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The Shadow Children, the Complete Series: Among the Hidden; Among the Impostors; Among the Betrayed; Among the Barons; Among the Brave; Among the Enemy; Among the Free by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTo be a third child is to be in constant danger. Available for the first time, a boxed set of all seven books in the perennially popular Shadow Children series. Imagine a world where families are allowed only two children. Illegal third children—shadow children—must live in hiding. If they are discovered, there is only one punishment: Death... -
National Treasure by Arthur T. Bradley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJust when it looks like Deputy Marshal Mason Raines might finally settle into a life free from violence, he receives an emergency distress call from the New Colony. Not only has his handler been brutally attacked, but the life of a treacherous woman he once loved is also in danger... -
Revelation by Karen McQuestion
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRuss, Nadia, Jameson, and Mallory are about to embark on their riskiest mission yet as they attempt to infiltrate the ruthless Associates in Revelation, the thrilling final installment of the Edgewood series! The Edgewood teens decide to go undercover, joining the Associates in order to find their weaknesses and overthrow them from within...Categorized as:
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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... -
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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... -
The Across the Universe Trilogy (Across the Universe, #1-3) by Beth Revis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings... -
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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... -
Replacement by Jordan Rivet
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJane is a leftover clone. Created for an unknown purpose, then abandoned at a rundown facility outside Grid City, she has a knack for trouble and a burning desire to find out why she was made.When a powerful tycoon hires her to replace his son Isaac’s best friend, a girl from the same clone batch as her, Jane jumps at the chance to finally get some answers... -
The Blue Book of Nebo by Manon Steffan Ros
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPrize-winner in three categories of the 2019 Wales Book of the Year Award, The Blue Book of Nebo paints a spellbinding and eerie picture of society’s collapse, and the relationships that persist after everything as we know it disappears. After nuclear disaster, Rowenna and her young son are among the rare survivors in rural north-west Wales...Categorized as:
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I Am Not a Number by Lisa Heathfield
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe powerful and heart-wrenching new novel from Lisa Heathfield, award-winning author of Seed and Paper Butterflies. Perfect for fans of Sarah Crossan, Louise O'Neill and Lisa Williamson.The Traditionals have been voted to lead the country, winning people over with talks of healing a broken society, of stronger families and safer streets. They promised a happier future for everyone... -
The Artifact by Peter Cawdron
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFive hundred miles from the Mediterranean, deep in the interior of Libya, lost in the heart of the Sahara itself, lies an oasis trapped in the past. With no surface water, Harat Zuwayyah barely supports any life at all. The scorching wind howls across the desert, driving the sand and threatening to bury the village. Professor Susan Taylor excavates an Egyptian tomb dated to prehistoric times... -
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... -
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Angel City Blues by Jeff Edwards
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLos Angeles: 2065 A wealthy young woman vanishes from her high-security apartment without leaving a single strand of DNA behind. No trace of the victim’s disappearance is recorded on any of the building’s many cameras or security sensors. Her apartment’s memory cores have been destroyed beyond any hope of recovery... -
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... -
TrooFriend by Kirsty Applebaum
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsImagine having the perfect friend, one who never steals, lies or bullies... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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Numbers Ignite by Rebecca Rode
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTreena and Vance think they’ve pulled out of the numbers game forever. They’re wrong. After Treena’s disastrous attempt to unite the nation, she has the deaths of hundreds haunting her dreams. Now, with hatred and accusations following her past the border, she’s determined to leave that horrible day behind and find a peaceful, uneventful life with Vance and the settlers... -
The Semplica-Girl Diaries (short story) by George Saunders
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNovelette, Free online fiction.From newyorker.com“The Semplica-Girl Diaries” deals with a family in a not-too-distant future (or perhaps an alternate present or past?) that is struggling to keep up with the Joneses—which, in this society, means leasing some unusual garden ornaments... -
Flight 3430 by Jacqueline Druga
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn a small Montana town, it takes four minutes for every man, woman and child to die.It isn’t a virus or biological attack, but rather the beginning of a geological event that triggers a chain reaction across the globe with devastating effects.A repeat of an extinction event that occurred millions of years earlier.There is no stopping it. The only way to survive is to stay ahead of it... -
Golden Son (Part 1 of 2) (Dramatized Adaptation): Red Rising Saga, Book 2 by Pierce Brown
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGolden Son continues the stunning saga of Darrow, a rebel forged by tragedy, battling to lead his oppressed people to freedom. As a Red, Darrow grew up working the mines deep beneath the surface of Mars, enduring backbreaking labor while dreaming of the better future he was building for his descendants. But the Society he faithfully served was built on lies... -
The Great Escape: Wolf Girl 2 by Anh Do, Jeremy Ley
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI held onto the bars of the truck and howled to my dogs as they fell further and further behind. Sunrise, Brutus, Zip, Nosey and Tiny all ran as hard as they could, but there was no way they could keep up...After four years alone in the wild, Gwen is overjoyed to see another person. But when she is thrown into the back of a van and stolen away to a prison camp, things don't look good...Categorized as:
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Graceful Burdens by Roxane Gay
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAudible narration by Samira Wiley (The Handmaid’s Tale)From New York Times bestselling author Roxane Gay comes an unforgettable tale of nightmarish bureaucracy in which genetic profiling has redefined the “unfit mother.”A trip to the library prompts one woman to question her fate in this galvanizing short story... -
Gleanings: Stories from the Arc of a Scythe by Neal Shusterman
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Arc of a Scythe series continues with stories that span the timeline. Storylines continue. Origin stories are revealed. And new Scythes emerge...There are still countless tales of the Scythedom to tell. Centuries passed between the Thunderhead cradling humanity and Scythe Goddard trying to turn it upside down... -
The Terminator by Randall Frakes, James Cameron
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsA novel by Randall Frakes & Bill Wisher; based on a screenplay by James Cameron with Gale Anne Hurd.More deadly than any man alive.The time is now... but he comes from the Year of Darkness, 2029. He was created to reshape the future by destroying the present. He feels no pity, no pain, no fear. He feels nothing. He is an unstoppable killing machine programmed for murder. He is.. -
Defective by Kayla Howarth
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsEighteen months has passed since the Institute was liberated. For Allira Daniels, she’s still trying to live with the consequences of her actions. The Defective are free, but are their lives truly any better? Attacks on Defectives are on the rise, and Allira has to wonder if she’s directly responsible... -
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... -
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Beyond the Sky by J.W. Lynne, Jenny Lynne
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook #4 in the gripping new suspense series filled with twists and turns!From the author of the suspense thrillers ABOVE THE SKY, RETURN TO THE SKY, and PART OF THE SKY comes the highly anticipated finale to the series... -
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... -
Double Check by Malcolm Rose
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEverton Kohter is a young man on death row -- in nineteen days the Authorities will have him executed by lethal injection. But Luke Harding and his airborne robotic sidekick, Malc, have been tipped off that Everton didn't commit the murder, despite the overwhelming evidence... -
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... -
Heading Home by Susan Kiernan-Lewis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat happens when the one thing you’ve been praying for turns out to be the one thing that will destroy you and everything you love? After two years of living and adjusting to life after the bomb, Sarah and her son, John, have discovered that happiness can trump grief and loss... -
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... -
Ada Lace Sees Red by Emily Calandrelli, Tamson Weston
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom Emily Calandrelli—host of Xploration Outer Space, correspondent on Bill Nye Saves the World, and graduate of MIT—comes the second novel in a brand-new chapter book series about an eight-year-old girl with a knack for science, math, and solving mysteries with technology.Ada Lace is building a new robot! She’s determined to beat Milton in the upcoming robotics competition... -
Losing It by Manna Francis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnother short story in The Administration series.Toreth and Warrick go out to a corporate party. Toreth lets his jealousy rule him... -
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA fearless portrait of a society on the brink as a mother faces a terrible choice, from an internationally award-winning authorOn a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find the GNSB on her step. Two officers from Ireland’s newly formed secret police are here to interrogate her husband, a trade unionist.Ireland is falling apart...Categorized as:
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Farmer One by Christian Cantrell
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsIn an economically depressed and politically dysfunctional United States, the long-defunct National Aeronautics and Space Administration is reestablished in a desperate attempt to channel the patriotism and optimism of the previous century's Soviet Space Race. But this time, the nation to beat is China, and the goal is Mars... -
Active Memory by Dan Wells
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom Dan Wells, author of the New York Times bestselling Partials Sequence and the John Cleaver series, comes the third and final book in the dark, pulse-pounding, sci-fi neo-noir series that began with the acclaimed novel Bluescreen... -
Not So Normal Norbert by James Patterson, Joey Green
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJames Patterson's rollicking new middle grade novel is a hilarious adventure into a futuristic world, where different is dangerous, imagination is insanity, and creativity is crazy!Norbert Riddle lives in the United State of Earth, where normal means following the rules, never standing out, and being exactly the same as everyone else, down to the plain gray jumpsuits he wears everyday... -
Cleo Porter and the Body Electric by Jake Burt
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJake Burt's Cleo Porter and the Body Electric is a futuristic middle-grade novel about a girl who lives in a hermetically sealed housing development.A woman is dying. Cleo Porter has her medicine. And no way to deliver it.Like everyone else, twelve-year-old Cleo and her parents are sealed in an apartment without windows or doors. They never leave. They never get visitors... -
Remote Control by Jack Heath
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAgent Six of Hearts, 16-year-old superhuman, is on a mission. His brother Kyntak has been kidnapped. A strange and sinister new figure is rising in power. Six is suspected of being a double agent. The Deck has been put into lockdown by the Queen of Spades. A mysterious girl has appeared who acts as Six's guardian angel...Categorized as:
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Nick and Tesla's Robot Army Rampage: A Mystery with Hoverbots, Bristle Bots, and Other Robots You Can Build Yourself by Bob Pflugfelder, Steve Hockensmith
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNick and Tesla return in an all-new, robot-filled adventure! When a rash of robberies hits the town of Half Moon Bay, 11-year-old sleuths Nick and Tesla are determined to catch the criminals—but to do so, they'll have to build a host of new gadgets and gizmos! In this robot-themed follow-up to Nick and Tesla's High-Voltage Danger Lab, the brother-and-sister duo build four different droids out of...Categorized as:
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