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Radiation Hazard by Laurence E. Dahners
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis hard Sci-Fi novel is the third book in the “Stasis Stories,” a series of optimistic tales of technological innovation in the near future. They follow Kaem Seba, a sickly and financially destitute young man with extraordinary math talents. With his friends, he’s developed a device that allows him to stop time within limited volumes of space-time...Categorized as:
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![A Pillar of Fire by Night by Tom Kratman]()
A Pillar of Fire by Night by Tom Kratman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook #7 in the popular Carrera military science fiction series.Carrera's held off his enemies coming by sea from the north, in the process dealing the naval and amphibious forces of the Zhong Empire a stinging defeat. The Zhong won't soon forget the blood-stained waters and the heaped up bodies on the shores of Balboa's Isla Real...Categorized as:
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![Deep Space - Hidden Terror by Laurence E. Dahners]()
Deep Space - Hidden Terror by Laurence E. Dahners
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThis hard Sci-Fi novel is the sixth book in the “Stasis Stories,” a series of optimistic tales of technological innovation in the near future. They follow Kaem Seba, a young man with extraordinary math talents. With his friends, he’s come up with a device that allows time to be stopped within limited volumes of space-time... -
![The 2020 Commission Report on the North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against the United States: A Speculative Novel by Jeffrey Lewis]()
The 2020 Commission Report on the North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against the United States: A Speculative Novel by Jeffrey Lewis
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“A brilliantly conceived page-turner.”—Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation and Command and ControlAmerica lost 1.4 million citizens in the North Korean attacks of March 2020. This is the final, authorized report of the government commission charged with investigating the calamity. “The skies over the Korean Peninsula on March 21, 2020, were clear and blue... -
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![Renegades by D.J. Molles]()
Renegades by D.J. Molles
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe second book in NYT Bestselling Author DJ Molles' series, A Grower's War: The nation is a powder keg, and Walter Baucom is striking sparks... -
![The Devil's Due by Boyd Craven, Kevin Pierce]()
The Devil's Due by Boyd Craven, Kevin Pierce
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLive like the dead, or sleep like the dead? Dick makes his choice.... Dick is finally clean - mind and body - from his poisonous addiction, only to be sent reeling again upon awakening and discovering Steve and Jamie have startling secrets of their own... -
![The Journey Home by Jeff Motes]()
The Journey Home by Jeff Motes
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAuthors note: This is a Revised Version of the original book. It has been revised to reflect a 1st person point of view for each chapter's main character. Take note of which character leads the chapter title. This will help make the flow of thoughts smooth. This is not a book on religion or religious ideology, however, two of the main characters are Christian... -
![The Titan Probe: Hard Science Fiction by Brandon Q. Morris]()
The Titan Probe: Hard Science Fiction by Brandon Q. Morris
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn 2005, the robotic probe “Huygens” lands on Saturn’s moon Titan. 40 years later, a radio telescope receives signals from the far away moon that can only come from the long forgotten lander. At the same time, an expedition returns from neighbouring moon Enceladus. The crew lands on Titan and finds a dangerous secret that risks their return to Earth... -
![Understand by Ted Chiang]()
Understand by Ted Chiang
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLeon is a former coma victim, who has gone experimental medical treatment to repair the massive trauma his brain received after he was trapped under ice for more than an hour. He’s regained consciousness, found he has all of his faculties back and a whole lot more. Originally published in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine in 1991.Approx... -
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Hard Rain Falling by William Allen
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAmy and Luke have survived four months in a savage land completely disrupted by the massive power outage, but this last leg of their journey will demand all of their courage as the pair navigate a desperate landscape. Now, new factions begin to take action and sudden violence signals a change in someone’s policies... -
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Freddy Anderson's Home by John Ricks
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's a hard life when you're a super genius capable of many things, including using your mind in ways that others only dream of. Freddy Anderson used that ability working to save the world from a world ending disaster. However, the human race is now at war. Aliens have attacked and captured many of our top people including Freddy Anderson and are headed back to their home world... -
![The Jupiter Catastrophe: Hard Science Fiction by Brandon Q. Morris]()
The Jupiter Catastrophe: Hard Science Fiction by Brandon Q. Morris
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter a long journey to Saturn’s moon Enceladus, spaceship ILSE is on its way back to Earth, carrying crucial cargo. The crew is exhausted and wants nothing more than a quick return home. Suddenly, a chain of malfunctions puts the expedition in peril. The difficulties appear to be related to planet Jupiter, whose orbit they are crossing... -
![Red Horizon: The Truth of Discovery by Salvador Mercer]()
Red Horizon: The Truth of Discovery by Salvador Mercer
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe truth of discovery is on mankind’s horizon, a Red Horizon. For nearly four long years, the world’s superpowers have mobilized their people and resources in preparation for the next discovery, Mars. The race against one another pales in comparison to the inherent dangers of travelling through the vastness of the cosmos, going where mankind has never gone before...Categorized as:
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![Nodding by Jacqueline Druga]()
Nodding by Jacqueline Druga
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a small pocket of the world the sickness has been in existence since the sixties. A disease so feral, it strikes eighty percent of all children under the age of fifteen. For decades it has pushed the boundaries into three countries. Those infected become mere shells, often in a state followed by violent tantrums. There is no hope, no treatment and there is no cure... -
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![Europe at Dawn by Dave Hutchinson]()
Europe at Dawn by Dave Hutchinson
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAlice works at the Scottish Embassy in Tallinn in Estonia as a member of the Cultural Section. When two men bring her the jewelled skull of a Scottish saint her world gets turned on its head, and she becomes the latest recruit to Les Coureurs des Bois.On a Greek island Benno is just one of hundreds of refuges dreaming of a new life in Continental Europe...Categorized as:
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![Europe in Winter by Dave Hutchinson]()
Europe in Winter by Dave Hutchinson
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRudi, the former chef-turned-spy, returns on a mission to uncover the truth—in a fractured Europe utterly changed by the public unveiling of the Community.Union has been forged and the Community is now the largest nation in Europe; trains run there from as far afield as London and Prague. It is an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity...Categorized as:
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![The Triton Disaster by Brandon Q. Morris]()
The Triton Disaster by Brandon Q. Morris
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNick Abrahams still holds the official world record for the number of space launches, but he’s bored stiff with his job hosting space tours. Only when his wife leaves him, however, does he try to change his life.He accepts a tempting offer from a Russian billionaire... -
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Luminous by Greg Egan
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLUMINOUS collects together one original story plus nine previously unpublished in book form. Greg Egan's short fiction is at the cutting edge of the genre. His stories range from near future predictions to far future, far space improvisations. His grasp of the latest scientific breakthroughs is unparalleled in science fiction... -
![Degrees of Freedom by Simon Morden]()
Degrees of Freedom by Simon Morden
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWinner of the 2012 Philip K. Dick Award The Six Degrees of PetrovitchMichael is an AI of incalculable complexity trapped under the remains of Oshicora tower. Petrovitch will free him one day, he just has to trust Michael will still be sane by the time he does.Maddy and Petrovitch have trust issues. She's left him, but Petrovitch is pretty sure she still loves him... -
![Holding Their Own V: The Alpha Chronicles by Joe Nobody, D.A.L.H.]()
Holding Their Own V: The Alpha Chronicles by Joe Nobody, D.A.L.H.
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWord of Alpha's recovery spreads throughout the region. The news is welcomed by most - but not all. Some see the small Texas town as a threat, others want to dominate the prosperous community. Often, it's difficult to discern friend from foe, and miscommunication can be deadly. The legendary range wars of the early American West were brutal, bloody affairs... -
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Qualityland by Marc-Uwe Kling
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsIn the near future sci-fi world of Qualityland, algorithms help create an idyllic life for its citizens, but what if the perfect world wasn't built for you?Welcome to QualityLand, the best country on Earth. Here, a universal ranking system determines the social advantages and career opportunities of every member of society... -
![Dark Sky Thunder by William Allen]()
Dark Sky Thunder by William Allen
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLuke and Amy arrive at the Messner ranch to discover not everything has gone according to plan. Reunited with his family, and bringing new friends into the fold, Luke works hard to forget the horrors of their journey and make a fresh start with Amy. But others have plans as well, and Luke discovers there is no real safety in this new world. When the lights go out, the rats come out to play... -
![Holding Their Own: The Salt War by Joe Nobody]()
Holding Their Own: The Salt War by Joe Nobody
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook IX of best-selling author Joe Nobody’s series, Holding Their Own, explores how old grudges and long-simmering social divisions could threaten the recovery of post-apocalyptic Texas.Bishop hatches a plan to pull Terri away from the stressful responsibility of managing the Alliance, but his scheme quickly goes awry... -
![Holding Their Own X: The Toymaker by Joe Nobody]()
Holding Their Own X: The Toymaker by Joe Nobody
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLife as a post-apocalyptic rancher isn’t easy for Bishop and his family. The Texan’s struggles are further complicated by a recovery that has left him feeling out-of-touch with the new realities of a rapidly changing society... -
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![Home Fires Burning by William Allen]()
Home Fires Burning by William Allen
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter a memorable meeting on the road, survivors Luke and Amy head for a possible sanctuary as their new friends extend an invitation. Able to rest easy for the first time in months, Luke soon discovers he will have to fight once again for his life and to protect this safe haven... -
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Manna by Marshall Brain
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsRobots will soon begin taking human jobs in places like retail stores, fast food restaurants, construction sites and transportation. The key technology that will fuel the transition is inexpensive computer vision systems, and the number of human jobs at risk numbers in the tens of millions. More than half of the jobs in the United States could be eliminated... -
![Safe Haven (Life After War, #3) by Angela White]()
Safe Haven (Life After War, #3) by Angela White
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSafe Haven:A place of safety and light, surrounded by magic and darkness.Now that the survivors have made it to Safe Haven, the hard work of finding a safe place begins. But it won't be the easy trip it's been so far. A group of Guerilla's, called Cezar's Slavers, has invaded the US and Safe Haven has become a target... -
![Europe at Midnight by Dave Hutchinson]()
Europe at Midnight by Dave Hutchinson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn a fractured Europe, new nations are springing up everywhere, some literally overnight.For an intelligence officer like Jim it's a nightmare. Every week or so a friendly power spawns a new and unknown national entity which may or may not be friendly to England's interests. It's hard to keep on top of it all. But things are about to get worse for Jim...Categorized as:
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![Cyberabad Days by Ian McDonald]()
Cyberabad Days by Ian McDonald
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCyberabad Days returns to the India of 2047 as featured in Ian McDonald's acclaimed novel River of Gods...Categorized as:
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![Surviving the Fall by William Allen]()
Surviving the Fall by William Allen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSixteen year old Luke was trapped in Chicago when the lights went out and civilization began to unravel. Determined to get home to his family, Luke begins a thousand mile odyssey that will show him the depths of human depravity while also giving him a chance at redemption... -
![Origins by Kyle West]()
Origins by Kyle West
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFind the Black Files, or humanity falls.Alex never thought he'd be recruited for a mission to save humanity. He's learned a lot since leaving Bunker 108, but the horrors of the Wasteland aren't through with him yet.When the team risks everything to go after the Black Files, there's no going back... -
![Everything but the Squeal by John Scalzi]()
Everything but the Squeal by John Scalzi
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the not-so-distant future, life is good... if you’re one of the lucky few to live in the new, ecologically-minded city-states that dot the landscape. Outside their walls, in the “wilds” -- the rotting suburbs and exurbs of America -- things have become rather more precarious. Benjamin Washington is a kid in New St... -
![Felaheen by Jon Courtenay Grimwood]()
Felaheen by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn a world where secrets kill, an ex-cop discovers he's got the biggest secret of all. . . .Set in a 21st-century Ottoman Empire, Jon Courtenay Grimwood's acclaimed Arabesk series is a noir action-thriller with an exotic twist. Here an ex-cop with nothing to lose finds himself on the trail of a man he doesn't believe in: his father. Ashraf Bey has been a lot of things--and most of them illegal...Categorized as:
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![Red, White, and the Blues by Rysa Walker]()
Red, White, and the Blues by Rysa Walker
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe United States’ past is hijacked in a time-warping adventure of future interdimensional, high-risk games by the bestselling author of the CHRONOS series.History is turned inside out when off-world travelers challenge Tyson Reyes and Madi Grace to a real-life game of Temporal Dilemma...Categorized as:
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![The Directives by Joe Nobody]()
The Directives by Joe Nobody
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Directives is book #8 of Joe Nobody’s widely acclaimed series, Holding Their Own. A leaderless, exhausted federal government is pulling out of Texas, leaving 9 million survivors of the apocalypse to fend for themselves. In an attempt to fill the void, the Alliance of West Texas prepares to step in... -
![Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrow by Kirsten Berg, Nnedi Okorafor]()
Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrow by Kirsten Berg, Nnedi Okorafor
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFuture Tense Fiction is a collection of electrifying original stories from a veritable who’s-who of authors working in speculative literature and science fiction today.Featuring Carmen Maria Machado, Emily St... -
![Silent Sun by Brandon Q. Morris]()
Silent Sun by Brandon Q. Morris
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIs our sun behaving differently from other stars? When an amateur astronomer discovers something strange on telescopic solar pictures, an explanation must be found. Is it merely artefact? Or has he found something totally unexpected? An expert international crew is hastily assembled, a spaceship is speedily repurposed, and the foursome is sent on the ride of their lives... -
![When the Ashes Fall by Jacqueline Druga]()
When the Ashes Fall by Jacqueline Druga
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen the unthinkable happens, not everyone is ready. Not everyone knows what to do. It is a very rare occasion that Abby Miller travels into the city, but an errand that can only be done in town prompts her to make it a girls' day out with her two daughters. Unfortunately, the day is far from perfect and they are in the worst place possible when nuclear war strikes ... ground zero... -
![The Great Transition by Nick Fuller Googins]()
The Great Transition by Nick Fuller Googins
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor fans of Station Eleven and The Ministry for the Future, this richly imaginative, immersive, and electrifyingly relevant climate utopia novel follows a family navigating a crisis both personal and political, illuminating humanity’s capacity for change...Categorized as:
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![Overclocked: More Stories of the Future Present by Cory Doctorow]()
Overclocked: More Stories of the Future Present by Cory Doctorow
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Cory Doctorow has been hailed as one of the freshest voices in science fiction, and this collection of intriguing novellas is yet another reason why... -
![Paintwork by Tim Maughan]()
Paintwork by Tim Maughan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAugmented reality street artist 3Cube wants to break into the mainstream, and as one of the best in the graffiti mecca of Bristol he stands a real chance. Except that someone, some unseen rival, seems set on using even the most old-fashioned of methods to stop him from succeeding.John Smith was successful once, if only for a fleeting moment... -
![The First Omega by Megan E. O'Keefe]()
The First Omega by Megan E. O'Keefe
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMad Max meets X-Men in this razor-sharp new dystopian novella by the Philip K Dick award nominated author of Velocity Weapon.It doesn't matter what you call her. Riley. Burner. She forgot her name long ago. But if you steal from the supply lines crossing the wasteland, her face is the last one you'll see. She is the force of nature that keeps the balance in the hot arid desert... -
![Invasion: China by Vaughn Heppner]()
Invasion: China by Vaughn Heppner
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA disturbingly realistic vision of war several decades into the future. Invasion: China is as ambitious as it is powerful. Using advanced technologies in military science, the world's superpowers battle on land, sea, air and space for global supremacy...Categorized as:
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![The Remnants by T.A. Williams]()
The Remnants by T.A. Williams
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a single momentHundreds of thousands of people died instantlyEvery plane fell from the skyAnd the world was plunged into darknessThis became known as The EventThe world has been reduced to empty buildings, on empty streets, in empty cities.The people who have survived either scavenge for supplies or hunt those who have them... -
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![UPGRADE: Book 2 of the Obsolescence Trilogy by Christopher Muhlenfeld]()
UPGRADE: Book 2 of the Obsolescence Trilogy by Christopher Muhlenfeld
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGigadeaths. Super-intelligence. Upgrades. In book two of The Obsolescence Trilogy, James, Alexa, and the rest of the survivors are coming to terms with the dizzying new reality that they’ve been forced to live in... -
![Arboreality by Rebecca Campbell]()
Arboreality by Rebecca Campbell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA professor in pandemic isolation rescues books from the flooded and collapsing McPherson Library. A man plants fireweed on the hillside of his depopulated Vancouver Island suburb. An aspiring luthier poaches the last ancient Sitka spruce to make a violin for a child prodigy...Categorized as:
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![Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits by David Wong, Jason Pargin]()
Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits by David Wong, Jason Pargin
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNightmarish villains with superhuman enhancements.An all-seeing social network that tracks your every move.Mysterious, smooth-talking power players who lurk behind the scenes.A young woman from the trailer park.And her very smelly cat.Together, they will decide the future of mankind... -
![The Curve of the Earth by Simon Morden]()
The Curve of the Earth by Simon Morden
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWelcome to the Metrozone -- post-apocalyptic London of the Future, full of homeless refugees, street gangs, crooked cops and mad cults. Enter Samuil Petrovitch: a Russian émigré with a smart mouth, a dodgy heart and a dodgier past. He's brilliant, selfish, cocky and might just be most unlikely champion a city has ever had... -
![Hardwired: 30th Anniversary Edition by Walter Jon Williams]()
Hardwired: 30th Anniversary Edition by Walter Jon Williams
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsEx-fighter pilot Cowboy, "hardwired" via skull sockets directly to his lethal electronic hardware, teams up with Sarah, an equally cyborized gun-for-hire, to make a last stab at independence from the rapacious Orbitals... -
![The Light of Other Days by Arthur C. Clarke, Stephen Baxter]()
The Light of Other Days by Arthur C. Clarke, Stephen Baxter
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen a brilliant, driven industrialist harnesses the cutting edge of quantum physics to enable people everywhere, at trivial cost, to see one another at all times: around every corner, through every wall, into everyone's most private, hidden, and even intimate moments. It amounts to the sudden and complete abolition of human privacy--forever...
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