Sargent, George R.R. Martin]()
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... -
![Moon Flights by Elizabeth Moon]()
Moon Flights by Elizabeth Moon
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsElizabeth Moon is known best for her Vatta Series, fast paced, intricate novels of interstellar mercantilism. Moon Flight is a collection of over 100,000 words of fiction, Short stories both from the two previous published collections, as well as from uncollected short fiction, the best of work from the breadth of her 15+ year career, and a brand new story set in the Vatta universe... -
![Catalyst of Sorrows by Margaret Wander Bonanno]()
Catalyst of Sorrows by Margaret Wander Bonanno
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA lethal Romulan-trained agent turns against her paymasters in order to prevent them from unleashing a terrifying biological holocaust... -
![House of the Sun by Nigel Findley]()
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... -
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![Beyond the Pale by Jak Koke]()
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... -
![Freelancer by Jake Lingwall]()
Freelancer by Jake Lingwall
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKari is a freelance hacker, taking jobs from clients to design anything from art to security software. In a world where 3D printers, drones, and computers connect directly to the brain, Kari finds keeping her expert programing skills secret while trying to finish high school almost impossible... -
![The World According To Ellie Quin (ELLIE QUIN by Alex Scarrow]()
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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![War in Heaven by Gavin G. Smith]()
War in Heaven by Gavin G. Smith
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe high-powered sequel to VETERAN sees an unlikely hero make an even more unlikely return to take the reader back into a vividly rendered bleak future. But a bleak future where there are still wonders: man travelling out into the universe, Bladerunneresque cities hanging from the ceilings of vast caverns, aliens that we can barely comprehend... -
![Elite Dangerous: Reclamation by Drew Wagar]()
Elite Dangerous: Reclamation by Drew Wagar
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLady Kahina Loren, born into the Prism system’s powerful ruling family, is desperate to throw off the shackles of her privileged lifestyle and discover herself, but ambition crumbles when she faces death at the hands of the one person she thought she could trust... -
![Cyber Shogun Revolution by Peter Tieryas]()
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...
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