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Seeing Jesus by Jeffrey McClain Jones
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDid you ever wish you could actually see and hear Jesus next to you? Philly Thompson never did. But one day, on the way to work, he's forced out of his routine life when he meets a strangely dressed man on the bus. The friendly stranger claims to be Jesus and no one beside Philly seems to see him. The story of how this two-week encounter changes Philly extends to his girlfriend and to his family... -
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Hearing Jesus by Jeffrey McClain Jones
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGladys Hight lives alone in a cozy little house in southeastern Wisconsin. Occasionally, her family has heard her speaking with Harry, her husband, who died four years ago. Her daughter, Patty, the type-A opposite of Gladys, worries about her mother’s sanity. At seventy-eight, even Gladys has her doubts... -
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Duna Volume 1 by Frank Herbert
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis Hugo & Nebula Award winner tells a sweeping tale of the desert planet Arrakis, the focus of an intricate power struggle in a byzantine interstellar empire. Arrakis is the sole source of Melange, “spice of spices”. Melange is necessary for interstellar travel & grants psi powers & longevity. Whoever controls it wields great influence... -
![Stealth Retribution by Vikki Kestell]()
Stealth Retribution by Vikki Kestell
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRetribution. Also known as "payback" or a more dated word: "vengeance." Arnaldo Soto has taken Emilio and intends to use him as bait to trap Gemma. It's an effective strategy, because Gemma will do anything-anything-to save the young boy.The woman known as Gemma Keyes is gone, her molecular structure destroyed and reassembled as . . . something else... -
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![Stealth Power by Vikki Kestell]()
Stealth Power by Vikki Kestell
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI must survive. For Dr. Bickel’s sake, I must survive. Weakened by the nanomites’ drain, Gemma flees from General Cushing’s renewed pursuit. She finds temporary refuge in Dr. Bickel’s vacant safe house—refuge and time for her body to recover from the damage inflicted by the nanomites.But how does an invisible woman with no identity survive in a visible world?While the nanomites search for Dr... -
![Frank Herbert's Dune Saga Collection: Books 1 - 6 by Frank Herbert]()
Frank Herbert's Dune Saga Collection: Books 1 - 6 by Frank Herbert
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsPerfect for longtime fans and new readers alike—this eBook collection includes all six original novels in the Dune Saga written by Frank Herbert.DUNE IS SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE directed by Denis Villeneuve, starring Timothée Chalamet, Josh Brolin, Jason Momoa, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Javier Bardem, Dave Bautista, Stellan Skarsgård, and Charlotte Rampling... -
![Eclipse of the Sun by Michael D. O'Brien]()
Eclipse of the Sun by Michael D. O'Brien
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn this fast-paced, reflective novel, (the third in a trilogy following Strangers and Sojourners and Plague Journal) Michael O'Brien presents the dramatic tale of a family that finds itself in the path of a totalitarian government... -
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Diuna, tom II by Frank Herbert
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsISBN 8320707722 is shared with the first volume of the book, this is the second... -
![The Gospel According to Todd by R.A. Williams]()
The Gospel According to Todd by R.A. Williams
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTodd Heller is an arrogant ER physician who stubbornly denies the existence of God. A ministering angel forces him back in time to the harsh, primitive culture of ancient Israel so he can witness the miracles of Jesus with his own eyes. Meticulously researched for historical accuracy, this plot is woven into the gospel account of the final year of Christ’s ministry... -
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Love, Z by Jessie Sima
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhile out looking for adventure, a young robot named Z finds a message in a bottle: "Love, Beatrice, it says. But what is love? And who is Beatrice? Finding out might be the best adventure of all... -
![Five Ways to Forgiveness by Ursula K. Le Guin]()
Five Ways to Forgiveness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHere for the first time is the complete suite of five linked stories from Ursula K. Le Guin’s acclaimed Hainish series, which tells the history of the Ekumen, the galactic confederation of human colonies founded by the planet Hain...Categorized as:
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Icon by Georgia Briggs
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsForget your name. Forget your parents. These are the things Euphrosyne's grandparents and counsellors tell her. But if Orthodox Christianity is a lie, why did the icon so dramatically save her life? And what can she do to get the icon back?In a post-Christian America, where going to church, praying, or owning holy things means death, a twelve-year-old girl searches for the truth... -
![Last Knight by Cynthia Luhrs]()
Last Knight by Cynthia Luhrs
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStuck in medieval England with no cell service... Christian Thornton keeps losing his betrothed. The ladies have heard a terrible rumor and flee. If that wasn't bad enough, he's facing pestilence and disease, his people are sick, and the last thing he needs is a vexing future girl showing up at Winterforth. Ashley is high-strung, stressed out, and lost without her ever present phone... -
![The Last Archide: Complete Series by Chad R. Odom]()
The Last Archide: Complete Series by Chad R. Odom
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe world is at war. Government titans use sports heroes known as Centauri for political influence. Meanwhile, warriors from another time known as Archides are backed into a corner. The man who brought down their galaxy-spanning empire, is taking advantage of the turmoil and threatens to conquer this world as he did their ancient home. Oryan Jeckstadt is born a slave... -
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![Secrets of Time by Zoe Matthews, Jade Jenson]()
Secrets of Time by Zoe Matthews, Jade Jenson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1902 Keegan has finally accomplished his lifelong goal- he is a doctor. He was able to work in an office, and he loves his job. However, when he is offered an even better position, he isn’t sure why he doesn’t want to accept it. He can’t explain why.. until he meets Megan Conway. The only problem is Megan is from 2015. 2015 Megan has had dreams of the same man her entire life... -
![The Viridian Priestess by Katrina Calandra]()
The Viridian Priestess by Katrina Calandra
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe is a telepathic priestess, determined to rise the ranks of her temple. So why do her thoughts keep straying back to the masked commander? Priestess Ferren has devoted her life to her celestial deity, yet she has not been able to ascend the priestess order. But on the eve of a great planetary event, the chance to prove herself arises... -
![Ride, Sally, Ride (Or Sex Rules) by Douglas Wilson]()
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... -
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California by Jamie Lee Grey
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is an alternate cover edition of ASIN B07R9WJ81Q Flames will destroy. Planes will fall from the sky. Bombs will detonate. And that’s just the first day. Katie and Zach Nelson are looking forward to celebrating their anniversary with a relaxing camping trip on the California coast. But terrorists have other plans for the weekend. Like torching the place... -
![Led pod kůží by Vilma Kadlečková]()
Led pod kůží by Vilma Kadlečková
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLucas Hildebrandt dosáhl všeho, co si předsevzal; jenže zároveň se nedopatřením a mimochodem dotkl nejtemnějšího össenského tajemství. Na jeho rukou jsou spóry laëgühru. A nad jeho hlavou číhají Lodě. Ty, které bdí ve vesmíru, čekaly dlouho na svou chvíli; a teď konečně nalézají. Jejich Sdílené vědomí se obrací ke Studni planetárního ticha, kam se Lucas uchýlil společně s Aš~šádem z Fomalhiwy... -
![Spektrum by Sergei Lukyanenko]()
Spektrum by Sergei Lukyanenko
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNapínavá a inteligentní tzv. space-opera je novým románem v současnosti nejpopulárnějšího ruského autora science fiction: Už jen pár let nás dělí od okamžiku, kdy se na Zemi objeví Klíčníci. Mimozemská rasa přinášející pohádkové technologie – a především Stanice s teleportačními Fortnami, jež spojují galaxii do jediné přepravní sítě... -
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System Collapse by Martha Wells
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe million-copy, New York Times bestselling Murderbot series is back in another full-length novel adventure!Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse.Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back.Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation has sent rescue ships to a newly-colonized planet in peril, as well as additional SecUnits... -
![Ensin palasivat linnut by Anne Kovalainen]()
Ensin palasivat linnut by Anne Kovalainen
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsHyytävä tarina luonnonmullistuksen jälkeisestä maailmasta, jonka elämänmenoa varjostaa eristäytyneestä saaresta säteilevä paha.Yhdeksänvuotias Sanelma ja hänen vanhempi sisarensa Sirja ovat pelastuneet luonnonkatastrofista, jossa osa tunnettua maailmaa tuntuu lakanneen olemasta...Categorized as:
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![Hunted on Predator Planet by Vicky L. Holt]()
Hunted on Predator Planet by Vicky L. Holt
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLove will capture its prey, especially on a Predator Planet. Esra Weaver, exo-geologist, is hired for the Kerberos-90 Mining expedition, but when she awakens in her Emergency Egress Pod on a tropical, uninhabited planet, she realizes her life has taken a drastic turn for the disastrous... -
![Schrödinger's Cat 3: The Homing Pigeons by Robert Anton Wilson]()
Schrödinger's Cat 3: The Homing Pigeons by Robert Anton Wilson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Homing Pigeons, features President Kennedy, although it has very little to do with the President. Near the end of the book it keeps switching universes, some of which contain President Kennedy, others which contain President Lousewort, and still others in which Hubbard is the president... -
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![Counter Clockwise by Elle Strauss]()
Counter Clockwise by Elle Strauss
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHigh school senior Casey Donovan is in trouble. Again. If only she had trusted in Nate’s loyalty when he traveled to Spain with his college basketball team – despite the accompaniment of the cheerleading squad and Fiona the Floozy who’d made it super clear she wanted Nate for herself...Categorized as:
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![Clockwork Crazy by Elle Strauss]()
Clockwork Crazy by Elle Strauss
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe continuation of the story arc started in Counter Clockwise ( Clockwise #5)The stress created by Casey’s recent split from Nate causes her to trip back in time in a haphazard manner, and not always to the same time! Sometimes she’s in 1929 Boston getting more entangled than ever with the mishaps of her new and not-so-helpful friends, and at other times she’s back in 1775 trying to make sure...Categorized as:
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![Forever Beside You in Time by Bess McBride]()
Forever Beside You in Time by Bess McBride
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAurora Morrison, small town librarian, scrimped and saved for a tour of Britain. Immediately upon arrival, she heads to Kensington Gardens for a picnic lunch under the shade of a maple tree bearing the initials of some long-forgotten lovers. Exhausted from the long flight to London, she falls asleep and wakes to find herself somehow thrust back in time to 1902...Categorized as:
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![From Russia With Love by Colleen Coble]()
From Russia With Love by Colleen Coble
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIrina's father was killed by the Russian government, and now Irina goes to bed sad and hungry. Tatiana is despearate and decides that marriage to an American man will ensure her daughter's security. But when Tatiana arrives in the United States, she finds that the marriage she expected was only a cruel joke arranged by Gabe Salinger's immature twin brother... -
![The God Portal by Tim Ferguson]()
The God Portal by Tim Ferguson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt began as a vacation out west for Jim Wagner and his family…until Jim discovers his brother, particle physicist Dr. Warren Wagner, is missing from his Nevada home. Their search leads to the desert laboratory of corporate giant Forsythe-Hammond... -
![Vidění by Vilma Kadlečková, Jaroslav Plesl]()
Vidění by Vilma Kadlečková, Jaroslav Plesl
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKdyž se jedna z össenských Lodí vynoří z R-A prostoru mrtvá, pro Össeany je to důvod ke smutečním obřadům – a pro Pozemšťany drama. Lidé, kteří v Lodi zůstali, mají být obětováni. Při össenské mši poteče krev; a těžko Össeany přesvědčit, aby to nedělali.Lucas Hildebrandt pokusy o záchranu ignoruje... -
![Bajo el metal by Irene Morales]()
Bajo el metal by Irene Morales
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJapón, 2304.Hotaro e Ichiro son dos mecatrónicos de los bajos fondos de la desértica ciudad de Tokio. Su fama de aceptar cualquier encargo, por truculento o retorcido que sea, lleva a un capo de la mafia a proponerles un nuevo y jugoso trabajo: arreglar y actualizar al último neómano del país, un androide ilegal al que planea subastar entre las altas esferas... -
![Winds of Time by Zoe Matthews, Jade Jenson]()
Winds of Time by Zoe Matthews, Jade Jenson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBridget wants a family, more than she ever has before.. Now that her two older brothers are married- to women from the year 2006, no less- and her younger brother spends the majority of the year in Denver at school, Bridget decides it is time for her to find love herself. But she also wants something she has never had a chance to have before- an adventure... -
![Then Will the Sun Rise Alabaster by Benjanun Sriduangkaew]()
Then Will the Sun Rise Alabaster by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsOn a remote planet, a convent harbors a deadly secret buried beneath quiet violence--a secret that the woman known only as the Alabaster Admiral will obtain at any cost. Set in the same universe as And Shall Machines Surrender... -
![Voyage to Alpha Centauri: A Novel by Michael D. O'Brien]()
Voyage to Alpha Centauri: A Novel by Michael D. O'Brien
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSet eighty years in the future, this novel by the best-selling author Michael O'Brien is about an expedition sent from the planet Earth to Alpha Centauri, the star closest to our solar system. The Kosmos, a great ship that the central character Neil de Hoyos describes as a "flying city," is immense in size and capable of more than half light-speed... -
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![Chaos on CatNet by Naomi Kritzer]()
Chaos on CatNet by Naomi Kritzer
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this follow-up to the award-winning near future YA thriller Catfishing on CatNet, It takes an AI to catch an AI…When a mysterious entity starts hacking into social networks and chat rooms to instigate paranoia and violence in the real world, it’s up to Steph and her new friend, Nell, to find a way to stop it—with the help of their benevolent AI friend, CheshireCat... -
![The Second Son by Charles Sailor]()
The Second Son by Charles Sailor
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHis name is Joseph Turner, a brave young construction worker from the Bronx, who rescues an imperiled co-worker trapped on a swaying iron girder twenty-four stories high - only to slip and plummet to the pavement below. Horrified onlookers are astonished and the world is stunned by what happens next. Suddenly, miraculously, Joseph Turner is granted a rematch with life... -
![The Last Note by Grace McGinty]()
The Last Note by Grace McGinty
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHarper’s relationship with her mother, Evie, had always been strained and filled with secrets. But when Evie dies of breast cancer, Harper feels lost. There was no more time to make peace and get answers to questions that had plagued her for her whole life... -
![Four for Tomorrow by Roger Zelazny]()
Four for Tomorrow by Roger Zelazny
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsContents:- Introduction (1967) by Theodore Sturgeon- The Furies (1965) - The Graveyard Heart (1964)- The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth (1965)- A Rose for Ecclesiastes... -
![The Engineer ReConditioned by Neal Asher]()
The Engineer ReConditioned by Neal Asher
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBritish author Asher is rapidly becoming one of the major figures in 21st-century SF, as shown by the 10 powerful and entertaining stories in this collection. In "The Engineer," an interstellar research vessel picks up an escape pod that has been drifting for millions of years. The alien it contains turns out to be the last of a long-extinct race of genetic engineers with terrifying capabilities... -
![Dune: The Heir of Caladan by Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson]()
Dune: The Heir of Caladan by Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson comes The Heir of Caladan, a new novel in the internationally bestselling Dune series that shows us Paul Atreides as we've never seen him before...Categorized as:
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![Oceanic by Greg Egan]()
Oceanic by Greg Egan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the electronic frontier to the wilder shores of hard physics, Greg Egan's new collection is powerful, shocking and... -
![I Am Margaret by Corinna Turner]()
I Am Margaret by Corinna Turner
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn Margo's world, if you don't pass your Sorting at 18 you are recycled. Literally.Margaret Verrall dreams of marrying the boy she loves and spending her life with him. But she’s part of the underground network of Believers – and with the persecution that carries the death penalty.And there’s just one other problem.She’s going to fail her Sorting... -
![Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrow by Kirsten Berg, Nnedi Okorafor]()
Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrow by Kirsten Berg, Nnedi Okorafor
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFuture Tense Fiction is a collection of electrifying original stories from a veritable who’s-who of authors working in speculative literature and science fiction today.Featuring Carmen Maria Machado, Emily St... -
![The God Hater by Bill Myers]()
The God Hater by Bill Myers
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA cranky, atheistic philosophy professor loves to shred the faith of incoming freshmen. He is chosen by a group of scientists to create a philosophy for a computer-generated world exactly like ours. Much to his frustration every model he introduces—from Darwinism, to Existentialism, to Relativism, to Buddhism—fails... -
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![Secrets, Lies, and Deadly Ties by Tawni Suchy]()
Secrets, Lies, and Deadly Ties by Tawni Suchy
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsShe’s the temptation he never wanted. He’s the distraction she’s always needed. Charli Cross met Death… and survived. After Charli barely escaped a house fire, the day her parents vanished, she and her aunt moved to Ruby Falls—a private island where they could find safety. It’s been five years since that fateful night, and although her life is far from what she expected, she’s content... -
![A Case of the Meanies by Courtney Sheinmel]()
A Case of the Meanies by Courtney Sheinmel
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn A Case of the Meanies, mean boy Joshua continues to plague Stella when he decides to have a birthday party at her parents' candy store. He invites everyone in the class EXCEPT her! Stella has to figure out how to be a pleasant hostess when she's not on the guest list...Categorized as:
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![The Abbey by Dan Doboş]()
The Abbey by Dan Doboş
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsSaint Augustine defined six periods of human life with the last being the Armageddon - when the armies of humans, lead by a Messiah who has again come down on Earth, will have to defeat the forces of evil. More than three thousand years after this prophecy was made, the Abbey is the only religious entity still standing... -
![Nephilim: The Truth Is Here by L.A. Marzulli]()
Nephilim: The Truth Is Here by L.A. Marzulli
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsArt Mac Mackenzie, an alcoholic reporter who is struggling to survive as a freelance journalist after his son's death, stumbles upon evidence of a government cover-up of alien abductions... -
![Feral Machines by Ginn Hale]()
Feral Machines by Ginn Hale
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the interstellar wildlife sanctuary Casaverde is quarantined due to an mysterious outbreak of malaria, Andrew Salazar must turn to military surplus synthetic life-forms to help him in his work as warden.But Andrew soon discovers that the synthetics are far more complex creatures than he first imagined and that something more deadly than an old-world disease is stalking Casaverde... -
![Sisters of the Forsaken Stars by Lina Rather]()
Sisters of the Forsaken Stars by Lina Rather
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe sisters of the Order of Saint Rita navigate the far reaches of space and challenges of faith in Sisters of the Forsaken Stars, the follow-up to Lina Rather's Sisters of the Vast Black, winner of the Golden Crown Literary Society Award.“We lit the spark, maybe we should be here for the flames...
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