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Video Game Agents: Book 3: Critter Crossing Catastrophe by Pixel Ate
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBetter late than never, Max and Zoe finally get some much needed new secret agent training. Their first task? Enter the game Critter Crossing to bring back something the VGA bug-catching nets. But when they enter the game, something else leaves. Oops! It’s just a tiny wasp, though. Not a big problem, right?WRONG.Tiny wasps grow into giant, angry wasps...Categorized as:
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Video Game Agents: Book 4: A Link to the Lost by Pixel Ate
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThings are heated with the Video Game Agents and that's putting it lightly.Not only have Max and Zoe, new recruits to the VGA, gotten themselves kicked off the crew, they discovered their missing mother isn't so missing after all—and she's enemy number one of the agency.What. Is. Going. On?!Their ship/sister (yeah, it's weird) has a lead on where their mom might be...Categorized as:
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Deadlock by Mark Walden
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader... -
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Aftershock by Mark Walden
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsScheming, extorting, menacing and general evilness are nothing new in the world of villainy - indeed it's expected. But there are codes of conduct. Until now. In an attempt to purge the Global League of Villainous Enterprises of its more destructive elements, Dr Nero has underestimated the cunning and resources of those who oppose him...Categorized as:
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Zero Hour by Mark Walden
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOverlord is reborn, and has developed the chilling ability to move from body to body, erasing the host's personality and ultimately killing them, forcing him to hop from victim to victim. He must find Otto, the only host designed to contain him, and for that he needs the location of H.I.V.E...Categorized as:
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Rogue by Mark Walden
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe leaders of the world's villainous forces are being picked off one by one in a series of mysterious attacks and Dr Nero is forced to take temporary control of G.L.O.V.E. when Diabolus Darkdoom is seriously injured. He then discovers that Otto, who has now been missing for several months since Dreadnought, is leading the attacks...Categorized as:
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Dreadnought. Mark Walden by Mark Walden
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn this action-packed H.I.V.E. adventure, the world's most powerful villains have a problem: One of their own has gone rogue.It's up to Otto to save the world from a renegade faction of the world's most powerful villains, known as the Disciples. And when they kidnap two of Otto's friends, things get personal. Otto and a few of his fellow students from H.I.V.E...Categorized as:
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![The Villain Virus by Michael Buckley]()
The Villain Virus by Michael Buckley
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe NERDS series combines the excitement of international espionage with the awkwardness of elementary school as it follows the adventures of a group of unpopular fifth graders who run a spy network from inside their school. With the help of cutting-edge science, they transform their nerdy qualities into incredible abilities, and the results are awesome, inspiring—and hilarious...Categorized as:
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Purgatory Road by Russell Blake
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsIn the second volume of The Day After Never trilogy, Lucas must make an impossible choice and risk everything in order to save those closest to him. An epic saga of survival and redemption set in a near-future wasteland, by a NY Times and USA Today bestselling author...Categorized as:
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The Cheerleaders of Doom by Michael Buckley
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe NERDS series combines the excitement of international espionage with the awkwardness of elementary school as it follows the adventures of a group of unpopular fifth graders who run a spy network from inside their school. With the help of cutting-edge science, they transform their nerdy qualities into incredible abilities, and the results are awesome, inspiringâ��and hilarious...Categorized as:
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Covenant by Russell Blake
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIn the third installment of the bestselling Day After Never series, Lucas and Sierra must prepare themselves for the ultimate showdown with a ruthlessly brutal enemy. In a winner-takes-all climax, the forces of light face off against those of darkness in an epic saga that will leave readers breathless...Categorized as:
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![Attack of the BULLIES by Michael Buckley]()
Attack of the BULLIES by Michael Buckley
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe grand finale to the New York Times bestselling series, Attack of the BULLIES stars Ruby Peet, aka Agent Pufferfish, the team captain with super nanobyte-enhanced allergies. Pufferfish leads the team in their latest case: the kidnapping of the president’s daughter. But the NERDS discover she hasn’t been kidnapped—she’s been recruited. Their former librarian, Ms...Categorized as:
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![Nick and Tesla's Secret Agent Gadget Battle: A Mystery with Spy Cameras, Code Wheels, and Other Gadgets You Can Build Yourself by Bob Pflugfelder]()
Nick and Tesla's Secret Agent Gadget Battle: A Mystery with Spy Cameras, Code Wheels, and Other Gadgets You Can Build Yourself by Bob Pflugfelder
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this third installment of the series, 11-year-old whiz-kids Nick and Tesla discover that someone in the quiet town of Half Moon Bay has placed their beloved Uncle Newt under electronic surveillance—but who is spying on him, and why? To expose the secret agent, Nick and Tesla build all kinds of outrageous contraptions...Categorized as:
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Bloodline by Mark Walden
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis ninth book in the H.I.V.E. series concludes the high-octane adventures of the supremely talented team of criminals.As the students of H.I.V.E. face the challenges of their final year at the school, Otto Malpense is forced to confront his own legacy as a new threat rises from the shadows of his past...Categorized as:
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![The Ferrymen (The Culling) by Ramona Finn]()
The Ferrymen (The Culling) by Ramona Finn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTorn in two directions, Glade must make one fateful choice—for herself, and the future of humanity. Glade Io is a rebel. Having fled with her younger sisters to live among the Ferrymen, she knows there is no going back now... -
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7th Son: Deceit by J.C. Hutchins
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsDeceit is the second novel in J.C. Hutchins' acclaimed 7th Son thriller trilogy. Two days ago, seven human clones were torn away from their normal lives to stop a ruthless plot created by their progenitor, a man code-named John Alpha. Their quest was a descent into conspiracy, violence and death. To prevent the next phase of Alpha’s plan, Kilroy2... -
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Runaways by Diane Duane, Tom Clancy
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNet Force Explorer Megan O'Malley tracks her missing equestrian teammate Burtto a mysterious online courier business--a service to which many runaways aresent out, but few ever return... -
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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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![The Ultimate Escape by Marc Cerashi, Tom Clancy]()
The Ultimate Escape by Marc Cerashi, Tom Clancy
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJulio Cortez has left the Net Force Explorers to move with his family to a new home. But when he and his family are held hostage, the team has to convince the world that Julio's in danger...Categorized as:
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![The Escape of the Deadly Dinosaur by Elizabeth Singer Hunt]()
The Escape of the Deadly Dinosaur by Elizabeth Singer Hunt
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn The Escape of the Deadly Dinosaur, Jack zooms to the city that never sleeps to try to solve the mystery of the missing Allosaurus toe. Starting at the Natural History Museum, Jack's detection takes him to a competitive grade-schooler determined to win the science fair with his experiment crossing his own dog with the DNA from the bone of a dangerous, carnivorous dinosaur...Categorized as:
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The Rescue by Sophie McKenzie
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe third title in a thrilling new series about four teenagers with psychic abilities, from Red House Book Award-winning author, Sophie McKenzie...Categorized as:
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Missing by Francine Pascal
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNobody knows where I am. Nobody knows how to find me. Nobody knows my real identity.Including me... -
![The Ecologic Envoy by L.E. Modesitt Jr.]()
The Ecologic Envoy by L.E. Modesitt Jr.
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFour hundred years after winning Secession from the Terran Empire, the star system Accord wants to sign a simple trade treaty on microchip export tariffs...Categorized as:
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![The Pathfinders by Antoine Bello]()
The Pathfinders by Antoine Bello
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this second installment of the Falsifiers trilogy, the stakes have gotten higher. Sliv is tasked with daunting missions: help a small Asian country gain its independence, chase a rogue CFR agent, and convince the Bush Administration that Saddam Hussein no longer possesses weapons of mass destruction...Categorized as:
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![Betrayed by Francine Pascal]()
Betrayed by Francine Pascal
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCompletely blind and terrified, Heather confesses her involvement with Loki to Gaia. Meanwhile, Tom and Natascha return home with important news but Gaia is nowhere to be found. Fearing she has gone to confront Loki by herself they rush after her...Categorized as:
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![Kill Your Heroes by Slade Grayson]()
Kill Your Heroes by Slade Grayson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEddie Marr never planned to be a supervillain, but it seemed like a surefire way to become rich and famous. All he had to do was come up with a flashy costume, a signature gimmick, and commit a couple of high profile (yet nonviolent) crimes. Eddie figured he’d eventually get caught and spend a year or two in a minimum security prison... -
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The Star Agency by R.E. Weber
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWinner of the IBD "Indie Book of the Day" award for May 19th 2014.Thirteen-year-old Theopolis James Logan doesn't much care for his first name, but then that's the least of his problems... -
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Exposed by Francine Pascal, J.R. Rost
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsInstead of choosing the good guy, I chose the bad guy. Instead of warding off the enemy, I moved in with him. And I thought the purpose of fear was to prevent you from doing stupid things...Categorized as:
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![Terror by Francine Pascal]()
Terror by Francine Pascal
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe sight of blood makes my heart race. The slightest noise makes my palms sweat. A tiny spider makes my stomach drop. Everything frightens me. And I've never been happier...Categorized as:
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![Hunt for the Garde by Pittacus Lore]()
Hunt for the Garde by Pittacus Lore
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn this villainous one-hundred-page companion novella to the #1 New York Times bestselling I Am Number Four series, get a unprecedented look at the invasion—from three different Mogadorians hoping to conquer Earth. This novella picks up immediately after the cliffhanger ending of The Fate of Ten and coincides with the events of United as One, the final book in this epic series... -
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The Ecolitan Enigma by L.E. Modesitt Jr.
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsL.E. Modesitt, Jr.'s science fiction novels have been pleasing readers for nearly two decades. Among his earlier novels were three books set in the future universe of the Ecolitan Institute. Now Modesitt returns to that world to tell another story of cultural conflict and interstellar diplomacy. The Ecolitan Enigma is sure to thrill his old fans and win new ones...Categorized as:
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Maske: Thaery by Jack Vance
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThere is a Hole at the eastern fringe of the known universe. Deep within it hangs a lost star, Mora, with twin planets, Maske and Skay. On wild Maske there is a rocky peninsula inhabited by a clan of warlike dreamers, the Droads. The eldest son, Trewe, is by birthright Droad of Droad. The second son has no choice but to turn his face toward adventure. His name is Jubal Droad.. -
![One is the Loneliest Number by Diane Duane, Tom Clancy]()
One is the Loneliest Number by Diane Duane, Tom Clancy
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the year 2010, computers are the new superpowers. Those who control them, control the world. To enforce the Net Laws, Congress creates the ultimate computer security agency within the FBI: Net Force.When the director of Net Force is assassinated, Deputy Director Alex Michaels is thrust into one of the most powerful and dangerous positions in the world...Categorized as:
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![The Thief (Medusa Project #2.5) / Walking the Walls by Sophie McKenzie, Chris Higgins]()
The Thief (Medusa Project #2.5) / Walking the Walls by Sophie McKenzie, Chris Higgins
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe events in this special story take place between The Hostage and The Rescue, but The Thief can be read as a stand-alone story.The Thief stars the four Medusa teens, Nico, Ketty, Ed and Dylan. Following the explosion that ended The Hostage, the teens are sent to a boot camp in Spain - to learn some discipline, but also for their own protection...Categorized as:
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Generation by Heather Hildenbrand
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter months of pretending to be Raven Rogen, Ven feels less like a clone and more like a human than ever. But when Raven’s father, Titus—the same man who engineered Ven—discovers her plan to escape, everything she’s worked so hard for is taken away in one explosive moment. Now she’s imprisoned in Twig City, the secret warehouse where she grew up...Categorized as:
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Blood by Francine Pascal
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsGaia Moore is genetically incapable of feeling fear. Following the death of a friend, for which she holds herself responsible, Gaia is in the grip of depression. She spends her days looking for fear, and it's becoming a death wish...Categorized as:
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The Persona Protocol by Andy McDermott
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe latest thriller from bestselling author, Andy McDermott. For fans of Tom Clancy and Matthew Reilly.Adam Gray is the ultimate spy.As the lead agent of the US government's top-secret Persona project, he is its most valuable weapon in the War on Terror...Categorized as:
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Absolute by P.S. Power
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe cost of winning is absolute commitment. Nothing else will do.After the death of his father at the hands of a corrupt government, Ben Epson knows that there is nothing he can do to extract revenge. Not as an ordinary person.So he throws everything he has in with a group of very special rebels, who are more than they seem...Categorized as:
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Lamarchos by Jo Clayton
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe diadem that crowned the head of Aleytys was in contact with her central nervous system - and invisible to outsiders. But even that star-born fugitive herself did not know what the diadem's powers were or what it could do to or for her. What she did know was that it made her the target of the diadem's unrelenting and non-human owners who had tracked it across space and were still on her trail... -
![The Showrunners by Antoine Bello]()
The Showrunners by Antoine Bello
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this third and final installment of the Falsifiers trilogy, Sliv has a hand in Barack Obama's election and helps Lena Thorsen create a Maya city with the whole world watching... -
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Hammer of Angels by G.T. Almasi
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn G. T. Almasi’s thrilling alternate reality, the United States, the USSR, and the Republic of China share a fragile balance of power with Greater Germany, which emerged from World War II in control of Europe and half of the Middle East...Categorized as:
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Apex Cypher by Colin F. Barnes
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNote: This prequel story can be read at any point in the Code Breakers series.Rogue hackers Petal and Gabriel are low on food and water. Their reputation precedes them and they are no longer able to hustle the crime community for supplies. With survival becoming harder, they’re left with no other choice but to accept a risky job from a dangerous individual...Categorized as:
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![The Mark of Chaos and Creation by Arabella K. Federico]()
The Mark of Chaos and Creation by Arabella K. Federico
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhere do you draw the line between fighting for the greater good and vengeance? Six years ago, seventeen-year-old Karalevine Ruzz watched the aliens abduct her best friend as she narrowly escaped capture herself. Now the Arianyte Empire has conquered Earth and is searching for the most powerful weapons in the galaxy: children branded with the mark of creation.And Kara is one of them...Categorized as:
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![Blind by Francine Pascal]()
Blind by Francine Pascal
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsI’m supposed to be a genius. I’m supposed to be able to see things other people can’t. It’s kind of ironic. Because I can’t see the truth.Even when it’s right in front of me...Categorized as:
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Lost by Francine Pascal
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsNow that things are insane again they’re finally back to normal. Dad’s in a coma. And I’m going out of my mind. Oh, one more thing…Sam’s back from the dead...Categorized as:
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The Tomorrow File by Lawrence Sanders
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the not-so-distant future, planning takes the place of spontaneity when it comes to sex, turning the bedroom into a chamber of terror. In this society, the worst crime of all is to fall in love... -
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Sleeper Code by Tom Sniegoski
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTeenager Tom Lovett suffers from a rare form of narcolepsy--at least, that's what his parents and doctors have always told him. The truth is, he's actually a sleeper assassin, and when the lights go out, a killer emerges...Categorized as:
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The Lab by Jack Heath
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThe start of a fantastic new action/adventure series from a 20-yr-old author who knows how to thrillIn a near-future world run by an evil corporation, the only justice comes from an organization called the Deck. Each agent in the deck belongs to a suit -- the Hearts and Diamonds are the operatives, the Clubs do the training, and the Spades monitor internal affairs...Categorized as:
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![The Clockwork Traitor: Family d'Alembert Book 3 by E.E. "Doc" Smith, Stephen Goldin]()
The Clockwork Traitor: Family d'Alembert Book 3 by E.E. "Doc" Smith, Stephen Goldin
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTIME BOMB Jules and Yvette d'Alembert had faced challenges before - but rarely one as daunting as this. To them fell the perilous task of infiltrating a vicious conspiracy which threatened to destroy the Stanley dynasty and throw the whole of interstellar civilisation into chaos... -
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The Falsifiers by Antoine Bello
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFresh out of college, Sliv, a young Icelander, joins an environmental consulting firm. Soon his superior reveals that the firm houses the activities of a secret organization, the Consortium for the Falsification of Reality, which rewrites history and falsifies the world as we know it...Categorized as:
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