Books like 'Blue Limbo'
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Maria's Journey by Karen Clow
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCompelling, Brutal and stretching every boundary of Love and loyalty to its limits; Maria’s Journey will leave you wondering how she ever survived and remained the lady she is.Continuing to chart the turbulent lives of Jimmy, Maria and Mickey, once again it delves into London’s violent, depraved, criminal underworld... -
Hannah's Moon by John A. Heldt
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter struggling for years to have a child, Claire Rasmussen, 34, turns to adoption, only to find new obstacles on the path to motherhood. Then she gets an unlikely phone call and soon learns that a distant uncle possesses the secrets of time travel...Categorized as:
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The Dividing Sky by Jill Tew
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA cunning memory merchant falls for the handsome rookie officer on her tail in this swoony dystopian romance, hailed as “dynamic, vivid, and electrifying” (Ayana Gray, New York Times bestselling author of Beasts of Prey)“[A] high-stakes story packed with slow-burn pining and plentiful tension... -
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The People: No Different Flesh by Zenna Henderson
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA novel expanded from a short story (different from book 1 Pilgrimage which was a push of short stories connected by new material) of the alien PEOPLE and earthlings with gifts similar to those of the People -- who might be lost PEOPLE!The "People" stories inclulded in this book:No Different Flesh (1965)Deluge (1963)Angels Unawares (1966)Troubling of the Waters (1966)Return (1961)Shadow on the... -
Dark Till Dawn by Ann Christy
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSilo 49 has endured. In Going Dark they freed themselves from the control of Silo 1. In Deep Dark they discovered their forgotten past. In the final installment of the Silo 49 Trilogy, all they have worked for, over generations of time, comes to fruition. Lillian and Leo, cousins and best friends, enter the lists for the 89th Race in Silo 49... -
Love in the Time of Bertie by Alexander McCall Smith
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe latest installment in the delightful 44 Scotland Street series finds all our favorite residents up to their usual hilarious hijinks. In the microcosm of 44 Scotland Street, all of life's richness is found in the glorious goings-on of its residents... -
Homeboy: A Novel by Seth Morgan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSeth Morgan’s frenzied, addictive walk on the wild side of 1980s San Francisco When strip-joint barker Joe Speaker unwittingly steals a sixty-nine-carat blue diamond, he becomes enmeshed in a blackmail-and-murder conspiracy that begins with the savage slaying of high-priced call girl Gloria Monday. Suddenly Joe’s a wanted man... -
Class of '59 by John A. Heldt
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Mary Beth McIntire settles into a vacation house on June 2, 2017, she anticipates a quiet morning with coffee. Then she hears a noise, peers out a window, and spots a man in 1950s attire standing in the backyard. She panics when the trespasser sees her and enters the house though a door to the basement. She questions her sanity when she cannot find him... -
Tainted Trail by Wen Spencer
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsUkiah Oregon, half-man and half-alien raised by wolves, is hired to track a missing hiker. When her trail grows cold, Ukiah discovers the woman has actually been kidnapped. He then stumbles upon another mystery related to the unsolved disappearance in 1933 of a legendary wolf boy. The hiker's abduction may hold the key to Ukiah's past... -
Ansibles, perfiladores y otras máquinas de ingenio by Andrea Chapela
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEsta colección de diez cuentos se inscribe en el género de la ciencia ficción. Las historias giran en torno a los cambios que las relaciones humanas sufrirán a raíz de los avances tecnológicos... -
Endure the Dark by T.L. Payne
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWithout warning, the lights go out. Cars grind to a halt, and phones stop working. Amidst the chaos, Sixteen-year-old Serenity Jones is forced to flee for her life. The perilous journey out of the city becomes even more difficult when she discovers the route to safety is blocked... -
The House of a Thousand Floors by Jan Weiss
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe House of a Thousand Floors is one of the earliest science-fiction novels in European literature, published first in 1929. Besides being a pioneer in its genre, the book is highly regarded for its general merits as psychological literature. The novel tells the story of a dream in fever of a soldier wounded in World War I... -
The Time Store by Andrew Clark, Dee Matthews
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRULE NUMBER ONE OF TIME TRAVEL, PRESERVE TRUE TIME. Greenwich, London. A borough steeped in history. Home of the Royal Observatory, Cutty Sark, Old Royal Naval College and the PRIME MERIDIAN. Also home to the Bradbeers, a family of Time Travellers. If you’re lucky, the Bradbeers will help you live your dreams or recapture lost time... -
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Out in the Cold by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat happens when the world’s deadliest operative is activated with no target to take out?Tina Harrington was a member of the black ops team known as C.O.R.P.S.E. - until she was killed.But her death triggered a secret program, activating an android that was trained to kill, yet is now confused about its mission... -
BROKEN EARTH: DEVASTATION by Barbara J. Barker
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAre you ready for the end of the world? Brace yourself for a thrilling ride as the Earth is delivered a mortal blow in BROKEN DESTRUCTION, the first book in a gripping new thriller series.On a typical Tuesday in an average July week, all of Iceland's volcanoes erupt at once, followed by the complete destruction of the Azores Archipelago and the violent sundering of the Atlantic Ocean... -
San Francisco Poems by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHere are all of Ferlinghetti’s poems set in the city he has lived in for over half a century. He brings alive, with wit and lyricism, scenes of city life: a Giants baseball game, the Green Street Marching Mortuary Band, bohemian North Beach, Golden Gate Park, yachts on the Bay, and more... -
The Promise by Dee Davis
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe mine called to Cara from deep in the San Juan Mountains, near the town of Silverthread. Surrounded by a murderous tapestry of lies, it had once been rich in ore, overflowing with wealth that could make a family's fortune—or destroy it... -
Mushroom Blues by Adrian M. Gibson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsENTER THE FUNGALVERSE. Blade Runner, True Detective and District 9 meld with the weird worlds of Jeff VanderMeer, Philip K. Dick and China Miéville in Adrian M. Gibson’s award-winning fungalpunk noir debut. Two years after a devastating defeat in the decade-long Spore War, the island nation of Hōppon and its capital city of Neo Kinoko are occupied by invading Coprinian forces... -
Seeking Justice by T.L. Payne
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsRaine Caldwell and the other survivors from St. Louis thought getting out of the city would be the answer to their problems. They quickly learn that violence and winter’s fury aren’t exclusive to the city.The group is tested far beyond anything they could imagine as they begin to settle in and survive life without modern conveniences... -
Death on a Dime by Baer Charlton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHooker is a survivor. He reigns from high in the cab of a custom-built giant tow truck that is as powerful as the heart that he keeps hidden under his "rebel without a cause" skin.Cruising the highways and streets in the heady days of the early Silicon Valley, Hooker lives out his life with one hand on the steering wheel and one hand on the gearshift... -
Everyone a Stranger by Kevin O'Brien
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this brilliant, twisting historical suspense thriller set during World War II, a young war widow is unwittingly drawn into a sinister web of intrigue and murder.Washington D.C., 1943: Virginia Abrams believed the war had taken all it could from her when her husband was killed in the Philippines... -
The Show by John A. Heldt
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSeattle, 1941. Grace Vandenberg, 21, is having a bad day. Minutes after Pearl Harbor is attacked, she learns that her boyfriend is a time traveler from 2000 who has abandoned her for a future he insists they cannot share. Determined to save their love, she follows him into the new century. But just when happiness is within her grasp, she accidentally enters a second time portal and exits in 1918...Categorized as:
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The Knights of the Black Earth by Margaret Weis, Don Perrin
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsXris, Mag Force 7's cyborg leader, burns with a personal vendetta against the traitor who made him part machine. Now, revenge is at hand. There's just one problem--the Knights of the Black Earth, a deadly fanatical group bent on assassinating the King and throwing the galaxy into chaos. Xris and Mag Force 7 must now join forces with the enemy to battle this devastating threat... -
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Dinosaurs Destroy Detroit by Johnathan Rand
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNo one would believe them. That's why Nick and Summer took the dinosaur egg back with them through the time-portal... -
By the Pricking of Her Thumb by Adam Roberts
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPrivate Investigator Alma is caught up in another impossible murder. One of the world's four richest people may be dead - but nobody is sure which one. Hired to discover the truth behind the increasingly bizarre behaviour of the ultra-rich, Alma must juggle treating her terminally ill lover with a case which may not have a victim... -
The Jennifer Project by Larry Enright
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn 2096, Deever MacClendon creates Jennifer, the first proto-conscious cybernetic processor. It is hyper-intelligent, aware, and evolving. Deever wants to use his creation for the good of all, to help fix a broken world, but knowing what a powerful weapon it could be in the wrong hands, he hides it... -
The Many Worlds of Magnus Ridolph by Jack Vance
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMagnus Ridolph, at first glance, did not look like an interstellar troubleshooter. He was not tall and muscular, his skin had not been turned to a rugged color by the numerous distant suns he had visited, and his voice and manner seemed far too mild for an adventurer. Yet there was a chill hardness in his mild blue eyes that warned of the deceptiveness in his appearance... -
Wealth of Time by Andre Gonzalez
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow much would you sacrifice to learn the truth?Martin Briar drags himself through life. The 54 year old has lost the will to live since the disappearance of his 12-year-old daughter two decades ago.Unable to pull the trigger on himself, again, he later encounters a time-traveling antique dealer who offers him the chance to find out what happened to his only child... -
Heartquake by K. Vijayakarthikeyan
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn IAS officer’s tale of survival against all odds.Once upon a time there was a city plagued by greed, corruption and mysterious deaths…A patriotic IAS officer, Vikram, decides to expose a corrupt and powerful minister, Rudra Pratap Rana (aka RPR), during the latter’s visit to the IAS training academy... -
The Hard Bounce by Todd Robinson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBoo Malone lost everything when he was sent to St. Gabriel's Home for Boys. There, he picked up a few key survival skills; a wee bit of an anger management problem; and his best friend for life, Junior. Now adults, Boo and Junior have a combined weight of 470 pounds (mostly Boo's), about ten grand in tattoos (mostly Junior's), and a talent for wisecracking banter... -
You Were Always Mine by Sheila Bugler
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYears ago, she went to prison for killing her husband. Now, her daughter is dead too.Cassie McNamara was found guilty of the murder of her husband, Paul Cavellini, but she has always protested her innocence. Upon her release, she is ready to start over and hires local journalist, Dee Doran, to prove she was wrongfully convicted.Cassie and Paul’s young daughter, Grace, was adopted by Paul’s family... -
Detective Aunty by Uzma Jalaluddin
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen her grown daughter is suspected of murder, a charming and tenacious widow digs into the case to unmask the real killer in this twisty, page-turning whodunnit—the first book in a cozy new detective series from the acclaimed author of Ayesha at Last... -
Scourge by Jeff Grubb
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the heart of crime-ridden Hutt space, a Jedi scholar searches for justice.While trying to obtain the coordinates of a secret peril-packed, but potentially beneficial, trade route, a novice Jedi is killed - and the motive for his murder remains shrouded in mystery... -
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The Man Who Crossed Worlds by Chris Strange
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsHeart-pounding, stomach-kicking, and noir-drenched, The Man Who Crossed Worlds is urban fantasy with a twist of pulp and served in a dirty glass.All freelance Tunneler Miles Franco wants is a bit of freedom and a couple of bucks to rub together... -
Beacon Street Mourning by Dianne Day
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFive years ago Caroline Fremont Jones fled the proper world of her native Boston for the independent life of a California private detective. But now, in the winter of 1909, she is grief-stricken to learn of her father’s grave illness... -
Tras esa montaña está la orilla by Eva Cid, Nacho Vigalondo
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHace siglos que la Tierra dejó de ser habitable. Nuestros descendientes sobreviven en un planeta formado por dos grandes continentes, dos civilizaciones que han evolucionado de manera completamente distinta. Uno de estos continentes está habitado únicamente por mujeres... -
The Fictional Man by Al Ewing
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHollywood: Niles Golan is writing a remake of a camp-classic spy movie. The studio has plans for a franchise, so rather than hiring an actor, the protagonist will be 'translated' into a cloned human body.It's common practice - Niles' therapist is a Fictional. So is his best friend. So, maybe, is the woman in the bar he can't stop staring at... -
Crash Deluxe by Marianne de Pierres
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsParrish Plessis, sometime coup leader, paid assassin and ex-bodyguard, is finding life tough... -
Getaway World by E.E. "Doc" Smith, Stephen Goldin
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHelena, daughter of the second in command to the head of the Empire Of Earths security forces, has disappeared.. she knows the identity of SOTE's two most highly trained operators and their lives are now in danger . . . they have to find her before she can reveal their identities. Getaway World is the fourth book in the Family d'Alembert series... -
Madame Victoria (Biblioasis International Translation Book 24) by Catherine Leroux
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn 2001, a woman’s skeleton was found in the woods overlooking Montreal’s Royal Victoria Hospital. Despite an audit of the hospital’s patient records, a forensic reconstruction of the woman’s face, missing-person appeals, and DNA tests that revealed not only where she had lived, but how she ate, the woman was never identified... -
The 4400: Promises Broken by David Mack
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings4400 taken, 4400 returned. All were given startling new abilities. Now, if you are willing to risk it all, you too can be extraordinary... -
Zderzacz by Joanna Łopusińska
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA co, jeśli wszystko, co wydaje się nam przypadkowe, przypadkowe nie jest? Co, jeśli istnieje wzór na przypadek? I co, jeśli ten wzór zmieni znany nam świat?Grudzień 2011, Genewa, CERN. Największy na świecie ośrodek badań jądrowych.Prof. Francesca Accardi przedstawia postępy prac w poszukiwaniu boskiej cząstki: bozonu Higgsa. Odkrycie ma stać się największą sensacją naukową XXI w... -
Tarnished by Kate Jarvik Birch
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFreedom comes at a cost...Ella was genetically engineered to be the perfect pet—graceful, demure...and kept. In a daring move, she escaped her captivity and took refuge in Canada. But while she can think and act as she pleases, the life of a liberated pet is just as confining as the Congressman’s gilded cage. Her escape triggered a backlash, and now no one's safe, least of all the other pets...Categorized as:
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El tercer mundo después del sol: Antología de Ciencia Ficción Latinoamericana by Rodrigo Bastidas Pérez, Jorge Baradit
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLatinoamérica no es el tercer mundo, no es posibilidad de desarrollo, es una realidad en la que se amalgaman los saberes ancestrales, la ciencia, el realismo y la fantasía.Este libro reúne catorce relatos de los autores más relevantes de la ciencia ficción latinoamericana actual... -
Legacy by Matthew Farrer
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe legendary rogue trader charters: Imperial warrants of unimaginable antiquity, which can bring their bearers wealth and power barely imaginable. Now that Rogue Trader Hoyyon Phrax is dead, his charter is being brought to the great fortress-system of Hydraphur to be ceremonially bequeathed to his son, and already the vultures are circling.Shira Calpurnia does not want the charter... -
The Socialite's Guide to Sleuthing and Secrets by S.K. Golden
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHotel heiress Evelyn Murphy is on the hunt for a cunning killer and a mysterious thief in the third Pinnacle Hotel mystery, perfect for fans of Rhys Bowen and Ashley Weaver.New York, 1958. When Evelyn’s mail is delivered during a luncheon in the Gold Room, she’s surprised to find she has received a diamond tiara, which catches the attention of a costume jewelry sales team lunching nearby... -
Dealing in Murder by Elaine Flinn
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsElizabeth Porter was a top-of-the-line Manhattan antiques dealer until her ex-husband and his lover's flagrantly criminal scam left her reputation in tatters. Now, using a new name, Molly Doyle, she's starting over a continent away in a rundown antiques shop in cozy Carmel, California. Molly is determined to make the best of it... -
Córka łupieżcy by Jacek Dukaj
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWszystko już było – teraz królową nauk jest archeologia.Zuzanna Klajn w swe osiemnaste urodziny otrzymuje klucz do tajemnic zmarłego ojca-archeologa – i znajduje Miasto: odbicie wszystkich miast kiedykolwiek zbudowanych, przez ludzi i nie ludzi, w tym wszechświecie i poprzednich, skarbnicę wiedzy wszelkiej i pole zmagań między Potęgami... -
Whiff of Death by Isaac Asimov
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEveryone knew that Ralph Neufeld was a careful young chemist, especially his professor, Lou Brade. That's why Ralph's accidental demise due to a confusion of chemicals struck Brade, as well as the police, as highly unlikely.Someone on campus had, somehow, switched bottles on poor Neufeld, and the result was as deadly as had been planned...
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