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Damned Nation by N.C. Reed
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPost-Apocalyptic Fiction by N.C. ReedSo far, the Apocalypse has not gone according to plan. At least, not according to the plan Clay Sanders and his friends had laid out. Things are finally changing, though for better or worse remains to be seen... -
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Magnus and a Love Beyond Words by Diana Knightley
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLove conquers all, but can it conquer a storm of this magnitude? "I need ye tae run, Kaitlyn. When I say go, ye run, and daena look back." — Magnus 2019There is a battle against time for the origin story of the vessels. It encompasses past, present, and future. And Magnus and Kaitlyn have loved ones to protect in every time.__________________"I can't leave you. I can't.”"When I say.. -
![The Emancipation of Veronica McAllister by Shawn Inmon]()
The Emancipation of Veronica McAllister by Shawn Inmon
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTime Travel with a twist! Veronica McAllister died in 2018. She immediately opened her eyes again in 1958, all memories of her previous life intact. She goes from old age, pants suits, and a cane, to poodle skirts, saddle shoes, and Buddy Holly. At the end of her first life, Veronica said she “wasn’t any good at life... -
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Old Enemy by Nathan Hystad
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen all new threats are dealt with, old enemies emerge from the shadows. Dean Parker has brought his wife home, and he’s looking forward to relaxing and having a future with his family on New Spero. The Iskios vortex is gone, vanquished by the Hero of Earth, but unforeseen enemies linger in the universe. The Bhlat send a warning to the humans, one that suggests the Kraski may not all be dead... -
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![The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons]()
The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 68 ratingsOn the world called Hyperion the mysterious Time Tombs are opening and seven pilgrims risk their lives to petition the entity called the Shrike - a creature that may well control the fate of all mankind... -
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Atlic by Sophie Davis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow long does it take for ‘astounding’ to become ‘normal’?Three weeks after returning from her last mission, Stassi 2446-89 is finally ready to move on from the events in Paris, with one exception: the hitchhiker, Charles DuPree...Categorized as:
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![Legends Untold by Sophie Davis]()
Legends Untold by Sophie Davis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor Stassi and her teammates, only one thing is certain: Heads. Will. Roll. With rebellions rising and the Inquisition marching towards England, the stakes are higher than ever for the Atlic Syndicate’s runners. Their target is sixteen-year old Lady Jane Grey, one of history’s most tragic figures. When Stassi and the gang arrive, Jane has just begun her ill-fated reign as Queen of England... -
![Rebels by Sarah Noffke]()
Rebels by Sarah Noffke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEm returns to Austin Valley, but there are many things that don’t add up about her homecoming. She’s left Rogue behind and is adamant that Dr. Parker must leave the Valley with her. Zack agrees to help her, but soon learns she’s not telling the whole truth when Rogue comes storming back. With the threesome reunited, they work on a plan to stop the Defect crisis...Categorized as:
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![Ashes by N.C. Reed]()
Ashes by N.C. Reed
Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIts Thanksgiving on the Sanders Farm.Clayton Sanders and his collection of friends, family and even a few strangers have managed to keep themselves moderately safe in a vicious new world, brought about by the most massive Coronal Mass Ejection ever seen or recorded. Anything electrical and not protected from the surge of power has been completely fried... -
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Saven Denial by Siobhan Davis
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSadie has been kidnapped by the Tor, the vindictive alien race who destroyed Thalassic City. As her past, present, and future collides, her worst nightmare looks set to become her shocking new reality.A deliberate pawn in leader Griselda’s vengeful game, Sadie is horrified to learn the truth about her heritage and the destiny that’s already been mapped out for her... -
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The First She by Waters E
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKira, a NASA scientist, is teleported to a planet that has no women. When she's saved by an alien that thinks she's a boy with deformations, she fights to keep both herself and secret alive... -
![The Tetradome Run by Spencer Baum]()
The Tetradome Run by Spencer Baum
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen the crime wave peaked in the early 70s, and Nixon signed the Redemption Act, no one bothered to imagine what public execution might look like fifty years in the future. No one imagined that The Tetradome Run would become the most popular show in America. This year's show puts convicted felons in a race with genetically engineered monstrous creations... -
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Endymion by Dan Simmons, Guy Abadia
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 50 ratingsThe multiple-award-winning SF master returns to the universe that is his greatest success--the world of Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion--to tell a story of love and memory, triumph and terror in a novel even more magnificent than its predecessors.Two hundred and seventy-four years after the fall of the WorldWeb in Fall of Hyperion, Raoul Endymion is sent on a quest... -
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Defending the Galaxy by Maria V. Snyder
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsYear 2522. Oh. My. Stars.Junior Officer Ara Lawrence here, reporting for duty. Again. It's situation critical for the security team and everyone in the base - including my parents - with a new attack from the looters imminent, a possible galaxy-wide crime conspiracy and an unstoppable alien threat. But this all pales in the face of my mind-blowing discovery about the Q-net... -
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![Beyond the Night by Alexandra Bracken]()
Beyond the Night by Alexandra Bracken
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratings'A RIVETING EMOTIONAL READ THAT KEPT ME ON THE EDGE!'- Melissa Marr, author of the bestselling Wicked Lovely series, on The Darkest Minds The government-run 'rehabilitation camps' have been shut down, but kids with Psi powers are anything but free... -
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Virtual Prophet by Terry Schott
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsInside the Game, players struggle to survive in a world where technology no longer functions. On Tygon, fans are unable to view what is occurring inside the Game. Trew and Danielle rush to save both realities, but they are unable to know what the other is doing. The fate of reality depends on a Game, and time is about to run out.. -
![The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons]()
The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 45 ratingsThe time of reckoning has arrived. As a final genocidal Crusade threatens to enslave humanity forever, a new messiah has come of age. She is Aenea and she has undergone a strange apprenticeship to those known as the Others. Now her protector, Raul Endymion, one-time shepherd and convicted murderer, must help her deliver her startling message to her growing army of disciples... -
![The Transall Saga by Gary Paulsen]()
The Transall Saga by Gary Paulsen
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsMark's solo camping trip in the desert turns into a terrifying and thrilling odyssey when a mysterious beam of light transports him to another time on what appears to be another planet. As Mark searches for a pathway back to his own time on Earth, he must make a new life in a new world...Categorized as:
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![Necessary Evils by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller]()
Necessary Evils by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo short stories set in the Liaden Universe. The first story is The Beggar King, set on Liad and about the young Daav yos' Phelium's early training to be Delm... -
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Imperial Twilight by Eric Thomson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe most powerful empire in human history is rushing headlong toward destruction, ending our species' supremacy in the known galaxy.Two men with widely divergent visions are on a mission to save civilization in at least one sector, far from the imperial capital where a demented ruler holds sway... -
![A Name Among The Stars by Mark Henwick]()
A Name Among The Stars by Mark Henwick
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Heiress? They've already stolen the estates. I'm heir to nothing." When disgraced aristocrat Zara Aguirre barely escapes with her life from her home world, she hopes that she's found safety on the planet Kernow. She wants nothing more than to be left in peace, hidden away in a remote town on the wild and untamed western coast... -
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Defender by Janet Edwards
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBecoming a telepath was hard. Being a telepath is harder. Eighteen-year-old Amber is the youngest of the five telepaths who protect the hundred million citizens of one of the great hive cities of twenty-sixth century Earth. Her job is hunting down criminals before they commit their crimes, but this time her team arrive too late. Someone is already dead. Someone that Amber knows... -
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Mechs vs. Dinosaurs by Isaac Hooke
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn alien entity has stolen a time weapon. Rade and the Argonauts must retrieve the weapon and travel back sixty-five million years to ancient Earth to stop the entity from intervening in humankind's evolution. The stakes are high. If the team fails, they will return to find a galaxy populated not by humans, but by the descendants of the dinosaurs. The mission won't be easy... -
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Revenge by Nathan Hystad, Flynn Earl Jones
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Rift has opened. The aliens invaded. The Eureka is on the other side. Flint, Wren, and Ace, along with Charles, are now members of the Eureka, a state-of-the-art vessel heading for a world in the far reaches of a new galaxy. Sixty years ago a colony ship was sent there, along with someone close to their benefactor... -
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![Kitty Cat Kill Sat: A Feline Space Adventure by Argus]()
Kitty Cat Kill Sat: A Feline Space Adventure by Argus
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this inventive and heartfelt take on a dystopian space opera, humanity’s last hope comes complete with a space station, an attitude, and . . . whiskers?Civilization has fallen. The solar system is blanketed with the automated weapons of ancient wars, engineered plagues, hazardous waste, rogue AI, monsters from outside our dimension, artificial disasters, and nuclear climate change... -
![Grip of Evil by Sam J Fires]()
Grip of Evil by Sam J Fires
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBefore, there was ordinary life. Now, every minute is a fight to survive.Finally, Isaac pours his heart out to Cass about his troubled childhood.Larger than life personalities clash in Meadowview, and tragedy strikes again... -
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Magnificat by Julian May
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe eagerly awaited finale of a modern SF classic--May's Galactic Milieu Trilogy, which began with Jack the Bodiless and continued with Diamond Mask. The mystery involving Jack the Bodiless, the metaphysically talented Dorothea, and Fury, the insane metaphysic creature determined to become sole ruler over all humankind, explodes anew...Categorized as:
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![The Changing Lives of Joe Hart by Shawn Inmon]()
The Changing Lives of Joe Hart by Shawn Inmon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTime Travel with a Twist. Before Joe Hart can stop the murder of John Lennon, he must die himself. When Joe Hart dies after leading a wasted life, he chooses to use his second chance to make the world better. Even when he thinks he knows what is coming, changing the past is difficult... -
![The Long Walk Home by S.A. Ison]()
The Long Walk Home by S.A. Ison
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhich would be worse? Suffering an EMP, Electromagnetic Pulse? Or finding out that you've fallen back into time, five hundred years. Beckett Gray thinks the world has ended because all indications lead him to believe that an EMP has struck, and he is woefully unprepared. His car and cellphone have died near the Appalachian Trail, in the Cumberland Gap National Park... -
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Dawn by S.J. West
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the finale to the Harvester of Light Trilogy, Skye learns the depths to which Lucena Day, self-proclaimed Queen of the Eastern Kingdom, will go to in order to bring her back by her side. With Jace as her constant, Skye meets the challenges the queen places in her way as she fights to bring life back into the world with the first dawn...Categorized as:
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![Hope by S.J. West]()
Hope by S.J. West
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter finally reaching the Southern Kingdom, Skye soon realizes it isn’t the nirvana she always dreamt it would be. Through a series of events, Skye must face the Queen of the Eastern Kingdom once again and discover for herself what the true difference is between a harvester and a human...Categorized as:
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![This Alien Earth: The Complete Series: A Dystopian Sci-fi Box Set by Paul Antony Jones, Robert Greenberger]()
This Alien Earth: The Complete Series: A Dystopian Sci-fi Box Set by Paul Antony Jones, Robert Greenberger
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGet the This Alien Earth Box Set, featuring all three books in the bestselling series by Paul Antony Jones. 1000+ pages in a futuristic adventure featuring a strong female lead, perfect for fans of Jeremy Robinson, Stephen King, and Lost ."A stunning sci-fi gem...Categorized as:
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![Imperator by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole]()
Imperator by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWarrior. Slave. Survivor. Emperor. As a crumbling Galactic Republic falls to the relentless assault of a merciless foe, so begins the rise of an enigmatic emperor intent on saving a corrupt galaxy-spanning civilization from itself… and from something much darker that lies beyond the reaches of the known... -
![The Final Life of Nathaniel Moon by Shawn Inmon]()
The Final Life of Nathaniel Moon by Shawn Inmon
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNathaniel Moon is the reluctant messiah. He has powers that define the word miraculous. But when he used those powers to help others, he brought about a world of trouble. Now Nathaniel lives a life of quiet obscurity, performing anonymous miracles. But, his anonymity has to end, because evil is coming to Middle Falls, Oregon, and threatens the people Nathaniel loves most... -
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Captivated by Sophie Davis
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCan't get enough of Talia and Erik? Want to know about their first meeting? Interested in what happens between the books? Dying for a peek at what's coming in Created? Captivated is a Talented Novella that includes four short stories, two from Talia's point of view, and two from Erik's point of view. The first is a detailed account of what happened the first time Talia and Erik met...Categorized as:
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![A Memory of Mankind: by Paul Antony Jones]()
A Memory of Mankind: by Paul Antony Jones
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe answers are out there...With the island of Avalon far behind them, Meredith and her companions continue their search for Candidate One in the hope of finally discovering the secrets behind why they were brought to this strange, future-version of Earth.Wild adventures, mysterious technologies, and new friends will help Meredith on her journey... -
![Rift by Nathan Hystad, Richard Ferrone]()
Rift by Nathan Hystad, Richard Ferrone
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThey've watched us for centuries through the Rift. They've prepared. Invasion is inevitable. The Earth Fleet has known of the Watchers for years, unwilling to share the knowledge with humanity. Now it might be too late. Hidden away from the Fleet, one man is creating a new colony ship destined for the other side of the Rift, but he's missing a few pieces... -
![Digital Heretic by Terry Schott]()
Digital Heretic by Terry Schott
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMillions on Earth are shaken by the events set in motion by Zack's final play...Billions on Tygon watch breathlessly as the consequences of his actions ripple through both worlds.Will his girlfriend, still inside the Game, step forward to lead the movement that he created?Billions of lives are in jeopardy of being lost...based on the decisions made by children inside the Game... -
![Elsewhere by Dean Koontz]()
Elsewhere by Dean Koontz
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe fate of the world is in the hands of a father and daughter in an epic novel of wonder and terror by Dean Koontz, the #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense.Since his wife, Michelle, left seven years ago, Jeffy Coltrane has worked to maintain a normal life for himself and his eleven-year-old daughter, Amity, in Suavidad Beach...Categorized as:
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![Hurricane by Janet Edwards]()
Hurricane by Janet Edwards
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBeing a telepath means there is always a new challenge. Eighteen-year-old Amber is the youngest of the five telepaths who protect the hundred million citizens of one of the great hive cities of twenty-sixth century Earth. Her job is hunting down criminals before they commit their crimes, but this time a simple case leads on to something far bigger...Categorized as:
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![Classic Stories 1: The Golden Apples of the Sun/R is for Rocket by Ray Bradbury]()
Classic Stories 1: The Golden Apples of the Sun/R is for Rocket by Ray Bradbury
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsA spaceship captain determined to gather a cupful of the sun ... a nubile young witch who yearns to taste human love ... an expedition that hunts dinosaurs across the fragile and dangerous chasm of time... -
![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 Dark Knight by Nick Cole]()
The Dark Knight by Nick Cole
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Dark Knight by Nick Cole continues the story begun in The Red King as the survivors band together to build a modern-day castle against a tide of dark forces overrunning Southern California... -
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Feral by P.J. Post
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe’s just a teenager, hollow and lost, looking to keep the past buried, to forget. He surfs the backwash of the westward migration across a dead America; a war-torn desolation devoid of electricity, infrastructure and civilization. It has become a strange and unrecognizable land, rife with the worst of humanity. And his is a life without hope, equally dark and solitary. Until he meets Feral...Categorized as:
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Control by Kim Curran
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsScott Tyler is not like other teenagers. With a single thought he can alter reality around him. And he can stop anyone else from doing the same.That’s why he’s so important to ARES, the secret government agency that regulates other kids like him: Shifters. They’ve sent him on a mission. To track down the enigmatic Frank Anderson...Categorized as:
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Weird. Dark. by Luke Smitherd
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCOLLECTING THREE OF LUKE SMITHERD'S BOOKS; HOLD ON UNTIL YOUR FINGERS BREAK, THE MAN ON TABLE TEN, AND MY NAME IS MISTER GRIEF, PLUS EXCLUSIVE BONUS STORY THE CRASH, UNAVAILABLE ANYWHERE ELSE!Luke Smitherd is bringing his unique brand of strange storytelling once again, delivered here in an omnibus edition that collects four of his weirdest and darkest tales:MY NAME IS MISTER GRIEF: what if you... -
![Grip of Madness by Sam J Fires]()
Grip of Madness by Sam J Fires
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBefore, there was ordinary life. Now, every minute is a fight to survive.Isaac and Cass continue their harrowing journey, and are forced to perform an act they'd never dreamed they would ever have to do in their lives.Meanwhile in Meadowview, tensions are rising as tragedy hits the community... -
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Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor Adventures: 10th Doctor Audio Originals by Peter Anghelides, Catherine Tate
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDavid Tennant, Catherine Tate and Michelle Ryan read this exclusive collection of original audio adventures. Join the Tenth Doctor on these seven adventures in Time and Space, written specially for audio.Pest Control by Peter Anghelides - read by David Tennant?. The Doctor and Donna face monstrous insects and a ruthless robot exterminator.The Forever Trap by Dan Abnett - read by Catherine Tate... -
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Titan's Son by Rhett C. Bruno
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTitan’s revolution is coming. All it needs is one final spark. Kale Drayton knows his place. As a Ringer born on Titan, he's used to keeping his head down and his mouth shut - no matter how much the Earthers abuse him or his own kind berate him... -
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Inhuman by David Simpson
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsInhuman not only ties the first four books together, it also broadens the mystery, introduces a new villain, one that has been lurking in the background throughout, and that will trump any villain in the history of suspense literature, film, or science fiction. V-SINN is its name, and, and in this epic thriller, it may just be too much for the post-humans to handle...
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