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Inside Divergent: The Initiate's World by Veronica Roth, Cecilia Bernard
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsVeronica Roth's #1 New York Times bestselling novel Divergent is now a major motion picture starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, and Kate Winslet!This eye-catching volume takes you inside the film version of Divergent... -
![Little Lies by Bella Forrest]()
Little Lies by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"I’ve got orders to take you in, immediately!” Reunite with Robin, Jace, and their team, as they dive deeper into Nathan's well-meaning, yet complex plan..Categorized as:
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![Free Four: The Full Story by KATO13]()
Free Four: The Full Story by KATO13
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMaybe I'll even be strong. No matter what, I am free. Finally Free... -
![Aces Over Queen by Susan Hayes]()
Aces Over Queen by Susan Hayes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTo win their queen’s heart, this pair must risk it all. Royan Watson lived by three simple rules: No regrets, no relationships, and no slowing down. No exceptions. Then steady, reliable, and sexy as hell Owen Connors crossed his orbit, and Royan’s rules went out the airlock. Astek station is in chaos and Tiana Astor has been sent to set things right... -
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![Undaunted by Kat Falls]()
Undaunted by Kat Falls
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLane barely survived her first journey to the Feral Zone. The forbidden, overgrown landscape east of the Mississippi River was abandoned years ago when a virus spread through the population, bringing civilization to its knees.But Lane has crossed the quarantine line, and she knows the truth...Categorized as:
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![Wired by G.P. Ching]()
Wired by G.P. Ching
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFaith kept her plain. Science made her complicated. Lydia and Korwin are the Liberty Party’s only hope of stopping Dr. Konrad and the Green Republic from developing a new genetically engineered weapon. But the already high stakes become personal when Konrad turns his thirst for power and revenge on what Lydia holds most dear... -
![Beginner's Luck by Aaron Jay]()
Beginner's Luck by Aaron Jay
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMiles Boone is finally an adult and able to roll up his permanent character. He will join the Game that the world has become. Most of the planet is now dominated by feral AIs and nano who behave as all the monsters of man’s imagination. Every adult left alive plays, striving to keep the the AI and nano from wiping us out completely. Success in the Game is survival itself... -
![Interstellar by Greg Keyes, Jonathan Nolan]()
Interstellar by Greg Keyes, Jonathan Nolan
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTHE END OF EARTH WILL NOT BE THE END OF USFrom acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight Trilogy, Inception), this is the chronicle of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage. At stake are the fate of a planet... Earth.. -
![Reaching Home: A Post-Apocalyptic Journey by Lars Larsen]()
Reaching Home: A Post-Apocalyptic Journey by Lars Larsen
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDARK HIGHWAY HOME—BOOK TWO. REACHING HOMEAN EMP & POST-APOCALYPTIC SURVIVAL STORYDays after the North American power grid was taken down by an electromagnetic pulse, a band of stranded people are making their perilous way from Las Vegas to the safety of their homes over two thousand miles away.With the power grid down, North America has gone dark. Society has collapsed... -
![Thin Lines by Bella Forrest]()
Thin Lines by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 17 ratings"It sounded to me like they've been watching you--watching us--for a while..."A decades-old conspiracy. A group of mysterious allies. An entire nation out for their blood.The Compliance Authority does not take kindly to dissidents. Particularly dissidents who have managed to escape their grasp, not once, but twice.Things are about to get a lot more dangerous for Robin, Jace, and their team...Categorized as:
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![The Brothers by Katie French]()
The Brothers by Katie French
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“They tell me it’s for the good of humanity. That I’m saving our way of life with my body. They lie.” Book Four in the award-winning, best-selling Breeders series.Riley has survived madmen, deranged doctors, and false prophets. Her next task is uniting her family, which has been ripped apart by Nessa Vandewater, the Breeders’ enforcer. Her boyfriend Clay and brother Ethan are still missing... -
![Reign of Darkness: a post apocalyptic dystopian/survival fiction series by AJ Newman]()
Reign of Darkness: a post apocalyptic dystopian/survival fiction series by AJ Newman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAmerican Apocalypse: Reign of Darkness Emp Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Book 3 of the series American Apocalypse. Darkness brought on by criminals, drug addicts, and traitors in the band make life even more difficult. Our hardy band of survivors have at least temporarily solved the basic needs issues and have food, water, shelter, and weapons... -
![Assassin by T.C. Edge]()
Assassin by T.C. Edge
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“The door is opening for you, Brie. And now it’s your time to walk through it. You have to find a way, dear sister. And you have to do it fast…” Brie has finally married Adryan. She’s finally made it to the High Tower. And now, there’s nothing to do but complete her mission. Surrounded by enemies, she soon finds that she has very few friends in her new home... -
![Charged by G.P. Ching]()
Charged by G.P. Ching
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFaith kept me plain. Science made me complicated.Book 2 in the Grounded TrilogyMy name is Lydia Troyer and I’m a Spark, genetically altered to be electrokinetic. I can’t change my origins, but I can change my future. After my harrowing experience at the hands of Dr. Konrad and the Green Republic, I am relieved to return to the plain and simple life of Hemlock Hollow. I’ve made my decision... -
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![Electric Angel by Plum Parrot]()
Electric Angel by Plum Parrot
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEnter a frighteningly familiar dystopian world with the first book of a new series from the author of Falling with Folded Wings and Victor of Tucson.In the year 2107, the world has both made astounding leaps forward and reduced humanity to its most basic existence... -
![Savage Desire by Tiffany Roberts]()
Savage Desire by Tiffany Roberts
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe’s violent, volatile, and loves a good fight. She’s small and sweet—and everything he craves. But can he make her his without hurting her?Thargen wanders the sprawling Undercity streets with one goal—a drink. Well, maybe a few drinks and a good old-fashioned bar fight to let off some steam. But the moment he sees Yuri working behind the bar, he’s overwhelmed by a new desire—her... -
![All We Have by Sean Patrick Little]()
All We Have by Sean Patrick Little
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwist and Ren have settled on the shores of a beautiful lake in Texas, but survival takes work. There are crops to plant and harvest, and animals to feed. There is the daily grind of life after a viral apocalypse where things they used to take for granted, like food, water, and safety, are no longer a given, especially with predators prowling at the perimeter of the farm... -
![Blind Bet by Susan Hayes]()
Blind Bet by Susan Hayes
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSome rules were made to be broken.Layla Corbin loves her life as a technician on the deep space asteroid-mining ship, Kessel Queen. Great job, great companions, great money. Perfect, except she wants all four of her sexy crewmates. The rules of the ship state she can only have one – an impossible choice.When Mace issued that order, he did it to protect his crew... -
![Full House by Susan Hayes]()
Full House by Susan Hayes
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOpportunity doesn’t always knock. Sometimes, it crash lands.A veteran of the Resource Wars, Raze is a cyborg with a simple plan. He wants to be left alone, forever. Planetary scout Sevda Rem is light-years from civilization when her ship is damaged, forcing an emergency landing on an unoccupied planet. At least, it was supposed to be unoccupied …He’s trespassing on a corporate-owned planet... -
![Sycamore 2 by Craig A. Falconer]()
Sycamore 2 by Craig A. Falconer
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter discovering the truth behind Sycamore, tech pioneer Kurt Jacobs rejects the corporation’s offer of a new identity and chooses to fight to expose the truth. But with an overt threat against his family hanging over him, Kurt must act without being seen... -
![The Ballad of Bad Jack by Anthony Ryan]()
The Ballad of Bad Jack by Anthony Ryan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Asteroid Belt, home to mining corporations and those who prefer to live beyond the heavily policed habitats of Earth orbit - the perfect hunting ground for Bad Jack, captain of the Dead Reckoning and the most feared pirate in the solar system... -
![The Duality Bridge by Susan Kaye Quinn]()
The Duality Bridge by Susan Kaye Quinn
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat does it mean to be human?Elijah Brighton is the face of the Human Resistance Movement. He’s the Olympic-level painter who refused an offer of immortality from the ascenders—the human/machine hybrids who run the world—in solidarity with the legacy humans who will never get a chance to live forever.Too bad it’s all a complicated web of lies.Worse, Eli’s not even entirely human... -
![Over sløret by Nicole Boyle Rødtnes]()
Over sløret by Nicole Boyle Rødtnes
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Mit løb tærer på ilten, og smagen af jern i munden bliver stærkere og stærkere. Den lægger sig som en hinde på min tunge. Hvis jeg ikke får fat i mere ilt snart, dør jeg …"I en dyster fremtid koster hvert åndedrag penge. Kun de rige har råd til kvalitetsilt, som den der fandtes før katastrofen. De fattige må nøjes med dårligere ilt, der langsomt gør dem syge... -
![Titan's Rise by Rhett C. Bruno]()
Titan's Rise by Rhett C. Bruno
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTitan has declared its freedom from Earth. Keeping it is another story. After inciting rebellion against Earth throughout Titan's off-world colonies, Kale Trass learns that leadership isn't only about fighting. Keeping control of his people--even his own family--requires a different set of skills... -
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![Broken by Adell Ryan]()
Broken by Adell Ryan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThessaly here again. I’m still 22, and I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up. If I grow up. With the way things are going, I’m not feeling particularly confident I’ll survive to see my next birthday. The DNA Networking Act’s deadline for voluntary blood sample submissions has passed, and although I’ve managed to slip the system, it did not go unnoticed... -
![Captive by T.C. Edge]()
Captive by T.C. Edge
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBrie’s mission to assassinate Director Cromwell has failed. She’s been taken captive. She knows nothing of what’s happened to Adryan. She is completely lost and alone. Waking in a small, dark room, with her powers gone, she’s completely helpless. Resigned to defeat, she knows it’s merely a matter of time before her fate is fully sealed...Categorized as:
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![Flight by J.A. Huss]()
Flight by J.A. Huss
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen the Devil’s sonGives you a gift,It’s probably a good ideaTo say no fucking thanks.But if you do accept it,You’ve got no one to blameBut yourself.When the Devil comes to youAsking a favorIt’s a good idea to say ‘Yes, Sir.’Because the Devil pays His debts and you mightNeed him someday.I’m making this shit up as I go,So it might all be wrong.You don’t want to owe that Luck bastard anything... -
![Borderless by Eliot Peper]()
Borderless by Eliot Peper
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsInformation is power, and whoever controls the feed rules the world in this all-too-plausible follow-up to the science fiction thriller Bandwidth.Exiled from Washington after a covert operation gone wrong, Diana is building a new life as a freelance spy, though her obsessive secrecy is driving away the few friends and allies she can count on... -
![Luminous by Greg Egan]()
Luminous by Greg Egan
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLUMINOUS collects together one original story plus nine previously unpublished in book form. Greg Egan's short fiction is at the cutting edge of the genre. His stories range from near future predictions to far future, far space improvisations. His grasp of the latest scientific breakthroughs is unparalleled in science fiction... -
![Degrees of Freedom by Simon Morden]()
Degrees of Freedom by Simon Morden
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWinner of the 2012 Philip K. Dick Award The Six Degrees of PetrovitchMichael is an AI of incalculable complexity trapped under the remains of Oshicora tower. Petrovitch will free him one day, he just has to trust Michael will still be sane by the time he does.Maddy and Petrovitch have trust issues. She's left him, but Petrovitch is pretty sure she still loves him... -
![Kill Process by William Hertling]()
Kill Process by William Hertling
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBy day, Angie, a twenty-year veteran of the tech industry, is a data analyst at Tomo, the world's largest social networking company; by night, she exploits her database access to profile domestic abusers and kill the worst of them. She can't change her own traumatic past, but she can save other women... -
![Free Souls by Susan Kaye Quinn]()
Free Souls by Susan Kaye Quinn
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen your mind is a weapon, freedom comes at a price.The final installment of the Mindjack Trilogy is here! Four months have passed since Kira left home to join Julian’s Jacker Freedom Alliance, but the hole in her heart still whistles empty where her boyfriend Raf used to be...Categorized as:
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![Zero Point by Neal Asher]()
Zero Point by Neal Asher
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsEarth's Zero Asset citizens no longer face extermination from orbit. Thanks to Alan Saul, the Committee's network of control is a smoking ruin and its robotic enforcers lie dormant. But power abhors a vacuum and, scrambling from the wreckage, comes the ruthless Serene Galahad... -
![The Hands We're Given by O.E. Tearmann]()
The Hands We're Given by O.E. Tearmann
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAidan Headly never wanted to be the man giving orders. That's fine with the Democratic State Force base he's been assigned to command: they don't like to take orders. Nicknamed the Wildcards, they used to be the most effective base against the seven Corporations owning the former United States in a war that has lasted over half a century... -
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![A.I. Apocalypse by William Hertling]()
A.I. Apocalypse by William Hertling
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsLeon Tsarev is a high school student set on getting into a great college program, until his uncle, a member of the Russian mob, coerces him into developing a new computer virus for the mob’s botnet - the slave army of computers they used to commit digital crimes.The evolutionary virus Leon creates, based on biological principles, is successful -- too successful... -
![Vurt by Jeff Noon]()
Vurt by Jeff Noon
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsVurt is a feather--a drug, a dimension, a dream state, a virtual reality. It comes in many colors: legal Blues for lullaby dreams. Blacks, filled with tenderness and pain, just beyond the law. Pink Pornovurts, doorways to bliss. Silver feathers for techies who know how to remix colors and open new dimensions. And Yellows--the feathers from which there is no escape... -
![Manna by Marshall Brain]()
Manna by Marshall Brain
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsRobots will soon begin taking human jobs in places like retail stores, fast food restaurants, construction sites and transportation. The key technology that will fuel the transition is inexpensive computer vision systems, and the number of human jobs at risk numbers in the tens of millions. More than half of the jobs in the United States could be eliminated... -
![Cyberabad Days by Ian McDonald]()
Cyberabad Days by Ian McDonald
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCyberabad Days returns to the India of 2047 as featured in Ian McDonald's acclaimed novel River of Gods...Categorized as:
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![Theories of Flight by Simon Morden]()
Theories of Flight by Simon Morden
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWinner of the 2012 Philip K. Dick AwardTheorem: Petrovitch has a lot of secrets.Proof: Secrets like how to make anti-gravity for one. For another, he's keeping a sentient computer program on a secret server farm - the same program that nearly destroyed the Metrozone a few months back.Theorem: The city is broken.Proof: The people of the OutZone want what citizens of the Metrozone have... -
![Solitaire by Kelley Eskridge]()
Solitaire by Kelley Eskridge
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsConvicted of a crime she did not commit, former Hope child Jackal serves a terrible solitary imprisonment sentence and is eventually abandoned in a strange country where other people like herself help her learn the truth about her imprisonment... -
![Future Reborn by Daniel Pierce]()
Future Reborn by Daniel Pierce
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTwo thousand years in the future. The world is a wasteland, but the women are still gorgeous.Jack Bowman is out of luck and out of money. That is, until he gets an offer to be a part of an experiment for a major scientific research company. All he has to do is get cryogenically frozen for a few years and he'll be rich. What could go wrong?Quite a bit, as it turns out... -
![The Final Evolution by Jeff Somers]()
The Final Evolution by Jeff Somers
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe world is dying. With avatars replacing humans and the birth rate non-existent, the human race is almost extinct. In the end, it comes down to Canny Orel; Avery's long sought after nemesis -- transformed now into something other than human.Orel might hold the secret to humanity's salvation, if he can be convinced -- or forced -- to relinquish 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... -
![Nexis by A.L. Davroe]()
Nexis by A.L. Davroe
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the domed city of Evanescence, appearance is everything. A Natural Born amongst genetically-altered Aristocrats, all Ella ever wanted was to be like everyone else. Augmented, sparkling, and perfect. Then…the crash. Devastated by her father’s death and struggling with her new physical limitations, Ella is terrified to learn she is not just alone, but little more than a prisoner... -
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![Synchronic: 13 Tales of Time Travel by David Gatewood, Michael Bunker]()
Synchronic: 13 Tales of Time Travel by David Gatewood, Michael Bunker
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSynchronic: 13 Tales of Time Travel introduces 13 varied and original takes on the pitfalls and paradoxes of time travel—from some of today’s most talented voices...Categorized as:
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![Fast-Tracked by Tracy Rozzlynn]()
Fast-Tracked by Tracy Rozzlynn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsStudy hard, do well on your assessment, and you'll be rewarded. The phrase had been repeated throughout Alexandria's life. A person's rank on their assessment test determined everything. Their job, where they lived, and even who they could marry. At least that's what Alexandria thought before she received the results... -
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Warden by Alex Knight
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsImprisoned for a murder he didn’t commit, Kaiden’s only hope of early release is in serving as a Warden in the game-world of Nova Online. Playing as a unique class while surrounded by aliens, pirates and warring guilds, he and his squad are tasked with protecting new players and enforcing the rule of law. But Kaiden has other ideas; he is intent on proving his innocence... -
![Breach by Eliot Peper]()
Breach by Eliot Peper
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA hacker is drawn out of hiding and into an epic geopolitical showdown in the frighteningly plausible conclusion to Eliot Peper’s critically acclaimed Analog Series. When you’ve betrayed your revolutionary cadre, an off-grid fight club on a remote tropical island is a good place to hide—or die.For notorious ex-hacker Emily Kim, the outcome of each fight makes little difference... -
![Overclocked: More Stories of the Future Present by Cory Doctorow]()
Overclocked: More Stories of the Future Present by Cory Doctorow
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Cory Doctorow has been hailed as one of the freshest voices in science fiction, and this collection of intriguing novellas is yet another reason why... -
![A Song for Madame Choi by Anthony Ryan]()
A Song for Madame Choi by Anthony Ryan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWelcome to the Slab. A vast orbiting slum where rats grow big and sweat falls in rain. In the sequel to Slab City Blues, an old enemy embroils recently widowed Inspector Alex McLeod in the hunt for a kidnapped girl. With no leads he finds himself reluctantly seeking help from drug dealer and fellow war veteran Madame Choi...
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