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Terry Pratchett Discworld Collection 7 Books Set (Unseen Academicals, the Colour ofMagic, GoingPostal, Making Money, the Light Fantastic, Equal Rites, Mort) by Terry Pratchett
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTerry Pratchett is the acclaimed creator of the Discworld series, started in 1983 with The Colour of Magic, and which has now reached 37 novels with Unseen Academicals. Worldwide sales of his books are 60 million, and they have been translated into 37 languages. Terry Pratchett was knighted for services to literature in 2009. Titles Included in this set : 1. Unseen Academicals 2... -
Prepper's Collapse by A.J. Newman
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPrepper's Collapse - Book 2 in the Prepper’s Apocalypse series.Prepper Post-Apocalyptic Survival FictionEMP blasts started the apocalypse during Tom and his family's return flight home from vacation. Surviving the crash only caused them to confront the chaos of the apocalypse head-on... -
Olivia and the Orc by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn orc guard. A kidnapped human. A treacherous journey…The last thing Olivia remembers is celebrating a friend’s birthday. The next thing she knows, she and her friends are being marched across an alien desert by a gang of small lizardmen - and one very large and forbidding green alien... -
Paradyzja by Janusz A. Zajdel, Mirosław Neinert
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNajlepsza współczesna fantastyka to ma więc i Janusz to miał. Poczucie misji i świadomość że świat nie jest taki jak się wydaje, a naszą rzeczą jest to odkryć, ujawnić, nazwać. Ten problem wykracza poza doświadczenie komunizmu, które Janusza prześladowało, intrygowało, inspirowało, ale nie odebrało uniwersalizmu jego dziełu i spojrzeniu... -
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The Across the Universe Trilogy (Across the Universe, #1-3) by Beth Revis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings... -
Novels & Stories 1950–1962: Player Piano / The Sirens of Titan / Mother Night / Stories by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKurt Vonnegut’s signature qualities as a writer—what John Updike called “his free flow of invention, the surreal beauty of his imagery, and a colloquial American style justly ranked with Mark Twain’s”—are everywhere on display in this authoritative collection of his early fiction... -
The Path Of Water by Franklin Horton
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter an EMP strands Dan in Boise, he escapes to the Idaho mountains with his new friend, Holly. She's not entirely sure what she's gotten herself into. She's straight-laced, pragmatic, and comes from a law enforcement background. Dan is a vigilante who thinks murder is sometimes the best solution to a problem... -
Nemesis by T.C. Edge
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCromwell has been taken. Brie and Zander must go after him. And over in the city of Haven, the war rages on… Return to Haven one final time in the pulsating, breathtaking GRAND FINALE of the Enhanced Series... -
Awaken by K.A. Riley
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTraining continues, and Ash has just begun to scratch the surface of the secrets behind the Blight—the disease that's been killing off the entire adult population—and about the Aristocracy, the powerful and wealthy residents of the Arc who control everything... -
Odd Billy Todd by N.C. Reed
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBILLLY TODD HAS ALWAYS BEEN DIFFERENT. Most people called him odd, and those were the nice people. Born with a learning disability, Billy's parents never allowed him to consider himself disabled. Raised to be self-sufficient, Billy might not be as smart as some, but he's a lot smarter than people realized... -
QualityLand 2.0 by Marc-Uwe Kling
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsKikis GeheimnisZurück in die Zukunft! Die große dystopische Erzählung geht weiter ...Schwer was los in QualityLand, dem besten aller möglichen Länder. Peter Arbeitsloser darf endlich als Maschinentherapeut arbeiten und schlägt sich jetzt mit den Beziehungsproblemen von Haushaltsgeräten herum... -
The Darkest Minds Series Boxed Set by Alexandra Bracken
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAll four novels in the New York Times best-selling Darkest Minds series--The Darkest Minds, Never Fade, In the Afterlight, and Through the Dark--are now available in one thrilling paperback boxed set... -
The Embers of Hope by Nick Jones
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlternate cover for this ASIN can be found hereAfter narrowly escaping the Shiryaevo Vault, Nathan O’Brien is on the run, adapting to life without Jennifer Logan. In his possession: a powerful mind control device known as the Histeridae and evidence of the Hibernation Program’s true agenda... -
Tracked by Heather Sunseri, Paul Heitsch
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTracked, fourth in the Mindspeak series, can be listened to as a stand-alone novel.A year-old murder in the rainforest of Costa Rica haunts Raven MacMillan. Details of the tragedy she witnessed remain suppressed deep inside her subconscious. When circumstances force her to return to the scene of the crime, someone makes it abundantly clear: Raven isn't welcome... -
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The Chosen by T.C. Edge
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe world thinks them gods. Only she knows different… Amber lives in a world full of lies. Within the great city of Olympus, so-called gods and goddesses reside, praised and worshipped by those deemed beneath them. The Children of the Prime, as they’re called, are blessed with wondrous and mysterious powers... -
Revenge of the Apocalypse by Benjamin Wallace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere’s an empire to topple, a tyrant to kill and revenge to be had. They’ve taken everything from him. Now Jerry and Chewy are headed to Niagara Falls to take out the wasteland’s greatest villain once and for all. But the Librarian isn’t the only one looking for revenge... -
Trial of the Chosen by T.C. Edge
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAmber's true nature has been revealed to the people of Olympus, and in spectacular fashion. What will happen to her now? And what of Lilly and Jude, their fates still unknown. Continue Amber's adventure as she falls deeper into the world of Olympus, and comes into contact with some of the most powerful Children of the Prime... -
The Maze Runner: by James Dashner | Summary & Analysis by Book*Sense
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Maze Runner: by James Dashner | Summary & Analysis (The Maze Runner Series, Book 1) by Book*Sense This is a Summary & Analysis of The Maze Runner by James Dashner. Award-winning author James Dashner’s The Maze Runner shows the influences of the author’s broad reading... -
Ride, Sally, Ride (Or Sex Rules) by Douglas Wilson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt's two decades in the future, and a Christian college student named Ace Hartwick has just destroyed his neighbor's so-called "wife" -- actually a sexbot named Sally -- in a trash compactor. Soon, Ace will be on trial for murder.Unfortunately for Ace, everyone despises his kind of "radical" Christianity, and, in the fragile America of the future, all the juries are fixed... -
Origins by Isamu Fukui
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFifteen years ago, the Mayor of the Education City was presented with an unwelcome surprise by his superiors: twin six-month-old boys. As the Mayor reluctantly accepted the two babies, he had no way of knowing that they would change the city forever….Raised in the comfort of the Mayoral mansion, Umasi and Zen are as different as two brothers can be. Umasi is a good student; Zen an indifferent one... -
Suns Will Rise by Jessica Brody
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAN HEIR. A RENEGADEA CONVICT. A CYBORGA DÉFECTEUR FIVE REBELS. ONE REVOLUTION. It’s been three months since the Patriarche was beheaded, leaving behind no heir. From the outside, Laterre seems to be flourishing. General Bonnefaçon has cleaned up the streets, fed the hungry, and restored peace while the next leader is decided upon. But dangerous rifts threaten to shatter the planet from within... -
Invader by T.C. Edge
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsContinue Brie's pulse-pounding adventure in book seven of The Enhanced!The High Tower has fallen, changing the city forever, and thousands of Savants have been killed. But there’s one, above all, that the Nameless want gone... -
Avenger by T.C. Edge
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSitting alone up on level 12 of the City Guard HQ, Brie is rocked by the revelation about her past. Knowing that there’s only one person who can provide answers, she goes seeking the truth. In the coming days, however, the secrets of her past might just pale into insignificance with what’s about to happen in her future... -
Dark Side of the Moon by V.R. Tapscott
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this sequel to Jane Bond, Jane finds some very interesting things in the basement left behind when Kit went away. Among them is a fully operational space ship. Of course, the catch is, how can Jane fly it? Once Jane overcomes that hurdle, she and her friends are on the way again - and a new friend by the name of Olive comes along to pilot the ship - and make pancakes... -
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Mail-Order Brides of Crakair: Scifi Alien Romance Box Set: A Complete, 6 Book Series Plus 2 Bonus Novellas by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThey're scaly and green, seven-feet-tall, much too cocky, and they're seeking Earthling brides.The Complete Mail-Order Brides of Crakair Series includes:VorkBrykJorgKralWulfLyelAxilGajePLUS SIX bonus epilogues never before released!Over 14 million page reads in this bestselling series... -
Last One at the Party by Bethany Clift
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsTHE END OF EVERYTHING WAS HER BEGINNINGIt's November 2023. The human race has been wiped out by the 6DM virus (Six Days Maximum - the longest you've got before your body destroys itself). The end of the world as we know it.Yet someone is still alive. Alone in a new world of burning cities, rotting corpses and ravenous rats, one woman has survived... -
Untouched By Human Hands by Robert Sheckley
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe 1950s saw publication of Sheckley's 1st four books: short story collections Untouched by Human Hands (Ballantine '54), Citizen in Space ('55), Pilgrimage to Earth (Bantam '57) & a novel, Immortality, Inc. (1st serialized in Galaxy, '58)... -
Delirium: The Complete Collection: Delirium, Hana, Pandemonium, Annabel, Raven, Requiem by Lauren Oliver
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis collection contains the complete text of the three bestselling Delirium novels plus three short novellas about characters in the Delirium world. Lauren Oliver's powerful New York Times bestselling dystopian trilogy presents a world as terrifying as George Orwell's 1984 and a romance as true as Romeo & Juliet... -
Ascend by K.A. Riley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Uprising is gaining ground. But supplies are scarce, and the Aristocracy is more powerful than anyone ever imagined.Ash's fight may be unwinnable...but the affection of a certain young man may just give her the strength she needs to persevere... -
Defender by T.C. Edge
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBrie and Zander have confirmed their worst fears – an incoming horde is marching their way. Now, it seems, the Nameless have no choice but to team with their mortal enemy, striking a bargain for the good of the city. To Brie, the thought is repellent, but it might just be a necessary measure... -
The Circle Broken by Kat Mayor, K.M. Montemayor
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWithout Charlie, Lilly can find no reason to live. She throws herself into her studies and eventually becomes a doctor. But hiding behind her career doesn't work. Despite all her efforts to forget the past, she still finds herself haunted by her memories of him.Charlie's decision to be with Lilly has cost him his freedom and perhaps his sanity... -
Les Aigles d'Orient by Pierre Bordage
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings2214. Le monde est divise par le rem, un rideau electromagnétique infranchissable à l'ouest, des nantis qui ont fait de leur espace un havre de paix et de prospérité. De l'autre côté des peuples bafoués, des esclaves que l'on importe pour satisfaire les aspirations ludiques des occidentaux en mal de sensations... -
Splinters In Time by Jason Ayres
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGetting lost in the wrong time was bad enough. But things get far worse for Josh Gardner when he can't even find his way back to his own universe. When his ex-girlfriend, Lauren, starts having recurring nightmares about a strange alternate reality in which she was murdered, Josh becomes interested in proving the existence of other universes...Categorized as:
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Palm Sunday/Welcome to the Monkeyhouse by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA diabolical government asserts control by eliminating orgasms from sex in the title story of Welcome to the Monkey House - setting the tone for a collection shot through with Vonnegut's acrid wit, and his bewilderment at the corruption of humanity... -
Until Midnight by Melissa Landers
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDon't miss the *free* romantic holiday story that connects ALIENATED and INVADED! Cara and Aelyx only have one day to spend together before he returns to earth and she travels to Aelyx's home planet, L'eihr. Homesick and worried about the upcoming year apart, Cara is desperate to make these final hours count. Worst of all, Cara is missing Christmas, stuck on board an alien spaceship... -
Everything but the Squeal by John Scalzi
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the not-so-distant future, life is good... if you’re one of the lucky few to live in the new, ecologically-minded city-states that dot the landscape. Outside their walls, in the “wilds” -- the rotting suburbs and exurbs of America -- things have become rather more precarious. Benjamin Washington is a kid in New St... -
The Fall by Devon C. Ford
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe first in the multi-author, post-apocalyptic blockbuster series. Cal’s ‘honeymoon’ didn’t start off quite how he’d planned. For starters, he was heading somewhere he didn’t actually want to go. And secondly, he was going alone and unmarried... -
Holding Their Own VI: Bishop's Song by Joe Nobody
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook six of bestselling author Joe Nobody's saga continues the adventures of Bishop and Terri as the communities of the Alliance strive to improve the quality of life for all. But the obstacles are many.War looms on the horizon as treachery threatens to destroy everything they've worked so hard to build... -
The Universe in Miniature in Miniature by Patrick Somerville
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this genre-busting book from award-winning novelist Patrick Somerville characters, stories, and stray thoughts revolve around the "The Machine of Understanding Other People," the story of a Chicago man who is bequeathed a supernatural helmet that allows him to experience the inner worlds of those around him... -
Paradox Lost, And Twelve Other Great Science Fiction Stories by Fredric Brown
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA collection of thirteen short stories. Includes a three-page introduction by Elizabeth Brown, the author's widow... -
Slashed by Lou Cadle
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s the end of oil. We knew it was coming one day. But it happened so fast! Devlin Quinn turns sixteen the same week that a battle in a distant war shuts off the flow of imported petroleum to the U.S. Gas runs low, then runs out, and soon the highways are empty. And then it gets very serious. The grocery store shelves are empty, and people become desperate for food... -
Vacation by Jeremy C. Shipp
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's time for blueblood Bernard Johnson to leave his boring life behind and go on The Vacation, a yearlong corporate-sponsored odyssey. But instead of seeing the world, Bernard is captured by terrorists, becomes a key figure in secret drug wars, and, worse, doesn't once miss his secure American Dream... -
Antitype by M.D. Waters
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAntitype is the prequel to acclaimed novels, Archetype and Prototype. Before Emma appears in their lives, two men face four months that will change their lives forever. One has dreams outside Richmond and away from his family business. The other wants to make the business his only focus... -
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Dark Star by Lara Morgan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTo protect Pip and fulfil her deal with Sulawayo, Rosie Black has joined Helios. But trouble is brewing within the ranks - a rebellion is rising. Who is part of the rebellion? Who is trying to take full control of Helios? How does the mysterious Dark Star fit into these plans? The stakes are high for Rosie. The survival of Pip and the world as she knows it depends on her... -
Caged: A Sci-Fi Alien Romance by Hattie Jacks
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFeral and lethal, this alien gladiator wants only me…Sylas is the planet’s most ruthless fighter, unmatched in the arena and feared by all who come up against him.Until he meets me. The abducted human forced into servitude and far from home. He growls ‘mine’ and I am claimed by a seven-foot wall of scars and sinew.There is more to Sylas than his chiselled good looks and proficiency with a sword... -
Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits by David Wong, Jason Pargin
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Jason Pargin takes readers to a whole new level with his darkly comic sci-fi thriller. A Winner of the 2016 Alex AwardsNightmarish villains with superhuman enhancements. An all-seeing social network that tracks your every move. Mysterious, smooth-talking power players who lurk behind the scenes. A young woman from the trailer park. And her very smelly cat... -
Citizen in Space by Robert Sheckley
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsContentsThe Mountain Without a NameThe AccountantHunting ProblemA Thief in TimeThe Luckiest Man in the WorldHands OffSomething for NothingA Ticket to TranaiThe BattleSkulking PermitCitizen in SpaceAsk a Foolish... -
The Meek by J.D. Palmer
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe world didn’t end with a religious war, or a race war, or an economic collapse. It didn’t end with everyone blowing each other up with nuclear warheads and it didn’t end with a natural disaster. It didn’t end because someone got offended in one of the million petty squabbles that were real, or fake, or imagined. It ended quietly... -
Why Visit America by Matthew Baker
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsEqual parts speculative and satirical, the stories in Why Visit America form an exegesis of our current political predicament, while offering an eloquent plea for connection and hope.The citizens of Plainfield, Texas, have had it with the broke-down United States...
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