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Little Mushroom: Judgment Day by Shisi, 一十四洲
"Until the day humanity falls."In the year 2020, Earth's magnetic poles disappeared and humankind was nearly wiped out by cosmic radiation. Within the span of a hundred years, living creatures began to mutate and devour each other while the remaining humans, numbering in the tens of thousands, struggled bitterly in their man-made bases... -
![Hunter's Wish by Lynnea Lee]()
Hunter's Wish by Lynnea Lee
SARAHIt’s not you. It’s me.Fen’k is a total cinnamon roll of a Xarc’n hunter who makes me want what I’ll never have: to live happily ever after. He deserves someone who isn’t afraid to love him back.After the last person I trusted stomped on my heart and stole all that I cared about , I stopped believing in love. I’m sure it still exists; just not for me... -
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![Crave by Victoria Danann]()
Crave by Victoria Danann
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsCRAVE WAS OFFERED HEAVENBUT LOST HIS WAY.TO GET BACK HE MUST VOLUNTARILY WALK THROUGH HELL. New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Victoria Danann, continues the paranormal romance series about a genetically altered new species. Besides being heart-stopping beautiful to look at, the hybrids are bigger, faster, stronger and smarter. Crave is the second son of Exiled's first family... -
![Beneath Blood and Bone by Madeline Sheehan, Claire C. Riley]()
Beneath Blood and Bone by Madeline Sheehan, Claire C. Riley
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt is the end of the world. They call him Eagle, like the grand and beautiful bird that symbolizes freedom. During these dark times, when humanity is experiencing nothing but suffering, a man with such a powerful name should be a beacon of hope, yet he is anything but. Her name is Autumn, but she hasn’t said this name or much of anything else in the four years since the fall of civilization... -
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![Love and Decay: Revolution, Episode Two by Rachel Higginson]()
Love and Decay: Revolution, Episode Two by Rachel Higginson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s not easy being a badass Zombie killer. But somebody’s got to do it. Page Parker is unsatisfied with her post-apocalyptic life in the relative safety of the research station. She knows there’s something bigger out there for her. There’s something… more... -
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Vampire Hunter by Victoria Danann
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratings"Author Victoria Danann has a surefire hit!" - Night Owl Reviews TOP PICK "...it’s so good that I could read over and over again. - Bitten by Love"I wish I could give this more than 5 stars, it's that good...Categorized as:
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![Backs Against the Wall by Tracey Ward]()
Backs Against the Wall by Tracey Ward
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsJoss has escaped the Colonies but her troubles have only just begun. She's wounded, exposed and vulnerable but worst of all, she needs help. And there's only one place she can go to get it. Only one place she can stand to be. With Ryan. Together they'll have to delve into the seedy underworld of post-apocalyptic Seattle. A world of gambling, fighting, secrets and lies... -
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Vaulcron by Ditter Kellen
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings*****This is a previously published book, revised to be appropriate for all readers***** On a mission to save his people from being destroyed, Vaulcron must team up with a human reporter known as the Great White Shark. She's beautiful, cunning, and definitely hiding something. Vaulcron will do anything for his family, even if it means breeding with the one woman who can destroy them all... -
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Shatter by Joan Swan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor seven years, Halina Beloi has been in hiding. But she's never forgotten Mitch Foster, the long, lean man she had to leave behind. Until, that is, Mitch shows up with a list of questions and a 9mm in his hand. All Mitch knows is that Halina broke his heart and disappeared. But new information has surfaced implicating her as a player in the deadliest game of Mitch's life...Categorized as:
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Mikhail by Lauren Smith
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA dragon never leaves his hoard unguarded. His heart is another matter. The second eldest in an ancient line of Russian dragon shifters, Mikhail Barinov had one job: protect one of the family hoard of jewels. Distracted by the English virgin queen Elizabeth, who was as dazzling as she was devious; he lost everything...Categorized as:
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Diplomacy by May Sage
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsFor a thousand years, being born with magic was a death sentence. Hart and his twin have survived by hiding who they truly were until their time came. It started as a whisper, rumors, but when they find out there truly is a mage uprising, they join the fight, tilting the balance in the mages’ favor. The era of magicless mortals has passed in their multi-planetary kingdom...Categorized as:
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![Taken by the Cyborg by Tamsin Ley]()
Taken by the Cyborg by Tamsin Ley
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA cyborg test subject.A female soldier.Passionate secrets that could kill them both. He lost his humanity to save his sister More machine than man, Doug can hack any computer across the galaxy. Syndicorp may own him, but he secretly uses his power to protect his twin and the rebels she leads...Categorized as:
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![Wolf Lover: Konochur by Victoria Danann]()
Wolf Lover: Konochur by Victoria Danann
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the middle of a war with dragon shifters, a human widow of a werewolf may get another chance at love, but feelings of guilt threaten a blossoming attraction to the one wolf everyone thought was untamable. Victoria Danann brings us a tale of second chance love sure to warm the fur of werewolf lovers...Categorized as:
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![Hunter’s Fate by Lynnea Lee]()
Hunter’s Fate by Lynnea Lee
SANDYI survived the first year of the bugpocalypse safety tucked away in my cabin in the mountains. But now, the raiders have found my home. Not only did they ransack my house, but they also left me an unexpected surprise. There’s an injured Xarc’n hunter passed out in my yard!A storm is brewing, and I can’t leave him outside. He’s bleeding and will lead the bugs right to me...Categorized as:
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![Adrienne by D. Renee Bagby]()
Adrienne by D. Renee Bagby
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHe crossed dimensions to claim her as his queen-but her reign may destroy his world. A Bron Universe novel Adrienne Backett wants two simple little things this spring break: rest and relaxation. After nearly four years of slaving away for her college education, she deserves a holiday. What she gets is pulled into another dimension by a man who claims she's his rightful queen...Categorized as:
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![The Beautiful Dead by Daryl Banner]()
The Beautiful Dead by Daryl Banner
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings*BOOK ONE IN THE BEAUTIFUL DEAD TRILOGY* She’s dead. In fact, the whole world’s dead. Every single person, apparently. Unburied and reimagined into a beautiful living-dead woman called Winter, she is doomed to spend the rest of eternity in a quaint, peaceful city with no hunger, no sickness and no bills to pay. Her Second Life is perfect in every way possible... -
![Guild of Dragon Warriors, Jaxon's Sanctuary: Book 1 by Sassy Queens of Design, Missy Borucki]()
Guild of Dragon Warriors, Jaxon's Sanctuary: Book 1 by Sassy Queens of Design, Missy Borucki
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMaster of the Guild of Dragon Warriors, Jaxon is heading back to their sanctuary, exhausted and injured, after a battle that the human realm has never before encountered. Supernatural beings fighting against the Demon King for survival of not only them, but all of humanity. It was horrendous, tortuous, and downright brutal...Categorized as:
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Thunder Rolling by Ripley Proserpina, Rebecca Royce
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsTrue loyalty knows no boundaries… The world around Whitney Lake keeps changing, but with John, Isaiah, Nick, Brandon, Dante, and Carson by her side, her foundation has never been stronger. Together, they are building a sanctuary for the survivors of Roanoke—the living and the newly Uncontrolled... -
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Beneath A Different Sky by Jessica Grayson
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWhen I broke my betrothal to the Princess of V’lora, and pledged myself to Elizabeth Langdon of Terra, I knew I risked incurring the wrath of my Emperor. When Elizabeth and I return to my home world for our Bonding Ceremony, not everyone is accepting of the idea of a Terran marrying into one of the Great Houses...Categorized as:
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![The Battle Lord's Lady by Linda Mooney]()
The Battle Lord's Lady by Linda Mooney
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThree hundred years in the future, mankind still is trying to survive the Great Collision that changed the earth forever. People live in pockets of civilization called compounds, battling the elements and the mutations which have developed over the centuries, trying to live and survive day by day. Yulen D’Jacques is the Battle Lord of Alta Novis... -
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Shudder by Samantha Durante
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratings-- Book 2 in the Stitch Trilogy -- It's only been three days, and already everything is different. Paragon is behind her, but somehow Alessa's life may actually have gotten worse. In a wrenching twist of fate, she traded the safety and companionship of her sister for that of her true love, losing a vital partner she'd counted on for the ordeal ahead... -
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Torn by Christine Hughes
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTORN With the sudden, mysterious death of her father, Samantha discovers her life isn’t what it seems. Not only isn’t she the normal teenage girl she thought she was, Sam must now take her father’s place in the fight between two groups of fallen angels, the Faithful and the Exiled, in a race to save humanity... -
![Viktor: Heart of Her King by Julia Mills, Linda Boulanger]()
Viktor: Heart of Her King by Julia Mills, Linda Boulanger
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThree millennium brought the Supreme Commander to this place at this time to meet the one woman who can save not only his soul but his very existence. Too many days pondering her life. Too many nights dreaming of the nameless, faceless man who makes her feel things she never thought possible. One has a chance for revenge, the other a chance for redemption. Together they must make a choice...Categorized as:
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![Marked by Light by Heidi Ruby Miller]()
Marked by Light by Heidi Ruby Miller
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is the first book in the Ambasadora science fiction adventure series. This space thriller contains elements of space opera, science fiction romance, cyberpunk, military science fiction, a galactic empire, anthropological science fiction, and dystopian society. If everyone told you love wasn't real, would you still be willing to die for it? Sara Mendoza and Sean Cryer are... -
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![Different Senses by Ann Somerville]()
Different Senses by Ann Somerville
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJaven Ythen is an angry man. A shooting on the job triggered his genetic empathy, and as a result, he lost his career as a cop, and his lover. Now he has to find something to do with his life, while coming to terms with losing the job and the man he loved, as well as a racial heritage unsuspected by anyone in his family. He lives in a society divided by class and race... -
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Flamethroat by Kate Bloomfield
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAvalon Redding has returned to Mortlock to find her home destroyed, and her family missing. They have been taken by 'The Realm' for harboring an illegal human, Avalon's sister. Desperate to find her family, Avalon travels across the country to the Headquarters of the Realm, with Healer Jack Greenwood, and animal companion Hawthorne... -
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Artifice by Alex Woolfson, Winona Nelson
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsArtifice is about Deacon, a prototype android soldier so advanced he is referred to as an "artificial person." On one of his first missions, Deacon was ordered by his corporate masters to eliminate a team of scientists who knew too much—and he has failed spectacularly. Not only did he let one of the targets live, he attacked the team sent to retrieve him...Categorized as:
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Judgement by Brannan Black
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe world fell apart after a virus killed billions. Those men who didn't die... changed. The media called it Werewolf Syndrome. Life as we knew it pretty much ended. Those of us scrounging for survival in the post-apocalyptic devastation have one chance left -- learn to work together, or face extinction. It wasn’t much of a choice...Categorized as:
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![Falling Ashes by Kate Bloomfield]()
Falling Ashes by Kate Bloomfield
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Final Installment to: The Fire Mage Trilogy. Avalon has made a lot of dangerous enemies. The Realm has issued a bounty on the infamous Fire-Mage's head, labelling her leader of the human-alliance, and traitor to Mage-kind. Soon, strangers begin to recognize Avalon after seeing her wanted poster in the streets, and seek to earn the cash reward for her capture... -
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Escapement by Ciara Knight
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTen years after the great war of 2185 the queen’s reign is threatened by uprisings and fear. In celebration of my sixteenth birthday it is my duty as princess to sacrifice a slave to be initiated into the ruling council, solidifying my mother’s empire. When my own erratic powers surface I’m captured and tried for treason...Categorized as:
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![Primal Impulse by Lizzy Bequin]()
Primal Impulse by Lizzy Bequin
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI thought I was being rescued. I was wrong. I thought this dangerously handsome, rugged, and sexy Alpha was my savior. But when he tosses me over his muscular shoulder and carries me off into the night, I realize just how wrong a girl can be. He has a dark past. He’s hunted by a mysterious organization. And now they are hunting me too...Categorized as:
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![Taken: The Vampire's Concubine: Part Two by Desiree Broussard]()
Taken: The Vampire's Concubine: Part Two by Desiree Broussard
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRelease Date: 5/30/14 Taken: The Vampire's Concubine - Part Two Genres: Vampire Romance, Erotic Romance Blurb: Abducted by the vampires, Keely has been taken to their foreign world as their concubine. Expected to select a mate from the hoard, she attracts the attentions of a dangerous male... While her lover stands by, helpless to stop it...Categorized as:
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Io Deceneus - Journal of a Time Traveler by Florian Armas
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Universe is conscious, discreet, has many avatars, and likes to experiment on … us. Powerful Factions, the supreme form of social evolution in a galaxy where all civilizations are human-like, interfere for their own mysterious ends. When confident enough they challenge The Universe seeding war and political mayhem by altering the fabric of time... -
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Eddy by Milana Jacks
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNote to my loyal pumpkins. Eddy is scheduled for a FREE 48 hour promotion June 5 and 6. Finders, keepers. The Ice Age and turf issues with the Nentres stalled things, but I’m finally moving back into my ol' neighborhood. I’ll settle down here with a woman... -
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![Fight for Her by Milana Jacks]()
Fight for Her by Milana Jacks
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsArthur When Rose asked me to marry her, I didn’t pay much attention. After all, she was ten. Even though she’s all grown up, and I seethe with desire for her, claiming Knight’s baby sister will earn me a punch in the face. Or worse. When her heart fails, I do what I must to keep it beating—risk my own life to take her to the habitat for a cyborg implant... -
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Summer by V.L. Dreyer
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe world changed overnight. A deadly virus struck, killing billions outright and reducing many more to harmless, hapless zombies. Only a handful of unlucky souls were spared, thanks to a rare genetic immunity. Now, a decade after the virus devastated humanity, cities that once teemed with life are empty, the streets silent and crumbling. Those few who survived are alone in the world...Categorized as:
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Dark Reality 7-Book Boxed Set by Jennifer Martucci, Christopher Martucci
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe Dark Reality Boxed set is a compilation of work by authors Jennifer and Christopher Martucci. It includes Planet Urth (Book 1), Arianna Rose (Part 1), Arianna Rose (Part 2), Arianna Rose: The Gathering (Part 3), Dark Creations: Gabriel Rising (Part 1), Dark Creations: Gabriel Rising (Part 2), and Dark Creations: Resurrection (Part 3)... -
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Two by LeighAnn Kopans
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsElias and Merrin’s story continues in TWO, coming October, 2013... Elias and Merrin are on the run. After escaping the Biotech Hub, they thought they could breathe easy, or at least a little easier. But when bombs slam into the Social Welfare Hub only hours after their arrival, it becomes clear there's nowhere to hide - and no end to what Biotech will do to get them back... -
![Aizak by Shea Malloy, Juno Wells]()
Aizak by Shea Malloy, Juno Wells
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“You are my fated mate. Mine.” Dumped by her boyfriend on her birthday, Marissa Kenley seethes with anger she'd not been the one to do it first. That's OK, because despite the shitty hand that life tends to deal her, she always finds a way back on top... -
![The Broken Destiny by Carlyle Labuschagne]()
The Broken Destiny by Carlyle Labuschagne
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"You cannot know what light is if you have not experienced darkness" Ava and her people have been exiled to the planet Poseidon for reasons she can't fathom. Upon meeting a boy from a different sector, her life turns into a beautiful chaos... -
![Alternity by Mari Mancusi]()
Alternity by Mari Mancusi
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsImagine waking up in a post-apocalyptic, nightmare world--and being told your whole life is but a dream. Skye Brown thought she was your typical teen--good grades, hot boyfriend, and an afterschool job that pays her to play videogames. But then she started having the dreams. In her dreams, there is no Earth. Only Terra, a bleak, underground wasteland where people live in squalor and oppression... -
![Moongazer (Apocalypse Later) by Mari Mancusi]()
Moongazer (Apocalypse Later) by Mari Mancusi
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn enthralling combination of The Matrix and Snow Crash with a bit of Blade Runner thrown into the mix, Moongazer immediately draws the reader into one woman's terrifying struggle to understand her identity--is she Skye Brown, a successful game designer living in Manhattan or is she really Mariah Quinn, a woman haunted by the post-apocalyptic dreamland she escapes to every night? But what is... -
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Rebel Heart by Lizzy Ford
Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAfter nuclear strikes cripple the East Coast in the year 2135, security expert Lana is alone with a secret she must protect at all costs, even if it means placing her life – and her heart – in the hands of Brady, the compelling, dangerous leader of the rebellion. As a member of the lower class, Brady serves two masters: the rebellion and the regular army...Categorized as:
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![After Life by Jaron Lee Knuth]()
After Life by Jaron Lee Knuth
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSince the seventh grade, Alex, a retail slave, has secretly been in love with his best friend, Morgan, a web cartoonist. Unable to overcome social awkwardness, they both find themselves in very separate lifestyles as they reach adulthood. Amidst these distanced and inhibited lives, Alex and Morgan are suddenly faced with the literal end of the world... -
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![Night of the Fallen by Diana Bocco]()
Night of the Fallen by Diana Bocco
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratings** Book 2 is coming out soon ** Isabelle’s mission seemed so clear: kill the king of the vampires to give humanity a fighting chance. Except she didn’t count on falling in love with him. And she didn't realize he held secrets that could actually end up saving the human race. As the kingdom falls and Isabelle’s heart is torn between two worlds, everything changes...Categorized as:
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Zoo by Tara Elizabeth
Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA chronicle of my time living in a zoo . . . I'm not really sure where to start, and you may have trouble believing me even as I tell you my story. My family did. They laughed the first time I told them, so now I just say it was all a crazy dream. You see, I died in a totally preventable car accident . . . or so I thought... -
![Monsters' Genesis by Alana Khan]()
Monsters' Genesis by Alana Khan
Nothing prepared us for this.My three mates and I have managed to bond and love each other despite the horrendous conditions of an overpopulated Earth. We live in the Down Below, forced to comply with crippling regulations while the rich tower over us in the Up Above structures.Until the cataclysm happens, and people in the Down Below experience massive genetic mutations...Categorized as:
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![Alien's Bride Book Three by Yamila Abraham]()
Alien's Bride Book Three by Yamila Abraham
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKind-hearted Maritza was kidnapped and transported 2,000 years into the future to be the bride for one of the aliens who conquered Earth. After a difficult adjustment, Maritza has come to care for her husband, Lord Elentinus. The last thing she needs is for a troubled alien/human couple to visit. Inga, bride to the cruel Lord Nayjoor, begs Maritza to help her escape... -
![Happy Birthday to Me by Anne Tenino]()
Happy Birthday to Me by Anne Tenino
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPart of the First Time For Everything Daily Dose 2011 collectionJames doesn’t usually remember things like birthdays, but his boyfriend Matt doesn’t mind, because he knows how much he means to James. Today is the special day, though, and Matt’s going to get what he really wants: a spanking...Categorized as:
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![Apocalypse Island by Mark Edward Hall]()
Apocalypse Island by Mark Edward Hall
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA Maine city has turned into a killing ground.Is it a serial killer, someone with a penchant for the macabre and a need to destroy?Or is it a darker force, an ancient legend from a mysterious Island come ashore to wreak havoc upon the unsuspecting?Amid the backdrop of Portland's burgeoning night scene, Police Lieutenant Rick Jennings discovers that no one is safe, and that evil has many faces...Categorized as:
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