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Ice Genesis (ICE Trilogy) by Kevin Tinto
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe sequel to the Amazon Bestselling Debut that sold more than 300,000 copies! The Americans and Russians are racing toward nuclear confrontation over a mind-blowing find under the ice in Antarctica...Categorized as:
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![Blackout by Edward W. Robertson]()
Blackout by Edward W. Robertson
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe final book in the post-apocalyptic BREAKERS series... -
![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... -
![Defiance by Iain Rob Wright]()
Defiance by Iain Rob Wright
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHumanity's last chance could be a new beginning. It's been months since the demons arrived and slaughtered the world. The earth belongs to the damned and barely anything of civilisation remains, but some still fight. Mankind's last survivors remain defiant. Nestled deep in the middle of the UK's largest forest, a small group of adults fight to remain hidden in the apocalypse... -
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![Jury Duty by Peter Cawdron]()
Jury Duty by Peter Cawdron
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe United Nations is thrown into chaos when an alien spacecraft is discovered buried beneath the ice in Antarctica. With no one nation able to lay claim to the craft, a multinational effort is undertaken to salvage the vessel, which is estimated to have crashed several million years ago... -
![Apex Magazine Issue 105, February 2018 by Jason Sizemore, Alix E. Harrow]()
Apex Magazine Issue 105, February 2018 by Jason Sizemore, Alix E. Harrow
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsApex Magazine is a monthly science fiction, fantasy, and horror magazine featuring original, mind-bending short fiction from many of the top pros of the field. New issues are released on the first Tuesday of every month...Categorized as:
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![The Fractured Dark by Megan E. O'Keefe]()
The Fractured Dark by Megan E. O'Keefe
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDying planets, dangerous conspiracies, and secret romance abound in the second installment of the Devoured Worlds trilogy by award-winning author Megan E. O'Keefe. Naira and Tarquin have escaped vicious counter-revolutionaries, misprinted monsters, and the pull of a dying planet... -
![The Distance by Jeremy Robinson, Hilaree Robinson]()
The Distance by Jeremy Robinson, Hilaree Robinson
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsTHEIR JOURNEY BEGINS...The human race has turned to dust. August Morrison faces it after rising from the depths of a dark matter research facility in Arizona. His co-workers. His daughter. All of them: dust. Friends and colleagues around the world don't answer their phones. The city of Phoenix burns. He is alone... -
![Armageddon Cometh by J.K. Accinni]()
Armageddon Cometh by J.K. Accinni
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUnder the guidance of Netty, Abby concocts her plans to abduct the wildlife at the Big Cat Sanctuary in Sarasota. She enlists the help of the handsome Italian yacht captain, Cobby and his son Kane, forcing her to expose the changes to her body, including her hidden wings...Categorized as:
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![Fight for Life and Death by Michael Todd, Michael Anderle]()
Fight for Life and Death by Michael Todd, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWHEREVER YOU LOOK, LIFE AND DEATH STARE YOU IN THE FACE. Born from the fertile imagination of bestselling author Michael Anderle Fountain of Youth, or Valley of Death? One missile fired at Earth. One political decision could change the future of mankind when apocalypse happened. Fighting hard, multiple countries band together to successfully pause the apocalypse... -
![Infestation by J.T. Sawyer]()
Infestation by J.T. Sawyer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the aftermath of the pandemic, humanity is on the cusp of extinction as the mutant undead sweep throughout the world. The deadly virus has created a new predator that is far more intelligent and ruthless than anything mankind has ever faced. And the threat from the alphas is increasing as they evolve... -
![Yesterday's Gone: Season Six by Sean Platt, David W. Wright]()
Yesterday's Gone: Season Six by Sean Platt, David W. Wright
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe #1 bestselling horror sci-fi series with over 1,000 5-star reviews concludes here with Yesterday’s Gone: Season Six. The wait is over. On October 15th, humanity went missing. A handful of scattered survivors woke to find the world empty of friends, family, and neighbors. Now they are home. But they're not alone. The Darkness has killed nearly everyone on the planet... -
![Desperation by M.R. Forbes]()
Desperation by M.R. Forbes
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Deliverance has arrived.The planet is beautiful, lush, teeming with life and perfectly suited to the colony’s needs. It should be a paradise.Instead, it’s a nightmare.Caleb knows the truth. The ship’s real mission has nothing to do with settlement. The plan is much more sinister than that... -
![Entropy in Bloom by Jeremy Robert Johnson]()
Entropy in Bloom by Jeremy Robert Johnson
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor more than a decade, Jeremy Robert Johnson has been bubbling under the surface of both literary and genre fiction. His short stories present a brilliantly dark and audaciously weird realm where cosmic nightmares collide with all-too-human characters and apocalypses of all shapes and sizes loom ominously... -
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![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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![Death Match by Joshua Anderle, Michael Anderle]()
Death Match by Joshua Anderle, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhat happens if the final for your freshman year is to take the hardest, deadliest test the Nexus Academy has devised for your skill classification? And then open it up for player-vs-player action where even your partners can gain skill points for stabbing you in the back? It is time for Kaiden to grow up a little and play with a larger team to accomplish a three-peat... -
![Ice by Kevin Tinto]()
Ice by Kevin Tinto
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsLibrarian Note: Alternate Cover Edition for ASIN: B01557MW80.Hello ICE readers! ICE has undergone Edits and Additions! If you have one of the older versions, you can request an update from Amazon! KT Archaeologist Leah Andrews stumbles upon something inexplicable in southwestern New Mexico: inside a dark cavern lies an undiscovered, Native American cliff dwelling abandoned for 800 years... -
![Salvation by Caryn Lix]()
Salvation by Caryn Lix
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Kenzie and her friends find themselves trapped on a strange planet, they must risk everything to save themselves and Earth in this thrilling final book in the addictive Sanctuary trilogy!Fall down seven times, get up eight. These are the words Kenzie has always lived by. The problem is, she’s fallen down too many times to count... -
![Kept From the Deep by Octavia Kore]()
Kept From the Deep by Octavia Kore
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA forgotten past, a tormented present, and a future in jeopardy. She’s been abducted from Earth, experimented on in the Grutex labs, and thrown into the path of not just one massive alien mate, but two. As a Filipina nurse living in America, she isn’t a stranger to adapting to unusual situations, but nothing could have prepared her for what’s to come... -
![A Time To Die by Mark Wandrey]()
A Time To Die by Mark Wandrey
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey came from the night sky, lighting the heavens like the promise of salvation. But they didn’t bring deliverance…they brought something far, far worse. Something that turns people into mindless, cannibalistic monsters. And it’s spreading. A reporter follows her story of unspeakable horror south of the border and finds it’s worse than she imagined... -
![Killshot by Aria Michaels]()
Killshot by Aria Michaels
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter the death of their parents, seventeen year old Liv Larson and her younger brother are separated by the foster care system. Her grades slip, her friends drift away, and she gives up on her plans for college. The only thing that matters is keeping the promise to get back to her brother... -
![Call of the Six by Matt Ryan]()
Call of the Six by Matt Ryan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSeparated. This was never part of the plan. Once their plane goes down over an ocean on Vanar, Poly is stranded and alone, searching for an island she isn’t sure exists. Dehydrated and on the brink of death, she vows to get Joey and her friends back—no matter the cost. She quickly finds herself stuck in the center of old disputes and she will need Harris and her friends to find a way out... -
![Norylska Groans by Michael R. Fletcher, Clayton W. Snyder]()
Norylska Groans by Michael R. Fletcher, Clayton W. Snyder
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNorylska Groans...with the weight of her crimes. In a city where winter reigns amid the fires of industry and war, soot and snow conspire to conceal centuries of death and deception.Norylska Groans...and the weight of a leaden sky threatens to crush her people. Katyusha Leonova, desperate to restore her family name, takes a job with Norylska's brutal police force... -
![Cyborg Strike by David VanDyke]()
Cyborg Strike by David VanDyke
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCyborgs, genetic engineering, and military action. Under the threat of impending alien invasion, when the Professor and the rogue Septagon Shadow cyborg program surface in Russia, the world has a problem... -
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![Fall of the Six by Matt Ryan]()
Fall of the Six by Matt Ryan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLucas can’t believe what has happened to his friends. MM now has half of the Six, leaving the rest to scramble for a new plan. Just when they need him most, Harris leaves them behind to make one final attempt to bring down Marcus. What he finds rocks him to the core, and leaves Vanar closer to extinction than anyone thought possible. Burning cities, world-wide chaos, possible genocide . . -
![Gods of Rust and Ruin by Azalea Ellis]()
Gods of Rust and Ruin by Azalea Ellis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy name is Eve Redding. They call me the godkiller. I was dying. Slowly being destroyed by the power I had worked so hard to obtain. My team and I were trapped within NIX’s web of lies and manipulation, and even my allies couldn’t be trusted. Deep below, the alien called out to me like a beacon, and I decided to forge an alliance. As they say, the enemy of my enemy is my friend... -
![White Sands by Nicholas Sansbury Smith]()
White Sands by Nicholas Sansbury Smith
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJeff and his little brother David were normal kids; they loved video games, fighter planes, and learning to hunt with their Dad. Little did they know, their lives were about to change.The boys and their father find themselves stranded in the desert when a military jet comes careening out of the sky and crashes directly into their car... -
![Break of the Six by Matt Ryan]()
Break of the Six by Matt Ryan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Six return home from a charitable trip to help rebuild Vanar, and find their own world is in deep trouble. When a cough becomes much more than a common cold, an epidemic sweeps across the world. They have a suspicion of who is behind it all and rush to tell their missing member, unsure if she will even respond to their call. Samantha Roslin has moved on... -
![Ravaged World Saga (5 Horror Novels) by Iain Rob Wright]()
Ravaged World Saga (5 Horror Novels) by Iain Rob Wright
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAll THREE books in the bestselling RAVAGED WORLD SAGA by Iain Rob Wright, plus 2389 and The Peeling Omnibus (5 books total). Unique and terrifying."Iain Rob Wright scares the hell out of me." - J.A.Konrath, author of Origins and Afraid. A virus the likes of which mankind has never seen has gotten loose and found its way aboard a luxury cruise liner... -
![Torn Asunder by Michael Todd, Michael Anderle]()
Torn Asunder by Michael Todd, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKatie Maddison never wanted to learn how to kick a demon's ass, all she was doing was helping a fellow university student with his Chem homework. She just trusted people too much. Now, she will be the new weapon in a war she had no idea existed with warriors wielding both weapons and supernatural abilities. Demon Hunters, Demon Fighters ... Known as The Damned... -
![The Empty Men by Luke Smitherd]()
The Empty Men by Luke Smitherd
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe long-awaited sequel to the #1 Amazon and Audible bestseller The Stone Man, shortlisted for Audible Book of the Year 2015 On a quiet seafront in the middle of the afternoon the sun sets, the clouds part, and something like a pale, elongated human figure appears on the horizon. For Maria, watching from the beach, it’s proof that she should never have dared to return... -
![Savage (Ravaged World Trilogy, #3) by Iain Rob Wright]()
Savage (Ravaged World Trilogy, #3) by Iain Rob Wright
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSOMETIMES BEING ALONE IS BETTER…The world has crumbled and the dead walk the earth, but all is not lost, yet. A group of survivors seek salvation at an abandoned pier where the dead can’t get them.But the dead are not the only threat.The people on the pier are not the only group of survivors. There are others out there: bigger, nastier groups... -
![The War Against the Chtorr, Book 2: A day for damnation by David Gerrold]()
The War Against the Chtorr, Book 2: A day for damnation by David Gerrold
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMcCarthy was drafted from his college biology studies and became a member of the Special Forces... -
![Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology by Ann VanderMeer, Eleanor Arnason]()
Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology by Ann VanderMeer, Eleanor Arnason
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSisters of the Revolution gathers a highly curated selection of feminist speculative fiction (science fiction, fantasy, horror and more) chosen by one of the most respected editorial teams in speculative literature today, the award-winning Ann and Jeff VanderMeer... -
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![Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky]()
Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThey travelled into the unknown and left themselves behind . . .On the distant world of Kiln lie the ruins of an alien civilization. It’s the greatest discovery in humanity’s spacefaring history – yet who were its builders and where did they go?Professor Arton Daghdev had always wanted to study alien life up close. Then his wishes become a reality in the worst way... -
![3zekiel by Peter Cawdron]()
3zekiel by Peter Cawdron
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsDeep within the Congo, a team of scientists prepares for the greatest event in the history of humanity, making First Contact with an intelligent extraterrestrial species, only the jungle is no place for doubts... -
![Reclamation by Devon C. Ford, Nathan Hystad]()
Reclamation by Devon C. Ford, Nathan Hystad
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTHE MISSION FAILED BUT HOPE IS NOT LOST. . . The Reclaimer's attack on the Gateway didn't go as planned, but a dying man's words sparked a revolution. Alec receives a message from the Barony, a group in the UK, letting them know they have allies around the world. Dex is still on the other side of the Occupation, but he knows he'll have to make a move soon... -
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Iron Mike by Patricia Rose
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhen the black ships drop from the clouds, billions die. The weapons are silent, the effects, lethal. Nations fall. Humanity crumbles. Their mission is simple: seed the earth. Feed their creatures. Harvest the crops. The war is over before it begins. Or is it? From the ashes of our memory, heroes are forged. In the shell of a surviving outpost, one boy is asked to do the impossible... -
![A Rage for Revenge by David Gerrold]()
A Rage for Revenge by David Gerrold
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsStill reeling from the alien plagues that killed two-thirds of the planet's population, humanity now confronts the most deadly enemy Earth has ever known - the giant man-eating Chtorr. Lieutenant James McCarthy has grown to manhood under the shadow of the terrifying invasion of the Chtorr. As a student, he learned all he could to understand their alien behavior... -
![Little Green Men by Peter Cawdron]()
Little Green Men by Peter Cawdron
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLittle Green Men is a tribute to the works of Philip K. Dick, hailing back to classic science fiction stories of the 1950s. The crew of the Dei Gratia set down on a frozen planet and are attacked by little green men. Chief Science Officer David Michaels struggles with the impossible situation unfolding around him as the crew are murdered one by one... -
![Revelation by Jeremy Laszlo]()
Revelation by Jeremy Laszlo
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHaving learned of the destruction of their world, Jack, Sam, and Will are forced to flee the security of their Grandparent’s home with blood thirsty beasts hot on their trail. Leaving the dark rider and the answers he likely had behind, they again are forced to fend for themselves as they are pursued relentlessly... -
![The Demon Plagues by David VanDyke]()
The Demon Plagues by David VanDyke
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTen years after Infection Day, DJ Markis struggles to unite a shattered world in the face of nuclear attack and extraterrestrial plagues, while others grasp for power and dark technologies. Skull mounts a one-man campaign to thwart the fascist Unionists, while Spooky Nguyen and his team gamble their lives to change the course of the Second Cold War... -
![Salvation by Devon C. Ford, Nathan Hystad]()
Salvation by Devon C. Ford, Nathan Hystad
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTHE PEACE DOESN'T LAST LONG. . . With the newly received schematics of the Gateway from Detroit, Tom and Alec head to the west coast to recruit more manpower, but find that not everyone is willing to rise agains the Overseers. On Tom's orders, Cole travels to Chicago to uncover a hidden enclave of Roamers. Meanwhile, Lina must convince pockets of Freeborn to join the Reclaimer's cause... -
![Razor's Edge by Lisanne Norman]()
Razor's Edge by Lisanne Norman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsStill adjusting to the revelations about its long-buried past, the Sholan race must now also face the increasing numbers and independence of the new human-Sholan telepathic pairs. Meanwhile, Carrie, Kusac, Kaid, and T'Chebbi are sent to the planet Jalna on a rescue mission that will see them caught up in the midst of a local revolution.. -
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![The Hyperspace Trap by Christopher G. Nuttall]()
The Hyperspace Trap by Christopher G. Nuttall
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsChristopher G. Nuttall’s novel of human fear and survival, set in the thrilling world of his Angel in the Whirlwind series. A year after the Commonwealth won the war with the Theocracy, the interstellar cruise liner Supreme is on its maiden voyage, carrying a host of aristocrats thrilled to be sharing in a wondrous adventure among the stars... -
![Sight Unseen by James Swallow]()
Sight Unseen by James Swallow
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn original spin-off novel set in the popular Star Trek: The Next Generation universe from New York Times bestselling author James Swallow!In the wake of political upheaval across the United Federation of Planets, Admiral William Riker and the crew of the U.S.S. Titan find themselves in uncertain waters as roles aboard the ship change to reflect a new mandate and a new mission... -
![The Reaper Plague by David VanDyke]()
The Reaper Plague by David VanDyke
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith a homicidal alien spacecraft inbound at high speed, Skull and Raphaela fly to meet it in a desperate bid to buy time for the Earth. In the meantime Brigadier Spooky Nguyen presses to build the world's first space battleship while Colonel Muzik and Master Sergeant Repeth fight a life-and-death battle to return civilization to the nuked and plague-ridden nation's capital... -
![Hello World by Peter Cawdron, a Man with a Cat]()
Hello World by Peter Cawdron, a Man with a Cat
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratings(This is Hello World, the short story. For the anthology of the same name, see: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...)Hello World represents a decade of science fiction by author Peter Cawdron. This collection of 16 short stories and novellas, including four previously unpublished stories, will take you out of this world... -
![Rebirth by Jeremy Laszlo]()
Rebirth by Jeremy Laszlo
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHaving located the City of Angels, Jack, Samantha, Will and Tammy plan to destroy the alien creation. Seeking revenge for all the damage done to their worlds, and all the lives lost to the invaders, the companions seek out those responsible. Fighting their way to the enemy, they discover the reason for the invasion, and the truth about both their past and their future... -
![Rose’s Story: A Prequel to the Strung Trilogy by Per Jacobsen]()
Rose’s Story: A Prequel to the Strung Trilogy by Per Jacobsen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Randall Morgan returned to East Alin and found a dead man hanging from a lamppost in the first STRUNG book, he had been away for two weeks, and the world he came back to had already gone to hell. Rose Lavine, on the other hand, was there when it all began. She saw it happen.This is her story.ROSE’S STORY is a prequel to Per Jacobsen's STRUNG trilogy...
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