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Tiamat's Wrath by James S.A. Corey
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 48 ratingsThirteen hundred gates have opened to solar systems around the galaxy. But as humanity builds its interstellar empire in the alien ruins, the mysteries and threats grow deeper... -
![Ripple by Michael C. Grumley]()
Ripple by Michael C. Grumley
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIt began in Ethiopia, hundreds of thousands of years ago. When a handful of genetic mutations caused evolution to split from the primates. And mankind was born.Now, eons later, evidence of more splits from the apes are being unearthed. And with them, a disturbing realization. Ours was only one of many.And yet we survived. But it was not by luck or chance... -
![Caliban's War by James S.A. Corey]()
Caliban's War by James S.A. Corey
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 71 ratingsWe are not alone.On Ganymede, breadbasket of the outer planets, a Martian marine watches as her platoon is slaughtered by a monstrous supersoldier. On Earth, a high-level politician struggles to prevent interplanetary war from reigniting. And on Venus, an alien protomolecule has overrun the planet, wreaking massive, mysterious changes and threatening to spread out into the solar system... -
![Persepolis Rising by James S.A. Corey]()
Persepolis Rising by James S.A. Corey
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 53 ratingsIn the thousand-sun network of humanity's expansion, new colony worlds are struggling to find their way. Every new planet lives on a knife edge between collapse and wonder, and the crew of the aging gunship Rocinante have their hands more than full keeping the fragile peace... -
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![Lost and Found by Lexi Blake]()
Lost and Found by Lexi Blake
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsOwen Shaw and his “brothers” lost everything, their entire existence erased. Science had robbed him and all the Lost Boys of their memories and their past, but not their future. Hunted by every intelligence agency in the world, they are focused on two goals: find a cure for what was done to them and ensure that the technology that ruined their lives doesn’t get out into the world... -
![The Pandora Paradox by Joshua Dalzelle]()
The Pandora Paradox by Joshua Dalzelle
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsIt started with a revolution nobody had even realized occurred…Its cruelty sparked a rebellion that everyone refused to admit existed…Now, the Machine—a terrifying and relentless enemy—reigns supreme in the galaxy, and the real fight is just beginning... -
![Wool 5 - The Stranded by Hugh Howey]()
Wool 5 - The Stranded by Hugh Howey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsIn July of 2011, a short story named WOOL was quietly released into the vast wilds of the Kindle Store. I never marketed this novelette; I failed to mention it on my website. What happened next was remarkable: People started reading it, and reviewing it, and talking about it.There was never any intention to create a series... -
![Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey]()
Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 79 ratingsHumanity has colonized the solar system—Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond—but the stars are still out of our reach.Jim Holden is XO of an ice miner making runs from the rings of Saturn to the mining stations of the Belt. When he and his crew stumble upon a derelict ship, the Scopuli, they find themselves in possession of a secret they never wanted... -
![Catalyst by Michael C. Grumley]()
Catalyst by Michael C. Grumley
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsIn 1984 a doomsday vault was constructed on a remote island in the Arctic Ocean. Its purpose was to preserve Earth’s genetic history in the event of a global catastrophe.Now, decades later, a second vault has been uncovered. This one resting where no one ever expected. And the problem is…it’s not ours. Yet even more curious than the vault itself, is what lies inside. Seeds. Millions of seeds... -
![Eisenhorn: The Omnibus by Dan Abnett]()
Eisenhorn: The Omnibus by Dan Abnett
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA Warhammer 40,000 OmnibusInquisitor Gregor Eisenhorn is one of Warhammer 40,000's most beloved anti-heroes. Operating on the very edge of Imperial doctrine, he investigates conspiracies that pit him against aliens, heretics, daemons, and even fellow Inquisitors.READ IT BECAUSEThis is every single one of Dan Abnett's Eisenhorn stories collected together for the first time in one mammoth tome... -
![Ice Revelation by Kevin Tinto]()
Ice Revelation by Kevin Tinto
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDr. Leah Andrews is on the Antarctic Continent, her single-minded goal, return the Ancients to their destiny while at the same time, hoping that will stop the increasingly powerful and destructive Anomaly, that threatens a planet-wide extinction event should it continue to widen its grasp. She is far from the only interested party in finding the source of the extraterrestrial Anomaly... -
![MindWar by Douglas E. Richards]()
MindWar by Douglas E. Richards
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsNick Hall returns in a riveting stand-alone thriller, set in a stunning future that is rapidly approaching.From the NY Times bestselling author whose books have been downloaded over a million times.Nick Hall has revolutionary electronics implanted in his brain that allow him to read minds--including thoughts, memories, and even intent... -
![Alien Scourge by Michael Anderle]()
Alien Scourge by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCharley and Angelina have a lot to deal with. Do they help their friend or turn him in for being an alien?In some situations, you don’t know how you will react until someone tries to kill you...And your alien friend keeps you safe.Angelina’s boyfriend believes she will come back with the right amount of coercion if he gets rid of her “friend... -
![Against All Odds by Richard Bard]()
Against All Odds by Richard Bard
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe highly anticipated series finale to the #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller Publishers Weekly called “a terrifically entertaining thriller!”In this conclusion to Richard Bard’s popular Brainrush series, Jake Bronson’s family and friends face their biggest threat ever... -
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![Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton]()
Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 46 ratingsThe year is 2380. The Intersolar Commonwealth, a sphere of stars some four hundred light-years in diameter, contains more than six hundred worlds, interconnected by a web of transport "tunnels" known as wormholes. At the farthest edge of the Commonwealth, astronomer Dudley Bose observes the impossible: Over one thousand light-years away, a star... vanishes. It does not go supernova... -
![Quantum Roots by Kyle Keyes]()
Quantum Roots by Kyle Keyes
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFederal agents, Alexis Grumman and Jeremy Wade track down a current day vigilante, whose fingerprints match those of a Korean War veteran. Author Kyle Keyes uses characters from two previous novels, to promote a theory that particle energy formats with a quantum root system, that can bypass time and space... -
![The Ancestor by Lee Matthew Goldberg]()
The Ancestor by Lee Matthew Goldberg
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA man wakes up in present-day Alaskan wilderness with no idea who he is, nothing on him save an empty journal with the date 1898 and a mirror. He sees another man hunting nearby, astounded that they look exactly alike... -
![A.L.I.V.E. by R.D. Brady]()
A.L.I.V.E. by R.D. Brady
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAre we alone in the universe?The United States government has known the answer for decades.And that answer is about to escape.Reports of unknown objects in the sky date back hundreds of years. But since the early twentieth century, the frequency of those reports has increased dramatically... -
![Deep Black by Miles Cameron]()
Deep Black by Miles Cameron
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMarca Nbaro had always dreamed of serving aboard the Greatships, with their vast cargo holds and a crew that could fill a city.They are the lifeblood of human-occupied space, transporting an unimaginable volume - and value - of goods from City, the greatest human orbital, all the way to Tradepoint at the other, to trade for xenoglas with an unknowable alien species... -
![Leap by Michael C. Grumley]()
Leap by Michael C. Grumley
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsONE OF MANKIND'S GREATEST LEGENDS HAS BEEN DISCOVERED.SOMETHING EVERY CIVILIZATION HAS SEARCHED FOR...BUT NOT WHAT ANYONE WAS EXPECTING.Facing the cold, clear glass, Alison Shaw stared nervously into the giant seawater tank.It was just one year ago that she and her team of marine biologists had stunned the world with their incredible breakthrough.And now...they were about to do it again... -
![Cave 13 by Jonathan Maberry]()
Cave 13 by Jonathan Maberry
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJoe Ledger and Rogue Team International plunge into mortal peril as this new and deadly arms race threatens to ignite new wars throughout the Middle East.After years of searching, a new cave filled with Dead Sea Scrolls is found, and among them are bizarre books of actual magic... -
![Stolen Thoughts by Tim Tigner]()
Stolen Thoughts by Tim Tigner
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHow would your life change …if you could read another’s thoughts?If you were the one …to break the biological code?Imagine John Grisham meets Michael Crichton in a fast-paced, philosophical mystery thriller._______________________________________There’s been a breakthrough on the campus of Caltech. A discovery. An invention... -
![Destruction by J.M. Madden]()
Destruction by J.M. Madden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGoing back into the torture camp where he’d been so brutally abused is the last thing Navy SEAL Drake Fontana wants to do, but if there are other men being experimented upon he has to be the one to get them out. And he has to give them an option other than to be a test subject to the Silverstone Collaborative, the pharmaceutical company funding the diabolical experiments... -
![State of Vengeance by Summer Lane]()
State of Vengeance by Summer Lane
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsVengeance is coming. Monterey Bay, California, has barely survived a brutal attack from the evil invasion forces of Omega, and Cassidy Hart is exhausted. She has lost a friend and gained a new enemy. The militias seem to be weakening, and Omega seems to be getting stronger... -
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![Alien Collective by Gini Koch]()
Alien Collective by Gini Koch
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDespite not having run for office, nor wanting to remain in office, Representative Jeff Martini is being wooed as the vice presidential running mate for a charismatic senator who seems likely to win the campaign... -
![Chrysalis by S.E. Harmon]()
Chrysalis by S.E. Harmon
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA gunshot to the head is bad enough. Waking up with amnesia is far worse. I learn that the hard way when I wake up in the hospital, my memory practically wiped. I don’t know why someone wants me dead. Hell, I don’t even know my name. They say my name is Christian Cross. Too bad that name means nothing to me.I haven’t forgotten everything, though... -
![Cascade by Joshua James]()
Cascade by Joshua James
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOPERATION CASCADE IS UNDERWAY.The changes on Enceladus are causing ripples throughout the solar system — and beyond. But the Artifact isn't done yet.The end is only the beginning...Cascade, the second book in the Saturn's Legacy series, is a sci-fi thriller full of mystery, intrigue, and epic action from the depths of the ocean to the edge of outer space... -
![The Night Island by Jayne Ann Krentz]()
The Night Island by Jayne Ann Krentz
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe disappearance of a mysterious informant leads two people desperate for answers to an island of deadly deception in this new novel in the Lost Night Files trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz... -
![Dead Shift by Richard Phillips, MacLeod Andrews]()
Dead Shift by Richard Phillips, MacLeod Andrews
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe NSA’s most brilliant hacker is abducted and the world stands on the brink of cyberwar. The Ripper and his ghost team commandos are called to action, battling a host of enemies ranging from a genius tech-billionaire and the Chinese government to an emerging superintelligence capable of bringing the world to its knees...Categorized as:
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![Pandemic by Scott Sigler]()
Pandemic by Scott Sigler
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe explosive conclusion to the New York Times bestselling trilogy that began with Infected and Contagious.The alien intelligence that unleashed two horrific assaults on humanity has been destroyed. But before it was brought down in flames, it launched one last payload-a tiny soda-can-sized canister filled with germs engineered to wreak new forms of havoc on the human race... -
![Chinamerica.: Survivors of a post-apocalyptic world. by Alice Longo]()
Chinamerica.: Survivors of a post-apocalyptic world. by Alice Longo
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe mighty United States as we know it is gone,taken over by China after an undisclosed apocalyptic war,and giving birth to a dystopian Chinamerica.Jack Stride, a battle-hardened ex-military hero, survived the initial Chinese attack with his son, Zeke, and his new romantic partner, Lyn, only to be captured and thrown into a military work camp...Categorized as:
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![Unto the Breach by John Ringo]()
Unto the Breach by John Ringo
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsSequel to Ghost, Kildar and Choosers of the Slain.Michael Harmon has been there and done that. Rescued co-eds, killed major terrorists, stopped nuclear assaults. Now he'd just like to kick back and relax with his harem of lovelies. Unfortunately, the world keeps turning... -
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Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsAn all-time science fiction classic, Rendezvous with Rama is also one of Clarke's best novels--it won the Campbell, Hugo, Jupiter, and Nebula Awards. A huge, mysterious, cylindrical object appears in space, swooping in toward the sun. The citizens of the solar system send a ship to investigate before the enigmatic craft, called Rama, disappears... -
![The Other Side of Dawn by John Marsden]()
The Other Side of Dawn by John Marsden
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsSince their home was invaded by enemy soldiers and transformed into a war zone, Ellie and her friends have been fighting for their lives. Now a resolution may finally be in sight. But as enemy forces close in on her hideout, Ellie discovers that the final conflict just may be the most dangerous yet. And not everyone will survive... -
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![State of Destruction by Summer Lane]()
State of Destruction by Summer Lane
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Lane is surely worth picking up and reading, whoever you may be." - Daniel M. Harrison, #1 Bestselling Author of Butterflies and Editor of MarxRand The destruction of California is at hand. Cassidy Hart and Chris Young have survived a dangerous mission into the heart of Sky City, a secret Omega base hidden deep in the mountains, but their vengeance has come with a price... -
![Stone Cold Cyborg by Cara Bristol]()
Stone Cold Cyborg by Cara Bristol
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDante Stone is an emotionless cyborg who commands a military space fighter. His ship picks up an SOS call from a settlement on the outer edge of Alliance territory, but by the time he can get there, most of the colonists have been massacred. He rescues the traumatized survivors, including archivist Miranda Lowell and her robot dog... -
![Alien Betrayed by Julie K. Cohen]()
Alien Betrayed by Julie K. Cohen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTrust no one…. Not the Brotherhood… nor the enticing human female working for them.RemmikovTrust no one. It’s a motto Remmikov has lived by since before the war. Now, he’s been framed for the bombings in Zyan’s capital and he is on the run from his own people. As the son of a traitor, no one will believe he’s innocent... -
![Reactivated: Oz by Charissa Gracyk]()
Reactivated: Oz by Charissa Gracyk
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Project Phoenix…Find Oz…”Those were the last words her brother Jonah said when he died in her arms. Convinced that he was murdered, Navy Intel Officer Allegra Steele learns that “Oz” is her brother’s former Navy SEAL teammate, Jack “Oz” Cullen.When Allegra asks for Jack’s help, she doesn’t expect the undeniable electricity that sparks between them... -
![The Bronze Skies by Catherine Asaro]()
The Bronze Skies by Catherine Asaro
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMajor Bhaajan achieved the impossible. Born Undercity, the slums below the City of Cries on the planet Raylicon, she broke free to become a military officer with Imperial Space Command. Now retired from military duty, she works as a private investigator on retainer to the Majda Family.Hired by The Ruby Pharaoh herself, Major Bhaajan is tasked with finding a killer... -
![Control by David Mack]()
Control by David Mack
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling author David Mack comes an original, thrilling Section 31 novel set in the Star Trek: The Next Generation universe!No law…no conscience…no mercy. Amoral, shrouded in secrecy, and answering to no one, Section 31 is the mysterious covert operations division of Starfleet, a rogue shadow group pledged to defend the Federation at any cost... -
![Tom Clancy's The Division: New York Collapse : A Survival Guide to Urban Disaster by Alexander C. Irvine, Melcher Media]()
Tom Clancy's The Division: New York Collapse : A Survival Guide to Urban Disaster by Alexander C. Irvine, Melcher Media
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNew York Collapse is an in-world fictionalized companion to one of the biggest video game releases of 2016: Tom Clancy's The Division from Ubisoft. Within this discarded survivalist field guide, written before the collapse, lies a mystery—a handwritten account of a woman struggling to discover why New York City fell...Categorized as:
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![Effacement by Hieronymus Hawkes]()
Effacement by Hieronymus Hawkes
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen recording every aspect of your life has become the law, what happens when your connection to the world is severed? With the advent of BioNarratus’s Vitasync neurochip, serious crime has all but disappeared. Without a lifelog you can’t get a bank account, medical insurance, or a job... -
![A Pivot in Time by Douglas E. Richards]()
A Pivot in Time by Douglas E. Richards
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsKelly, Justin, and Otto return in a riveting near-future thriller. From the million-copy New York Times best-selling author."Richards is an extraordinary writer" (Dean Koontz) who can "keep you turning the pages all night long". (Douglas Preston)The Enigma Cube is an alien object of unlimited power, with technology that can catapult civilization to dizzying heights - or destroy it entirely...Categorized as:
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![Digital Divide by K.B. Spangler]()
Digital Divide by K.B. Spangler
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRachel Peng misses the Army. Her old life in Criminal Investigation Command hadn’t been easy, but she had enjoyed it. Now, as the first cyborg liaison to the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police, Rachel is usually either bored senseless or is fighting off harassment from her coworkers... -
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![Exo-Hunter by Jeremy Robinson]()
Exo-Hunter by Jeremy Robinson
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author, Jeremy Robinson, takes readers on a pulse-pounding journey to a dark and twisted future... and makes them laugh.THE YEAR IS 1989Callsign: Dark Horse and his Marine Rapid Reaction Force team have been sent to recover a strange artifact near Antarctica's Soviet-controlled Vostok Station... -
![Mount Fitz Roy by Scott Sigler]()
Mount Fitz Roy by Scott Sigler
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMOUNT FITZ ROY is the long-awaited sequel to the Audible & Amazon bestseller EARTHCORE. The cataclysm in Utah's Wah Wah mountain range left the skies thick with ash, and the surface littered with corpses. The survivors of Earthcore's ill-fated platinum mining expedition move forward, looking to the Andes for the next find — a trillion dollar motherlode that will make them rich ... or dead...Categorized as:
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![The Hunted by Nicholas Sansbury Smith]()
The Hunted by Nicholas Sansbury Smith
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe deadly hunt continues in book two of the bestselling Trackers saga...Five days ago North Korea detonated three nuclear warheads over the United States, triggering an electromagnetic pulse that crippled the country. A second attack destroyed the nerve center of America in a nuclear blast that flattened the nation's capitol... -
![BrainWeb by Douglas E. Richards]()
BrainWeb by Douglas E. Richards
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsWhen the Academy Awards become the target of a brutal terror attack, only one man can stave off massive bloodshed.MIND'S EYE, the novel that introduced Nick Hall, was a runaway Kindle bestseller. Now Hall returns in a riveting stand-alone thriller, set in an Internet future that is just around the corner. From the New York Times bestselling author of WIRED... -
![Close Encounters Of The Third Kind by Steven Spielberg]()
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind by Steven Spielberg
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsClose Encounter of the First Kind: Sighting of a UFOClose Encounter of the Second Kind: Physical evidenceClose Encounter of the Third Kind: ContactEarth's greatest adventure had begun. The world was being readied for...Close Encounters of the Third Kind. It meant the beginning of the most dramatic event in the history of the world...Categorized as:
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![Into the Black by Evan Currie]()
Into the Black by Evan Currie
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThis edition of Odyssey One has been completely edited and remastered to correct the typos and content issues that reviewers commented on in the original edition. Beyond the confines of our small world, far from the glow of our star, lies a galaxy and universe much larger and more varied than anyone on Earth can possibly imagine...
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