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1) Moon Jump
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What is it like to be trapped on a planet dying from the last heat of global warming? Experience it for yourself before it really happens to you. In this political satire about the prehistoric Moon government's failure to come to grips with the issue, feel the intense emotion of wanting to get off the little planet and go to the primitive Earth, see the interpersonal conflict and corruption that puts the little globe beyond the point of no return,...
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In the country of Miribeaux, intelligence agents find themselves confounded by the most unusual prisoner any of them have ever met. Lia is a woman who doesn't exist, at least officially. She claims to be an explorer, captured where nobody should be by pure chance.
While she does not appear to be a terrorist, her sudden arrival on a government black site raises serious questions. Nothing she says could possibly be true, but every other possible explanation...
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As the earth's environment and ecosystems become increasingly degraded, humans must rely on the advanced technology of the unfolding METAVERSE to survive. In this thrilling and fast-moving novel, we explore the transience of human frailty through themes of lust, jealousy, greed, betrayal, intrigue, murder, and the sacrifice of immortality for love. With the limitations of our current environment, many choose to spend much of their time in virtual...
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Maddy, a Sentient Seal of the Sentient Shield and Ancient Guardian of the Universe, has spent many incarnations on Earth. As the tsunamis approach and the fate of the planet hangs in the balance, Maddy must once again confront the Halqu, extra terrestrial beings who seek to use Earth's portals for their own gain. The Alignment, a specific time in Earth's history when it plays a pivotal role in its own evolution and that of the Universe, has passed,...
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WHAT WOULD OUR CIVILISATION BE CAPABLE OF IF WE WERE TO ENDURE THE NEXT ONE MILLION YEARS? Essentially one of the purposes of this book is to introduce the reader to a reality where they themself exist. With enough clues, thought-provoking explanations and immersive experiences, anyone could imagine where they will be positioned in such a world.
THE STORY FOLLOWS THE LIFE OF VIAN ABRAGAR AND HOW HIS PATH CROSSES THAT OF THE ONLY RULER OF HUMANITY...
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On Mars, some 65 million years ago, two civilisations live uneasily side by side. When a good friend of antagonist Aka-des is conscripted into the service of the god-Emperor, he has no option but to try and find him, unearthing unimaginable horrors at the seat of imperial power in the process.
Outside the Martian city the insectoid Antis, imperilled by the continued expansion of the humanoid Martians into their tribal lands, have to make a choice....
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When he was at university, just a few years ago, Laszlo Goran had no shortage of affairs with women there. Now all he wants is to have Audrey for himself. But it is impossible. She belongs to the most powerful man on Earth, Jordan Rathbone--Jor, as the population refers to its beloved leader.
Even though Laszlo is the best neurosurgeon in the world and arguably the most popular individual, his lust for Audrey and power consumes him like a cancer....
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Imagine you could genetically engineer a microorganism that was able to produce LSD into its culture broth. If the microorganism was a brewing yeast you could make beer spiked with homemade LSD. Imagine how much mischief you could cause with that. If the microorganism was a bacterium that you had also engineered to transfer LSD-synthesis to every other bacterium in a person's body, you could make some very potent live yoghurt. Imagine what sorts of...
9) The Prison
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Filipa is an average 16-year-old girl leading an ordinary life until a catastrophic night changes everything. Witnessing the destruction of her beloved city and the cold-blooded murder of her parents by black-masked men, Filipa flees for her life. However, her escape is short-lived as she is apprehended and finds herself incarcerated in a prison run by masked men with chess symbols on their arms. Every day, scores of inmates vanish or perish, and...
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I wasn't really scared until they lifted me from my horse. They didn't touch me, but they seemed to control everything. I floated from my horse, and I felt nothing. I think if they were intending to kill me they would have already. I counted nine of them, whatever they were. I could see they were moving towards the circle, and as the circle got closer I could just make out a door opening. I could see through the circle as if it were made of glass;...
11) Benevolence
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A highly advanced alien race arrives unannounced offering to help us make our world a better, safer place. With unbelievable technology far beyond human understanding, they seem able to ignore all known laws of space, time, and physics.
They deny all those natural laws that we find undeniable. They have the most profound knowledge of Earth's past as if they have experienced it. They know the most minor details of our lives. They seem to know our...
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It is 2041, 10 years after the Iran-Israeli nuclear war. The Gulf is a radioactive wasteland. Fires continue to burn out of control and a warm blanket of smog envelops the earth. Sea levels rise as the polar ice melts. The world economy has stuttered to a halt. The UK emergency government continues in power, self-interested, unelected, and corrupt. Repression triggers a backlash from the radical groups, and 10 years of bitter civil war follow. A new...
13) I Am Therian
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Mina Michaels wakes up at Clandestine Arts Academy only to realize it's a place she's all too familiar with but not what the brochure makes it out to be. Persuaded to enroll, she learns this place holds the key to her forgotten past. Enthralled by a world of spirit walkers, royals and alphas, her journey becomes a race against time to unleash her inner spirit and bring calm to a world breaking out in chaos whilst in the midst of finding true love....
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In The Secret of Axabur, time is not just a concept, but a force that can warp and bend reality. The intrepid explorers of the Pegasus are determined to unravel its mysteries, even if the price is astronomical.
As they journey closer to a black hole, time slows down, and they realize that they may have stumbled upon something truly immaterial. But when a strange anomaly transports palaeontologist Arthur to the afterlife, he discovers that the Gods...
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The human soul and universe are similar: both are only partially understood, while both are boundless. What is the key to understanding how to live with irresolvable uncertainty, with an uncertain soul? What is the right path to choose? How to stay determined and focused given the chaos which permeates us? Some search for answers in science, others search the same in religion, others still rely on experience.
Maybe the answer is love with all...
16) Paper Snow
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Noah wakes up with no conscious memory of who he is or where he came from. He discovers a pattern, others who share the exact same problem. Noah and the others discover that they are more than just people who've lost their memories - they are empaths. Each of them is a specific type of empath and must join forces to uncover the truth of their reality. Noah is an intuitive empath who can manifest his dreams into reality, but the more he taps into his...
17) Revelation
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Forced into the underground by an oppressive global government, a brilliant engineer, Slade, has secretly developed the most revolutionary biotechnology mankind has ever known...but when he and his wife are brutally murdered, a vicious liaison of a hellish dimension tears Slade across space and time, damning him to a dark netherworld. Fooled into bartering his scientific knowledge for a second chance at life, Slade is forced to use that technology...
18) Our Man On Mars
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Will they end up killing one another? That's what concerns the authorities as much as the scientific and technical hurdles of sending folk to Mars. So they address the human issues, as they would in an army, by appointing a chaplain.
The Church of Scotland considers this post just right for Steve McKay, one of their more wayward recruits. Steve finds he is off to a parish more remote and barren than he had ever imagined. However, he discovers that...
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Viktor Haas served with distinction during the Andevan Wars as Captain of the Sydney. The Sydney was a Deep-Space Class, Heavy Cruiser in the fleet of the Terran Space Exploration Administration, or TSEA.Captain Haas takes command of a very different ship – the Admiral Byrd. The Admiral Byrd, affectionately known as the 'Byrd,' is a Scout-Class science vessel. The Byrd has been tasked with a mission that is very different to those Captain Haas usually...
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Lorela is a red planet...a dead planet! For several hundred years, the human colony of Lorela was thought to have been wiped out but they survived deep underground, out of sight of those who would use them. The lucky ones made it to the mines, locked in away from the harmful radiation. The unfortunate ones wept, surviving as best they could. Over time, the humans that were left breathing in polluted fetid air began to mutate. As the generations passed,...
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