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Mercy by Tara Ellis, Mike Kraus
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAll roads lead to Mercy as survivors from all walks of life, with intentions ranging from good to evil, meet for the final showdown in Flashpoint Book 6. Half of the earth's population has been wiped out... -
![Pacchi Festival by Nikita Thorn]()
Pacchi Festival by Nikita Thorn
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe wait is over! Welcome to the Pacchi Festival!As Shinshioka launches into the much-awaited week-long event, Seiki and his friends race to solve the mystery of the recent treasures from the Shussebora Cave... -
![Layers of Extinction by Tara Ellis, Mike Kraus]()
Layers of Extinction by Tara Ellis, Mike Kraus
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs the world-wide effects of the apocalyptic scenario continue to develop, tough decisions must be made for the sake of humanity itself.Tired of the usual post-apocalyptic story? Welcome to your new addiction.An underwater explosion devastates a chain of islands.A mysterious illness begins to spring up across the world.Earthquakes shatter the west coast, causing untold damage and loss of life... -
![Brink of Extinction by Tara Ellis, Mike Kraus]()
Brink of Extinction by Tara Ellis, Mike Kraus
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhile Peta's group barely escapes the Yellowstone eruption, Jason is shocked by an unexpected return and a dangerous new turn for the deadly Kra Puru in Book 3 of the Extinction series.Tired of the usual post-apocalyptic story? Welcome to your new addiction.An underwater explosion devastates a chain of islands.A mysterious illness begins to spring up across the world... -
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![Spread of Extinction by Tara Ellis, Mike Kraus]()
Spread of Extinction by Tara Ellis, Mike Kraus
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs the true effects of the Kra Puru are made known across the world, a desperate plan to save the world is put in motion in book 4 of the Extinction series.Tired of the usual post-apocalyptic story? Welcome to your new addiction.An underwater explosion devastates a chain of islands.A mysterious illness begins to spring up across the world... -
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Restitution by Bruno Miller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Post-Apocalyptic EMP Survival seriesWill they ever see home again?Colorado seems farther away than ever for Ben and his crew. Especially when a road block lures them deeper into the Appalachian Mountains.Ambushed and captured, they fall prey to a gang of backwoods moonshiners turned post apocalyptic outlaws. After being led back to camp and locked up, the crew’s morale is at an all time low... -
![Decay by Tara Ellis, Mike Kraus]()
Decay by Tara Ellis, Mike Kraus
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDeath incarnate arrives in Mercy as the death toll rises and the safe haven becomes more vulnerable than ever, in Flashpoint Book 4.... Half of the earth's population has been wiped out. Impossible to predict or stop, the Gamma Ray Burst tore through the Earth like a bullet, its radiation wave killing hundreds of millions and the aftereffects ensuring the deaths of billions more... -
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Endurance by Bruno Miller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Post-Apocalyptic Survival SeriesWould you fight for the ones you love? The struggle for survival in Cloverdale continues as Vince Walker and a small group of survivors find that nothing comes easy in the post-apocalyptic ruins of what was once their town... -
![Summa Technologiae by Stanisław Lem]()
Summa Technologiae by Stanisław Lem
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Polish writer Stanisław Lem is best known to English-speaking readers as the author of the 1961 science fiction novel Solaris, adapted into a meditative film by Andrei Tarkovsky in 1972 and remade in 2002 by Steven Soderbergh... -
![A Rap Upon Heaven's Gate by Hugh Howey]()
A Rap Upon Heaven's Gate by Hugh Howey
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe wind is in our faces. Our voices are lost in the sand.My people are buried. My loved ones are gone. If only you could hear our plight.Listen: I am coming. You will hear me...Categorized as:
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![Beginner's Luck by Aaron Jay]()
Beginner's Luck by Aaron Jay
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMiles Boone is finally an adult and able to roll up his permanent character. He will join the Game that the world has become. Most of the planet is now dominated by feral AIs and nano who behave as all the monsters of man’s imagination. Every adult left alive plays, striving to keep the the AI and nano from wiping us out completely. Success in the Game is survival itself... -
![Purge by J.J. Pike, Mike Kraus]()
Purge by J.J. Pike, Mike Kraus
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMELT's reign of terror continues unabated as friend and foe alike bow to its unyielding influence. Hope shines on the horizon - but it is distant, faint, and marred by darkness. A new, intensely thrilling series, MELT has received unanimous praise from beta readers and early reviewers alike. Written by JJ Pike and Mike Kraus, MELT examines a part of our world that we often take for granted... -
![Future Retold by Daniel Pierce]()
Future Retold by Daniel Pierce
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFight to build a free world. Face new enemies. Slay new monsters. Meet new women. With Aristine at his side, Eden Chain technology will connect Jack's new people as they get ready to go to war, but Kassos-- the city of intrigue and fear-- is not what it seems. There's a new threat in the region, known as the Procurators, and they are using the past against Jack and his people-- nanobots... -
![Future Reshaped by Daniel Pierce]()
Future Reshaped by Daniel Pierce
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJack Bowman never leaves a job unfinished. When Jack and the girls discover a cache of cutting edge technology, he-- and his women-- will use it to explore the grim landscape of an ever-growing world. On a reconnaissance flight over open desert, a chance encounter will reveal that there is a lot more to the planet than he expected... -
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![Survival by Bruno Miller]()
Survival by Bruno Miller
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Post-Apocalyptic Survival SeriesWould you survive? Vince Walker and the remaining survivors from the town of Cloverdale, Indiana continue to come to terms with their new reality. Accepting the fact that the country has been thrust into nuclear war with an unknown enemy means they must forget their former lives and forge ahead... -
![Destined by Alexandra Moody]()
Destined by Alexandra Moody
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSome destinies are written in the stars, others are forged from the fire.In the dark and stunning conclusion to The ARC Series, Elle finds herself deep in hiding. Battling with the talents she struggles to control, she fights for only one thing: revenge... -
![Future Rebuilt by Daniel Pierce]()
Future Rebuilt by Daniel Pierce
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe future must be rebuilt.Victorious over an evil warlord, Jack Bowman will keep collecting women and weapons as he builds the first free city in a broken world.The Free Oasis is growing, but not without drawing the attention of raiders who want the future for themselves... -
![Flying Season for the Mis-Recorded by Ann Christy]()
Flying Season for the Mis-Recorded by Ann Christy
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEven in a good silo, life can be hell.Elizabeth the Other, born to the silo and living under the stain of her father's actions, has no one. She is alone, untouchable and unloved. Her only outlet is 25 Drums, the place where teen shadows mix, mingle and find a mate. She will find no life partner there, but she can dance. And tomorrow is her 20th birthday... -
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Deception by Bruno Miller
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAre there any decent people left? Having reached his kids in Maryland, Ben is faced with the challenge of crossing the country once more and getting everyone safely home to Colorado. The struggle to survive is the only constant in their otherwise unpredictable lives... -
![Król Bólu by Jacek Dukaj]()
Król Bólu by Jacek Dukaj
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKról Bólu i inne powieściPiętnaście lat twórczości Jacka Dukaja w ośmiu utworach przekraczających granice wyobraźni i człowieczeństwa.Wszyscy przecież czujemy koniec czasów człowieka. Czujemy, że usuwa się nam ziemia spod nóg; na czymś stać trzeba, więc budujemy rusztowania; ale im my wyżej, tym one chybotliwsze; im my potężniejsi, tym one wątlejsze. Wszystko się wali... -
![Liege-Killer by Christopher Hinz]()
Liege-Killer by Christopher Hinz
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTwo hundred years after Earth is devastated by nuclear war and genetically engineered Paratwa assassins, the humans of orbiting Earth colonies are at peace, until a series of murders reveal the reemergence of the Paratwa... -
![Destiny by Matthew Mather, Lucas Bale]()
Destiny by Matthew Mather, Lucas Bale
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAs the Earth plunges toward Saturn, Jessica struggles to decide whether to save the ones she loves, or save the human race... -
![Star Songs of an Old Primate by James Tiptree Jr.]()
Star Songs of an Old Primate by James Tiptree Jr.
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA marvelous medley of Tiptree's best - YOUR HAPLOID HEART - When Ian Suitlov and Pax Patton landed on Esthaa to check for humans, the job wasn't as easy as it appeared. Though the natives seemed human enough, only cross breeding would be conclusive proof... -
![Expelled by Ell Leigh Clarke]()
Expelled by Ell Leigh Clarke
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJayne Austin wasn’t always the galaxy’s number one spy. She was expelled from spy school for uncovering a double-agent because apparently, that’s what happens to spies that accomplish great things.Given a choice between going back to her planet or selling her one-way ticket for starting capital she thought long and hard about her choices. All of fifteen seconds. Then, she created ‘the Plan... -
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![Into Twilight by P.R. Adams]()
Into Twilight by P.R. Adams
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDouble-crossed and abandoned behind enemy lines. It’s an agent’s worst nightmare.In the 22nd Century, Stefan Mendoza is a loyal operator for the Agency, an organization that does the United States’ dirty work. Extraction, systems hacking, assassination—allies and enemies, he never questions the mission. And then the day comes when he’s considered expendable... -
![UKD1 by Chris Harris]()
UKD1 by Chris Harris
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“What would happen if…?”Many people ask themselves the question, but how many do something about it?Tom lives in Birmingham, England with his family. After asking himself the question and researching what could happen, he decided it wouldn’t do any harm to be a little bit prepared and store some food and equipment.Just in case... -
![Static by James Hunt]()
Static by James Hunt
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe thin thread holding the civilized world together has been severed. Millions of citizens have been thrust into the unknown, breeding fear into the minds and souls of those seeking to survive. Wren Burton, an architect from Chicago, has been engulfed by the chaotic aftermath of an EMP blast. Her family is injured. The enemy is unknown. And help is nowhere to be found... -
![Interface: Technology will change us by Tony Batton]()
Interface: Technology will change us by Tony Batton
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTechnology will change usWhen Tom Faraday joined internationally renowned CERUS Biotech, he thought he’d landed his dream job. A chance to work with their famous CEO, William Bern, perhaps to change the world. But Tom has found himself in an organisation in crisis. The company bet the house on a radical neural interface project, only to be blocked by a government with reasons of its own... -
![Going Gone by Susan Kiernan-Lewis]()
Going Gone by Susan Kiernan-Lewis
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsn Going Gone, Book 2 of the dystopian series, The Irish End Game, tragedy strikes the three Americans where they live in Ireland. Sarah Woodson is brutally taken —across the Irish Sea to the pastoral beauty of England’s Cotswold’s—and the horrors of a post-apocalyptic sex slave trade... -
![The Robot Chronicles by David Gatewood, Hugh Howey]()
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... -
![True Names... and Other Dangers by Vernor Vinge]()
True Names... and Other Dangers by Vernor Vinge
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsContents:Bookworm, Run! (1966)True Names (1981)The Peddler's Apprentice (1975) with Joan D... -
![The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction by Gardner Dozois, William Gibson]()
The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction by Gardner Dozois, William Gibson
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor years, The Year's Best Science Fiction has been the most widely read short science fiction anthology of its kind. Now, after twenty-one annual collections, comes the ultimate in science fiction anthologies, The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction, in which legendary editor Gardner Dozois selects the very best short stories for this landmark collection... -
![Extincta by Victor Dixen]()
Extincta by Victor Dixen
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsL’ESPÈCE HUMAINE DISPARAÎTRA DANS 255 HEURES.Les pires prédictions climatiques se sont réalisées, le Grand Effondrement a eu lieu et presque toutes les espèces animales se sont éteintes. Les Derniers Humains se sont réfugiés dans les Dernières Terres : un archipel rocailleux surgi des glaces, où ils survivent dans des cités-royaumes éparses... -
![True Names: and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier by Vernor Vinge, James Frenkel]()
True Names: and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier by Vernor Vinge, James Frenkel
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOnce in a great while a science fiction story is so visionary, yet so close to impending scientific developments that it becomes not only an accurate predictor, but itself the locus for new discoveries and development. True Names by Vernor Vinge, first published in 1981, is such a work... -
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![Beyond the Rift by Peter Watts]()
Beyond the Rift by Peter Watts
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsCombining complex science with skillfully executed prose, these edgy, award-winning tales explore the shifting border between the known and the alien. The beauty and peril of technology and the passion and penalties of conviction merge in narratives that are by turns dark, satiric, and introspective...Categorized as:
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![Galactic North by Alastair Reynolds]()
Galactic North by Alastair Reynolds
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWith eight short stories and novellas--including three original to this collection--Galactic North imparts the centuries-spanning events that have produced the dark and turbulent world of Revelation Space... -
![Radicalized by Cory Doctorow]()
Radicalized by Cory Doctorow
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHere are four urgent stories from author and activist Cory Doctorow, four social, technological and economic visions of the world today and its near—all too near—future.Unauthorized Bread is a tale of immigration, toxic economic stratification and a young woman's perilously illegal quest to fix a broken toaster...Categorized as:
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![A.I. Apocalypse by William Hertling]()
A.I. Apocalypse by William Hertling
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsLeon Tsarev is a high school student set on getting into a great college program, until his uncle, a member of the Russian mob, coerces him into developing a new computer virus for the mob’s botnet - the slave army of computers they used to commit digital crimes.The evolutionary virus Leon creates, based on biological principles, is successful -- too successful... -
![Manna by Marshall Brain]()
Manna by Marshall Brain
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsRobots will soon begin taking human jobs in places like retail stores, fast food restaurants, construction sites and transportation. The key technology that will fuel the transition is inexpensive computer vision systems, and the number of human jobs at risk numbers in the tens of millions. More than half of the jobs in the United States could be eliminated... -
![Emerald Eyes by Daniel Keys Moran]()
Emerald Eyes by Daniel Keys Moran
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen the government created 250 telepathic infants to train as warriors, the children were nurtured as only the most valuable of slaves can be. But now these rare children have come of age, and they demand the same freedom as all men and women--and possess a unique power with which to fight for it... -
![Le Code Enigma by Neal Stephenson, Jean Bonnefoy]()
Le Code Enigma by Neal Stephenson, Jean Bonnefoy
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn 1942, Lawrence Pritchard Waterhouse, mathematical genius and captain in the U.S. Navy, is assigned to Detachment 2702, whose mission is to keep Nazis ignorant of the fact that Allied Intelligence cracked the enemy's fabled Enigma code... -
![Second Suicide: A Short Story by Hugh Howey]()
Second Suicide: A Short Story by Hugh Howey
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEight days to planetfall, and I'm being transferred to Gunner. My tentacles slime in disgust.Or is it fear?If this is the last planet we ever conquer, I'll be glad. Be nice to settle down somewhere, get off this ship, own a square of land, learn to love all that open sky.Eight more days before planetfall. Eight days before we reach planet Earth... -
![36 by Nieves Delgado]()
36 by Nieves Delgado
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEl nacimiento de una nueva Inteligencia Artificial en el CIDIA siempre es motivo de alegría. En el caso de la que ocupará el cuerpo número 36, la felicidad es doble, puesto que, nada más nacer, ha sorprendido a todos los técnicos con un insólito «Buenos días». 36 no es una IA como las demás, se hace preguntas y quiere respuestas... -
![Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual by Rick Sternbach]()
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual by Rick Sternbach
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsUNLOCK THE SECRETS OF TEROK NOR! It was once a battered Cardassian ore-processing facility orbiting the planet Bajor. But Terok Nor took on new life when the Cardassians evacuated and were replaced by Starfleet personnel... -
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![Annihilation Point by Colin F. Barnes]()
Annihilation Point by Colin F. Barnes
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHow much sacrifice should anyone have to give? Petal and Gabriel are forced to decide, as the mad, digital entity, Elliot Robertson, is determined to dominate the world. His influence, spread by an insurgent group, The Ronin, seeks to control and enslave the last of humanity...Categorized as:
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![The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection by Gardner Dozois, Stephen Baxter]()
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection by Gardner Dozois, Stephen Baxter
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe twenty-eight stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and to the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including: Daniel Abraham • Eleanor Arnason • Pauolo Bacigalupi • Kage Baker • Stephen Baxter • Terry Bisson • James L... -
![Jason and Lily by Kate Wrath]()
Jason and Lily by Kate Wrath
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHE PREQUEL TO THE E SERIESLong before Outpost Three…Before battles,Before journeys….Before the shattering of old worlds……And the building of new ones….Long before Eden and Jonas…there was…Jason and Lily... -
![Fallout 3 - Prima Official Game Guide by David Hodgson]()
Fallout 3 - Prima Official Game Guide by David Hodgson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings• Every major ammo and health cache, Bobblehead, Skill Book, Unique Weapon, Weapon Schematic, Mini Nuke, and more!• A gigantic tour of the Capital Wasteland with over 100 maps.• Multiple tactics and tips for every Main, Miscellaneous, and Freeform quest.• Karma flowcharts plus everything you need to know about completing all endings.• Expert tactical advice on V.A.T.S., combat techniques, S.P.E.C... -
![Overclocked: More Stories of the Future Present by Cory Doctorow]()
Overclocked: More Stories of the Future Present by Cory Doctorow
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Cory Doctorow has been hailed as one of the freshest voices in science fiction, and this collection of intriguing novellas is yet another reason why... -
![Eclipse Penumbra by John Shirley]()
Eclipse Penumbra by John Shirley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHE SA HAD BEEN HIRED TO MAKE ORDER.AND THEY PLANNED TO KEEP IT…FOREVER.From the beginning, thwarting the Second Alliance had been the first priority of the New Resistance; now the SA had decided it was time to return the favor. Resistance could not be allowed to interfere with the progress of the SA’s master plan...
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