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About Time by Jodi Taylor
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAfter their heroic efforts to safeguard the Acropolis and prevent the Paris Time-Stop, the Time Police have gone from zero to hero in but a single bound.Then one fateful mission to apprehend a minor criminal selling dodgy historical artefacts blows up in all their faces. An officer is attacked within TPHQ. A prisoner is murdered...Categorized as:
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Fourth Quadrant by W. Michael Gear
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFROM WESTERN WORD-SLINGER AND ANTHROPOLOGIST W. MICHAEL GEAR, COMES THE SEQUEL TO THE BESTSELLING CONTEMPORARY APOCALYPTIC WESTERN, DISSOLUTION.Lauren Davis is closing on her twenty-first birthday when a cyberattack leads to the collapse of the American banking system...Categorized as:
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Perdition by Russell Blake
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsn this second volume of the two book arc that began with Insurrection (book 5), Lucas braves all odds to free his friends and in the process spawns the only hope for the nation's future: a new resistance movement that will take the battle to its enemies and drive them from its shores... -
Killing the Machine by Jamie Sedgwick
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Iron Horse is a massive steam-powered locomotive manned by a crew of warriors, miscreants, and genetic anomalies. Socrates, the train’s commander, is an autonomous steam-powered gorilla with memories and knowledge reaching back more than a thousand years. Their mission is to locate a new source of starfall, the rare element that powers the ancient city of Sanctuary...Categorized as:
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Terror in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"I usually give the enemy one chance to surrender. After that, I don't take prisoners." --Ben RainesD-DAY 2.0Having reclaimed American soil from the savage armies of terrorists, lawless street gangs, and mutant Night People, Ben Raines and his Rebel army have a new mission: to free the British Isles from a tyranny of evil oppression...Categorized as:
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Battle in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLed by descendants of Hitler's Third Reich, 200,000 heavily armed and highly trained fascist soldiers are determined to spread their doctrine of evil across the free world. As the doomsday forces turn Texas into a battleground, legendary soldier and survivalist Ben Raines and his Rebel Army must prevent America from erupting in a bloodbath of atrocity...Categorized as:
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Insurrection by Russell Blake
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsLucas embarks on a cross-country journey for what's supposed to be a simple vaccine delivery mission, but which quickly devolves into a battle to survive when he and his team become embroiled in a conspiracy so large it will change the fate of America... -
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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A Knack for Metal and Bone by Kim McDougall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA royal tinker and a rogue soldier must unite to stop the monsters threatening their city—and unravel the secrets lurking within it. Rowan doesn’t just work with machines—she hears them. The hum of engines, the whisper of gears and wires—they speak to her through the magic that flows from her mech hand... -
Nyssa Glass and the House of Mirrors by H.L. Burke
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNyssa Glass is a reformed cat burglar turned electrician's apprentice, settled into a life repairing videophones and radio-sets. However, when her past comes calling, she finds herself forced into one last job. No one has entered Professor Dalhart's secluded mansion in almost a decade, at least not and returned to tell the tale... -
Blood, Sweat & Tears by G. Michael Hopf
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS is Book 5 in the exciting postapocalyptic series, THE NEW WORLD. War! All Gordon Van Zandt wanted was to find a safe place for his family to settle down after civilization came to an abrupt end following the detonation of a super-EMP over North America...Categorized as:
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D-Day in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBen Raines and his patriot army are driving the United States government into full-fledged retreat, as the Southern States win over one strategically after another. From the states in the American Northwest to the Canadian provinces, all want to be a part of a society based on law, justice, and old-fashioned values enforced by the barrel of a gun. As a result, the U.N...Categorized as:
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Chronicle of the Eternal: Volume 1 by D. Wolfin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the year XX, the human population exhausted the world’s resources, leading to cataclysmic environment changes and the imminent extinction of all life on the planet. Frantic space exploration became the world's focus, but failed to find a new world for the human race. In desperation, humanity went digital. Minds were scanned, encoded, and transferred to the virtual world of Grandosa... -
Chaos in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the aftermath of the apocalypse, America has been reborn as the Tri-States. Now, a new breed of anarchists and malcontents have banded together to destroy everything Ben Raines and his new army have risked their lives--and the future of a new America--to build. As devastating civil war rages across the land, it's up to Raines to put America back into business, before the red dawn of Armageddon...Categorized as:
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The Razor's Edge by G. Michael Hopf
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGordon Van Zandt is a man accustomed to adversity and hardship, but now he is left with dwindling options. With his fledgling republic teetering on the verge of collapse, he must find a way to seize an unlikely victory from what appears to be certain defeat...Categorized as:
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The Robot Chronicles by David Gatewood, Hugh Howey
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRobots. Androids. Artificial Intelligence. Scientists predict that the "singularity" -- the moment when mankind designs the first greater-than-human intelligence -- is nearly within our grasp. Believe it or not, truly sentient machines may be a reality within as little as 20 years...Categorized as:
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Vinyl by Sophia Elaine Hanson, Sophia Slade
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAll citizens within the soaring black walls of Revinia have metal Singers grafted into their skulls at birth. The parasitic machines issue a form of auditory hypnosis called The Music, which keeps their minds malleable and emotions flat. All artistic expression—especially real music—is strictly prohibited... -
The Change by S.M. Stirling
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsALL-NEW STORIES OF THE EMBERVERSEby S.M. Stirling, Harry Turtledove, Walter Jon Williams, John Birmingham, John Barnes, Jane Lindskold, and more...S. M... -
Steamforged by Eric R. Asher
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThere are old wounds in the forgotten places of the world, and some are soaked in blood.Jacob and his allies flee into the Deadlands after the fall of Ancora. Charles, the enigmatic smith, hopes to find answers in the desert city of Bollwerk that could prevent a war.Their enemies are many, and here Jacob will learn the cost of life in the Deadlands...Categorized as:
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Free-Wrench by Joseph R. Lallo
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe islands of Caldera are a shining jewel in a rather bleak world. A terrible calamity in the past had blanketed much of the world with a toxic "fug." Those who survived were forced to take to the mountains and the skies in wondrous airships. Life has since been a struggle, with only the most ruthless and crafty able to survive...Categorized as:
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Blood and Steam by Jamie Sedgwick
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFive Stars: "Cannot say enough about how much I enjoyed this book. Author knows how to write an interesting story."-Goodreads ReviewFive Stars: "Sedgwick's imagination soars for this tale..."-Amazon ReviewFive Stars: "... the best series I've read in a long while... This series gets top marks from me..Categorized as:
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Skykeep by Joseph R. Lallo
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt has taken some adjustment, but Nita Graus has made quite a home for herself among the crew of the Wind Breaker. Under her skillful care it has become one of the only airships to stay aloft without the continuous repair and oversight of the vile and manipulative fug folk... -
Night Flights by Philip Reeve
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsReturn to the world of Mortal Engines in this new book of short stories about the rebellious young aviatrix, Anna Fang, illustrated by Ian McQue. A key character in the Mortal Engines book and upcoming film produced by Peter Jackson (December 2018), this is your chance to learn more of Anna's thrilling past. Night Flights includes Traction City, Philip Reeve's 2011 World Book Day Book...Categorized as:
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Black Projects, White Knights: The Company Dossiers by Kage Baker
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn these tales, sci-fi fans follow the secret activities of the Company's field agents--once human, now centuries-old time-traveling cyborgs--as they attempt to retrieve history's lost treasures... -
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Ambush in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the ashes of the apocalypse, Ben Raines and his Rebels face a new obstacle: the anarchists and barbarians who seek to destroy what's left of the Red, White and Blue. Now, Raines's battalions are positioned to advance on Southern Africa in pursuit of Bruno Bottger and his neo-Nazi armies...Categorized as:
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Delirium by Myra Danvers
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“We’ll never be done, you and I.” He pushed off her desk. Closed the distance between them with prowling steps, clenched fists, and oh, so much determination. “Too much unfinished business to ever call it over.” He stopped a few steps away from uncomfortably close. Braced his palm on the wall behind her head, forearm brushing the side of her throat... -
Punktown by Jeffrey Thomas, Michael Marshall Smith
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the city they call Punktown, on a planet where a hundred sentient species collide, you can become a creator of clones. You can become a piece of performance art. You might even become a library of sorrows.. -
Robot Proletariat: Season One by Sean Platt, Johnny B. Truant
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRobot ProletariatTHIS Is How It StartsIn the future, robots like Mars and Cromwell serve their human masters. Having long since replaced humans in the back hallways and servants' quarters of the ultra-wealthy, new models are acquired, render their service, then are quietly deactivated when obsolete. But then we gave them the ability to learn... -
With Tide and Tempest by Kate Avery Ellison
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn alternate cover for this ASIN can be found here.Free or not, life beneath the sea in the republic of Itlantis is less idyllic than Aemi might have imagined when she'd been just a surfacer slave. She's been accused of spying for the enemy thanks to her connections with the traitorous Nautilus family, not to mention her own tangled and mysterious family history...Categorized as:
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A Touch of Death by Rebecca Crunden
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA thousand years in the future, the last of humanity live inside the walls of the totalitarian Kingdom of Cutta. The rich live in Anais, the capital city of Cutta, sheltered from the famine and disease which ravage the rest of the Kingdom. Yet riches and power only go so far, and even Anaitians can be executed...Categorized as:
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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: The Official Movie Novelization by Alexander C. Irvine
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier. They reach a fragile peace, but it proves short-lived, as both sides are brought to the brink of a war that will determine who will emerge as Earth's dominant species... -
The Fluted Girl (Great Science Fiction Stories) by Paolo Bacigalupi, Shondra Marie
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe fluted girl had been given Revitia treatments at thirteen to freeze her features in the matrix of youth. She had been given the stolen black eyes of an Indian girl. Pigment drugs drained color from her skin. Then surgeries and cell knitters completed her transformation into a performance artist for the rich. This story is part of the publisher's Great Science Fiction Stories audio series... -
Romulus Buckle and the Luminiferous Aether by Richard Ellis Preston Jr.
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Preston's Steampunk series is not just entertaining and fun but full of great characters who deepen and change over the course of the books. Expect amazing Steampunk scenes, yes, but also people you care about and a lovely mix of the comic and serious. Just pure storytelling at its best...Categorized as:
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The City, Not Long After by Pat Murphy
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHalf a generation ago, a gesture in the name of peace turned out to spread plague and disaster. In San Francisco, the survivors are heir to a city transformed. It is a haunted, dreaming place peopled with memories, and in a strange way nearly alive itself. And although it is only beginning to recover from near-ultimate disaster, the city is at risk again...Categorized as:
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Pilgrimage to Earth by Robert Sheckley
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsPilgrimage to Earth is a collection of science fiction short stories by Robert Sheckley. It was first published in October 1957 by Bantam Books (catalogue number A1672) and already reprinted a month later... -
Souls in the Great Machine by Sean McMullen
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe great Calculor of Libris was forced to watch as Overmayor Zarvora had four of its components lined up against a wall and shot for negligence. Thereafter, its calculations were free from errors, and that was just as well-for only this strangest of calculating machines and its two thousand enslaved components could save the world from a new ice age... -
The Harvest by Chuck Wendig
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBlood will water the corn...It’s been a year since the Saranyu flotilla fell from the sky, and life in the Heartland has changed. Gone are the Obligations and the Harvest Home festivals. In their place is a spate of dead towns, the former inhabitants forced into mechanical bodies to serve the Empyrean—and crush the Heartland...Categorized as:
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Edie Investigates by Nick Harkaway
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the author of "The Gone-Away World" and the forthcoming "Angelmaker"--an exhilarating espionage murder-mystery eShort. There has been a strange death in the quiet village of Shrewton: old Donny Caspian has lost his head. In the Copper Kettle tea rooms, Tom Rice, a junior nobody from the Treasury, puzzles over the details of the case... -
Le Jardin des âmes by Georgia Caldera
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDans le royaume de Cendrelune, les dieux épient les pensées des hommes, et leur Exécuteur, l’Ombre, veille à condamner tous ceux qui nourriraient des envies de rébellion.Or, il semble que certaines failles existent. À l’âge de 17 ans, Céphise ne vit en effet que pour se venger... -
Red Gambit by Luke R. Mitchell
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhat do a wayward mercenary and a vexed arcanist have in common? Neither of them signed up for this crap . . . It's been fifteen years since the raknoth made a smoldering heap of Earth. But for some survivors, the problems are just getting started. Jarek Slater is a sword-slinging nomad with a powerful exosuit and a mean vigilante streak—or was until his exosuit was stolen. He wants it back...Categorized as:
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Guardian Angels and Other Monsters by Daniel H. Wilson
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Robopocalypse comes a fascinating and fantastic collection that explores complex emotional and intellectual landscapes at the intersection of artificial intelligence and human life. A VINTAGE BOOKS ORIGINAL...Categorized as:
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Lords of Mars by Graham McNeill
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn Adeptus Mechanicus Explorator fleet meets its fate beyond the Halo WorldsPursued by vengeful eldar, Magos Kotov’s Explorator armada heads into a newly revealed area of space in pursuit of ancient secrets. As the Adeptus Mechanicus forces and Black Templars Space Marines tackle the twin threats of the aliens and insurrection aboard the fleet, a greater danger reveals itself.. -
Fitzpatrick's War by Theodore Judson
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn inspired first science fiction novel set several hundred years in the future when the world's population has been decimated by biological weapons. This book chronicles the Alexander-like rise and fall of Fitzpatrick the Younger, as told by one of his close companions... -
Crimson Rising by Nick James
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOur best-selling sci-fi series continuesFollowing their dramatic showdown in Seattle, Jesse Fisher and Cassius Stevenson find their world’s been turned inside out. The faculty at Skyship Academy is keeping Jesse a prisoner in his own home, fearful of his influence over Pearls...Categorized as:
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Junkers by Benjamin Wallace, Doug Tisdale Jr
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIs your TanBot throwing shade? Is your SafetyMan getting a little dangerous? Is your MistaBarista brewing up nothing but trouble? It’s time to call Ashley’s Robot Reclamation of Green Hill. Jake Ashley and his team are used to taking on murderous machines with expired warranties. Stopping a robotic rampage is all in a day's work when you’re a junker. But now there’s a bigger threat growing...Categorized as:
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The Clockwork God by Jamie Sedgwick
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFive Stars: "I read this book in one sitting, as I was physically unable to put it down... I highly recommend The Clockwork God, and cannot wait to see what else Jamie Sedgewick has in store for us."-Goodreads ReviewFour Stars: "An action packed, thrilling read; Very much a must for sci-fi and steampunk fans!"-Goodreads ReviewFive Stars: "Can't get enough of the stories by Jamie Sedgwick...Categorized as:
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Fall of Sky City by S.M. Blooding
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a world governed by the opposing forces of the mystical House of Tarot and the tribal Great Families, Synn is caught in the crossfire. He witnesses the slaughter of innocent people, and the devastating murder of his father. This act awakens his Mark of power, a Mark greater than any the world has seen in a very long time... -
Alt.History 101 by Samuel Peralta, Ken Liu
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe future is history... From Samuel Peralta, creator of the #1 bestselling Future Chronicles anthology series, comes a new speculative anthology series that turns the world you know upside down.In Alt... -
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 29 by L. Ron Hubbard, Alex Wilson
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTurn the page…open your eyes...and look into the futureThey unleash the power of dreams and unlock the secrets of the universe.They bend time, twist perception, and put a new spin on the laws of physics.They show us who we are, what we may become, and how far we can go.They are the Writers of the Future. Experience their vision. “Keep the Writers of the Future going. It’s what keeps sci-fi alive...Categorized as:
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Cyberpunk: The Big Book of Hardware, Software, Wetware, Revolution and Evolution by Victoria Blake
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBefore email, before 'the web', before hackers and GPS and sexting, before titanium implants, before Google Goggles, before Siri, and before each and every one of us carried a computer in our pockets, there was cyberpunk, and science fiction was never the same...
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