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Crisis by Kurt Schlichter
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKelly Turnbull, the hero of PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC, INDIAN COUNTRY, WILDFIRE, and COLLAPSE, is back this fifth novel that tells the story of how America split apart into red and blue... -
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1984 by George Orwell
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsWinston Smith lives in a society where the government controls people every second of the day. He fights this world with love. But it's dangerous: love for another person can be punished by death - and Big Brother is always watching.Orwell's classic story shows that there is no freedom unless ideas and beliefs can be questioned... -
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Prepper's Collapse by A.J. Newman
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPrepper'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... -
![Paradyzja by Janusz A. Zajdel, Mirosław Neinert]()
Paradyzja by Janusz A. Zajdel, Mirosław Neinert
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNajlepsza współczesna fantastyka to ma więc i Janusz to miał. Poczucie misji i świadomość że świat nie jest taki jak się wydaje, a naszą rzeczą jest to odkryć, ujawnić, nazwać. Ten problem wykracza poza doświadczenie komunizmu, które Janusza prześladowało, intrygowało, inspirowało, ale nie odebrało uniwersalizmu jego dziełu i spojrzeniu... -
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![The Across the Universe Trilogy (Across the Universe, #1-3) by Beth Revis]()
The Across the Universe Trilogy (Across the Universe, #1-3) by Beth Revis
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![Atlic by Sophie Davis]()
Atlic by Sophie Davis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow long does it take for ‘astounding’ to become ‘normal’?Three weeks after returning from her last mission, Stassi 2446-89 is finally ready to move on from the events in Paris, with one exception: the hitchhiker, Charles DuPree...Categorized as:
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![Nemesis by T.C. Edge]()
Nemesis by T.C. Edge
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCromwell has been taken. Brie and Zander must go after him. And over in the city of Haven, the war rages on… Return to Haven one final time in the pulsating, breathtaking GRAND FINALE of the Enhanced Series... -
![Awaken by K.A. Riley]()
Awaken by K.A. Riley
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTraining continues, and Ash has just begun to scratch the surface of the secrets behind the Blight—the disease that's been killing off the entire adult population—and about the Aristocracy, the powerful and wealthy residents of the Arc who control everything... -
![I Am Not a Number by Lisa Heathfield]()
I Am Not a Number by Lisa Heathfield
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe powerful and heart-wrenching new novel from Lisa Heathfield, award-winning author of Seed and Paper Butterflies. Perfect for fans of Sarah Crossan, Louise O'Neill and Lisa Williamson.The Traditionals have been voted to lead the country, winning people over with talks of healing a broken society, of stronger families and safer streets. They promised a happier future for everyone... -
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The Darkest Minds Series Boxed Set by Alexandra Bracken
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAll four novels in the New York Times best-selling Darkest Minds series--The Darkest Minds, Never Fade, In the Afterlight, and Through the Dark--are now available in one thrilling paperback boxed set... -
![The Embers of Hope by Nick Jones]()
The Embers of Hope by Nick Jones
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlternate cover for this ASIN can be found hereAfter narrowly escaping the Shiryaevo Vault, Nathan O’Brien is on the run, adapting to life without Jennifer Logan. In his possession: a powerful mind control device known as the Histeridae and evidence of the Hibernation Program’s true agenda... -
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The Chosen by T.C. Edge
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe world thinks them gods. Only she knows different… Amber lives in a world full of lies. Within the great city of Olympus, so-called gods and goddesses reside, praised and worshipped by those deemed beneath them. The Children of the Prime, as they’re called, are blessed with wondrous and mysterious powers... -
![Trial of the Chosen by T.C. Edge]()
Trial of the Chosen by T.C. Edge
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAmber's true nature has been revealed to the people of Olympus, and in spectacular fashion. What will happen to her now? And what of Lilly and Jude, their fates still unknown. Continue Amber's adventure as she falls deeper into the world of Olympus, and comes into contact with some of the most powerful Children of the Prime... -
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The Maze Runner: by James Dashner | Summary & Analysis by Book*Sense
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Maze Runner: by James Dashner | Summary & Analysis (The Maze Runner Series, Book 1) by Book*Sense This is a Summary & Analysis of The Maze Runner by James Dashner. Award-winning author James Dashner’s The Maze Runner shows the influences of the author’s broad reading... -
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![Origins by Isamu Fukui]()
Origins by Isamu Fukui
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFifteen years ago, the Mayor of the Education City was presented with an unwelcome surprise by his superiors: twin six-month-old boys. As the Mayor reluctantly accepted the two babies, he had no way of knowing that they would change the city forever….Raised in the comfort of the Mayoral mansion, Umasi and Zen are as different as two brothers can be. Umasi is a good student; Zen an indifferent one... -
![Invader by T.C. Edge]()
Invader by T.C. Edge
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsContinue Brie's pulse-pounding adventure in book seven of The Enhanced!The High Tower has fallen, changing the city forever, and thousands of Savants have been killed. But there’s one, above all, that the Nameless want gone... -
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Avenger by T.C. Edge
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSitting alone up on level 12 of the City Guard HQ, Brie is rocked by the revelation about her past. Knowing that there’s only one person who can provide answers, she goes seeking the truth. In the coming days, however, the secrets of her past might just pale into insignificance with what’s about to happen in her future... -
![Doctor Who: The Holy Terror by Robert Shearman, Colin Baker]()
Doctor Who: The Holy Terror by Robert Shearman, Colin Baker
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe TARDIS lands in a forbidding castle in a time of religious upheaval. The old god has been overthrown, and all heretics are to be slaughtered. Obviously it isn't the sort of thing which would happen there every day - just every few years or so. And when the Doctor and Frobisher are hailed as messengers from heaven, they quickly become vital to opposing factions in their struggle for power...Categorized as:
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![The Mayan Prophecy by Alex Scarrow]()
The Mayan Prophecy by Alex Scarrow
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsLiam O’Connor should have died at sea in 1912.Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010.Sal Vikram should have died in a fire in 2026.But all three have been given a second chance—to work for an agency that no one knows exists. Its purpose: to prevent time travel destroying history.. -
![Delirium: The Complete Collection: Delirium, Hana, Pandemonium, Annabel, Raven, Requiem by Lauren Oliver]()
Delirium: The Complete Collection: Delirium, Hana, Pandemonium, Annabel, Raven, Requiem by Lauren Oliver
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis collection contains the complete text of the three bestselling Delirium novels plus three short novellas about characters in the Delirium world. Lauren Oliver's powerful New York Times bestselling dystopian trilogy presents a world as terrifying as George Orwell's 1984 and a romance as true as Romeo & Juliet... -
![Ascend by K.A. Riley]()
Ascend by K.A. Riley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe 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... -
![Defender by T.C. Edge]()
Defender by T.C. Edge
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBrie and Zander have confirmed their worst fears – an incoming horde is marching their way. Now, it seems, the Nameless have no choice but to team with their mortal enemy, striking a bargain for the good of the city. To Brie, the thought is repellent, but it might just be a necessary measure... -
![The Circle Broken by Kat Mayor, K.M. Montemayor]()
The Circle Broken by Kat Mayor, K.M. Montemayor
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWithout Charlie, Lilly can find no reason to live. She throws herself into her studies and eventually becomes a doctor. But hiding behind her career doesn't work. Despite all her efforts to forget the past, she still finds herself haunted by her memories of him.Charlie's decision to be with Lilly has cost him his freedom and perhaps his sanity... -
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![Les Aigles d'Orient by Pierre Bordage]()
Les Aigles d'Orient by Pierre Bordage
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings2214. Le monde est divise par le rem, un rideau electromagnétique infranchissable à l'ouest, des nantis qui ont fait de leur espace un havre de paix et de prospérité. De l'autre côté des peuples bafoués, des esclaves que l'on importe pour satisfaire les aspirations ludiques des occidentaux en mal de sensations... -
![Acts of War by James L. Young Jr.]()
Acts of War by James L. Young Jr.
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSomehow I doubt that this is quite how anyone expected Adolf Hitler's death to turn out...--Squadron Leader Adam Haynes, No. 303 (Polish) SquadronAugust 1942. London is in flames. Heinrich Himmler's Germany stands triumphant in the West, its "Most Dangerous Enemy" forced to the peace table by a hailstorm of nerve gas and incendiaries...Categorized as:
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Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA fearless portrait of a society on the brink as a mother faces a terrible choice, from an internationally award-winning authorOn a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find the GNSB on her step. Two officers from Ireland’s newly formed secret police are here to interrogate her husband, a trade unionist.Ireland is falling apart...Categorized as:
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![Farmer One by Christian Cantrell]()
Farmer One by Christian Cantrell
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsIn an economically depressed and politically dysfunctional United States, the long-defunct National Aeronautics and Space Administration is reestablished in a desperate attempt to channel the patriotism and optimism of the previous century's Soviet Space Race. But this time, the nation to beat is China, and the goal is Mars... -
![The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary by Ken Liu]()
The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary by Ken Liu
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA scientific invention makes it possible to virtually travel back in time and witness historical events. It is only possible to witness it once from the same perspective, because the process eats up the record. The inventor and her husband draw attention to the atrocities of Unit 731 during WWII. They hope that eyewitnesses will shut down denialists. But Chinese versus Japanese, and U.S...Categorized as:
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![The Hopkins Manuscript: A Novel by R.C. Sherriff]()
The Hopkins Manuscript: A Novel by R.C. Sherriff
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor fans of the popular and award-winning Netflix movie Don’t Look Up, a prescient, rediscovered speculative novel about how a small English village prepares for the end of the world. Edgar Hopkins is a retired math teacher in his mid-fifties with a strong sense of self-importance, whose greatest pride in life is winning poultry breeding contests...Categorized as:
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![The Watchers of Eden by T.C. Edge]()
The Watchers of Eden by T.C. Edge
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHer gift is her curse. Her world is her prison. Her fate is bigger than she knows... In the hot and harsh farming region of Agricola, 16 year old Cyra prepares to be tested to discover what duty she'll hold for life. All school leavers across the regions are in the same position, and few expect anything more than to follow in their parents' footsteps and stay in the region they live in... -
![The Cure by K.A. Riley]()
The Cure by K.A. Riley
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsBefore the Blight, becoming an adult was something teenagers looked forward to.But now, turning eighteen means certain death.Unless you prove yourself worthy of the Cure... -
![Time's Mirror by Rysa Walker]()
Time's Mirror by Rysa Walker
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe only things on Prudence Pierce's mind are seducing her violin instructor and, with the help of her sister Deborah, avoiding the wrath of their mother for stepping out of the house dressed like Madonna...Categorized as:
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![The Green Futures of Tycho by William Sleator]()
The Green Futures of Tycho by William Sleator
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen eleven-year-old Tycho discovers that the mysterious egg-shaped object he dug up in his garden is a time travel device, he can’t resist using his newfound power. Soon he is jumping back and forth in time, mostly to play tricks on his bossy older brothers and sister...Categorized as:
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![Peach Blossom Paradise by Ge Fei]()
Peach Blossom Paradise by Ge Fei
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn enthralling story of revolution, idealism, and a savage struggle for utopia by one of China's greatest living novelistsIn 1898 reformist intellectuals in China persuaded the young emperor that it was time to transform his sclerotic empire into a prosperous modern state...Categorized as:
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![The Limestone Hermit by Ross Carson]()
The Limestone Hermit by Ross Carson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRalph Bean was born into tough circumstances losing his father to Viet Nam before he was even born. Dealing with a less than loving stepfather, he grows up as an isolated loner on a remote farm. With few options after high school, Ralph follows in his father’s footsteps and enlists in the Marine Corps. The tough upbringing helps to hone the skills necessary to excel as a Marine Corps scout sniper... -
![The Territory by Sarah Govett]()
The Territory by Sarah Govett
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLimited Space requires Limited NumbersThe year is 2059. Noa Blake is just another normal 15 year old. Except in the Territory normal isn’t normal. The richest children can download information and bypass the need to study. In a flooded world of dwindling resources, Noa and the other ‘Norms’ have their work cut out to compete... -
![The 9/11 Machine by Greg Enslen]()
The 9/11 Machine by Greg Enslen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsASIN moved from less recent edition hereDr. Donald Ellis lost his family on 9/11. But while others grieved, or plotted revenge, Dr. Ellis threw himself into a long-dormant research project. He traded his lab at the University of New York for an ugly riverfront warehouse in Brooklyn...Categorized as:
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![... en un lugar llamado Tierra by Jordi Sierra i Fabra]()
... en un lugar llamado Tierra by Jordi Sierra i Fabra
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUna nave regresa de un viaje por el Espacio Exterior. En su interior viajan un hombre y una máquina, pero mientras él aparece dormido, ella ha sido desconectada y ha muerto. El hombre niega haberla asesinado, pero las máquinas, por lógica, no pueden autodesconectarse.Tal es el arranque de una historia situada en un mundo futuro en el que hombres y máquinas comparten la supremacía... -
![11,4 sueños luz by Nicholas Avedon]()
11,4 sueños luz by Nicholas Avedon
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEn el París del siglo XXIII donde todo está en venta, las emociones puras son de gran valor para aquellos que no pueden vivirlas. Ariel de Santos es un creador de sueños vívidos, uno de los pocos artistas capaces de modelar las emociones para seducir e inspirar a un mundo que se ha olvidado de soñar... -
![Psalms For The End Of The World by Cole Haddon]()
Psalms For The End Of The World by Cole Haddon
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's 1962 and physics student Grace Pulansky believes she has met the man of her dreams, Robert Jones, while serving up slices of pecan pie at the local diner. But then the FBI shows up, with their fedoras and off-the-rack business suits, and accuses him of being a bomb-planting mass-murderer...Categorized as:
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![The Sign of the Jaguar by Jessica Khoury]()
The Sign of the Jaguar by Jessica Khoury
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn ORIGIN Short by Author Jessica Khoury. In ORIGIN, we hear only Pia's side of the story. In this new scene, relive Pia and Eio's first meeting... -
![A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar]()
A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD“Wondering if there’s a novel out there that gives Cormac McCarthy’s The Road a run for its money? Here you go. [A Guardian and a Thief is] an indelible piece of writing, in equal parts dazzling and devastating...Categorized as:
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Maine Surprise by Ross Carson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJack and Cassie Scott are fed up with people and politics after long tiring careers. Now facing retirement, they decide to search for an off grid property where they can reconnect and live out their years free from the tentacles of modern day society... -
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![El Ángel en la Casa by Beca Aberdeen]()
El Ángel en la Casa by Beca Aberdeen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEn una Inglaterra victoriana alternativa, los hombres han perdido el poder. Infectados con una bacteria que les deja dóciles y sin voluntad, son repartidos como siervos personales. En la ceremonia anual, Amanda Fairfax se decide por Callum, pues sus ojos la atrapan como los de ningún otro. Pronto se da cuenta de que, en efecto, él no es como los demás. Callum es el primer hombre normal en décadas...Categorized as:
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NSA - Nationales Sicherheits-Amt by Andreas Eschbach
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWeimar 1942: Die Programmiererin Helene arbeitet im Nationalen Sicherheits-Amt und entwickelt dort Programme, mit deren Hilfe alle Bürger des Reichs überwacht werden. Erst als die Liebe ihres Lebens Fahnenflucht begeht und untertauchen muss, regen sich Zweifel in ihr...Categorized as:
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![The Adoration of Jenna Fox: Chapters 1-5 by Mary E. Pearson]()
The Adoration of Jenna Fox: Chapters 1-5 by Mary E. Pearson
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe first five chapters of THE ADORATION OF JENNA FOX by Mary E. Pearson.Who is Jenna Fox? Seventeen-year-old Jenna has been told that is her name. She has just awoken from a coma, they tell her, and she is still recovering from a terrible accident in which she was involved a year ago. But what happened before that? Jenna doesn't remember her life... -
![Undead Worlds by Shelly L. Summers (aka R.L. Blalock), David A. Simpson]()
Undead Worlds by Shelly L. Summers (aka R.L. Blalock), David A. Simpson
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings22 Authors. 22 Undead worlds. 1 Great Book. Do you dare? ALONE TOGETHER BY DAVID SIMPSON What do you do when there is nowhere left to run? GONE FISHIN’ BY JUSTIN ROBINSON When the dead rise, the living become the monsters. THE FESTIVAL BY CHRISTOPHER MAHOOD A city on lockdown as a nation awaits bloodshed, let the festival begin...Categorized as:
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![Twenty-First Century Science Fiction by David G. Hartwell, Vandana Singh]()
Twenty-First Century Science Fiction by David G. Hartwell, Vandana Singh
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwenty-First Century Science Fiction is an enormous anthology of short stories—close to 250,000 words—edited by two of the most prestigious and award-winning editors in the SF field and featuring recent stories from some of science fiction's greatest up-and-coming authors... -
![Lucifer's Dragon by Jon Courtenay Grimwood]()
Lucifer's Dragon by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPassion di Orchi, obscenely rich daughter of a Mafia boss, decides to rebuild Venice - in the middle of the Pacific. A century later, the daughter of Count Ryuchi plays a virtual reality game, and finds that the virtual world is all too real...
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