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Orphan Black: The Next Chapter by Malka Ann Older, Madeline Ashby
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe official continuation of Orphan Black, narrated by Emmy Award winner Tatiana Maslany. The story we never wanted to end continues... -
![Psion Omega by Jacob Gowans]()
Psion Omega by Jacob Gowans
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSammy, a fourteen-year-old fugitive, accidentally discovers he has the powers of a Psion. The war between the New World Government and the Continental American Government has taken its toll, not only on the two world superpowers, but also on the band of resistance fighters stuck between them... -
![Garden of Spiders Volume 2 by Quil Carter]()
Garden of Spiders Volume 2 by Quil Carter
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Dekker family is enjoying the longest stretch of calm they’ve had in years. But at what cost? Elish is a veritable slave with no will of his own, and although his siblings and his sengil wish for the old Elish to return, the man in question is adamant that he’s happier this way... -
![Darkest Night by Kyla Stone]()
Darkest Night by Kyla Stone
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe end is near...Logan and Dakota must prepare for the fight of their lives in order to defeat an enemy more powerful than they've ever faced.The lives of everyone they love are on the line. The stakes couldn't be higher.Will they have what it takes? Or will the cost of victory be too terrible to bear?Darkest Night is the final book in the riveting Nuclear Dawn post-apocalpytic series... -
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![Days of Chaos by Jack Hunt]()
Days of Chaos by Jack Hunt
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsTwo weeks without power, would you still survive? After the lights went out across the nation, Elliot, Jesse, Maggie and Damon fought off the desperate as they made their way back to Lake Placid. Rayna barely survived an attack by home invaders and Gary struggled to maintain order in a town gripped by panic... -
![The Lie by Mary E. Twomey]()
The Lie by Mary E. Twomey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBaird is intent on searching out and destroying more unearthed tyranny, with or without his sister. When a visit from the elusive Everest Sinclair brings more treachery than they could have predicted, Blue knows she must protect both her Vemreaux family and her Wayward family, no matter the cost... -
![The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard by J.G. Ballard]()
The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard by J.G. Ballard
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFirst published in 1978, this collection of nineteen of Ballard's best short stories is as timely and informed as ever. His tales of the human psyche and its relationship to nature and technology, as viewed through a strong microscope, were eerily prescient and now provide greater perspective on our computer-dominated culture... -
![Dark Days of the Surge by Ryan Schow]()
Dark Days of the Surge by Ryan Schow
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTHIS IS THE NEW AMERICA. The lights are out, the grid is fried and war between two monstrous armies is breaking out all along the coastal states. Logan, Skylar and Harper thought they were prepared. They thought time was on their side... -
![Last One at the Party by Bethany Clift]()
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... -
![Traumaland by Josh Silver]()
Traumaland by Josh Silver
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSeventeen-year-old Eli has been in a near-fatal car crash. As the anniversary looms, his therapist and family struggle to help him deal with the fall out. The accident has left him emotionally numb, with no memory of the months following the crash. Desperate to feel something again, Eli winds up at an underground club called Traumaland. But this is no ordinary nightclub... -
![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... -
![Fire Caste by Peter Fehervari]()
Fire Caste by Peter Fehervari
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn Astra Militarum novelIn the jungles of the Dolorosa Coil, a coalition of alien tau and human deserters have waged war upon the Imperium for countless years.READ IT BECAUSEIt's a typically weird and twisted tale from Peter Fehervari, with intriguing characters, a plot that will keep you guessing and more mystery than you can shake a pulse rifle at... -
![The Immaculate Void by Brian Hodge]()
The Immaculate Void by Brian Hodge
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"You wouldn't think events happening years apart, at points in the solar system hundreds of millions of miles distant, would have anything to do with each other."When she was six, Daphne was taken into a neighbor's toolshed, and came within seconds of never coming out alive. Most of the scars healed. Except for the one that went all the way through... -
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![Nightfall by Daniel Barnett]()
Nightfall by Daniel Barnett
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Tomorrow died on the last morning of May. There were those who saw it happen, who watched the shadow fall, who felt the chop of the guillotine as the world lost its head. Everyone else witnessed only the aftermath, for the event itself lasted no longer than a moment... -
![Into the Shadows by Jason D. Morrow]()
Into the Shadows by Jason D. Morrow
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe ability to see into the future has only brought Waverly pain and suffering. She has been wrong about everything. Ethan...Remi...are all of them really dead? Stuck in Shadowface's compound, Waverly meets a girl named Amber who is determined to escape. Through a simple touch, Waverly can see that she is destined to escape with her. But she knows it is not the end. Shadowface must be stopped... -
![The Wishing Pool and Other Stories by Tananarive Due]()
The Wishing Pool and Other Stories by Tananarive Due
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn her first new book in seven years, Tananarive Due further cements her status as a leading innovator in Black horror and Afrofuturism “Tananarive Due is the master of Black horror, even teaching a class where Jordan Peele guest-lectured. So her new collection, The Wishing Pool, out in mid-April, is a major treat, full of major scares... -
![Iron Warriors: The Complete Honsou Omnibus by Graham McNeill]()
Iron Warriors: The Complete Honsou Omnibus by Graham McNeill
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA great omnibus, collecting together Iron warriors stories from two great Black Library authors. The traitorous Iron Warriors are masters of siegecraft, builders of nigh-impenetrable defences – and just as good at tearing down those of their foes, as these action-packed tales of siege warfare demonstrate... -
![Away From The Sun by Jason D. Morrow]()
Away From The Sun by Jason D. Morrow
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWaverly holds the vial of red liquid in her hands. She doesn’t know what it is, or why it’s important. But she knows that the mysterious Shadowface wants it, and is willing to do anything to get it.Waverly hides in the settlement of Elkhorn with Ethan, but it seems that Shadowface has eyes everywhere... -
![The Block by Ben Oliver]()
The Block by Ben Oliver
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the second book of The Loop trilogy, Luka is trapped in a fate worse than death. But now that he knows the truth about what he and his fellow inmates are being used for, it's more important than ever that he not only escape, but that he build an army.Luka in a prisoner once again. But this time it's a fate worse than death... -
![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... -
![Fighting to Survive by Rhiannon Frater]()
Fighting to Survive by Rhiannon Frater
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsKatie and Jenni have found new lives with the survivors of their makeshift fort, but danger still lurks. Nothing is easy in the new world where the dead walk and every day is a struggle to keep safe. As the elements, bandits, and the zombie horde threaten their safe haven, Jenni and Katie join the other survivors in fighting to survive as the world dies... -
![Upheaval: A Post-Apocalyptic Disaster Thriller by Harley Tate]()
Upheaval: A Post-Apocalyptic Disaster Thriller by Harley Tate
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA catastrophic megaquake. An unforgiving tsunami. A family caught in the middle.Clint Redshaw walks into a port facility meeting expecting an ordinary day arguing about the budget. When the shaking starts, he keeps calm. But as the tremors stretch on and on, the ground rips apart, the dock disintegrates, and chunks of land fall into the Strait...Categorized as:
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![The Zero Hour by Ryan Schow]()
The Zero Hour by Ryan Schow
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYou met her at the end of The Last War, but who is the archer? How did she come to save the McNamara’s from certain death/enslavement? Meet Indigo in her insane rise from obscure teen to the enigmatic archer in a new thriller, titled The Zero Hour: Indigo.The Zero Hour: Indigo is action packed post-apocalyptic survival fiction at its finest... -
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![Defying Doomsday by Tsana Dolichva, Octavia Cade]()
Defying Doomsday by Tsana Dolichva, Octavia Cade
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTeens form an all-girl band in the face of an impending comet.A woman faces giant spiders to collect silk and protect her family.New friends take their radio show on the road in search of plague survivors.A man seeks love in a fading world... -
![The Age of Hysteria by Ryan Schow]()
The Age of Hysteria by Ryan Schow
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIf you’re between a rock and a hard place, choose the rock…Pinned down in a hot zone with a woman he’s not even sure he likes, Roque “Rock” Dimas is herded into the fiery center of an extinction-level event where only two choices exist: run for your life, or burrow in to the last place anyone sane would go and confront the enemy directly... -
![The Knight and the Butcherbird by Alix E. Harrow]()
The Knight and the Butcherbird by Alix E. Harrow
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Alix E. Harrow weaves a dystopian fairy tale that follows the town storyteller as she struggles to protect a local demon from the knight hired to kill it.In this gritty, haunting tale about doing whatever it takes for love, a small-town storyteller resolves to keep the local monster—and her own secrets—safe from a legendary knight... -
![Darkness Begins: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Thriller by Harley Tate]()
Darkness Begins: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Thriller by Harley Tate
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIf the power grid fails, how far will you go to survive? Madison spends her days tending plants as an agriculture student at the University of California, Davis. She plans to graduate and put those skills to work only a few hours from home in the Central Valley. The sun has always been her friend, until now... -
![One of Us by Michael Marshall Smith]()
One of Us by Michael Marshall Smith
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt's not what you've done that counts it's what you remember....If you could sell your conscience, could you get away with murder?Hap Thompson works the gray area between truth and lies. He works for REMtemp, taking on other people's memories. It's illegal, but usually harmless. Maybe a petty criminal wants to pass a lie detector test. Or an unfaithful spouse wants to enjoy a guiltless affair... -
![The Fear Trials by Lindsay Cummings]()
The Fear Trials by Lindsay Cummings
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMeadow Woodson has been trained to survive. This is a prequel to The Murder Complex, by Lindsay Cummings, and it is set in a blood-soaked world where the murder rate is higher than the birth rate. For fans of Moira Young's Dust Lands series, La Femme Nikita, and the movie Hanna.Meadow Woodson's father calls it The Fear Trials, and it is a rite of passage in their family... -
![Queen of Teeth by Hailey Piper]()
Queen of Teeth by Hailey Piper
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWinner of the Bram Stoker AwardWithin forty-eight hours, Yaya Betancourt will go from discovering teeth between her thighs to being hunted by one of the most powerful corporations in America.She assumes the vagina dentata is a side effect of a rare genetic condition caused by AlphaBeta Pharmaceutical, decades ago, when she and several thousand others were still in the womb... -
![Nothing but the Rain by Naomi Salman]()
Nothing but the Rain by Naomi Salman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA sleepy little town discovers its memories have become part of the water cycle in Naomi Salman's debut novella, Nothing but the Rain .The rain in Aloisville is never-ending, and no one can remember when it started. There’s not much they can remember. With every drop that hits their skin, a bit of memory is washed away. Stay too long in the wet, and you’ll lose everything you used to be... -
![Even in Death by Jason D. Morrow]()
Even in Death by Jason D. Morrow
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsGreen, you're clean. Red, you're dead. Nineteen-year-old Mora is haunted by the flashing red light that pronounces her doom. Now she knows she only has about twenty-four hours to defeat Jeremiah and finish the revolution she has started, before the greyskin virus claims her life. To do this, she must lead the other Starborns through the war-torn streets of Screven... -
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![Punktown by Jeffrey Thomas, Michael Marshall Smith]()
Punktown by Jeffrey Thomas, Michael Marshall Smith
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the city they call Punktown, on a planet where a hundred sentient species collide, you can become a creator of clones. You can become a piece of performance art. You might even become a library of sorrows.. -
![One in the Gut: A Post-Apocalyptic LitRPG by Matthew Siege]()
One in the Gut: A Post-Apocalyptic LitRPG by Matthew Siege
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEvery week, I rise from the dead... Headshot has just gone live and the whole world's playing the new Artificial Reality blockbuster. Unfortunately, unless you can buy your way onto the Survivor's side, you can only participate as a Zombie. Each week, the forces gather to tear each other down to the bone… until, at week’s end, the Apocalypse is reset... -
![The Way by Mary E. Twomey]()
The Way by Mary E. Twomey
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn a world not divided by race, but by blood type, Blue Anders finds herself on the wrong end of fortune’s mercy. Born with a lesser blood type, Blue is raised in The Way, a work camp for A-bloods.The Vemreaux (B-bloods) are the ruling class... -
![Blood, Ink & Fire by Ashley Mansour]()
Blood, Ink & Fire by Ashley Mansour
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsImagine a world without books…In the future, books are a distant memory. The written word has been replaced by an ever-present stream of images known as Verity. In the controlling dominion of the United Vales of Fell, reading is obsolete and forbidden, and readers themselves do not—cannot—exist.But where others see images in the stream, teenager Noelle Hartley sees words... -
![Human Is?: A Philip K. Dick Reader (Gollancz S.F.) by Philip K. Dick]()
Human Is?: A Philip K. Dick Reader (Gollancz S.F.) by Philip K. Dick
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1 • Beyond Lies the Wub • (1952) • shortstory by Philip K. Dick9 • The Defenders • (1953) • novelette by Philip K. Dick31 • Roog • (1953) • shortstory by Philip K. Dick36 • Second Variety • (1953) • novelette by Philip K. Dick80 • Impostor • (1953) • shortstory by Philip K. Dick94 • The Preserving Machine • [Dr. Rupert Labyrinth] • (1953) • shortstory by Philip K... -
![The Dry Salvages by Caitlín R. Kiernan]()
The Dry Salvages by Caitlín R. Kiernan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAward-winning author Caitlmn R. Kiernan, best known for her contemporary settings, "gothnoir" tales of pain and wonder, and atmospheric stories of Lovecraftian terror, was first published as an author of dark science fiction. Now she returns to sf with a masterful thirty-thousand word novella, The Dry Salvages... -
![The Organ Scrubber by Jason Werbeloff]()
The Organ Scrubber by Jason Werbeloff
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWelcome to the Bubble, where orphans are used for spare parts, and transplanting organs is like changing a pair of socks.They harvested Daniel’s body when he was a child, leaving him with cheap cybernetic replacements. Now that he's grown, his body is failing. The gears in his knee grind, his synthetic cornea weeps, and his 3D-printed lungs spasm in winter.Daniel needs the organs he was born with... -
![Twisted by Esme Devlin]()
Twisted by Esme Devlin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe new world is small and dark.Ruthless men rule in this new world. Violent men. Twisted men.Men like Baron. A monster in a metal mask. A self-made king in his own kingdom, his notorious cruelty is only overshadowed by his madness.I caught his eye while dancing for my life. He saved me -- and now he owns me. Utterly.He dresses me. Possesses me. Watches me while I sleep... -
![Vacation by Jeremy C. Shipp]()
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... -
![The Desert by Colin Wilson]()
The Desert by Colin Wilson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMankind once ruled planet Earth, smugly ignoring the tiny creatures crawling underfoot. Then came the cosmic catastrophe which put man at the mercy of the giant spiders, icily intelligent conquerors armed with awesome mind powers. Now, the struggle for survival begins... The Death Lord spiders rule the Earth, herding humans like cattle... -
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![The Last Beekeeper by Jared Gulian]()
The Last Beekeeper by Jared Gulian
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes your safe place... is not.When murder strikes a remote community, a reclusive beekeeper uncovers a horrifying secret that could destroy humanity.Jim Parker, a honeybee expert, has retreated to a quaint island in Lake Michigan with his teenage daughter after a terrible family tragedy. He longs to hide from an increasingly dangerous world... -
![Femina: A Collection of Dark Fiction by Caitlin Marceau]()
Femina: A Collection of Dark Fiction by Caitlin Marceau
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFEMINA: A Collection Of Dark Fiction explores the horror of womanhood. Or, more accurately, the horror of gender norms and societal expectations placed on women. This collection features work that delves into themes of identity, motherhood, sexuality, and isolation... -
![Mating Games by Nikki Jefford]()
Mating Games by Nikki Jefford
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings* Nominated Best Romance Novel of 2018 by Penned Con. *When resistance turns to desire, all bets are off.Beautiful and vivacious wolf shifter, Jordan spurns the match her father is pushing between her and the swaggering mammoth, Raider. She'd happily let one of her fawning sisters have him, but her packmates are taking bets on who Raider will ultimately claim... -
![BZRK Apocalypse by Michael Grant]()
BZRK Apocalypse by Michael Grant
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThe Matrix meets Inner Space in this third book in the BZRK trilogy from New York Times best-selling author Michael Grant.The staggering conclusion to the BZRK trilogy, from the author of GONE. The members of BZRK are preparing for their final stand, in the world's capitals and in the nano... -
![Everyone on the Moon Is Essential Personnel by Julian K. Jarboe]()
Everyone on the Moon Is Essential Personnel by Julian K. Jarboe
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn this debut collection of body-horror fairy tales and mid-apocalyptic Catholic cyberpunk, memory and myth, loss and age, these are the tools of storyteller Jarboe, a talent in the field of queer fabulism... -
![If it Kills Me by Jason D. Morrow]()
If it Kills Me by Jason D. Morrow
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOverconfidence has no place in a world where the dead rule. Nineteen-year-old Mora has learned this the hard way. After a conflict in the colony of Salem that left hundreds of people dead, Mora and her Starborn allies have been branded as fugitives by Jeremiah, the leader of Screven...
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