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Shattered by Teri Terry
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsThis is the UK, Australia & New Zealand edition, released on March 6. The release date for US and Canada is May 1...Categorized as:
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Sunreach by Brandon Sanderson, Janci Patterson
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsFrom #1 bestselling author Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson comes the first of three Skyward series novellas, each told from the perspective of a different member of the team back on Detritus. Read FM's story between Starsight and Cytonic.When a planet-destroying Delver suddenly appears in the sky of Detritus and vanishes just as suddenly, FM knows that the last free human society got lucky... -
ReDawn by Brandon Sanderson, Janci Patterson
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsFrom #1 bestselling author Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson comes the second of three Skyward series novellas, each told from the perspective of a different member of the team back on Detritus. Read Alanik’s story between Starsight and Cytonic.“Don’t trust their lies. Don’t trust their false peace... -
The Gender War by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 29 ratings"For the sake of Viggo, my brother, my family in Patrus, and every single citizen of our God-forsaken nations, I had to stop the war... -
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Fractured by Teri Terry
Perfect for fans of the dystopian settings of The Hunger Games and Divergent, the gripping second installment of the Slated trilogy is a riveting psychological thriller set in a future where violent teens have their memory erased as an alternative to jail. When Kyla was slated, her memory was erased for good. Except it wasn’t. Not completely...Categorized as:
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Slated by Teri Terry
The riveting finale of the Slated trilogy a thought-provoking psychological thriller set in a disturbingly plausible future where the government and its enemies compete to control the minds of the young Kyla is in danger from both the government Lorders who erased her memory and the terrorists who tried to use her. So now she’s on the run...Categorized as:
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Defending Elysium by Brandon Sanderson
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsThis story originally appeared in the October/November 2008 Asimov’s Science Fiction (in the US) and the UPC Science Fiction collection (in Europe)."An image came to him. An image of humankind escaping into space. An image of human merchants trading and cheating, of human tyrants capturing the Varvax, Tenasi, and Hommar. Images of wars, of fighting, of a paradise destroyed...Categorized as:
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The Diabolic by S.J. Kincaid
“The perfect kind of high-pressure adventure.” —TeenVogue.comA New York Times bestseller!Red Queen meets The Hunger Games in this epic novel about what happens when a senator’s daughter is summoned to the galactic court as a hostage, but she’s really the galaxy’s most dangerous weapon in disguise.A Diabolic is ruthless. A Diabolic is powerful...Categorized as:
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The Sun Dwellers by David Estes
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsIncludes a bonus Dwellers Short Story (Anna's Story) and a sneak peek at David Estes' follow up YA dystopian series, Fire Country! With those she's closest to dying around her, Adele embarks on a secret mission to the Sun Realm to assassinate the President. Along the way she'll uncover secrets about her relationship with Tristan that she might not be ready to face... -
Rage Within by Jeyn Roberts
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsIn this apocalyptic sequel to Dark Inside’s “well-balanced, realistic suspense” (Kirkus Reviews), four teens continue the struggle for survival as they face a world gone mad. Aries, Clementine, Mason and Michael have survived the first wave of the apocalypse that wiped out most of the world’s population, and turned many of the rest into murderous Baggers...Categorized as:
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The Star Dwellers by David Estes
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAfter rescuing her father and younger sister, Adele is forced to leave her family and Tristan behind to find her mother in the cruel and dangerous realm of the star dwellers... -
Wings by Elizabeth Richards
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsFollowing the cliffhanger ending of Phoenix, Natalie finds herself separated from Ash and unexpectedly reunited with her parents, including the father she thought was dead. But she can only think of Ash. She hasn't heard a word of him since she and Elijah were brought to the underground headquarters of the Sentry Rebellion. But she vows to find him... -
Find Me by Tahereh Mafi
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsCalling all fans of Tahereh Mafi’s New York Times bestselling Shatter Me series! This gorgeous paperback bind-up includes Shadow Me and the fourth novella in the series, both in print for the first time ever... -
Reactive by Becky Moynihan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAN INESCAPABLE CITY. THREE DEADLY TRIALS. ONE WAY OUT.Lune Tatum, adopted daughter of the Supreme Elite, has lived within her father's walled city for eleven years.But she wants out. Except she can't leave, and not because of the clans and mutated beasts that roam beyond the impenetrable, electrified walls protecting her life...Categorized as:
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Fragments by Dan Wells
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 46 ratingsAuthor Dan Wells is back with the sequel to the sci-fi blockbuster Partials, which Pittacus Lore called a "thrilling sci-fi adrenaline rush, with one of the most compelling and frightening visions of Earth's future I've seen yet...Categorized as:
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Winter's Wrath: Sacrifice by Karen Luellen
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTormented by evil. Haunted by choice. Searching for redemption. ****** Lines between good and evil blur as the Winter family fight for survival in Winter’s Wrath: Sacrifice. Book #3 in Winter’s Saga delves into the choices we make and the butterfly effect on the world around us. Meg Winter must cope with the caveats of her evolved gift or be consumed by them... -
Fractured by Alexandra Moody
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsElle Winters should never have escaped the ARC, but when she wakes up in a hospital bed she’s unable to remember why. Her memories are gone and she has no idea how she came to be connected to a drip in a windowless, white room that’s hauntingly familiar. The doctors say she is sick, and that they are her only chance at survival... -
All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsOutside the secret military base where Em is imprisoned, war rages. The world has been coming apart at the seams ever since the U.S. government cracked the code of time travel and built a machine to weaponize time. The only chance Em and the body in the cell next door have to change this terrible present is to escape to the past and stop the man who created the machine...Categorized as:
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This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsWhen a lone soldier, Cole, arrives with news of Lachlan Agatta's death, all hope seems lost for Catarina. Her father was the world's leading geneticist, and humanity's best hope of beating a devastating virus. Then, hidden beneath Cole's genehacked enhancements she finds a message of hope: Lachlan created a vaccine.Only she can find and decrypt it, if she can unravel the clues he left for her...Categorized as:
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Time's Divide by Rysa Walker
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsThe Cyrists are swiftly moving into position to begin the Culling, and Kate’s options are dwindling. With each jump to the past or the future, Kate may trigger a new timeline shift. Worse, the loyalties of those around her—including the allegiances of Kiernan and the Fifth Column, the shadowy group working with Kate—are increasingly unclear...Categorized as:
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The Warning by Kristy Acevedo
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe end is coming. There's no escape...or is there? The first in a compelling YA dystopian series for anyone who's ever felt like their life-their world-is on the brink of destruction.Alexandra Lucas' anxiety disorder was enough to deal with before then mysterious holographic doors suddenly appeared throughout the world, heralding the end of the earth...Categorized as:
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Consider by Kristy Acevedo
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAs if Alexandra Lucas’ anxiety disorder isn’t enough, mysterious holograms suddenly appear from the sky, heralding the end of the world. They bring an ultimatum: heed the warning and step through a portal-like vertex to safety, or stay and be destroyed by a comet they say is on a collision course with earth...Categorized as:
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Masked by Janelle Stalder
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHatred paralyzes life; love releases it. New Berlin, 2040. Rebels prepare to fight against the New World Order, bent on bringing down the world’s greatest tyrant. One girl wanted nothing to do with it, content to keep her head down and make the best of this new world. That is, until she has no choice but to work with the rebels and infiltrate the NWO headquarters... -
The Retreat by Kelly St. Clare
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsEarth is ruined. Humankind destroyed. And it’s old news. Romy’s life is simple—for a genetically enhanced space soldier; pick up space junk with her four friends, and stave off the invaders fixated on stealing Planet Earth. It isn’t much. But it’s temporary—only another 850 years to go, give or take...Categorized as:
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Stung by Bethany Wiggins
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsThere is no cure for being stung. Fiona doesn’t remember going to sleep. But when she opens her eyes, she discovers her entire world has been altered—her house is abandoned and broken, and the entire neighborhood is barren and dead... -
Deceptive by Emily Lloyd-Jones
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYou don’t belong with us. These are the words that echo through the minds of all immune Americans—those suffering the so-called adverse effects of an experimental vaccine, including perfect recall, body manipulation, telepathy, precognition, levitation, mind-control, and the ability to change one’s appearance at will...Categorized as:
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Haunted by Melinda Metz
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis power that I have -- this ability to reach inside people's minds and know their thoughts...Anthony says it's a gift.But ever since this gift started, my life has been in danger.And now someone I care about is in trouble because of me.I have to help him -- if I can find him... -
Twist by Karen Akins
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBree Bennis finally has it all - a non-comatose mother, an über-hot (albeit anachronistic) boyfriend named Finn, and a newfound mission to protect the timeline from those who would skew it for their own gain. But when she leans over one day to kiss said boyfriend, her lips meet those of her arch-nemesis, Wyck, instead. The timeline has been altered, and Bree is caught in the crosshairs...Categorized as:
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External Forces by Deborah Rix
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWINNER-YA Next Generation Indie Book Award. FINALIST-Science Fiction ForeWord Reviews Book Of The Year 2013 It’s 100 years since the Genetic Integrity Act was passed and America closed its borders to prevent genetic contamination. Now only the enemy, dysgenic Deviants, remain beyond the heavily guarded border... -
The Last Humans: The Complete Trilogy by Dima Zales
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestseller Dima Zales comes an action-packed sci-fi adventure set in a post-singularity future. For a limited time, get all 3 full-length novels (1000+ pages) in one convenient, discounted bundle...Categorized as:
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The Forgetting by Sharon Cameron
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsWhat isn't written, isn't remembered. Even your crimes.Nadia lives in the city of Canaan, where life is safe and structured, hemmed in by white stone walls and no memory of what came before. But every twelve years the city descends into the bloody chaos of the Forgetting, a day of no remorse, when each person's memories – of parents, children, love, life, and self – are lost... -
Tremor by Patrick Carman
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIn the year 2051, some people have a second pulse… Like all who have “the pulse,” Faith Daniels and Dylan Gilmore have telekinetic powers—they can move objects with their minds. But there are five “second pulses” in the world who have an even greater power: Almost nothing can harm them. They are virtually indestructible. Both Faith and Dylan have the second pulse... -
Deception by C.J. Redwine
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsBaalboden has been ravaged. The brutal Commander's whereabouts are unknown. And Rachel, grief stricken over her father's death, needs Logan more than ever. With their ragged group of survivors struggling to forge a future, it's up to Logan to become the leader they need—with Rachel by his side...Categorized as:
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Awoken by Sarah Noffke
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAround the world humans are hallucinating after sleepless nights. In a sterile, underground institute the forecasters keep reporting the same events. And in the backwoods of Texas, a sixteen-year-old girl is about to be caught up in a fierce, ethereal battle. Meet Roya Stark...Categorized as:
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Marionette by Anya Allyn
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMARIONETTE is Book 3 of the Dollhouse Books. The final book (Book 4. is coming soon in 2013) In the third book of The Dollhouse Books, Cassie must fight to keep from losing the world she knows, and from losing herself – beyond the mirrors... -
Surrender by Elana Johnson
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsForbidden love, intoxicating power, and the terror of control… Raine has always been a good girl. She lives by the rules in Freedom. After all, they are her father’s rules: He’s the Director. It’s because of him that Raine is willing to use her talent—a power so dangerous, no one else is allowed to know about it. Not even her roommate, Vi. All of that changes when Raine falls for Gunner... -
The Knowing by Sharon Cameron
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSamara doesn't forget. And she isn't the only one. Safe underground in the city of New Canaan, she lives in a privileged world free from the Forgetting. Yet she wonders if she really is free, with the memories that plague her and secrets that surround her. Samara is determined to unearth the answers, even if she must escape to the old, cursed city of Canaan to find them... -
The Dazzling Heights by Katharine McGee
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsNew York City, 2118. A glittering vision of the future, where anything is possible – if you want it enough.Manhattan is home to a thousand-story supertower, a beacon of futuristic glamour and high-tech luxury… and to millions of people living scandalous, secretive lives.Leda is haunted by nightmares of what happened on the worst night of her life...Categorized as:
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Once by Anna Carey
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsWhen you're being hunted, who can you trust? For the first time since she escaped from her school many months ago, Eve can sleep soundly. She's living in Califia, a haven for women, protected from the terrifying fate that awaits orphaned girls in The New America. But her safety came at a price: She was forced to abandon Caleb, the boy she loves, wounded and alone at the city gates... -
Brooke by Veronica Rossi
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsSet just before the events of Into the Still Blue, the conclusion to Veronica Rossi's Under the Never Sky trilogy, this breathtaking novella is a satisfying stand-alone for new readers as well as an exciting glimpse at favorite characters from the trilogy. Pulsing with romance and danger, Brooke will leave readers desperate for the conclusion to this epic and unforgettable saga... -
At First Touch by Mattie Dunman
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLiz Hannigan has been on the run since she was twelve years old. Her mother is dead. Her father has lost his job. And thanks to an experimental procedure, Liz is now able to ‘download’ the contents of every brain around her with a simple touch... -
The Handler by Susan Kaye Quinn
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSHORT NOVELLA It's time for Julian Navarro to fulfill the mission left to him by his dead parents: to spark a revolution that would allow mindjackers to live freely in a mindreading world. While his ability allows him to mentally control the instincts of others, Julian wants to win jackers to his cause with words, not weapons... -
Haven by Dima Zales
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom a New York Times bestselling author comes the mind-blowing conclusion of The Last Humans trilogyWhat does it mean to be human? What does it mean to be real?I thought we were out of danger. I thought we’d outwitted our enemies. I was wrong.As my world is torn apart, survival may not be what I expected... -
Erased by Jennifer Rush
They thought they had escaped. They were wrong. After fleeing the Branch with Sam, Cas, and Nick, Anna is learning how to survive in hiding, following Sam's rules: Don't draw attention to yourself. Always carry a weapon. Know your surroundings. Watch your back. When memories from Anna's old life begin to resurface--and a figure from her childhood reappears--Anna's loyalties are tested...Categorized as:
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The Originals by Cat Patrick
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsLizzie, Ella, and Betsey Best grew up believing they were identical triplets. Then they learned the truth... and no one else can know. Now, to the outside world, the Best family appears to consist of a single mother with one seventeen-year-old daughter named Elizabeth. Lizzie, Ella, and Betsey take turns going to school, pursuing extracurriculars, and even dating... -
The Similars by Rebecca Hanover
Junior year gets cutthroat when clones roam the halls... Similar teens: This fall, six new students are joining the junior class at the elite Darkwood Academy. But they aren't your regular over-achieving teens. They're clones. And the "similar" teens are joining the class alongside their originals...Categorized as:
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Altered by Jennifer Rush
When you can’t trust yourself, who can you believe? Everything about Anna’s life is a secret. Her father works for the Branch at the helm of its latest project: monitoring and administering treatments to the four genetically altered boys in the lab below their farmhouse. There’s Nick, Cas, Trev . . . and Sam, who has stolen Anna’s heart...Categorized as:
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Of Sea and Stone by Kate Avery Ellison
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAll her life, clever Aemi has been a slave in the Village of the Rocks, a place where the sea and sky meet. She’s heard the stories about the fabled People of the Sea, a people who possess unimaginable technology who live below the waves in the dark, secret places of the ocean. But she never dreamed those stories were true... -
The Eighth Guardian by Meredith McCardle
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAmanda Obermann. Code name Iris. It’s Testing Day. The day that comes without warning, the day when all juniors and seniors at The Peel Academy undergo a series of intense physical and psychological tests to see if they’re ready to graduate and become government operatives. Amanda and her boyfriend Abe are top students, and they’ve just endured thirty-six hours of testing...Categorized as:
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Parallel by Lauren Miller
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsAbby Barnes had a plan. The Plan. She'd go to Northwestern, major in journalism, and land a job at a national newspaper, all before she turned twenty-two. But one tiny choice—taking a drama class her senior year of high school—changed all that. Now, on the eve of her eighteenth birthday, Abby is stuck on a Hollywood movie set, miles from where she wants to be, wishing she could rewind her life...Categorized as:
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