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26861) The Stirchians: Rose's Story
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This is the long-awaited sequel to The 13-Month Turn. Rose Perkins has led a mostly sheltered life. In a first strikingly radical decision, she has left the lunar colony and her husband and returned to Earth.
But her timing is horrible. Soon after her shuttle landed, so did the forces of the Stirchian kingdom. Among the many changes they institute, one is forcing human women to participate in the birthing process to create a new race of Stirchian/Earthian...
26862) Tales of Nevaeh: The Post-Apocalyptic Epic Sci-Fi Fantasy of Earth's Future (The Complete Series)
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If you lived in a Post Apocalyptic world of Epic Fantasy ... What would you do if you were told the future of the world is in your hands? -Binge on the complete 8 volume series of the Post-Apacolyptic, Epic Sci-Fi Fantasy Series, Tales of Nevaeh where, 3,000 years after America is destroyed by nuclear war, the inhabitants have evolved, embracing magic and metaphysical warfare. As enemies from across the seas begin to close in, ancient legends come...
26863) Gather, Darkness!
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Gather, Darkness! is a science fiction classic. It tells the story of Armon Jarles, a man on the edge, living amidst the disputes of two rival powers at large in the world. Three-hundred sixty years after a nuclear holocaust ravaged mankind, throwing society back into the dark ages, the world is fraught with chaos and superstition. The new rulers over the masses of humanity are the techno-priests of the Great God, endowed with scientific knowledge...
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A Venusian floating city might need to be sacrificed to hide secrets. The Conspiracy believes they have an excellent plan to take down Erik and Jia without anyone figuring it out. But what will they unleash to accomplish it? The military makes an offer, but it comes with significant risk. How far are Erik, Jia, and Emma willing to go? Will they accept a massive technology upgrade? Erik and Jia want the truth, but will the cost of tens of thousands...
26865) Ship
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After a brutal battle with a vengful enemy the last starship Reacher returns to the systen of derelict and abandoned ships to make repairs and hopefully create a real warship with which to defend the last remanents of humanity and a few other shattered species. It won't be that easy, you know, human nature and all that.
26866) Emerald Bane
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Fact 384: Allie's bad luck knew no bounds. After surviving a pirate attack by the skin of her very unlucky teeth, she believes life would get better. It had to, right? Wrong, dead wrong. Literally dead. One little prank leaves her as a prime murder suspect and her newfound friends in jail. If she can't prove her innocence, she can kiss what's left of her life goodbye - not that she had much of one to begin with. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad being surrounded...
26867) The Fields Tinged with Red
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From The Fields Tinged with Red:"Mm." He spat for the first time that morning and looked out over the green fields. "Any sign of our friend?""Not hide nor sickle-claw."But Teddy had focused on something; something out by the freshly painted barn (which nonetheless leaned precariously; a result of the hurricane-like winds that had attended the Flashback, no doubt), and frowned. "You sure about that?""What do you mean?" Nick followed his gaze but saw...
26868) A Dim Hope
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Amber is in trouble. Her sister is dying-and so is her homeland. The Lifeforce stones that power their world are waning, and no one knows why. When the rulers of the land prepare a scientific expedition to study the place where the veins of the Lifeforce run deep, Amber is forced to travel as a servant with the expedition. Though Amber has longed for adventure, her dream always included her sister. Now her only wish is to return home with a cure before...
26869) Shadows in the Flames
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Shadows in the Flames will ignite your imagination and burn your sense of reality to the ground. These frightening tales will keep you up at night: Atheria, a story of a young man and his dragon, who are tasked with saving their kingdom from destruction; Fire Escape, about a wheelchair-user who must find a way downstairs before fire destroys his building with him in it; Lizzie, a tale that will make you never want to feed the wildlife again; Up In...
26870) Ascension
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Taharqa "Harq" Douglass assumes that his best friend Thagó is nothing more than a muckle-mouthed immigrant doctor from Sudan (or is it Somalia? or Yemen?). But when high-tech terrorists blast into Thagó's office, Harq accidentally discovers his friend is half James Bond and half Bruce Lee, and that he himself possesses a miraculous ability: chronosis-the power to behold the future. With Thagó as his protector, Harq must use his startling power...
26871) Grid
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Those who have lights have power. That's the truth the city-state of Grid 76 has come to know. For years, 76 has been the safest and most decadent bastion of the rebuilt grid fortresses, a far cry from the violence beyond its walls. The Grid is a monument to the tenacity of its citizens, the brutality of urban enforcers, and the engineering brilliance of a man named Peter Fletcher. But 76 is changed when Fletcher puts compassion over protocol and...
26872) The Lunacy Commission
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Lavie Tidhar's groundbreaking, award winning novel, A Man Lies Dreaming, introduced Adolf Hitler as a down-at-heels private detective, forced to eke out a miserable living in 1930s London. Forgotten by history, the man now calling himself Wolf is the lowest of the low, suffering fresh humiliations at every turn.
Now Wolf is back, in five darkly comic new stories that see him take on blackmail, murder, and theft, not to mention his old comrades.
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The New England Horror Filmmakers is a collection of stories from various creators around the states that make up New England. Their trials tribulations hard ships and courage in completing their art. Its been done with a labour of love for the independent film market to show anyone can make a movie with effort and dedication.
26874) Vintage Vampire Stories
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Long lost to the public in out-of-print pulp magazines, dusty Victorian anthologies, and the pages of now defunct newspapers-these vintage vampire stories have truly proved immortal. Resurrected now for the year 2011, this is a stunning collection of nineteenth-century vampire stories by heavyweights such as Sabine Baring-Gould and Bram Stoker. These rare stories are arranged in chronological order from 1846 to 1913 and are compiled by two of the...
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The Best-Selling Dystopian Science Fiction Series, Sandstorm - The complete series Books 1-4, available for the first time in one special box set! Over 900 pages of reading!
Something is hunting the inhabitants of Ravar...
For three generations, the colonists on Ravar have been stranded on a harsh planet, forced to survive in a desert environment where only the scrappiest animals and the heartiest plants survive. Most live without the foolish hope...
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Join Petra and Kipp on their first three adventures in a fanciful blend of time travel, history, animals and a touch of science fiction.
The Symbiont: A pair of time-traveling historians, symbionts Petra and Kipp have arrived to unravel the mystery behind an enigmatic coastal colony near Roanoke. As they become involved with the colonists, their fact-finding mission spins dangerously out of control when they discover a deranged killer living among...
26877) Abandoned Time Travel
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Walpurga Mendel volunteers to test the new time travel machine.She wriggles herself through the small entrance. Her thick wool skirt catches at the door handle. She hates the uncomfortable dress more by the minute. Concern to fit in motivates her to carefully free the dress. How will she ever get out of the time travel room backwards with this dress?Unaware of the real challenge, Walpurga hits the button to start the time travel.Follow Walpurga on...
26878) The Goodness Algorithm
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Humankind brought the Earth to the brink of destruction.It's 2144, and life has changed for the better. Or has it?Based on 20th-century longitudinal research, the ruling Council introduced the Goodness Algorithm to remove the five per cent of humans who may cause societal problems by puberty.Julia is the Chief Genetic Scientist of Good Hope. She notices a change in the behaviour and intelligence of children. They are evolving rapidly.The Quality Control...
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What happens during first meetings resonates throughout the years2029....Thirty years before the opening of THE MARTINIERE LEGACY, Ruby Barkley and Gabe Ramirez meet...and find each other interesting. Short story prequel with lots of horses in the science fiction.
26880) The Perfection of Peace
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War is stalking Daran. Ordered to separate ships, Jon and Talin struggle with another parting, their words of comfort barely enough to sustain them. Jon reluctantly takes command of the entire fleet at his superior's insistence, once again commanding the Excalibur as the alliance with Earth becomes a reality.They face an enemy no one has seen with only Jon's humanity to assure victory. Will Jon and Talin survive what they must do to win? Or will the...
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