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Zero In by Dean Koontz
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThis could be the most important mission of Nameless’s life. Because it’s putting him on a collision course with his own past and the nation’s future.The target: a fortified redoubt in the golden hills of California, the hub of a new world order that’s unthinkably close at hand. The time has come for Nameless to face its designer: the nihilist mastermind behind the One Solution... -
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Kaleidoscope by Dean Koontz
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNameless is wrestling with more violent visions of the future when his next mission comes with the assurance, This one will be easy. It’s a promise that leaves Nameless dangerously unprepared.It seems straightforward enough: Get a foot in the door by posing as a potential investor in a lucrative underground business—then bring the place down from the inside. There’s more here than meets the eye... -
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Corkscrew by Dean Koontz
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA terrorist attack in the news leaves Nameless reeling from a disturbing vision. But it’s not a glimpse of the future. It’s a recovered memory that’s opening a window into his mysterious past.Uncharacteristically forthcoming—and unexpectedly personal—Nameless’s handlers have no choice but to emerge from the shadows. The indoctrinating factions of his visions are growing in number... -
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Solitary by Alexander Gordon Smith
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsFurnace Prison ...Where death is the least of your worries.Escape is just the beginning ...We thought we’d made it, we thought we were free. But we should have known there was no way out of Furnace.All we did was slip deeper into the guts of the prison: into solitary confinement, where the real nightmares live - the warden, the Wheezers, and something much, much worse.The clock’s ticking... -
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Sex, Death, and Money: Season 1 by Cebelius
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis season, on the most unfiltered reality show in the universe, the one to watch will be human … Succubi treat all other species as livestock. Gene seeds from every corner of the universe are bought and sold for sustenance, for labor … for fun. Yet, for all their advantages over natural breeding programs, gene seeds are not without risk...Categorized as:
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The Lost Soul of the City by Dean Koontz
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA gun. A mission. No memories. Nameless is back to hunt down an architect of chaos in #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz’s return to a landscape of hard-won justice.In a forgotten Cold War bunker, a cold-blooded arms dealer counts his cash and watches from a distance as cities collapse into violence... -
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The Egg by Andy Weir
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsA short story about the universe and your place in it...Categorized as:
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Ubik by Philip K. Dick
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsGlen Runciter runs a lucrative business—deploying his teams of anti-psychics to corporate clients who want privacy and security from psychic spies. But when he and his top team are ambushed by a rival, he is gravely injured and placed in “half-life,” a dreamlike state of suspended animation... -
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20th Century Boys, Volume 8: Kenji's Song by Naoki Urasawa
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhat really happened on Bloody New Year's Eve? Kenji, Otcho and Maruo have just driven their dynamite-loaded truck under the robot…where they see what a poor relation to the giant robot they dreamed up in their childhoods it actually is: just two legs with caterpillar treads, held together by an enormous hot air balloon, with cloth hanging down to disguise the underside!Meanwhile, at the meeting... -
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20th Century Boys, Volume 7: The Truth by Naoki Urasawa
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOut in the middle of Tokyo Bay, a man called Shogun is trying to break out of Umihotaru Prison, a maximum-security island fortress, so he can save the world. Accompanied by a frightened young manga artist, these two men are prepared to risk everything as their daring escape plan grows deadlier by the minute... -
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The Walking Dead, Book Seven by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsRick and his group learn the dangers of living behind the safety of the Community walls, and much worse: what happens when those walls give way to those outside. Collects The Walking Dead #73-84... -
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Erased, Volume 3 by Kei Sanbe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWith Yashiro and Sachiko's cooperation, Hinazuki was taken in by her grandmother. Even though Hinazuki is out of danger, Satoru has no time to rest--the serial abduction slayings are not over... -
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20th Century Boys, Volume 3: Hero with a Guitar by Naoki Urasawa
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt turns out that the Friend's plan to destroy the world was dreamed up long ago by a gang of boys playing "good guys against bad guys"...And now, the only one who can stop this diabolical plot from succeeding is the one who came up with it--Kenji!Kenji races home and picks up the newspaper: sure enough, the mystery microbe has hit London... -
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Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, Volume 9: Rabbit Nabokov by Naoki Urasawa
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis is the story of a gang of boys who try to save the world! As boys, Kenji and his friends came up with a bunch of stories about an evil organization bent on world destruction... -
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20th Century Boys, Volume 5: Reunion by Naoki Urasawa
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis is the story of a gang of boys who try to save the world!; As boys, Kenji and his friends came up with a bunch of stories about an evil organization bent on world destruction. As adults, someone is now turning their fantasies into reality!The giant robot has already been built and now awaits the Great Awakening.. -
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20th Century Boys, Volume 4: Love and Peace by Naoki Urasawa
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKenji wrote "The Book of Prophecy" in his boyhood. Now this childish fantasy has become the scenario for the Friend's fiendish plot to destroy mankind. Kenji goes underground and waits for a chance to fight back.Meanwhile, the evil organization is closing in on a man called Shogun in the ganglands of Bangkok... -
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20th Century Boys, Volume 6: Final Hope by Naoki Urasawa
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis is the story of a gang of boys who try to save the world!; As boys, Kenji and his friends came up with a bunch of stories about an evil organization bent on world destruction... -
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Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, Volume 13 by Naoki Urasawa
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Friend is dead... -
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Gakuen Alice, Vol. 04 by Tachibana Higuchi
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMikan's daring rescue of Natsume has earned her an upgrade to One-star rank, and just in time for the School Festival to start. The festival is even more spectacular than Mikan had ever dreamed, and she and the rest of the Special Ability class are all set to knock visitor's socks off with their great new attraction... -
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Gakuen Alice, Vol. 05 by Tachibana Higuchi
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratings[Read Chapter 1 at URL] The Alice Festival is coming to a close, but the surprises and fun aren't over for Mikan and her friends yet! Things get a little crazy for Narumi's musical when an accident takes out some of the performers, and Mikan has to step in as the star of the show... -
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Gakuen Alice, Vol. 06 by Tachibana Higuchi
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMikan joins her best friend, Hotaru, at the Alice Academy, a special school for people with an "Alice," or paranormal talent, and she must learn to know and use her own such talent if she hopes to stay... -
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Gakuen Alice, Vol. 07 by Tachibana Higuchi
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMikan joins her best friend, Hotaru, at the Alice Academy, a special school for people with an "Alice," or paranormal talent, and she must learn to know and use her own such talent if she hopes to stay... -
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Gakuen Alice, Vol. 09 by Tachibana Higuchi
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratings[Read Chapter 1 at URL.] It's time for the Alice Academy Christmas party, and all the students are pitching in with their Alices to help with the preparations... -
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Gakuen Alice, Vol. 10 by Tachibana Higuchi
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt's time for New Year's, which also makes it Mikan's birthday. But will her special day get lost in the latest whirl of crazy Academy celebrations? And what happens when you combine an invitation to the elite Flower Garden Association's New Year's party (a girls-only event!) with a very sticky prank? Natsume's definitely up to something, but Mikan is left baffled as to what it might be... -
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The Walking Dead, Book Six by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsJUST IN TIME FOR THE ALL-NEW TELEVISION SERIES ON AMC! This hardcover features another 12 issues of the hit series, all in one oversized hardcover volume. Perfect for long time fans, new readers, and anyone interested in reading a zombie movie on paper that never ends. Collects The Walking Dead #61-72...Categorized as:
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The Complete Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLestat, Claudia, Louis, Akasha, Armand, and Memnoch. Your favorite night stalkers are back, and bundled together in one terrific boxed set, that collects Anne Rice's four bestselling titles from her beloved Vampire Chronicles: Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned, and The Tale of the Body Thief. It's a set to stir the blood of all fans of the undead... -
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The Administration by Manna Francis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe inspiration for the Administration series of stories is a maxim of Chris Boucher, script editor of Blakes 7—There are no bad guys. There are no good guys. There are only better guys, and worse guys.One of the worse guys is Val Toreth. In a world where torture is a legitimate part of the investigative process, he works for the Investigation and Interrogation Division... -
![The Walking Dead, Book Five by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard]()
The Walking Dead, Book Five by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsThis hardcover features another 12 issues of the hit series along with the covers for the issues all in one oversized hardcover volume. Perfect for long time fans, new readers, and anyone interested in reading a zombie movie on paper that never ends. Collects The Walking Dead #49-60... -
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Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, Volume 20 by Naoki Urasawa
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThere once was a hero who stood against evil. He sacrificed himself to save the world, and everyone believed he died on Bloody New Year’s Eve. But eighteen years later, when the entire world is under the control of the enigmatic figure known as the Friend, the hero comes back! Kenji is back and is heading for Tokyo, where the Friend is preparing his next horrific plan... -
![Gakuen Alice, Vol. 11 by Tachibana Higuchi]()
Gakuen Alice, Vol. 11 by Tachibana Higuchi
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMikan joins her best friend, Hotaru, at the Alice Academy, a special school for people with an "Alice," or paranormal talent, and she must learn to know and use her own such talent if she hopes to stay. Original...
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