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71741) A Different Yesterday
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The Apocalypse.
It didn't come because of man's inhumanity to man. It didn't come from bombs, or plague, or even from aliens descending from outer space. In fact, no one knows what triggered it. And even if they did, there was no way to turn back time.
Only one thing was certain. One evening the sun had grown unexpectedly bigger and hotter, and heat and radiation, unlike anything, ever experienced washed over the Earth, bathing it in searing rays...
71742) The Hero of Numbani
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In the technologically advanced African city of Numbani, in the not-so-distant future, humans live in harmony with humanoid robots known as omnics. But when a terrorist tries to shatter that unity, a hero named Efi Oladele rises!
Efi has been making robots since she was little -machines to better her community and improve people's lives. But after she witnesses Doomfist's catastrophic attack on the city's OR15 security bots, Efi feels the call to...
71743) The Continent
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"Have we really come so far, when a tour of the Continent is so desirable a thing? We've traded our swords for treaties, our daggers for promises-but our thirst for violence has never been quelled. And that's the crux of it-it can't be quelled. It's human nature."
For her sixteenth birthday, Vaela Sun receives the most coveted gift in all the Spire-a trip to the Continent. It seems an unlikely destination for a holiday: a cold, desolate land where...
71744) Brain Wave
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As Earth passes out of a magnetic field that has suppressed intelligence for eons, the mental capacity for all mammals increases exponentially, radically changing the structures of society. A mentally impaired farm worker finds himself capable of more delicate and intelligent thoughts than he ever dreamed. A young boy on holiday manages to discern the foundations of calculus before breakfast. Animals that were seen as livestock and pets can now communicate...
71745) Oh My Goth
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A note from Jade Leighton's journal
Years ago, a tragic accident robbed me of my mother and emotions. Because I find beauty in darkness and thrive outside social norms, I've been labeled a "freak" at school. I know my continued apathy hurts my loved ones, but I'm not about to change. Nothing will ever hurt me again.
Then I wake up in an alternate reality...and everything else has changed. Goth is in. I'm considered cool, and my archenemy-the...
71746) With Our Dying Breath
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A lifetime of war takes its toll on a person.Lt. Colonel Pierce Oswald is flight commander of the starship Roland. He's given the last twenty years of his life to the war with the Proximans. It's a war Earth is losing. It's a war that just killed his daughter… while she was under his command. He's ready for it all to end-one way or another.But the war isn't over. Fleet Command has ordered him to abandon his squadron and lead a secret mission to...
71747) Ellison Wonderland
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Originally published in 1962 and updated in later decades with a new introduction, Ellison Wonderland contains sixteen masterful stories from the author's early career. This collection shows a vibrant young writer with a wide-ranging imagination, ferocious creative energy, devastating wit, and an eye for the wonderful and terrifying and tragic. Among the gems are "All the Sounds of Fear," "The Sky Is Burning," "The Very Last Day of a Good Woman,"...
71748) Evolution
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Shay is trapped at the Multiverse compound while looking for the real Callie, and an unforgiving Kai is her best chance at outsmarting Alex and saving countless lives.
Shay has left Kai once again by following Alex to his Multiverse compound. Her goal is to find the real Callie, but Shay discovers that the younger girl has no memory of her past. Their hope is to leave the community. While Shay pretends to be a devoted follower, Alex makes his own...
71749) The Judas Rose
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In this dystopian science fiction classic set in a world where women have no rights, the patriarchy sends a covert female agent to take down the resistance.
In the second entry of the Native Tongue trilogy, the time has come for Láadan-the secret language created to resist an oppressive patriarchy-to empower womankind worldwide. To expand the language's reach, female linguists translate the Bible into Láadan, and a group of Roman Catholic nuns are...
71750) Just Keep Going
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Just Keep Going is a story of blended families, new friendships, marine pollution, a magical stone, a persistent dolphin, and a young girl with a strong will to succeed, adapting to life in a new country.
Becky always loved visiting her dad in New Zealand until she returns during the pandemic.
Now he's got a baby with her new stepmum and everything has changed. Worse still, her windsurfer hasn't arrived yet, so there's nothing for her to do but wait...
71751) Forbidden Shadows
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Asher has a secret. A secret that, if the ever-watchful government or vigilantes find out, would kill him. Living in the secluded Willow Wood manor has kept him away from prying eyes for 16 years, but one night, everything changes. When his safe haven is compromised, Asher must seek out his father for the first time and find a way to hide in plain sight onboard a junior academy starship. Asher has to deal with his past while forming an unexpected...
71752) Sped-Bot
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All work and no play makes an android a dull toy.The remnants of human civilization create their own utopia on an alien planet. A brilliant robotic scientist breaks the rules in an attempt to make his impaired son whole. Meshing android and human minds is considered impossible, a societal taboo, and illegal.Can the sorrow of a father, the challenge of a feat never accomplished, and the promise of normalcy for a son who has never known it motivate...
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Mars Born. The future of the galaxy hangs in the balance as the Shadows continue their invasion. Jas Harrington has escaped to the starship Bricoleur. In the brief respite from battle, she must decide how best to fight the Shadows, who kill and replace their victims.
Along with her companions, she travels to her birthplace, Mars, where she delves into her murky past and uncovers surprising secrets. In the midst of the declining colony world, Jas...
71754) Once Upon A Time
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Enchant: Beauty and the Beast Retold: Enchantress Zuleika fled the wicked King Thorn's court to travel the world, helping those who need her magic most. A search for her merchant father's lost ships leads her to an enchanted island, where Prince Vardan is afflicted by the most powerful curse Zuleika has ever encountered. She's determined to try to reverse the spell. Can the enchanting beauty and the beastly prince break the spell?
Dance: Cinderella...
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Kickass sci-fi heroine versus deadly aliens.Growing up as a Martian on Earth has left Jas Harrington solitary, quick-tempered, and with zero tolerance for fools. All plus points when working as chief security officer aboard prospecting starships.Jas' latest berth is aboard the Galathea, which trawls the reaches of the galaxy seeking precious minerals and rare resources. She thinks it's a routine trip. She's wrong.An inspection of a far-flung planet...
71756) Estate of the Dead
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Jace Stanford has lost family, friends, and his arm to the zombie apocalypse that hit his subdivision of Whispering Pines. But he's also gained something he never in a million years would have thought would be a plus: the cannibal savant known as Elsbeth.
Now, Jace needs Elsbeth's help more than ever. But is she up to the task when her past is revealed? A past that is possibly more shocking than the zombie apocalypse itself? Jace is gonna find out...
71757) Earth's Lair
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I didn't mean to unleash a curse.Not so long ago, I helped my BFF save the world from a horde of the undead. It was a pulse pounding, adrenalized adventure, but now it's time to return to my true calling, farming, a task that takes an interesting turn when a recently plowed field reveals the entrance to an old tomb.Totally awesome.Almost as spectacular as the guy who shows up from the Cryptid Historical Society to document the discovery.Less fun?...
71758) Invaded
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Cara always knew life on planet L'eihr would be an adjustment. With Aelyx, her L'eihr boyfriend, back on Earth, working to mend the broken alliance between their two planets, Cara is left to fend for herself at a new school, surrounded by hostile alien clones. Even the weird dorm pet hates her.
Things look up when Cara is appointed as human representative to a panel preparing for a human colony on L'eihr. A society melding their two cultures is a...
71759) Awake: The Legacy of Akara
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Oprah Winfrey Network TV show host and #1 New York Times bestselling author Iyanla Vanzant calls Awake, "A visionary page-turner!" Akara is home to a civilization far more evolved than our own... Long ago, on Akara-a planet in the Pleiades cluster-the Ravaging Era raged. It was a time of toxic greed, rampant warfare, and environmental devastation. Akarans were on the brink of extinction. Out of the turmoil, a critical mass of beings experienced an...
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With his best and craziest days behind him, a Florida call center employee struggles through mind-numbing drudgery day after day--but he just might have a way to reclaim the madness and his former life.
The zombie apocalypse is over. The humans have won. Life is back to normal. And Rip is bored as hell. It's not much of a life sitting in a call center in the poor town of Spanish Shanty, Florida, answering emails like a drone and listening to customer...
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