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About Time by Jodi Taylor
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAfter their heroic efforts to safeguard the Acropolis and prevent the Paris Time-Stop, the Time Police have gone from zero to hero in but a single bound.Then one fateful mission to apprehend a minor criminal selling dodgy historical artefacts blows up in all their faces. An officer is attacked within TPHQ. A prisoner is murdered...Categorized as:
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![Skirmish by Tony Corden]()
Skirmish by Tony Corden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA simple error leaves Leah with a unique Neural Enhancement Chip and a rapidly evolving AI implanted in her brain. In ‘Nascent’, she evaded kidnapping by virtual slavers and helped shut down some operations of the virtual crime syndicate that uses mind-controlled players as slaves... -
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Perdition by Russell Blake
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsn this second volume of the two book arc that began with Insurrection (book 5), Lucas braves all odds to free his friends and in the process spawns the only hope for the nation's future: a new resistance movement that will take the battle to its enemies and drive them from its shores... -
![Renegade Union by J.N. Chaney]()
Renegade Union by J.N. Chaney
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHow did I get here?After waking up on the floor of an unknown ship, and with no way of contacting his crew, Captain Jace Hughes is forced to fight his way through a myriad of soldiers. With no memory of the battle or how he arrived on the ship, he has no choice but to act.By shooting his way out... -
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![Ichor Well by Joseph R. Lallo]()
Ichor Well by Joseph R. Lallo
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIchor Well is the third adventure in the Free-Wrench Series of Steampunk novels.Ever since Nita Graus left her homeland and joined the crew of the Wind Breaker, the reputation of the airship and its crew has been growing...Categorized as:
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![Killing the Machine by Jamie Sedgwick]()
Killing the Machine by Jamie Sedgwick
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Iron Horse is a massive steam-powered locomotive manned by a crew of warriors, miscreants, and genetic anomalies. Socrates, the train’s commander, is an autonomous steam-powered gorilla with memories and knowledge reaching back more than a thousand years. Their mission is to locate a new source of starfall, the rare element that powers the ancient city of Sanctuary...Categorized as:
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![The Calderan Problem by Joseph R. Lallo]()
The Calderan Problem by Joseph R. Lallo
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Calderan Problem is the fourth high-flying, swashbuckling adventure in the Free-Wrench series from Joseph R. Lallo, author of the Book of Deacon and Big Sigma series. Several months have passed since Nita’s last adventure in the fug, and though she has spent them back in her native Caldera, she has never been busier... -
![Insurrection by Russell Blake]()
Insurrection by Russell Blake
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsLucas embarks on a cross-country journey for what's supposed to be a simple vaccine delivery mission, but which quickly devolves into a battle to survive when he and his team become embroiled in a conspiracy so large it will change the fate of America... -
![An Empire Asunder by Evan Currie]()
An Empire Asunder by Evan Currie
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe coup that won traitor General Corian the Scourwind throne has been overturned, but his ongoing rebellion has left the empire divided. Lydia’s birthright regained, she adjusts to her role as empress at war, while Brennan begins training as an elite Cadreman soldier... -
![Chronicle of the Eternal: Volume 1 by D. Wolfin]()
Chronicle of the Eternal: Volume 1 by D. Wolfin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the year XX, the human population exhausted the world’s resources, leading to cataclysmic environment changes and the imminent extinction of all life on the planet. Frantic space exploration became the world's focus, but failed to find a new world for the human race. In desperation, humanity went digital. Minds were scanned, encoded, and transferred to the virtual world of Grandosa... -
![Vinyl by Sophia Elaine Hanson, Sophia Slade]()
Vinyl by Sophia Elaine Hanson, Sophia Slade
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAll citizens within the soaring black walls of Revinia have metal Singers grafted into their skulls at birth. The parasitic machines issue a form of auditory hypnosis called The Music, which keeps their minds malleable and emotions flat. All artistic expression—especially real music—is strictly prohibited... -
![The Change by S.M. Stirling]()
The Change by S.M. Stirling
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsALL-NEW STORIES OF THE EMBERVERSEby S.M. Stirling, Harry Turtledove, Walter Jon Williams, John Birmingham, John Barnes, Jane Lindskold, and more...S. M...Categorized as:
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![Free-Wrench by Joseph R. Lallo]()
Free-Wrench by Joseph R. Lallo
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe islands of Caldera are a shining jewel in a rather bleak world. A terrible calamity in the past had blanketed much of the world with a toxic "fug." Those who survived were forced to take to the mountains and the skies in wondrous airships. Life has since been a struggle, with only the most ruthless and crafty able to survive...Categorized as:
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Jules Verne (Knickerbocker Classics) by Jules Verne
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis superb collection of classic science fiction features the best of Jules Verne’s epic adventure stories, including Five Weeks in a Balloon (1863), A Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), From the Earth to the Moon (1865), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873)...Categorized as:
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![Blood and Steam by Jamie Sedgwick]()
Blood and Steam by Jamie Sedgwick
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFive Stars: "Cannot say enough about how much I enjoyed this book. Author knows how to write an interesting story."-Goodreads ReviewFive Stars: "Sedgwick's imagination soars for this tale..."-Amazon ReviewFive Stars: "... the best series I've read in a long while... This series gets top marks from me.. -
![Night Flights by Philip Reeve]()
Night Flights by Philip Reeve
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsReturn to the world of Mortal Engines in this new book of short stories about the rebellious young aviatrix, Anna Fang, illustrated by Ian McQue. A key character in the Mortal Engines book and upcoming film produced by Peter Jackson (December 2018), this is your chance to learn more of Anna's thrilling past. Night Flights includes Traction City, Philip Reeve's 2011 World Book Day Book...Categorized as:
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![Doctor Who: At Childhood’s End by Sophie Aldred, Steve Cole]()
Doctor Who: At Childhood’s End by Sophie Aldred, Steve Cole
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPast, present and future collide as the Thirteenth Doctor meets classic Doctor Who companion Ace – in the first epic novel from the woman who played her, Sophie Aldred.Once, a girl called Ace travelled the universe with the Doctor – until, in the wake of a terrible tragedy they parted company...Categorized as:
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![Coilhunter by Dean F. Wilson]()
Coilhunter by Dean F. Wilson
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWelcome to the Wild North, a desolate wasteland where criminals go to hide—if they can outlast the drought and the dangers of the desert. Or the dangers of something else. Meet Nox, the Coilhunter. A mechanic and toymaker by trade, a bounty hunter by circumstance. He isn't in it for the money. He's in it for justice, and there's a lot of justice that needs to be paid...Categorized as:
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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.. -
![Robot Proletariat: Season One by Sean Platt, Johnny B. Truant]()
Robot Proletariat: Season One by Sean Platt, Johnny B. Truant
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRobot ProletariatTHIS Is How It StartsIn the future, robots like Mars and Cromwell serve their human masters. Having long since replaced humans in the back hallways and servants' quarters of the ultra-wealthy, new models are acquired, render their service, then are quietly deactivated when obsolete. But then we gave them the ability to learn... -
![Steampunk is Dead by Harmon Cooper]()
Steampunk is Dead by Harmon Cooper
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe exciting sequel to The Feedback Loop.Adjusting to the real world isn't exactly easy for Quantum Hughes. Instead of focusing on his recovery, he takes an assignment alongside Frances Euphoria to a virtual entertainment dreamworld called Steam, in search of a Proxima Developer. True to his nature, Quantum acts out of turn, causing the entire world to turn against him... -
![With Tide and Tempest by Kate Avery Ellison]()
With Tide and Tempest by Kate Avery Ellison
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn alternate cover for this ASIN can be found here.Free or not, life beneath the sea in the republic of Itlantis is less idyllic than Aemi might have imagined when she'd been just a surfacer slave. She's been accused of spying for the enemy thanks to her connections with the traitorous Nautilus family, not to mention her own tangled and mysterious family history...Categorized as:
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![Ashes of Candesce by Karl Schroeder]()
Ashes of Candesce by Karl Schroeder
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA world of endless sky, with no land, no gravity: this is Virga. Beginning in the seminal science fiction novel Sun of Suns, the saga of this striking world has introduced us to the people of stubborn pride and resilience who have made Virga their home; but also, always lurking beyond the walls of the world, to the mysterious threat known only as Artificial Nature... -
![The Fluted Girl (Great Science Fiction Stories) by Paolo Bacigalupi, Shondra Marie]()
The Fluted Girl (Great Science Fiction Stories) by Paolo Bacigalupi, Shondra Marie
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe fluted girl had been given Revitia treatments at thirteen to freeze her features in the matrix of youth. She had been given the stolen black eyes of an Indian girl. Pigment drugs drained color from her skin. Then surgeries and cell knitters completed her transformation into a performance artist for the rich. This story is part of the publisher's Great Science Fiction Stories audio series... -
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![Romulus Buckle and the Luminiferous Aether by Richard Ellis Preston Jr.]()
Romulus Buckle and the Luminiferous Aether by Richard Ellis Preston Jr.
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Preston's Steampunk series is not just entertaining and fun but full of great characters who deepen and change over the course of the books. Expect amazing Steampunk scenes, yes, but also people you care about and a lovely mix of the comic and serious. Just pure storytelling at its best... -
![The Imperial Infantryman's Handbook by Matt Ralphs, Graham McNeill]()
The Imperial Infantryman's Handbook by Matt Ralphs, Graham McNeill
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYou there, soldier! Don’t know a las-cutter from a lascannon? Not sure which prayer to the God-Emperor will protect you from enemy artillery fire? Need to know how to survive an explosive decompression on your drop ship, or set up a crossfire ambush in a death world jungle? Better consult the handbook. The Munitorum adepts give us these things for a reason, you know.. -
![El Ángel en la Casa by Beca Aberdeen]()
El Ángel en la Casa by Beca Aberdeen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEn una Inglaterra victoriana alternativa, los hombres han perdido el poder. Infectados con una bacteria que les deja dóciles y sin voluntad, son repartidos como siervos personales. En la ceremonia anual, Amanda Fairfax se decide por Callum, pues sus ojos la atrapan como los de ningún otro. Pronto se da cuenta de que, en efecto, él no es como los demás. Callum es el primer hombre normal en décadas...Categorized as:
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![The Expeditioners and the Treasure of Drowned Man's Canyon by S.S. Taylor, Katherine Roy]()
The Expeditioners and the Treasure of Drowned Man's Canyon by S.S. Taylor, Katherine Roy
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsComputers have failed, electricity is extinct, and the race to discover new lands is underway! Brilliant explorer Alexander West has just died under mysterious circumstances, but not before smuggling half of a strange map to his intrepid children—Kit the brain, M.K. the tinkerer, and Zander the brave... -
![Souls in the Great Machine by Sean McMullen]()
Souls in the Great Machine by Sean McMullen
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe great Calculor of Libris was forced to watch as Overmayor Zarvora had four of its components lined up against a wall and shot for negligence. Thereafter, its calculations were free from errors, and that was just as well-for only this strangest of calculating machines and its two thousand enslaved components could save the world from a new ice age... -
![The Harvest by Chuck Wendig]()
The Harvest by Chuck Wendig
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBlood will water the corn...It’s been a year since the Saranyu flotilla fell from the sky, and life in the Heartland has changed. Gone are the Obligations and the Harvest Home festivals. In their place is a spate of dead towns, the former inhabitants forced into mechanical bodies to serve the Empyrean—and crush the Heartland...Categorized as:
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![Le Jardin des âmes by Georgia Caldera]()
Le Jardin des âmes by Georgia Caldera
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDans le royaume de Cendrelune, les dieux épient les pensées des hommes, et leur Exécuteur, l’Ombre, veille à condamner tous ceux qui nourriraient des envies de rébellion.Or, il semble que certaines failles existent. À l’âge de 17 ans, Céphise ne vit en effet que pour se venger... -
![Guardian Angels and Other Monsters by Daniel H. Wilson]()
Guardian Angels and Other Monsters by Daniel H. Wilson
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Robopocalypse comes a fascinating and fantastic collection that explores complex emotional and intellectual landscapes at the intersection of artificial intelligence and human life. A VINTAGE BOOKS ORIGINAL... -
![Fitzpatrick's War by Theodore Judson]()
Fitzpatrick's War by Theodore Judson
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn inspired first science fiction novel set several hundred years in the future when the world's population has been decimated by biological weapons. This book chronicles the Alexander-like rise and fall of Fitzpatrick the Younger, as told by one of his close companions...Categorized as:
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![Hunter's Prey by Moira Rogers]()
Hunter's Prey by Moira Rogers
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe first book in this series is available for FREE. Download it + two other series starters: mrogers.link/free-sale Bloodhounds #2Ophelia walked away from her life as a prostitute, hell-bent on a fresh start--and a new career. But managing the bloodhound manor in Iron Creek is like juggling knives while putting out fires. And then there's her inconvenient attraction to Hunter... -
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![Crimson Rising by Nick James]()
Crimson Rising by Nick James
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOur best-selling sci-fi series continuesFollowing their dramatic showdown in Seattle, Jesse Fisher and Cassius Stevenson find their world’s been turned inside out. The faculty at Skyship Academy is keeping Jesse a prisoner in his own home, fearful of his influence over Pearls...Categorized as:
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![The Clockwork God by Jamie Sedgwick]()
The Clockwork God by Jamie Sedgwick
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFive Stars: "I read this book in one sitting, as I was physically unable to put it down... I highly recommend The Clockwork God, and cannot wait to see what else Jamie Sedgewick has in store for us."-Goodreads ReviewFour Stars: "An action packed, thrilling read; Very much a must for sci-fi and steampunk fans!"-Goodreads ReviewFive Stars: "Can't get enough of the stories by Jamie Sedgwick...Categorized as:
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![Nymphomation by Jeff Noon]()
Nymphomation by Jeff Noon
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSet both in a real and imaginary Manchester, Jeff Noon's story concerns a revolutionary lottery game that is engulfing the city in a tide of gambling fever. As a group of mathematics students look at the mind-numbing probabilities involved, they soon find more sinister realities... -
![Fall of Sky City by S.M. Blooding]()
Fall of Sky City by S.M. Blooding
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a world governed by the opposing forces of the mystical House of Tarot and the tribal Great Families, Synn is caught in the crossfire. He witnesses the slaughter of innocent people, and the devastating murder of his father. This act awakens his Mark of power, a Mark greater than any the world has seen in a very long time... -
![Alt.History 101 by Samuel Peralta, Ken Liu]()
Alt.History 101 by Samuel Peralta, Ken Liu
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe future is history... From Samuel Peralta, creator of the #1 bestselling Future Chronicles anthology series, comes a new speculative anthology series that turns the world you know upside down.In Alt...Categorized as:
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![L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 29 by L. Ron Hubbard, Alex Wilson]()
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 29 by L. Ron Hubbard, Alex Wilson
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTurn the page…open your eyes...and look into the futureThey unleash the power of dreams and unlock the secrets of the universe.They bend time, twist perception, and put a new spin on the laws of physics.They show us who we are, what we may become, and how far we can go.They are the Writers of the Future. Experience their vision. “Keep the Writers of the Future going. It’s what keeps sci-fi alive...Categorized as:
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![Cyberpunk: The Big Book of Hardware, Software, Wetware, Revolution and Evolution by Victoria Blake]()
Cyberpunk: The Big Book of Hardware, Software, Wetware, Revolution and Evolution by Victoria Blake
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBefore email, before 'the web', before hackers and GPS and sexting, before titanium implants, before Google Goggles, before Siri, and before each and every one of us carried a computer in our pockets, there was cyberpunk, and science fiction was never the same... -
![The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year's Best Science Fiction by Gardner Dozois]()
The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year's Best Science Fiction by Gardner Dozois
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor decades, the Year's Best Science Fiction has been the most widely read short science fiction anthology of its kind. Now, after thirty-five annual collections. comes the ultimate in science fiction anthologies. In The Very Best of the Best, legendary editor Gardner Dozois selects the finest short stories for this landmark collection... -
![Empress of the Sun by Ian McDonald]()
Empress of the Sun by Ian McDonald
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWorld-hopping, high-action adventure starring a smart boy with computer skills and a tough girl who pilots a blimp The airship Everness makes a Heisenberg Jump to an alternate Earth unlike any her crew has ever seen. Everett, Sen, and the crew find themselves above a plain that goes on forever in every direction without any horizon...Categorized as:
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![For Steam And Country by Jon Del Arroz]()
For Steam And Country by Jon Del Arroz
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTo save her father... ...she must take to the sky. But will it be enough? Zaira's overwhelmed. Living as an orphan on a farm is hard enough, but unnatural earthquakes are ravaging her home. Her life turns upside down when an attorney shows up at her door with harrowing news. Her missing father's been pronounced dead, and Zaira is the heir to his airship...Categorized as:
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![Rouille by Floriane Soulas]()
Rouille by Floriane Soulas
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsParis, 1897. Les plus grandes puissances européennes se sont lancées à l'assaut de la Lune et de nouveaux matériaux découverts sur le satellite envahissent peu à peu la Terre. Ces grandes avancées scientifiques révolutionnent l'industrie et la médecine, mais pas pour tout le monde...Categorized as:
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![Paradise City by J.B. Stephens]()
Paradise City by J.B. Stephens
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis second installment takes readers deeper into post-apocalyptic America from The Big Empty, following the characters as they uncover a shocking truth about the identity of the traitor among them...Categorized as:
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![Empress of Earth by Melissa Scott]()
Empress of Earth by Melissa Scott
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe road to Earth is well guarded, and if subterfuge does not breach its defenses, Silence and her husbands must fight. Against them stand the mysterious Rose Worlders and their siege engines--in a cataclysmic struggle for an entire world... -
![Escapement by Ciara Knight]()
Escapement by Ciara Knight
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTen years after the great war of 2185 the queen’s reign is threatened by uprisings and fear. In celebration of my sixteenth birthday it is my duty as princess to sacrifice a slave to be initiated into the ruling council, solidifying my mother’s empire. When my own erratic powers surface I’m captured and tried for treason...Categorized as:
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![The Dream Engine by Sean Platt, Johnny B. Truant]()
The Dream Engine by Sean Platt, Johnny B. Truant
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Eila Doyle first hears the strange boy calling from somewhere deep in her sleep, she begins to question her sanity. In the gleaming steampunk world of Waldron's Gate, citizens aren't meant to dream -- and those who eschew their daily Crumble and dare to do so anyway face madness … and imprisonment in Joffrey Columns, the asylum of towers... -
![Steamsworn by Eric R. Asher]()
Steamsworn by Eric R. Asher
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe world dies in war only to be reborn. It is the way of things, and always will be.Forged in the Deadlands crucible, and armed with the knowledge of their true enemy, Jacob, Alice, and their allies bring the fight back to Ancora. They'll liberate their homeland, or die trying.The wounds cut deep in their darkest hour, but in the end, vengeance will light their path...Categorized as:
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