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  • The Ender Quartet Box Set  (The Ender Quintet, #1-4) by Orson Scott Card

    The Ender Quartet Box Set (The Ender Quintet, #1-4) by Orson Scott Card

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    This boxed set contains Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, and Children of the Mind. Ender's Game Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers...
  • প্রোফেসর শঙ্কু by Satyajit Ray

    প্রোফেসর শঙ্কু by Satyajit Ray

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    প্রফেসর শঙ্কু সিরিজের প্রথম এই বইটি নয়টি গল্প রয়েছে- ১. ব্যোমযাত্রীর ডায়রি (প্রথম প্রকাশিত হয় সন্দেশ পত্রিকার ১৯৬১ সনের সেপ্টেম্বর-নভেম্বর সংখ্যায়)২. প্রফেসর শঙ্কু ও হাড় (প্রথম প্রকাশিত হয় সন্দেশ পত্রিকার ১৯৬৪ সনের জানুয়ারি সংখ্যায়)৩. প্রফেসর শঙ্কু ও ম্যাকাও (প্রথম প্রকাশিত হয় সন্দেশ পত্রিকার ১৯৬৪ সনের শারদীয় সংখ্যায়)৪...
  • Lost in Kragdon-ah by Shawn Inmon

    Lost in Kragdon-ah by Shawn Inmon

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In "A Door Into Time," Alex Hawk stepped through a mysterious, shimmering door in his basement and found himself flung in time. He is still on Earth, but it is an earth with giant creatures and no technology.Now, Alex is called upon to rescue the young girl who is thought to be the Chosen One - the savior of Kragdon-ah...
  • Born to Be Mine by Lexa Luthor

    Born to Be Mine by Lexa Luthor

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An F/F Omegaverse Sci-Fi Romance Charlie never meant to trigger more than just new feelings between her and Kal! But now she faces an Alpha in full rut, while struggling to keep her promise and not allow Kal to mark her for life, which could send Kander into another civil war...
  • Prepper's Collapse by A.J. Newman

    Prepper's Collapse by A.J. Newman

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Prepper's Collapse - Book 2 in the Prepper’s Apocalypse series.Prepper Post-Apocalyptic Survival FictionEMP blasts started the apocalypse during Tom and his family's return flight home from vacation. Surviving the crash only caused them to confront the chaos of the apocalypse head-on...
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    post-apocalyptic  adult  book  dystopia  fiction  sci-fi
  • Broken Dreamer by Viola Grace

    Broken Dreamer by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Led by her dreams, she finds her way into the stars where fate conspires to put her exactly where she needs to be, in a hero’s path.When her parents died, Lyra was untethered. She left school, followed her dreams, and focused on keeping herself alive. She is not a fan of people and enjoys being alone...
  • Stolen by the Hunter by Lynnea Lee

    Stolen by the Hunter by Lynnea Lee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    MEGHANThe scary alien hunter has his eyes on me. He’s got sharp fangs, massive claws, huge horns, and walks around in nothing more than a loincloth! Totally terrifying! So why is my body betraying me and reacting in ways it shouldn’t?With troublemakers inside the gates and deadly space bugs roaming outside, I soon realize Mal’k is the last person I should fear...
  • Torchwood: Broken by Joseph Lidster, John Barrowman

    Torchwood: Broken by Joseph Lidster, John Barrowman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Whenever Ianto Jones has a tough day at work, he has somewhere he can hide. And, for Ianto Jones, it's always a tough day at work.His girlfriend is dead, his colleagues don't trust him, and his boss... his boss is something else...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  lgbtq  adult  audiobook  book  dark  dark-fantasy  fiction
  • Grounding Gracus by Mikayla Lane

    Grounding Gracus by Mikayla Lane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ***WARNING!!! This book is a Part 1 and contains a heavy cliffhanger that will not be resolved until Part 2, True Traitor is released at the end of July 2015!*** Gracus Adrastor, First Commander of the ship Adaria, had been circling the planet Earth for more than two years now...
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    aliens  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction  sci-fi
  • Beyond the Great Dying by N.S. Austin

    Beyond the Great Dying by N.S. Austin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN: B073ZW5F7Z In Beyond the Great Dying, Novelist NS Austin blends science fiction, humor, hope and gritty, realistic characters to create a post-apocalyptic world that is both strange and all too believable. Political intrigue, romance and unusual creatures combine to deliver an action-packed adventure for the last surviving humans on earth...
  • Constant by Lexi Ander

    Constant by Lexi Ander

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can a Warlord and a Prince find love when the galaxy is on the brink of war?Chief Warlord Sohm'lan has a job he loves protecting the family who claims him as one of their own. He has known the loss of a mate and believed he would walk alone for the rest of his life… that is until Prince Mestor demanded more from him than duty...
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    aliens  lgbtq  adult  age-gap  book  fiction  friends-to-lovers  mlm
  • Saving Koda by Mikayla Lane

    Saving Koda by Mikayla Lane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The gift was Emily Smith’s curse, and she’d have killed herself long ago if her mother hadn’t died giving birth to her autistic sister. The baby needed her, and that was enough to keep Emily in the world. She’d never known peace in her life; the curse kept them isolated and on the move as they sought to flee the spirits of the dead...
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    aliens  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction  sci-fi
  • The Jungles of Alabama by E. William Brown

    The Jungles of Alabama by E. William Brown

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The System gave everyone on Earth a status screen, the ability to level up, and an endless supply of monsters to fight. To bad it seems to think the whole planet should be covered in adventure zones, and it doesn't believe in holidays or advance warning...
  • Apocalyptic Pirates 2 by Eric Vall

    Apocalyptic Pirates 2 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The meteor storm has finally ended, but the apocalypse has just begun.Radioactive dragons are prowling the Earth, and they’re getting better and better at hunting us all down no matter where we go.Now more than ever, pirates like me and my women need to keep on our toes...
  • Off-Limits Dragon by Miranda Martin

    Off-Limits Dragon by Miranda Martin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A scarred warrior, a sweet virgin, and new dangers.Zat'an was the esteemed Second to the Al'fa, but he forfeited both his position and his stature after losing in arena combat to another Zmaj. Abigail still sees in him a sexy, veteran warrior and wants him, scars and all. She's saved herself for her "One" and knows it's Zat'an.Yet, each time she reaches out, he pushes her away...
  • Extinction Point: Kings by Paul Antony Jones

    Extinction Point: Kings by Paul Antony Jones

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    THIS IS THE END... The Caretakers are dead, destroyed by the revelation of their long-ago corruption at the hands of a mysterious alien race. But Earth and its human survivors are still not free; the alien scourge that brought about so much calamity to the planet are coming to claim what they believe is rightfully theirs...
  • Taoree by Michele Notaro

    Taoree by Michele Notaro

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    If you’re reading this, I hope that means that we’ve survived, but after everything I’ve seen, I’m sure that’s only wishful thinking… This is my story… a story of what happens when you trust an alien race. A race that lived peacefully with humans for over two years, but something suddenly changed...
  • The Harvest Young: Bound by Destiny by M.A. Church

    The Harvest Young: Bound by Destiny by M.A. Church

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Destiny brought them together even before they were born. Raiden Shou, a fierce and loving Tah’Narian warrior, has everything he ever wanted. A loving mate, a highly sought-after position as Chief Helmsman of the Unity, and now the possibility of a young in the near future. But destiny never promised life would be easy...
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    aliens  lgbtq  adult  book  family  fiction  mlm  space-opera
  • Troop of Shadows by Nicki Huntsman Smith

    Troop of Shadows by Nicki Huntsman Smith

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A catastrophic pandemic ravages the globe, reducing the human population to extinction levels and cleansing the world of mediocrity. A doomsday prepper, a molecular geneticist, a journal-keeping loner, and a martial arts-trained nerd survive the disease that annihilated almost everyone else on the planet...
  • First Light Chronicles Limbo by Randolph Lalonde

    First Light Chronicles Limbo by Randolph Lalonde

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The second part of the First Light Chronicles Series. The First Light crew have emerged from hyperspace into a war zone. Forced to choose a side, Captain Jonas Valent committed them to a fight for freedom against an unknown enemy. The Vindyne Corporation is hell bent on taking the agricultural jewel of the Gai-Ian solar system, Concordia...
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    aliens  adult  book  fiction  space-opera  sci-fi
  • Designed Collision by Viola Grace

    Designed Collision by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A stranger walks through the woods and offers to take her from her broken world. Hell yes. With conditions.With the asteroid looming, she makes a run for a family farm and the animals therein. After the crash with communications cut off, she lives a routine of subsistence and survival with no other soul to speak to...
  • Dreamstorm by M.C.A. Hogarth

    Dreamstorm by M.C.A. Hogarth

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jahir and Vasiht’h have spent five years together in practice on Starbase Veta, and their life is everything they’d hoped: their practice is fantastic, their social standing great, and their domestic life a blissful routine...
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    aliens  lgbtq  adult  book  fiction  realistic  royalty  space
  • Harbinger by Olan Thorensen

    Harbinger by Olan Thorensen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Unconnected lives intersecting in a bleak setting. Nothing will ever be the same.Humanity lurches into an uncertain future, dismissive of warning signs. Only the most naïve believe humanity will step back from the brink. Yet, in a place that doesn’t exist, a riddle, puzzle, hope, fear, danger, salvation—all come together.Zach Marjek has faced death in the far corners of the Earth . .
  • Nanny for the Alien General by Athena Storm, Tara Starr

    Nanny for the Alien General by Athena Storm, Tara Starr

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When a wounded king shows up at my door, I must help him and his children. In gratitude, they ask me to come to their palace with them. I should say no. His people have oppressed mine for centuries. It should be easy, to refuse but it's not.As if my fate won't let us part.The children have grown on me. I want to be with them...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  paranormal  fiction  book  adult  sci-fi
  • Secrets in Her Heart by Miranda Martin

    Secrets in Her Heart by Miranda Martin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My secret leaves no room for love.The generation ship crashed a year ago onto this hell planet with its two red suns and endlessly shifting sands. Those of us who survived are now trying to deal with the elements and monsters that are intent on finishing us off.The new arrivals, native aliens called Zmaj, are helping, but one of them has taken an interest in me. Me...
  • Clan, Honor, and Empire by Tracy St. John

    Clan, Honor, and Empire by Tracy St. John

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dramok Rajhir has never had to go without. He’s been blessed with the best schooling, a prestigious pedigree, a fine home, plus all the intimate companionship a young Kalquorian male could ask for. But with status comes responsibility. His father insists Rajhir assume his place in Kalquorian society as soon as possible...
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    aliens  lgbtq  adult  book  fiction  mlm  paranormal  politics
  • Stargate Atlantis: Inheritors by Jo Graham, Melissa Scott

    Stargate Atlantis: Inheritors by Jo Graham, Melissa Scott

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    End gameThe battle lines are drawn. Queen Death is mustering her fleet. But who will stand against her?As conflicts and betrayal threaten to shatter Atlantis’s fragile alliances with Guide’s Wraith and the Genii, humanity’s only hope of survival rests on the fate of an Ancient device — a weapon too terrible to use but too powerful to cast aside...
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    aliens  adult  book  fiction  space  sci-fi
  • His Human by M.A. Innes

    His Human by M.A. Innes

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    All Trip wants is the man of his dreams. If that guy comes with tentacles and an interesting sense of humor, that’s even better. When Trip meets Mr. Right—who’s actually more like Mr. Sexy With Tentacles—at the grocery store, of all places, he’s expecting fun and hoping for a bit of domination if he’s lucky...
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    aliens  lgbtq  adult  bdsm  book  fiction  humor  mlm
  • Escaping Extinction by Tara Ellis, Mike Kraus

    Escaping Extinction by Tara Ellis, Mike Kraus

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The jungle hides many secrets waiting to be discovered as allies become enemies and the final countdown begins in book 5, the penultimate chapter of the Extinction series.Tired of the usual post-apocalyptic story? Welcome to your new addiction.An underwater explosion devastates a chain of islands.A mysterious illness begins to spring up across the world...
  • The Big Book of Science Fiction by Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer

    The Big Book of Science Fiction by Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Quite possibly the greatest science fiction collection of all time - past, present and future. What if life was neverending? What if you could change your body to adapt to an alien ecology? What if the pope were a robot? Spanning galaxies and millennia, this must-have anthology showcases classic contributions from H. G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke, Octavia E...
  • Mail-Order Brides of Crakair: Scifi Alien Romance Box Set: A Complete, 6 Book Series Plus 2 Bonus Novellas by Ava Ross

    Mail-Order Brides of Crakair: Scifi Alien Romance Box Set: A Complete, 6 Book Series Plus 2 Bonus Novellas by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    They're scaly and green, seven-feet-tall, much too cocky, and they're seeking Earthling brides.The Complete Mail-Order Brides of Crakair Series includes:VorkBrykJorgKralWulfLyelAxilGajePLUS SIX bonus epilogues never before released!Over 14 million page reads in this bestselling series...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  humor  anthologies  fiction  adult  sci-fi
  • Playing Cards With Aliens by Erin Raegan

    Playing Cards With Aliens by Erin Raegan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Small town. Small life. Smaller dreams.I’m content. Happy. It might not make sense to most people but this is the life I chose for myself.If there’s a small part of me that wants to travel and see the world, I’m okay with appeasing that desire with travel magazines and planning future vacations. I want this life and a life full of adventure. I don’t see why I can’t have both...
  • Invasion: Book 3: Total War by J.F. Holmes

    Invasion: Book 3: Total War by J.F. Holmes

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The first day of a war is easy, compared to what follows. Plans become undone, victory is in doubt, and your friends start falling, one by one. You have to have the heart to endure mind numbing loss, excruciating pain, overwhelming grief, and a tiredness that goes down to your soul...
  • Invasion: Book I: Resistance by J.F. Holmes

    Invasion: Book I: Resistance by J.F. Holmes

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In space, when you lose the high ground, you lose the war. Eleven years before, General David Warren was the best and brightest, in charge of defending the Earth from an attacking fleet. Overmatched in battle, the Earth forces were devastated, and the enemy moved into the high ground and proceeded with orbital bombardment...
  • Ascend by K.A. Riley

    Ascend by K.A. Riley

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Uprising is gaining ground. But supplies are scarce, and the Aristocracy is more powerful than anyone ever imagined.Ash's fight may be unwinnable...but the affection of a certain young man may just give her the strength she needs to persevere...
  • Ghosts & Ashes by F.T. Lukens

    Ghosts & Ashes by F.T. Lukens

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Three months have passed since the events of The Star Host, and Ren is living aboard the Star Stream under the watchful eyes of the Phoenix Corps. Plagued by vivid nightmares that ravage the ship in his sleep, he struggles to prove he isn’t a threat and fears he has traded one captor for another...
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    aliens  lgbtq  action-adventure  book  fiction  mlm  space  young-adult
  • Family by M.C.A. Hogarth

    Family by M.C.A. Hogarth

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Xenotherapist Vasiht'h always thought himself as lucky to have befriended one of the rare and fascinating Eldritch, a man who's served as partner in their counseling practice for years without Vasiht'h ever really learning anything of his background..
    Categorized as:
    aliens  lgbtq  adult  book  fiction  mlm  romantic-love  royalty
  • White Sands by Nicholas Sansbury Smith

    White Sands by Nicholas Sansbury Smith

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jeff and his little brother David were normal kids; they loved video games, fighter planes, and learning to hunt with their Dad. Little did they know, their lives were about to change.The boys and their father find themselves stranded in the desert when a military jet comes careening out of the sky and crashes directly into their car...
  • The Barriers by Katie French

    The Barriers by Katie French

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book Five in the best-selling young adult dystopian series, The Breeders Riley hasn't seen her boyfriend Clay or her nine-year-old brother Ethan for two months. Between violent road gangs and ongoing clashes between the Breeders and the Free Colonies, are they even still alive? But Riley will never stop looking...
  • Carrier Wave by Robert Brockway

    Carrier Wave by Robert Brockway

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Humanity listened to the night sky. What we heard shattered the world.Listen.Just once. That’s it.As soon as you hear it, it has you. And once it has you, it’s over. You may think you’re in control. You’re not. You want one more listen. You want to look at that strange spot in the sky. The one that’s been slowly growing. The one that didn’t make sense… until you listened...
  • Enigma by D.L. Harrison

    Enigma by D.L. Harrison

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Alicia Jones is concerned about a few things. The bug threat, the quick rise in technological superiority for Earth, and what technology or scientific theory she’s going to focus on next.After a personal tragedy she starts going through the motions, almost directionless as the treaty worlds debate strongly about what to do with the Bug threat...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  adult  book  fiction  space-opera  sci-fi
  • Pandemia by Johnathan Rand, Christopher Knight

    Pandemia by Johnathan Rand, Christopher Knight

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The world was warned. The last great flu epidemic kelled millions. Now the bird flu has mutated into the super flu and spreading fast. Four teenagers are caught in a world gone wild. They head north...
  • Maid for the Alien General by Athena Storm, Tara Starr

    Maid for the Alien General by Athena Storm, Tara Starr

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’ve met two of my greatest opponents in my career as a spy.Their names are...Fart and Booger.That’s what these two little hellions introduce themselves as. But if I’m going to get close to the High Lord in order to steal the trade secrets that my employer paid me for, I’m going to need to give these kids some structure and discipline. Other warriors have tried...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  paranormal  fiction  book  adult  sci-fi
  • My Little Human by M.A. Innes

    My Little Human by M.A. Innes

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Weirdest munch ever.Dane isn’t expecting much from the mostly straight munch he’s somehow ended up at. As awkward encounters turn into a boring meet-and-greet, he’s ready to escape when the most interesting Daddy in the room sets eyes and tentacles on him.When an earnest new Daddy and a slightly confused little come together, sparks and laughter fly because tentacle Daddies make the best Daddies...
  • Defender by C.L. Scholey

    Defender by C.L. Scholey

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Endless destruction defines human life in a world run amok. There are those who will pick the uncertainty of the alien sky, are the Tonans life or are they death? Macey learns first hand a Tonan warrior doesn't apologize for who or what he is or will do. In an unforgiving new world there is one who battles his heritage...
  • Firstborn / Defending Elysium by Brandon Sanderson

    Firstborn / Defending Elysium by Brandon Sanderson

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Included in the Humble Book Bundle: Brandon Sanderson bundle.Firstborn“I, Dennison Crestmar—brother of the great Varion Crestmar, cousin to kings and commander of fleets—am an idiot. Just like all of you have heard.”Dennison has tried to follow in his perfect brother’s footsteps in the service of the Imperial Fleet, but has been met only with failure after failure...
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    aliens  adult  anthologies  fiction  sci-fi
  • The Block by Ben Oliver

    The Block by Ben Oliver

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In the second book of The Loop trilogy, Luka is trapped in a fate worse than death. But now that he knows the truth about what he and his fellow inmates are being used for, it's more important than ever that he not only escape, but that he build an army.Luka in a prisoner once again. But this time it's a fate worse than death...
  • The Legend of ZERO: The Many Misadventures of Flea, Agent of Chaos by Sara King, Lance MacCarty

    The Legend of ZERO: The Many Misadventures of Flea, Agent of Chaos by Sara King, Lance MacCarty

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    You asked for it, so here it is: an ILLUSTRATED Legend of ZERO story! BLURB: A rogue Trith is out to start a war, and only one bug can bring him down. In this Legend of ZERO novella, Joe Dobbs' eccentric, ceiling-lurking groundmate Flea teams up with Forgotten to stop a Trith from killing his friends. The task, however, is harder than it sounds--often because of Flea's own dubious choices...
  • Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge by Mike Resnick

    Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge by Mike Resnick

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge is one of the most celebrated novellas ever written. It not only won both the Hugo and Nebula, but also the HOMer award and the SF Chronicle Poll and was a nominee for the Locus Award and the Sturgeon Award...
  • Defying Doomsday by Tsana Dolichva, Octavia Cade

    Defying Doomsday by Tsana Dolichva, Octavia Cade

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Teens form an all-girl band in the face of an impending comet.A woman faces giant spiders to collect silk and protect her family.New friends take their radio show on the road in search of plague survivors.A man seeks love in a fading world...
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