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Dungeon Diving 102 by Bruce Sentar
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsClasses continue at Haylon academy. Ken has identified who's behind the attacks on his Fieore and is determined to remove that particular problem, yet Haylon rules prevents him from taking it into his own hands.As they dive deeper into the dungeon, Crimson prepares him and the rest of the first years on how to camp in the dungeon... -
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Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 65 ratingsIt has a dark past – one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen itself “Murderbot”. But it has only vague memories of the massacre that spawned that title, and it wants to know more.Teaming up with a Research Transport vessel named ART (you don’t want to know what the “A” stands for), Murderbot heads to the mining facility where it went rogue... -
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Saving Supervillains 4 by Bruce Sentar
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMiles is at New Haven, hoping to figure out more about Monster Fruit and Daeva. But he finds more than he expected, a community and a sense of peace as he stops hiding his powers. Meanwhile, Stella flourishes and continues to rope more girls in to make Miles smile brighter.Things aren’t all pleasant... -
![If I Built a Car by Chris Van Dusen]()
If I Built a Car by Chris Van Dusen
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIf I built a car, it'd be totally new!Here are a few of the things that I'd do. . . .Young Jack is giving an eye-opening tour of the car he'd like to build. There's a snack bar, a pool, and even a robot named Robert to act as chauffeur... -
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![Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson]()
Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 69 ratingsShadows of Self shows Mistborn’s society evolving as technology and magic mix, the economy grows, democracy contends with corruption, and religion becomes a growing cultural force, with four faiths competing for converts.This bustling, optimistic, but still shaky society now faces its first instance of terrorism, crimes intended to stir up labor strife and religious conflict... -
![I, Robot by Isaac Asimov]()
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 76 ratingsThey mustn't harm a human being, they must obey human orders, and they must protect their own existence...but only so long as that doesn't violate rules one and two. With these Three Laws of Robotics, humanity embarked on a bold new era of evolution that would open up enormous possibilities - and unforeseen risks...Categorized as:
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![Saving Supervillains 5 by Bruce Sentar]()
Saving Supervillains 5 by Bruce Sentar
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMiles’ life has changed irrevocably, with his secret out. He is the center of a wave from the media that he had not anticipated.Both good and bad, Miles must now navigate the political structure of Point City.Before Miles can be too content with his situation, he needs to remove the Brotherhood and the remnant of Roach’s organization... -
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Miles, Mutants, and Microbes by Lois McMaster Bujold
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsContent: Falling free Labyrinth Diplomatic immunity Miles Vorkosigan/Naismith : his life and times.Two complete novels and a short novel in one large volume:Falling Free—The Nebula Award-winning novel. Leo Graf was just your typical efficient engineer: mind your own business and do the job... -
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The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 55 ratingsThe Culture--a humanoid/machine symbiotic society--has thrown up many great Game Players. One of the best is Jernau Morat Gurgeh, Player of Games, master of every board, computer and strategy. Bored with success, Gurgeh travels to the Empire of Azad, cruel & incredibly wealthy, to try their fabulous game, a game so complex, so like life itself, that the winner becomes emperor... -
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Forward the Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsLibrarian's Note: Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found hereHere, from a grand master of science fiction, is the long awaited final novel of the greatest series ever told. Completed just before his death, Forward The Foundation is the crowning achievement of a great writer's life, a stirring testament to the creative genius of Isaac Asimov... -
![Cibola Burn by James S.A. Corey]()
Cibola Burn by James S.A. Corey
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 72 ratingsThe fourth novel in James S.A. Corey’s New York Times bestselling Expanse seriesThe gates have opened the way to thousands of habitable planets, and the land rush has begun. Settlers stream out from humanity's home planets in a vast, poorly controlled flood, landing on a new world...Categorized as:
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Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsAncillary Mercy is the stunning conclusion to the trilogy that began with Ancillary Justice, the only novel ever to win the Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke Awards.For a moment, things seemed to be under control for Breq, the soldier who used to be a warship... -
![Only in Death by Dan Abnett]()
Only in Death by Dan Abnett
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAs the crusade to liberate the Sabbat Worlds continues, Colonel-Commissar Gaunt leads the Tanith First-and-Only into an unforgiving new warzone - the fortress world of Jago... -
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Polity Agent by Neal Asher
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom eight hundred years in the future, a runcible gate is opened into the Polity and those coming through it have been sent specially to take the alien maker back to its home civilization in the Small Magellanic cloud. Once these refugees are safely through, the gate itself is rapidly shut downbecause something alien is pursuing them. The gate is then dumped into a nearby sun... -
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![The Iron Jackal by Chris Wooding]()
The Iron Jackal by Chris Wooding
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThings are finally looking good for Captain Frey and his crew. The Ketty Jay has been fixed up good as new. They've got their first taste of fortune and fame. And, just for once, nobody is trying to kill them. Even Trinica Dracken, Frey's ex-fiancee and long-time nemesis, has given up her quest for revenge... -
![The Black Lung Captain by Chris Wooding]()
The Black Lung Captain by Chris Wooding
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsDarian Frey is down on his luck. He can barely keep his squabbling crew fed and his rickety aircraft in the sky. Even the simplest robberies seem to go wrong. It's getting so a man can't make a dishonest living any more.Enter Captain Grist. He's heard about a crashed aircraft laden with the treasures of a lost civilisation, and he needs Frey's help to get it. There's only one problem... -
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Impact! by Laurence E. Dahners
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 21 ratings“Impact" is the twelfth book in a series of near future SciFi/Thrillers whose heroine Ell Donsaii has a nerve mutation that makes her a genius and provides her some astonishing athletic abilities.In “Impact,” Ell’s been taken off the “Most Wanted” list and is resuming somewhat of a normal life. Her old friend Phil Zabrisk is on his way to Mars... -
![Losing Mars by Peter Cawdron]()
Losing Mars by Peter Cawdron
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsDisaster strikes in orbit around Mars. A Chinese spacecraft is disabled, stranded near Phobos. Well over a hundred million miles from Earth, their only hope for rescue comes from the American base on the edge of the Vallis Marineris on the surface of Mars... -
![Foundation and Earth by Isaac Asimov]()
Foundation and Earth by Isaac Asimov
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsFOUNDATIONS'S END?Centuries after the fall of the First Galactic Empire, Mankind's destiny lay in the hands of Golan Trevize, former Councilman of the First Foundation. Reluctantly he chose the mental unity of Galaxia as the only alternative to a future of unending chaos.But Mankind as massmind was not an idea Trevize was comfortable with... -
![Brass Man by Neal Asher]()
Brass Man by Neal Asher
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIan Cormac, a legendary Earth Central Security agent, the James Bond of a wealthy future, is hunting an interstellar dragon, little knowing that, far away, his competition has resurrected an horrific killing machine named "Mr. Crane" to assist in a similar hunt, ecompassing whole star systems. Mr... -
![When the People Fell by Cordwainer Smith]()
When the People Fell by Cordwainer Smith
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsA sweeping saga of the centuries to come, from the new dark age that followed a global war, to the new civilization that arose from the ashes to colonize the stars...Categorized as:
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![Halo: Ghosts of Onyx by Eric S. Nylund]()
Halo: Ghosts of Onyx by Eric S. Nylund
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsContinuing the saga of the award-winning Xbox(TM) game!The Spartan-II program has gone public. Tales of super-soldiers fending off thousands of Covenant attacks have become the stuff of legend... -
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Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe once-utopian Chasm City -a doomed human settlement on an otherwise inhospitable planet- has been overrun by a virus known as the Melding Plague, capable of infecting any body, organic or computerized. Now, with the entire city corrupted -from the people to the very buildings they inhabit- only the most wretched sort of existence remains...Categorized as:
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Fury in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"We're the last known barrier against total, worldwide anarchy. If we fall, the whole damn world falls with us."--Ben Raines Yes We Can To the few who survived the Great War, their reward was a cruel joke. The politicians had told them that all the major cities of the world had been destroyed, and it was only years later that Ben Raines and his legion of dedicated warriors learned the truth...Categorized as:
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![Flame Road by Toby Neal, Emily Kimelman]()
Flame Road by Toby Neal, Emily Kimelman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe can’t remember her past. He’s been running from his for too long. As Scorch flu ravages the nation, Cash Luciano escapes to the forest and hikes toward his family’s survival compound. His past haunts him even in the quiet of nature. Dedicating his life to helping others hasn’t eased the guilt. Will he ever be free?She awakens in the woods with no memories...Categorized as:
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![Rogue by Regine Abel]()
Rogue by Regine Abel
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe was lost, until he found her.For years, Shuria was a monster, the ultimate assassin created as a result of countless painful experiments. At the end of the war, she finds refuge on the Kryptid homeworld as an advisor to the Queen. But even here, she doesn’t belong...Categorized as:
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![Earth Files: Book 1 by Anna Carven]()
Earth Files: Book 1 by Anna Carven
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAs much as Rykal thought she was sheer perfection in that outfit, he wanted to flick out a claw and gently slice the garment from top to bottom so he could pay homage to her naked form. Later. She wouldn’t escape his tender clutches. But he would behave himself for now, because this particular outing was apparently an important event in Human culture. He was about to meet the mother of his mate... -
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All Systems Red by Martha Wells
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 84 ratings"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids, for their own safety.But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder, safety isn’t a primary concern... -
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Duty Calls by Sandy Mitchell
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsWhile assisting local forces quell widespread civil disorder, Commissar Cain and his regiment of Valhallans discover sinister forces are at work behind the scenes... -
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Dante by Guy Haley
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe untold origin story of Chapter Master Dante of the Blood Angels, one of the Imperium's greatest heroes.Dante is Chapter Master of one of the noblest but most troubled Chapters of Space Marines in the Imperium: the Blood Angels. From the time of his birth in the rad-scarred wastes of Baal Secundus, he was destined for glory and strife... -
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Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 47 ratingsSeeking atonement for past crimes, Breq takes on a mission as captain of a troublesome new crew of Radchai soldiers, in the sequel to Ann Leckie's NYT bestselling, award-winning Ancillary Justice. A must read for fans of Ursula K. Le Guin and James S. A. Corey.Breq is a soldier who used to be a warship... -
![Alien Separation by Gini Koch]()
Alien Separation by Gini Koch
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsLife's never easy . . .The Mastermind has finally been identified, but before Jeff and Kitty Katt-Martini can take him down, they, their daughter Jamie, Charles Reynolds, Paul Gower, Christopher White, and several others are zapped out of their solar system and into another... -
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Found by Imogen Keeper
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsKILLING A PERSON changes you. Killing your little brother destroys you. I should know. His name was Carl. When he was a kid, he always ate the blue M&Ms first and then the green. He dreamed of going to go to the moon. I didn't hesitate. I didn’t even blink...Categorized as:
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![Lord of All Things by Andreas Eschbach]()
Lord of All Things by Andreas Eschbach
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsWinner of the 2012 Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis for best German science fiction novel, Lord of All Things is also a story about love against all odds.They are just children when they meet for the first time: Charlotte, daughter of the French ambassador, and Hiroshi, a laundress’s son. One day, Hiroshi declares that he has an idea that will change the world... -
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![Warrior's Valor by Gun Brooke]()
Warrior's Valor by Gun Brooke
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnother thrilling saga in the Supreme Constellations romantic sci-fi adventure series.Environmental activist Dwyn Izontro and law enforcement officer Emeron D'Artansis instinctively dislike everything about each other, even though the attraction between them is unmistakable... -
![Rebel's Quest by Gun Brooke]()
Rebel's Quest by Gun Brooke
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn a world torn by war, two women discover a love that defies boundaries, challenges allegiances, and that just might mean the survival—or destruction—of all they hold dear.Roshan O’Landha, a Gantharian resistance fighter, works hard to maintain her cover as a wealthy businesswoman as war on occupied Gantharat seems imminent... -
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Cracked Control by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAddy was a lost Terran. Her ship was captured on the way to the Alliance training center, and she and the other occupants were held for experimentation. Months of agony with her fellow humans dying under the test-to-destruction methods of the researchers ended the day that Addy was taken to the edge of her limits... -
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Flames from the Ashes by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe evil Jesus Mendoza Hoffman, descendant of one of the most infamous Nazis of all time, and his fanatical New Army of Liberation pose a dire threat to the new world -- and Ben Raines's rebel forces. With his massive army crushing everything in its path, Hoffman is spreading his chilling doctrine of death and destruction from Mexico to the Canadian border...Categorized as:
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![Valor in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone]()
Valor in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA decade has passed since the nuclear nightmare of the Great War that brought America to the brink of destruction. Determined to build a new society, Ben Raines and his rebel army begin an expedition to New York City -- the armed citadel of the cannibalistic mutants known as the Night People...Categorized as:
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![Survival in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone]()
Survival in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBen Raines and his freedom-fighting guerrillas are camped along what was once the Mississippi River when they are trapped between heavily armed troops and fanatical assassins. Now, Ben Raines must fight another battle for the Rebel dream.. -
![Canyon by Tom Abrahams]()
Canyon by Tom Abrahams
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHE'S HOMELESS. HE'S ON THE RUN. AND HE WANTS REVENGE. Marcus Battle has left behind his home. Now he's on a seemingly impossible mission to find a missing child... -
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Bolo! by David Weber
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsControlled by their tireless electronic brains which were programmed to admit no possibility of defeat, the gigantic robot tanks known as Bolos were almost indestructible, and nearly unstoppable... -
![The Voyage of the Sable Keech by Neal Asher]()
The Voyage of the Sable Keech by Neal Asher
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSable Keech is a walking dead man, and the only one to have been resurrected by nanochanger. Did he succeed because he was infected by the Spatterjay virus, or because he came late to resurrection in a tank of seawater? An ancient hive mind, almost incomprehensible to the human race, has sent an agent to this uncertain world... -
![A Hymn Before Battle by John Ringo]()
A Hymn Before Battle by John Ringo
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWith Earth in the path of the rapacious Posleen, the Galactic Federation offers help to the backward humans -- for a price... -
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![Better than Life by Grant Naylor]()
Better than Life by Grant Naylor
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA wild and wacky SF series--based on the popular BBC-TV series--reminiscent of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Lister--who passed out drunk in London and awakened in a locker on a moon of Saturn--now finds himself trapped in a computer game that transports players to the perfect world of their imaginations--a game people are literally dying to play... -
![The Empire's Corps by Christopher G. Nuttall]()
The Empire's Corps by Christopher G. Nuttall
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsYou Should Never Speak Truth To Power…The Galactic Empire is dying and chaos and anarchy are breaking out everywhere. After a disastrous mission against terrorists on Earth itself, Captain Edward Stalker of the Terran Marine Corps makes the mistake of speaking truth to power, telling one of the most powerful men in the Empire a few home truths... -
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Alien General's Baby by Vi Voxley
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThis general has more to fight for than he ever imagined... As one of the few warriors to ever defeat the Fearless, Brion General Braen is a living legend. Yet when his greatest victory turns to his gravest defeat, the undefeated warrior has to prove himself to the universe... and himself. If matters weren't complicated enough, his fated, his gesha, appears to him right in the middle of it all... -
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Ascension by Victor Dixen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratings'This thrilling space odyssey will keep you turning pages late into the night.'C. J. Daugherty, author of NIGHT SCHOOLSix girls, six boys. Each in the two separate bays of a single spaceship. They have six minutes each week to seduce and to make their choices, under the unblinking eye of the on-board cameras...Categorized as:
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![The Devastation of Baal by Guy Haley]()
The Devastation of Baal by Guy Haley
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe Blood Angels Chapter and their successors mount a desperate defence of their home world of Baal from the predations of the tyranid hive fleet Leviathan.After a brutal campaign in the Cryptus System fighting the alien tyranids, Lord Dante returns to Baal to marshal the entire Blood Angels Chapter and their Successors against Hive Fleet Leviathan... -
![Carnifex by Tom Kratman]()
Carnifex by Tom Kratman
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsRevenge: it won’t bring your wife and kids back, but it might help with the nightmares.Patricio Carrera has been waging what amounts to a private world war to bring to justice the murderers of his family. He’s raised an army and air force and used them. He’s raised a fleet and he’s about to use that. He’s suborned one republic and is about to undermine another...Categorized as:
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