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The Wraith: Welcome Home by Jeffery H. Haskell
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsKilling is her art, and she's about to paint her masterpiece! Madisun has returned home to New Orleans, almost a year to the day her family was murdered. The people who did it are still free. The man who betrayed her is still alive. Justice is coming to the criminals of the city, justice without mercy. Welcome home, Madi. Try not to burn the whole city down...Categorized as:
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![Apex by Ramez Naam]()
Apex by Ramez Naam
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsGlobal unrest spreads as mass protests advance throughout the US and China, Nexus-upgraded riot police battle against upgraded protestors, and a once-dead scientist plans to take over the planet's electronic systems. The world has never experienced turmoil of this type, on this scale.They call them the Apex - humanity's replacement. They're smarter, faster, better. And infinitely more dangerous... -
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Angel City Blues by Jeff Edwards
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLos Angeles: 2065 A wealthy young woman vanishes from her high-security apartment without leaving a single strand of DNA behind. No trace of the victim’s disappearance is recorded on any of the building’s many cameras or security sensors. Her apartment’s memory cores have been destroyed beyond any hope of recovery... -
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The Wraith by Jeffery H. Haskell
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsIf Punisher and Batman had a baby raised by John Wick... How far would you go to see justice done? How far is too far? For Madisun the answer is simple. There are people in this world that need killing, and she's just the woman for the job!From the bestselling author of the Full Metal Superhero comes an exciting new ongoing series set in the same world as Arsenal...Categorized as:
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![Prepare by Geoffrey Germann]()
Prepare by Geoffrey Germann
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"... cutting-edge......skillful......high-octane....." Kirkus ReviewsAs a small boy, Darren Kiel was witness to his father's corruption and contemptible misconduct. As he grew, that experience gave rise to a seething need to atone for his father's crimes, to set the world aright, to enforce order... -
![Missing by Francine Pascal]()
Missing by Francine Pascal
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNobody knows where I am. Nobody knows how to find me. Nobody knows my real identity.Including me... -
![Naked by Francine Pascal]()
Naked by Francine Pascal
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’ve been stripped of a home. Stripped of a family. Stripped of a life. I have almost nothing left to lose.Except the one I love most... -
![Mad Powers by Mark Wayne McGinnis]()
Mad Powers by Mark Wayne McGinnis
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRob Chandler, regaining consciousness, realizes he's somehow been involved in a horrendous car accident. In pain and unable to move, he has no memory of his identity, or how the hell he'd gotten on that deserted desert road in the middle of nowhere. He has little time to contemplate his situation when he sees an 18-wheeler barreling down on him... -
![Genius: The Revolution by Leopoldo Gout]()
Genius: The Revolution by Leopoldo Gout
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree teen geniuses from diverse backgrounds must take down an online terrorist ring, rescue an imprisoned father, and prepare for their final showdown with a misguided mastermind in this third and final book in the Genius YA trilogy by Leopoldo Gout.How do we stop him? We beat him at his own game. Painted Wolf: Mysterious activist blogger and strategist from China... -
![Homeland by Cory Doctorow]()
Homeland by Cory Doctorow
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsIn Cory Doctorow's wildly successful Little Brother, young Marcus Yallow was arbitrarily detained and brutalized by the government in the wake of a terrorist attack on San Francisco―an experience that led him to become a leader of the whole movement of technologically clued-in teenagers, fighting back against the tyrannical security state... -
![WWW: Wonder by Robert J. Sawyer]()
WWW: Wonder by Robert J. Sawyer
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWebmind-the vast consciousness that spontaneously emerged from the infrastructure of the World Wide Web-has proven its worth to humanity by aiding in everything from curing cancer to easing international tensions. But the brass at the Pentagon see Webmind as a threat that needs to be eliminated... -
![Tears by Francine Pascal]()
Tears by Francine Pascal
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI am fearless. I am not afraid of pain…But I can still feel it... -
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Out Of Time by Ernesto H. Lee
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOut Of Time, is the first in a series of Novels from author Ernesto H Lee, and is the first part of a two part story that introduces the reader to Detective Sean McMillan. McMillan has a unique ability to travel back in time through the medium of his dreams, so when he is assigned to a cold case team, finding evidence and solving crimes should be a foregone conclusion... -
![Blood by Francine Pascal]()
Blood by Francine Pascal
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsGaia Moore is genetically incapable of feeling fear. Following the death of a friend, for which she holds herself responsible, Gaia is in the grip of depression. She spends her days looking for fear, and it's becoming a death wish... -
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![The Persona Protocol by Andy McDermott]()
The Persona Protocol by Andy McDermott
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe latest thriller from bestselling author, Andy McDermott. For fans of Tom Clancy and Matthew Reilly.Adam Gray is the ultimate spy.As the lead agent of the US government's top-secret Persona project, he is its most valuable weapon in the War on Terror... -
![Android: Golem by Mel Odom]()
Android: Golem by Mel Odom
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen a talented New Angeles Detective wakes up in bed with a woman whose name he can't recall, this seemingly harmless mystery indicates a much larger problem. After all, as one of the few bioroids in the New Angeles Police Department, Drake 3GI2RC isn't accustomed to forgetting... or even sleeping... -
![Bad by Francine Pascal]()
Bad by Francine Pascal
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsI FINALLY HAVE SAM. I FINALLY HAVE A FAMILY. I FINALLY HAVE A WAY OUT... -
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Code Breakers: Delta by Colin F. Barnes
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe fourth and final novel in the Code Breakers series. Gabriel and Petal have tracked Gabe’s mother back to Hong Kong. But to find her Gabe has to face his old gang and the ghosts he thought he had laid to rest years before. While helping him, Petal stumbles on a way of getting Gerry’s mind out of her head, but like Gabe, she too has to return to a place full of ghosts: Libertas... -
![Hammer of Angels by G.T. Almasi]()
Hammer of Angels by G.T. Almasi
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn G. T. Almasi’s thrilling alternate reality, the United States, the USSR, and the Republic of China share a fragile balance of power with Greater Germany, which emerged from World War II in control of Europe and half of the Middle East...Categorized as:
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![Soul Intent by Dennis Batchelder]()
Soul Intent by Dennis Batchelder
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA VILLAIN’S REQUESTIn 1946, soon-to-be-executed Nazi General Hermann Goering asks young Soul Identity overseer Archibald Morgan to take his looted gold and deposit it in a soul line collection, there to await his soul’s rebirth. A GRIM RESISTANCEFlora, a seventeen-year-old Gypsy girl whose father died in the Dachau concentration camp, is sure that Goering stole the gold... -
![Lost by Francine Pascal]()
Lost by Francine Pascal
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsNow that things are insane again they’re finally back to normal. Dad’s in a coma. And I’m going out of my mind. Oh, one more thing…Sam’s back from the dead... -
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Flash by L.E. Modesitt Jr.
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsModesitt returns to the twenty-fourth century future of Archform: Beauty, for a new story.Ten years ago, Jonat deVrai was a rising star in the Marines. But he shocked his superiors by walking away from the Corps after witnessing atrocity and hypocrisy... -
![Deus Ex: Black Light by James Swallow]()
Deus Ex: Black Light by James Swallow
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsILLUMINATE THE SHADOWS The year is 2029, and the shining promise of a new age of human augmentation is in ruins in the wake of the devastating ‘Aug Incident’ – a horrific catastrophe triggered by a cabal of shadowy power brokers, where millions of cybernetically-enhanced people suffered a forced psychotic break... -
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9Tail Fox by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBobby Zha is a Sergeant in the San Francisco Police Department. His years on the force have made him numb to the world, and the people around him, including his wife and daughter. His sudden and unexplained murder leaves his family reeling, and the SFPD bewildered... -
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![The Escher Man by T.R. Napper]()
The Escher Man by T.R. Napper
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA cartel enforcer across South-east Asia must escape a world of paranoia and violence to save his family in this cerebral and multi-layered cyberpunk science fiction novel, from the award-winning author of 36 Streets. Perfect for fans of William Gibson's The Peripheral and Five Minds by Guy Morpuss.Your name is Endel ‘Endgame’ Ebbinghaus. It is Saturday, 3 September, 2101... -
![Bone Wires by Michael Shean]()
Bone Wires by Michael Shean
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the wasteland of commercial culture that is future America, police are operated not by government but by private companies. In Seattle, that role is filled by Civil Protection, and Daniel Gray is a detective in Homicide Solutions... -
![Stones: Data by Jacob Whaler]()
Stones: Data by Jacob Whaler
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlexander the Great. Genghis Kahn. Julius Caesar. Attila the Hun. Mao. Stalin. For thousands of years, the Stones have been hidden among us, giving a privileged few power to rule over masses, destroy empires and create new ones. It's near the end of the 21st century. When Matt Newmark was ten years old, his mother was killed in a vicious corporate assassination... -
![The Unstable One by Mike McCrary]()
The Unstable One by Mike McCrary
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsForced into a mind that isn’t his own. Devoted family man Noah Alderson struggles to support his wife and kids. Tragically dying in a car crash, he wakes up alone in a cheap motel room with no memory, and a note naming him simply -- Murphy. When he’s attacked by two thugs, he’s shocked to discover he’s not what he used to be. He’s developed a new set of skills... -
![Coils by Roger Zelazny, Fred Saberhagen]()
Coils by Roger Zelazny, Fred Saberhagen
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Year is 1995 in high-tech, computer-rich America..While on vacation with his beautiful girlfriend Cora, Donald BelPatri begins to realize that something is seriously wrong wit his memory.Clickaderick...clickDonald's mind can coil into any computer consciousness, but he cannot remember.. -
![The Opal by Michael Siemsen]()
The Opal by Michael Siemsen
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMatt Turner grew up witnessing first-hand the worst crimes imaginable. At age 9, he discovered his special ability to “read” the emotional imprints people leave on objects. Against better judgment, his police detective father used his son’s talent to help him solve crimes... -
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Shattered Minds by L.R. Lam
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe can uncover the truth, if she defeats her demonsEx-neuroscientist Carina struggles with a drug problem, her conscience, and urges to kill. She satisfies her cravings in dreams, fuelled by the addictive drug ‘Zeal’. Now she’s heading for self-destruction – until she has a vision of a dead girl.Sudice Inc... -
![Shadow of the Jaguar by Steven Savile]()
Shadow of the Jaguar by Steven Savile
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingssees evolutionary zoologist Nick Cutter make the terrifying discovery that prehistoric creatures are alive and well in the twenty-first century. The natural world is turned on its head and humanity faces extinction as unexplained anomalies rip holes in the fabric of time and allow creatures from the earliest stages of Earth's development to roam the modern world... -
![The Language of the Birds by K.A. Merson]()
The Language of the Birds by K.A. Merson
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA brilliant, eccentric teenager must solve a series of puzzles left behind by her dead father in this debut that features codes, riddles, and a plot that ingeniously mixes fact and fiction.When seventeen-year-old Arizona’s mother goes missing on a family trip, Arizona tells herself not to worry. Until she finds her family’s Airstream ransacked—and the ominous note on the counter...Categorized as:
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![Koko the Mighty by Kieran Shea]()
Koko the Mighty by Kieran Shea
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith an outstanding Ultimate Sanction bounty still on her head, Koko Martstellar (ex-mercenary and saloon madam extraordinaire) and Jedidiah Flynn (former orbital sky-cop) have narrowly escaped death in paradise. Rescued during a storm, Koko and Flynn are taken in by what amounts to a self-sufficient outlander cult... -
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![Sins of the Father by Christa Faust]()
Sins of the Father by Christa Faust
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNever-before-revealed secrets of the characters, leading to the creation of the government’s covert Fringe Division. In 2008, Peter Bishop is estranged from his father and running shady operations in Southeast Asia. His latest scam lands him in a life-or-death situation involving weird events beyond the ken of modern science... -
![Nightside City by Lawrence Watt-Evans]()
Nightside City by Lawrence Watt-Evans
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith the dawn, Nightside City would die. But someone was willing to kill to keep Carlisle Hsing in the dark...Nightside City was built on the dark side of the Epimetheus, back when everyone was sure that the planet had stopped rotating. Now, slowly but surely, Nightside City was moving toward the dayside--and doom... -
![The Burning Man by Christa Faust]()
The Burning Man by Christa Faust
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe critically acclaimed Fringe television series explores the dramatic and grotesque as impossible crimes are investigated by the government's shadowy Fringe Division, established when Special Agent Olivia Dunham enlisted institutionalized "fringe" scientist Walter Bishop and his globe-trotting son, Peter, to help in investigations that defy all human logic - and the laws of nature... -
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iBoy by Kevin Brooks
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhat can he do with his new powers -- and what are they doing to him?Before the attack, Tom Harvey was just an average teen. But a head-on collision with high technology has turned him into an actualized App. Fragments of a shattered iPhone are embedded in his brain. And they're having an extraordinary effect on his every thought... -
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Emergent Properties by Aimee Ogden
Rated: 3.55 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsEmergent Properties is the touching adventure of an intrepid A.I. reporter hot on the heels of brewing corporate warfare from Nebula Award-nominated author Aimee Ogden.A state-of-the-art AI with a talent for asking questions and finding answers, Scorn is nevertheless a parental disappointment... -
![Perception by Lee Strauss, Elle Strauss]()
Perception by Lee Strauss, Elle Strauss
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSeventeen year old Zoe Vanderveen is a GAP-a genetically altered person. She lives in the security of a walled city on prime water-front property along side other equally beautiful people with extended life spans. Her brother Liam is missing. Noah Brody is a natural who lives on the outside... -
![Koko Takes a Holiday by Kieran Shea]()
Koko Takes a Holiday by Kieran Shea
Rated: 3.53 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsFive hundred years from now, ex-corporate mercenary Koko Martstellar is swaggering through an early retirement as a brothel owner on The Sixty Islands, a manufactured tropical resort archipelago known for its sex and simulated violence. Surrounded by slang-drooling boywhores and synthetic komodo dragons, the most challenging part of Koko’s day is deciding on her next drink...Categorized as:
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![Off Rock by Kieran Shea]()
Off Rock by Kieran Shea
Rated: 3.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJimmy Vik works for a galactic mining company, with his ex-flame as his boss. When he discovers a significant gold pocket during a routine shaft demolition procedure he feels his luck has changed- though smuggling the gold off rock won t be easy. With the help of a scrounger and gambler and his sidekick, Jimmy puts together a plan... -
![Déjà Vu: A Technothriller by Ian Hocking]()
Déjà Vu: A Technothriller by Ian Hocking
Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOut of print. See: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...It is 2023. Scientist David Proctor is running for his life. On his trail is Saskia Brandt, a detective with the European FIB. She has questions. Questions about a bomb that exploded back in 2003. But someone is hunting her too. The clues are in the shattered memories of her previous life... -
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Nowhere by Jon Robinson
Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings'No one's coming for us.Not our families, not the police.No one.'Alyn, Jes, Ryan and Elsa are Nowhere. A concrete cube in the middle of a dense forest. Imprisoned inside are one hundred teenagers from all over the country. They're all criminals. But none of them remember committing any crimes. Who has put them there. What do their captors want? And how will they ever break free . . -
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![TekLords by William Shatner, Ron Goulart]()
TekLords by William Shatner, Ron Goulart
Rated: 3.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKnown to millions as "Star Trek's" Captain Kirk, actor-director and bestselling author William Shatner returns to the stunning future world he created in "TekWar." Ex-cop Jake Cardigan is back. A synthetic plague is sweeping the city. And a top drug-control agent is brutally murdered by a reprogrammed human "zombie, " deadlier than an android assassin...
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