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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...Categorized as:
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![Web of Worlds by Michael Atamanov]()
Web of Worlds by Michael Atamanov
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCeasefires have one big downside: they eventually come to an end. And when they do, once again game nodes are set ablaze, and platoons of Dark Faction soldiers threaten our customary world with destruction. The enemy has grown stronger and more numerous. To make matters worse, they also got their hands on even deadlier weaponry...Categorized as:
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![Written in Fire by Marcus Sakey]()
Written in Fire by Marcus Sakey
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsThe explosive conclusion to the bestselling Brilliance TrilogyFor thirty years humanity struggled to cope with the brilliants, the one percent of people born with remarkable gifts. For thirty years we tried to avoid a devastating civil war.We failed.The White House is a smoking ruin. Madison Square Garden is an internment camp...Categorized as:
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![A Prophet Without Honor: A Novel of Alternative History by Joseph Wurtenbaugh]()
A Prophet Without Honor: A Novel of Alternative History by Joseph Wurtenbaugh
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings‘A Prophet Without Honor’ is that rare novel that provides a rich, entertaining and fully immersive reading experience, along with a resonant, thought-provoking subtext. Written in epistolary style and populated with interesting, fully-realized characters, the multi-general narrative is a seamless blend of authentic fact and sound speculation... -
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![Ancient Arsenal by Jeffery H. Haskell]()
Ancient Arsenal by Jeffery H. Haskell
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsNow, more than ever, the world needs Arsenal. Just not the modern world. Trapped in the past before superpowers existed, Amelia has one chance to return home. Find the Armor of the Protector before Tesla turns on his machine and Frank is forced back to the present...Categorized as:
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![A Better World by Marcus Sakey]()
A Better World by Marcus Sakey
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsThe brilliants changed everything.Since 1980, 1% of the world has been born with gifts we’d only dreamed of. The ability to sense a person’s most intimate secrets, or predict the stock market, or move virtually unseen. For thirty years the world has struggled with a growing divide between the exceptional...and the rest of us.Now a terrorist network led by brilliants has crippled three cities...Categorized as:
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![Grant Comes East by Newt Gingrich, William R. Forstchen]()
Grant Comes East by Newt Gingrich, William R. Forstchen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn their runaway bestseller Gettysburg, Newt Gingrich and William Forstchen answered the Civil War's ultimate hypothetical question: What if Lee's army had won the victory within its grasp at Gettysburg in 1863? Now, through the same extraordinary research and brilliant character studies, we take the next step of a provocative journey: The Army of Northern Virginia is poised to invade...Categorized as:
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![Agatha H. and the Siege of Mechanicsburg: Girl Genius, Book Four by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio]()
Agatha H. and the Siege of Mechanicsburg: Girl Genius, Book Four by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn a time when the Industrial Revolution has become an all-out war, mad science rules the world—with mixed success. In Agatha H and the Siege of Mechanicsburg, Agatha Heterodyne, the last of the Heterodyne family, has returned to her family’s hereditary town with the might of the Wulfenbach Empire hot on her heels...Categorized as:
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Exile Hunter by Preston Fleming
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Pure energy in print form, whether the characters are being pursued or simply talking; Fleming has proven himself a craftsman.” KIRKUS REVIEWS“As with all of Preston Fleming's previous books, EXILE HUNTER weaves together the harsh realities of personal betrayal, physical torment, emotional pain, and a spiritual quest with astute intelligence.” BOOKPLEASURES... -
![1636: Mission to the Mughals by Eric Flint, Griffin Barber]()
1636: Mission to the Mughals by Eric Flint, Griffin Barber
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe latest entry in the multiple New York Times best-selling Ring of Fire series created by Eric Flint. After carving a free state for itself in war-torn 17th century Europe, citizens of the modern town of Grantville, West Virginia go on a quest for the makings of medicines that have yet to be invented in 17th century Europe... -
![Europe in Winter by Dave Hutchinson]()
Europe in Winter by Dave Hutchinson
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRudi, the former chef-turned-spy, returns on a mission to uncover the truth—in a fractured Europe utterly changed by the public unveiling of the Community.Union has been forged and the Community is now the largest nation in Europe; trains run there from as far afield as London and Prague. It is an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity...Categorized as:
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![Come and Take Them by Tom Kratman]()
Come and Take Them by Tom Kratman
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNumber five in the Carerra military science fiction series that started with A Desert Called Peace. Miltary leader Carrera faces down a threat from progressive totalitarians and wins the freedom of his country on a frontier planet.The Carrera saga continues with entry number five, and the sequel to Amazon Legion. Carrera. Relentless. Machiavellian. Without compunction. Victorious... -
![Coilhunter by Dean F. Wilson]()
Coilhunter by Dean F. Wilson
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWelcome to the Wild North, a desolate wasteland where criminals go to hide—if they can outlast the drought and the dangers of the desert. Or the dangers of something else. Meet Nox, the Coilhunter. A mechanic and toymaker by trade, a bounty hunter by circumstance. He isn't in it for the money. He's in it for justice, and there's a lot of justice that needs to be paid...Categorized as:
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![Skull Island by Will Murray, Michael McConnohie]()
Skull Island by Will Murray, Michael McConnohie
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen King Kong famously fell from his death perch on the summit of the Empire State Building early in 1933, the question on many moviegoers' minds was: Where the heck was Doc Savage? For the tallest skyscraper in Manhattan was also the world headquarters of the famous superman-scientist known as the Man of Bronze...Categorized as:
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![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... -
![Brilliance by Marcus Sakey]()
Brilliance by Marcus Sakey
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsIn Wyoming, a little girl reads people’s darkest secrets by the way they fold their arms. In New York, a man sensing patterns in the stock market racks up $300 billion. In Chicago, a woman can go invisible by being where no one is looking. They’re called "brilliants," and since 1980, one percent of people have been born this way...Categorized as:
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![Days of Infamy by Newt Gingrich, William R. Forstchen]()
Days of Infamy by Newt Gingrich, William R. Forstchen
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“Absolutely brilliant! Fast paced and filled with tension and suspense. Every page resonates with the momentous events and great personalities of World War II – and scenes so carefully crafted you feel like you’re there. This is a ‘must read’ for all who look at history and wonder: “What if…” -- Oliver North, Lt. Col., USMC (Ret...Categorized as:
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![The Virgin's Spy by Laura Andersen]()
The Virgin's Spy by Laura Andersen
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor those who just can’t get enough of the scandalous Tudors, the author of the popular Boleyn King series offers the second in an enthralling new saga of the royal family, set in Elizabethan England. Perfect for fans of Philippa Gregory and Alison Weir.This captivating continuation of her award-winning Boleyn King trilogy breathes immerses the reader in the dazzling Tudor court... -
![From the Fatherland, with Love by Ryū Murakami]()
From the Fatherland, with Love by Ryū Murakami
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the Fatherland, with Love is set in an alternative, dystopian present in which the dollar has collapsed and Japan's economy has fallen along with it. The North Korean government, sensing an opportunity, sends a fleet of rebels in the first land invasion that Japan has ever faced. Japan can't cope with the surprise onslaught of Operation From the Fatherland, with Love... -
![The Summer Isles by Ian R. MacLeod]()
The Summer Isles by Ian R. MacLeod
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWinner of the World Fantasy Award and the Sidewise Award for Alternate History: A pastel-hued yet chilling alternate vision of England, The Summer Isles views the nightmare that the country has become since Germany’s victory in the Great War, through the eyes of a man whose life lies close to the heart of historyIn 1918 the Allies were defeated... -
![Tool of the Trade by Joe Haldeman]()
Tool of the Trade by Joe Haldeman
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNicholas Foley appears to be an ordinary American psychology professor. He is, in fact, a Russian spy, inserted into the United States after World War II, joining the American army, attending American universities, falling in love and marrying an American, but always in touch with his Soviet superiors. All he ever does in the way of spying is turn in the names of people who might be "turned... -
![Joshua, Son of None by Nancy Freedman]()
Joshua, Son of None by Nancy Freedman
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe better half of Mrs. Mike has soloed all on her own into Crichton territory & her story preempts your curiosity to begin with & then is ambushed with all the procedures & more doubtful morality of the brave new medical world...Categorized as:
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Terra's World by Mitch Benn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTerra , which Neil Gaiman said reminded him of Douglas Adams,Terry Pratchett and Roald Dahl, launched the novel writing career of stand-up comedian and BBC Radio 4 Now Show regular Mitch Benn.Now Terra is a couple of years older and back on earth. She's in hiding. And in Terra's World we find out why. But none of this is known to Billy Dolphin...Categorized as:
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![The Stone Canal by Ken MacLeod]()
The Stone Canal by Ken MacLeod
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLife on New Mars is tough for humans, but death is only a minor inconvenience. The machines know their place, the free market rules all, and only the Abolitionists object.Then a stranger arrives on New Mars, a clone who remember his life on Earth as Jonathan Wilde, the anarchist with a nuclear capability who was accused of losing World War III... -
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![Turn of the Cards by Victor Milán]()
Turn of the Cards by Victor Milán
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsPursued by the CIA, the DEA, and the Wild Card mistress of the winds, Mistral, renegade biochemist Mark Meadows uses the three personalities buried in his psyche in order to outwit his pursuers... -
![City of Endless Night by Milo M. Hastings]()
City of Endless Night by Milo M. Hastings
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn example of early dystopian science fiction written shortly after World War I, City of Endless Night imagines a future with a very different ending to the Great War. Set in 2151 and in an underground Berlin, our protagonist is Lyman De Forrest, an American chemist who enters the city to discover the hidden truths of a forbidden metropolis... -
![Waiting for the Galactic Bus by Parke Godwin]()
Waiting for the Galactic Bus by Parke Godwin
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsImagine two brothers off on an intergalatic Spring Break. When their friends leave them behind on Earth, they've got a few millenia to kill before they'll manage to get back to school. So, as an experiment, mind you, they decide to give evolution a bit of a nudge... And that's when all hell breaks loose... a little more literally than either of them planned.. -
![Alternate Presidents by Mike Resnick]()
Alternate Presidents by Mike Resnick
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn anthology of pieces, by such writers as Jack L. Chalker, David Gerrold, Michael P. Kube-McDowell, and others, speculates on what might have happened had the presidential elections over the years ended with different results. Original...Categorized as:
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![Nine-Tenths by Meira Pentermann]()
Nine-Tenths by Meira Pentermann
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLeonard Tramer's time machine takes him nowhere near the past, but meddling with time destroys his future. When he steps out of the defective machine, he enters a totalitarian state which resembles East Germany more than the free world he left behind.Now, Leonard Tramer and his family live in Colorado, trapped behind the walls of a totalitarian state...Categorized as:
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![The Cretaceous Past by Cixin Liu]()
The Cretaceous Past by Cixin Liu
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsAll the years of human civilization represent an infinitesimal fraction of the time since life first burgeoned on planet Earth... -
![Bug Jack Barron by Norman Spinrad]()
Bug Jack Barron by Norman Spinrad
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsWith over a hundred million viewers, Jack Barron is a media star of the highest celebrity—think Jerry Springer crossed with Ted Koppel—and his call-in talk show is the perfect platform for reform. But every man has his price, and when a cryogenics millionaire makes Jack an offer he can't refuse—immortality—anything can happen... -
![Pacific Edge by Kim Stanley Robinson]()
Pacific Edge by Kim Stanley Robinson
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratings2065: In a world that has rediscovered harmony with nature, the village of El Modena, California, is an ecotopia in the making. Kevin Claiborne, a young builder who has grown up in this "green" world, now finds himself caught up in the struggle to preserve his community's idyllic way of life from the resurgent forces of greed and exploitation... -
![Alternate Empires by Gregory Benford]()
Alternate Empires by Gregory Benford
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the tradition of John Cowley's bestselling "What If?" and "What If?, Vol. 2" comes a tantalizing collection of alternate historical events for lovers of Robert Harris ("Fatherland") and Harry Turtledove ("American Empire")...Categorized as:
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![A Specter Is Haunting Texas by Fritz Leiber]()
A Specter Is Haunting Texas by Fritz Leiber
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Spectre is Haunting Texas is a Fritz Leiber novel, 1st appearing as a book in '69, originally published as a 3-part serial in Galaxy Science Fiction in '68. Scully Christopher Crockett La Cruz is an actor, fortune seeker & adventurer from the isolated orbital technocratic democracies of Circumluna & the Bubbles Congeries...Categorized as:
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![Eleanor vs. Ike by Robin Gerber]()
Eleanor vs. Ike by Robin Gerber
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt is a time of turmoil, with the nation mired in an unpopular war in Korea and with Senator Joseph McCarthy stirring up fear of a lurking Communist "menace." Racial discrimination is rampant. A woman's place is in the home... -
![Independence Day: Crucible: The Official Prequel by Greg Keyes]()
Independence Day: Crucible: The Official Prequel by Greg Keyes
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsScience fiction action/adventure prequel leading directly into the eagerly anticipated Independence Day sequel, released a month before the film.In the days following the alien invasion, the international community recovers and builds up Earth's defenses using technology salvaged from remains of the enemy forces...Categorized as:
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![The 2084 Report: An Oral History of the Great Warming by James Lawrence Powell]()
The 2084 Report: An Oral History of the Great Warming by James Lawrence Powell
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis vivid, terrifying, and galvanizing novel reveals our future world after previous generations failed to halt climate change—perfect for fans of The Drowned World and World War Z. 2084: Global warming has proven worse than even the direst predictions scientists had made at the turn of the century. No country—and no one—has remained unscathed... -
![If Kennedy Lived: The First and Second Terms of President John F. Kennedy: An Alternate History by Jeff Greenfield]()
If Kennedy Lived: The First and Second Terms of President John F. Kennedy: An Alternate History by Jeff Greenfield
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat if Kennedy were not killed that fateful day? What would the 1964 campaign have looked like? Would changes have been made to the ticket? How would Kennedy, in his second term, have approached Vietnam, civil rights, the Cold War? With Hoover as an enemy, would his indiscreet private life finally have become public? Would his health issues have become so severe as to literally cripple his...Categorized as:
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![Hitler Victorious: Eleven Stories of the German Victory in World War II by Gregory Benford, Martin H. Greenberg]()
Hitler Victorious: Eleven Stories of the German Victory in World War II by Gregory Benford, Martin H. Greenberg
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPreface: Imagining the abyss/ Gregory Benford Introduction: Hitler victorious/ Norman SpinradTwo dooms/ C.M...Categorized as:
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Veracity by Laura Bynum
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWHEN LANGUAGE IS A CRIME, ONLY THE TRUTH CAN SET YOU FREE.Harper Adams was six years old in 2012 when an act of viral terrorism wiped out one half of the country’s population. Out of the ashes rose a new government, dedicated to maintaining order at any cost... -
![Yellow Blue Tibia by Adam Roberts]()
Yellow Blue Tibia by Adam Roberts
Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRussia, 1946. With the Nazis recently defeated, Stalin gathers half a dozen of the top Soviet science fiction authors in a dacha in the countryside... -
![The Good German by Dennis Bock]()
The Good German by Dennis Bock
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn November 1939, a German anti-fascist named Georg Elser came as close to assassinating Adolf Hitler as anyone ever had. In this gripping novel of alternate history, he doesn’t just come close—he succeeds. But he could never have imagined the terrible consequences that would follow from this act of heroism... -
![Outies by Jennifer R. Pournelle]()
Outies by Jennifer R. Pournelle
Rated: 3.44 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOuties is an authorized sequel to The Mote in God's Eye and The Gripping Hand by best-selling SF duo Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. With a fresh point of view, deep continuity, and page-turning plot twists, J.R. (Jennifer) Pournelle brings a mature generation of Moties to life for a mature generation of readers... -
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1985 by Anthony Burgess
Rated: 3.48 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn characteristically daring style, Anthony Burgess combines two responses to Orwell's 1984 in one book. The first is a sharp analysis: through dialogues, parodies and essays, Burgess sheds new light on what he called 'an apocalyptic codex of our worst fears', creating a critique that is literature in its own right. Part two is Burgess' own dystopic vision, written in 1978... -
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