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  • Piercing the Darkness by Frank E. Peretti

    Piercing the Darkness by Frank E. Peretti

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.John 1:5 (ESV)It all begins in Bacon's Corner, a tiny farming community far from the interstate . . . An attempted murder, a case of mistaken-or is it covered up?-identity, and a ruthless lawsuit against a struggling Christian school...
  • Don't Cross this Line by Michael Anderle

    Don't Cross this Line by Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    It's been three years Bethany Anne and her team have been building, trying their best to stay off the radar and not fight with those they are trying to save. The emotions have boiled to the surface. The is a line drawn in the sand, and some idiots just have to step across it. Those that thought the cat didn't have claws are about to find out how very, very wrong they are...
  • The Angry Sea by James Deegan

    The Angry Sea by James Deegan

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    ‘Brutal and brilliant’ Tom Marcus, author of SOLDIER SPY Former SAS Sergeant Major John Carr is relaxing on a Spanish beach, when a man with dark eyes attracts his attention. Fixated on a group of young Britons, the man doesn’t notice Carr and soon moves on.Within the hour, the Costa del Sol will be plunged into one of the most audacious and horrifying terrorist attacks Europe has ever seen...
  • Stars by Tal Bauer

    Stars by Tal Bauer

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I have looked to the stars my whole life… For two years, Sasha Andreyev has been in NASA astronaut training, the final step on his lifelong dream. During that time, he and Russian President Sergey Puchkov have kept their love hidden. But as graduation nears, secrets start to slip, and Sergey makes a dangerous trip to Houston for a weekend with Sasha...
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    suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  age-gap  angst  book  celebrity
  • Wolf 359 by Gabriel Urbina, Zach Valenti

    Wolf 359 by Gabriel Urbina, Zach Valenti

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Life's not easy for Doug Eiffel, the communications officer for the U.S.S. Hephaestus Research Station, currently on Day 448 of its orbit around red dwarf star Wolf 359. He's stuck on a scientific survey mission of indeterminate length, 7.8 light years from Earth...
  • Void Stalker by Aaron Dembski-Bowden

    Void Stalker by Aaron Dembski-Bowden

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The third in the bestselling Night Lords series.Talos leads First Claw further down their dark path, until the eldar of craftworld Ulthwe foresee a great conflict centered around the Night Lords, and the xenos muster for battle!The third book in the Night Lords trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Aaron Dembski-Bowden...
  • Tasmanian SFG: Welcome to Hell by C.R. Daems

    Tasmanian SFG: Welcome to Hell by C.R. Daems

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jolie was three when she found she was ugly and deformed. She was five when she found she was a sub-human and an outcast. She was seven when five boys and two girls dragged her out of the orphanage and beat her unconscious, leaving her lying bleeding and broken in the street. She was content to lie there and die, tired of being hated and abused...
  • Blood on the Tracks by Barbara Nickless

    Blood on the Tracks by Barbara Nickless

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    A young woman is found brutally murdered, and the main suspect is the victim’s fiancé, a hideously scarred Iraq War vet known as the Burned Man. But railroad police Special Agent Sydney Rose Parnell, brought in by the Denver Major Crimes unit to help investigate, can't shake the feeling that larger forces are behind this apparent crime of passion...
  • Dark Memory by Christine Feehan

    Dark Memory by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Safia Meziane has trained since birth to protect her tribe, the family she holds so dear. All along she told herself the legends she was raised with were simply that. But now, she must call upon all of her skills to fight what lies ahead. Evil has come to their small town on the cost of Algeria, evil that Safia can feel but cannot see...
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    suspense  war  romance  paranormal  vampires  fantasy  magic  demons
  • Warriors by Nicholas Sansbury Smith

    Warriors by Nicholas Sansbury Smith

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The New York Times and USA Today bestselling seriesWhile the Hell Divers cross an ocean to battle the machines, an old flesh-and-blood threat returns to the islands.The mission to Rio de Janeiro ended in victory, but it came at a dire cost, killing most of those who set out to rescue the stranded survivors...
  • Ghosts by Nicholas Sansbury Smith

    Ghosts by Nicholas Sansbury Smith

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Betrayal and sacrifice in the skies …Ten years ago, Hell Diver Xavier “X” Rodriguez fell to Earth. Those he left behind went on without him aboard the airship he once called home. Michael Everhart—the boy once known as Tin—has grown into a man and the commander of Hell Diver Raptor Team...
  • Soul Hunter by Aaron Dembski-Bowden

    Soul Hunter by Aaron Dembski-Bowden

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The Night Lords were once among the most potent forces of the Imperium, Space Marines who used fear itself as their weapon. Now, cast adrift from the Emperor's light and hunted as heretics after their monstrous betrayal, the Night Lords clad themselves in symbols of death and fight the Long War, bringing pain and terror to all who worship the corpse-god of Terra...
  • Captives by Nicholas Sansbury Smith

    Captives by Nicholas Sansbury Smith

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Humanity has finally found a new home, but the price is blood ...After a long, perilous journey, Hell Divers Xavier Rodriguez and Magnolia Katib discover the Metal Islands, a sunny habitable zone where thousands of people live by fishing and farming. But this "paradise" is really a violent warrior society ruled by the cannibal king el Pulpo...
  • To Sail a Darkling Sea by John Ringo

    To Sail a Darkling Sea by John Ringo

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    BOOK II IN THE BLACK TIDE RISING SERIES FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR. Sequel to Under a Graveyard Sky. A family of survivors fights back against a zombie plague that has brought down civilization...
  • Extinction Machine by Jonathan Maberry

    Extinction Machine by Jonathan Maberry

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The President of the United States vanishes from the White House.A top-secret prototype stealth fighter is destroyed during a test flight. Witnesses on the ground say that it was shot down by a craft that immediately vanished at impossible speeds.All over the world reports of UFOs are increasing at an alarming rate...
  • Empire of the Dragon by David L. Golemon

    Empire of the Dragon by David L. Golemon

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    230 B.C. – The first sovereign emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, has consolidated his ultimate power with battles against the last of the dissenting tribes of China. With one last province to take, he knows he will be pitted against the one man he fears—his mysterious half-brother, Li Zhang, leader of a peaceful province to the north...
  • State of Vengeance by Summer Lane

    State of Vengeance by Summer Lane

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Vengeance is coming. Monterey Bay, California, has barely survived a brutal attack from the evil invasion forces of Omega, and Cassidy Hart is exhausted. She has lost a friend and gained a new enemy. The militias seem to be weakening, and Omega seems to be getting stronger...
  • Iron Oracle by Merry Ravenell

    Iron Oracle by Merry Ravenell

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Gabel, obsessed with finding the traitors in his growing kingdom, embarks on a ruthless campaign to stamp out every ember of rebellion. But his enemies have been waiting, and they have laid a trap for the IronMoon Alpha. The Moon watches it all, weaving these mortal machinations into Her Own cruel design...
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    suspense  war  action-adventure  book  dark  fiction  horror  humor
  • Beyond the Sea by David L. Golemon

    Beyond the Sea by David L. Golemon

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Soviet battle cruiser Simbirsk, which launched in June 1940 and was reported sunk in 1944 with the loss of all hands, is still sailing the open sea.January of 2017: American Los Angeles class submarine U.S.S. Houston is tracking a surface target that is not listed as part of the Russian navy s response to the NATO maneuvers...
  • Nomad Redeemed: A Kurtherian Gambit Series by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle

    Nomad Redeemed: A Kurtherian Gambit Series by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Sawyer Brown is no more, but he was just the minor opening act... Terry Henry and Charumati (Char) have to deal with her Alpha coming back, the new refugees getting settle in the town and .. Beer! With the FDG doubling in size, Terry Henry needs to bring about a little organizational structure to the group.While also deciding how to have that conversation with Char about her lineage..
  • The Desolations of Devil's Acre by Ransom Riggs

    The Desolations of Devil's Acre by Ransom Riggs

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    The fate of peculiardom hangs in the balance in this epic conclusion to the Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children series.The last thing Jacob Portman saw before the world went dark was a terrible, familiar face.Suddenly, he and Noor are back in the place where everything began - his grandfather's house. Jacob doesn't know how they escaped from V's loop to find themselves in Florida...
  • Scarecrow by Matthew Reilly

    Scarecrow by Matthew Reilly

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    As 'Scarecrow' Schofield watches his mission to eliminate a Siberian turn into a bloodbath, he realises he has been tricked - and now become the prey rather than the predator. For a shadowy consortium of staggering power and wealth has included his name on a list of 15 targets to be eliminated without fail by 12 noon that same day...
  • Bombtrack by Sam Sisavath

    Bombtrack by Sam Sisavath

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    BEHIND ENEMY LINES, BUT FAR FROM HELPLESS.Six years ago, Gaby was the most popular girl in high school. Then the world ended. Times have changed, and everyone's unanimous choice for homecoming queen is all grown up.These days she's part of something greater than herself: a group whose sole mission is to restore order to a ravaged world that badly needs them...
  • Madness Rules by Arthur T. Bradley

    Madness Rules by Arthur T. Bradley

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The Survivalist (Madness Rules) is the fourth book in Dr. Bradley's Survivalist Series. (Series Order: Frontier Justice, Anarchy Rising, Judgment Day, Madness Rules, Battle Lines - coming soon).Description: Few heroes remain in the apocalyptic wasteland of the United States. Deputy Marshal Mason Raines is one such hero...
  • Battle Lines by Arthur T. Bradley

    Battle Lines by Arthur T. Bradley

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Battle Lines is the fifth book in Dr. Bradley's Survivalist series. It features six full-page illustrations. (Series Order: Frontier Justice, Anarchy Rising, Judgment Day, Madness Rules, Battle Lines, and Finest Hour).Description: Convinced that a militia leader holds the key to finally exacting justice, Deputy Marshal Mason Raines enters the destroyed city of Lexington...
  • Commune: Book Four by Joshua Gayou

    Commune: Book Four by Joshua Gayou

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The philosopher asks: faced with the mutually exclusive choice between moral principle and the survival of your family, which is the correct path?Philosophers love to pose such questions, and in the day-to-day struggle, such thinkers rarely attain to a level of relevance rivaling that of the simple hunger pang. Their careful considerations dissipate under the leveled gun...
  • Overlord by David L. Golemon

    Overlord by David L. Golemon

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In the stunning conclusion to the Matchstick Man saga that began with Event and continued with Legacy, the End of Days is upon humanity---invasion has arrived!Some speculate that the war between the two worlds began 700 million years ago, while others say it started in 1947 over a small town in New Mexico called Roswell...
  • Ebola K 3 by Bobby Adair

    Ebola K 3 by Bobby Adair

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ebola, Terrorism, and Hope The finale to the Ebola K trilogy Half the population has died. Many countries have disintegrated and societies have collapsed. Still, Ebola kills. Paul Cooper is imprisoned in an Ebola farm, a place where Ebola survivors are forced to donate antibody-rich plasma that will be used to treat the sick, but corruption is rampant and smugglers are everywhere...
  • The Traveler by David L. Golemon

    The Traveler by David L. Golemon

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    267,000 BCE. The continent was its own world, untouched by the planet-wide catastrophe that ended the reign of the dinosaurs over sixty-five million years before. A traveler arrives in the jungles of this ancient world who will fight to survive carnivorous creatures in a land never meant for human kind...
  • Cured by Bethany Wiggins

    Cured by Bethany Wiggins

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Now that Fiona Tarsis and her twin brother, Jonah, are no longer beasts, they set out to find their mother, with the help of Bowen and a former neighbor, Jacqui. Heading for a safe settlement rumored to be in Wyoming, they plan to spread the cure along the way--until they are attacked by raiders...
  • The Core by Peter V. Brett

    The Core by Peter V. Brett

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    For time out of mind, bloodthirsty demons have stalked the night, culling the human race to scattered remnants dependent on half-forgotten magics to protect them. Then two heroes arose—men as close as brothers, yet divided by bitter betrayal...
  • The Endless King by Dave Rudden

    The Endless King by Dave Rudden

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The final book in the award-winning Knights of the Borrowed Dark trilogy, perfect for fans of Skulduggery Pleasant.'You have no idea what real war is . . . but I'm afraid you're going to find out.'There's nothing like an apocalypse to kick off the school year.Denizen Hardwick has travelled to Daybreak, the ancestral home of the Order of the Borrowed Dark, to continue his training as a knight...
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    war  action-adventure  book  children  dystopia  fiction  horror  lgbtq
  • State of Destruction by Summer Lane

    State of Destruction by Summer Lane

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "Lane is surely worth picking up and reading, whoever you may be." - Daniel M. Harrison, #1 Bestselling Author of Butterflies and Editor of MarxRand The destruction of California is at hand. Cassidy Hart and Chris Young have survived a dangerous mission into the heart of Sky City, a secret Omega base hidden deep in the mountains, but their vengeance has come with a price...
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    suspense  war  action-adventure  apocalyptic  book  crime  dark  drama
  • War Hawk by James Rollins, Grant Blackwood

    War Hawk by James Rollins, Grant Blackwood

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Former Army Ranger Tucker Wayne and his war dog Kane are thrust into a global conspiracy that threatens to shake the foundations of American democracy in this second exciting Sigma Force spinoff adventure from New York Times bestselling authors James Rollins and Grant Blackwood.Tucker Wayne’s past and his present collide when a former army colleague comes to him for help...
  • No Other Choice by T.L. Payne

    No Other Choice by T.L. Payne

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The fight for survival continues.Enemy forces have unleashed an EMP over the heartland of America, causing the power grid, transportation, and communications to fail.Meanwhile, Houston, Texas, has been hit by a monster hurricane.Amid the devastation, the battle for survival continues.In the aftermath of the storm, reality sets in for Will Fontenot. Life as he knew it is over...
  • The Lords of Silence by Chris Wraight

    The Lords of Silence by Chris Wraight

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The galaxy has changed. Armies of Chaos march across the Dark Imperium, among them the Death Guard, servants of the Plague God...
  • Callsign: Queen by Jeremy Robinson, David Wood

    Callsign: Queen by Jeremy Robinson, David Wood

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    At the beginning of her search for Rook, a missing Chess Team member, Zelda Baker, Callsign: Queen, is redirected to Pripyat, Ukraine, a ghost town on the radioactive outskirts of Chernobyl. Intel indicates that splinter cell of Manifold Genetics—a ruthless corporation dismantled by Chess Team—may be operating in the area...
  • Callsign: King II - Underworld by Jeremy Robinson, Sean Ellis

    Callsign: King II - Underworld by Jeremy Robinson, Sean Ellis

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Strange things have always happened in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona… Bizarre lights, reports of cave entrances that appear and then vanish, hundreds of mysterious disappearances…and rumors of monstrous creatures that inhabit a labyrinthine underworld...
  • Steel Fear by Brandon Webb, John David Mann

    Steel Fear by Brandon Webb, John David Mann

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An aircraft carrier adrift with a crew the size of a small town. A killer in their midst. And the disgraced Navy SEAL who must track him down . . . The high-octane debut thriller from New York Times bestselling writing team Webb & Mann--combat-decorated Navy SEAL Brandon Webb and award-winning author John David Mann...
  • Day of Wrath by William R. Forstchen

    Day of Wrath by William R. Forstchen

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    This novella by New York Times bestselling author William R. Forstchen imagines a horrifying scenario where, in the course of one day, the terrorist group ISIS carries out massacres in schools and on highways across the United States. With a surprisingly small but well-organized and ruthless force, the nightmarish devastation brings America to a state of near-paralysis...
  • Legacy by David L. Golemon

    Legacy by David L. Golemon

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    "Fans of Clive Cussler, Verne, X-Files, and military tactical thrillers will find much to enjoy in this increasingly clever series." -"Booklist" on "Leviathan"The "New York Times" bestselling author of "Leviathan" and "Primeval" is back at full throttle with an adrenaline-pumping addition to the Event Group Thriller Series...
  • The Secrets of Pain by Phil Rickman

    The Secrets of Pain by Phil Rickman

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The elite warriors of the Hereford-based SAS know all about pain and the enduring of it. Syd Spicer, ex-SAS trooper, has found himself back the Regiment—this time as its chaplain, responsible for the spiritual welfare of the hardest men in or out of uniform...
  • Swords of Exodus by Larry Correia, Mike Kupari

    Swords of Exodus by Larry Correia, Mike Kupari

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sequel to thriller Dead Six.From the author of the New York Times bestselling Monster Hunter series and an Air Force weapons expert, an edge-of-your-seat military-political thriller. A master thief and a hardhitting mercenary team up to defeat a Central Asian warlord with world-wide destruction on his mind.The hard-hitting sequel to groundbreaking military adventure Dead Six...
  • Diablo Mesa by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

    Diablo Mesa by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling authors Preston & Child continue with the next book featuring archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Agent Corrie Swanson.Lucas Tappan, a wealthy and eccentric billionaire and founder of Icarus Space Systems, approaches the Santa Fe Archaeological Institute with a proposal for an excavation—and a hefty donation...
  • The Emperor's Gift by Aaron Dembski-Bowden

    The Emperor's Gift by Aaron Dembski-Bowden

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The Grey Knights are all that stands between mankind and the ravages of Chaos. Since their secretive beginnings during the Horus Heresy, these legendary Space Marine daemon hunters have journeyed into the dark realms of the warp – and beyond – in pursuit of their supernatural enemies...
  • The Hunted by Nicholas Sansbury Smith

    The Hunted by Nicholas Sansbury Smith

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The deadly hunt continues in book two of the bestselling Trackers saga...Five days ago North Korea detonated three nuclear warheads over the United States, triggering an electromagnetic pulse that crippled the country. A second attack destroyed the nerve center of America in a nuclear blast that flattened the nation's capitol...
  • Alone by Scott Sigler

    Alone by Scott Sigler

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In the final installment of an exhilarating sci-fi adventure trilogy in the vein of The Hunger Games, Divergent, and Red Rising, Scott Sigler’s unforgettable heroine, Em Savage, must come to grips once and for all with the perilous mysteries of her own existence.“We thought this place was our destiny—not our doom...
  • Potsdam Station by David Downing

    Potsdam Station by David Downing

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    April, 1945. The Third Reich is on the verge of extinction, and its enemies are already plotting against each other. For John Russell, this has personal importance: his son and girlfriend are trapped in Berlin and only the Soviets can get him in there. But the price of their help will threaten both his and the world's postwar future...
  • Born to Fight by Tara Brown

    Born to Fight by Tara Brown

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    When Emma wakes strapped to a cold metal table she has only one name on her lips, "Marshall!" What she doesn't expect is discovering that he is only one of the disturbing people in her small world who deserves to die in a fiery death. Twenty years ago scientists made some remarkable discoveries with genetics and the ability to perfect the babies we gave birth to...
  • Reborn by Tara Brown

    Reborn by Tara Brown

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Twenty years ago a man made a child he never intended to love.Ten years ago the world ended and Emma turned her back on the man she believed was her father.Eight weeks ago she discovered the truth about her family, including the sister she never knew she had.Last week she had her heart broken by the one man she never imagined giving it to...
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