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  • Instauration by Sarah Lyons Fleming

    Instauration by Sarah Lyons Fleming

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    The final book in The City Series is here! Sunset Park is gone. People are missing. Sylvie, Eric, and the other survivors have crossed the water to the security of a new Safe Zone, where they hope to heal their battered hearts, amass an armory, and get back at the ones who took it all away...
  • Bitch Planet, Vol. 2: President Bitch by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Taki Soma

    Bitch Planet, Vol. 2: President Bitch by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Taki Soma

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Eisner Award-nominated writer KELLY SUE DeCONNICK (PRETTY DEADLY, Captain Marvel) and VALENTINE DE LANDRO (X-Factor) follow up on the success of EXTRAORDINARY MACHINE with the second installment of their highly acclaimed and fiercely unapologetic BITCH PLANET...
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  • The Shadow Within by Karen Hancock

    The Shadow Within by Karen Hancock

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Abramm Kalladorne has returned to Kiriath to claim the crown he thought he would never wear and to prepare his people for the inevitable attack of the Armies of the Black Moon. Though fiercely opposed by his own kin and reluctant to thrust his country into civil war at the worst possible time, he nevertheless believes this course of action is Kiriath's only hope of salvation...
  • Return of the Guardian-King by Karen Hancock

    Return of the Guardian-King by Karen Hancock

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The powerful finale to the Christy Award-winning novels in the LEGENDS OF THE GUARDIAN-KING series Believed dead by all but the handful of supporters who rescued him from his Mataian enemies, Abramm Kalladorne has fled his homeland to the high mountains of northern Chesedh...
  • Shadow Over Kiriath by Karen Hancock

    Shadow Over Kiriath by Karen Hancock

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    After months of conflict and opposition, Abramm Kalladorne has finally stepped into his destiny as king of Kiriath--only to find himself facing more problems than ever. The Mataio remains antagonistic, the failed rebellion's supporters have slipped through his grasp to plot anew, bad luck plagues his every attempt to build Kiriath's defenses...and that's just the beginning...
  • Ghost Towns by Bella Forrest

    Ghost Towns by Bella Forrest

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Continue the journey in the thrilling penultimate book of The Child Thief series (as we move toward the grand finale in Book 6!)Now that Robin has discovered a lead on her daughter, all she can think about is tracking her down. And her birth parents—whom Robin never dreamed she’d have the opportunity to meet...
  • Thin Lines by Bella Forrest

    Thin Lines by Bella Forrest

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    "It sounded to me like they've been watching you--watching us--for a while..."A decades-old conspiracy. A group of mysterious allies. An entire nation out for their blood.The Compliance Authority does not take kindly to dissidents. Particularly dissidents who have managed to escape their grasp, not once, but twice.Things are about to get a lot more dangerous for Robin, Jace, and their team...
  • Deep Shadows by Bella Forrest

    Deep Shadows by Bella Forrest

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The heart-pounding second book of The Child Thief series. After the night's shocking events, Robin, Jace, and their team find themselves thrust into a race for their lives.Robin never could have imagined that things would go so wrong. Never could have dreamed that they would find what they found within that innocuous-looking building...
  • Prepper's Collapse by A.J. Newman, Sabrina Jean

    Prepper's Collapse by A.J. Newman, Sabrina Jean

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Prepper's Collapse - Book 2 in the Prepper’s Apocalypse series.Prepper Post-Apocalyptic Survival FictionEMP blasts started the apocalypse during Tom and his family's return flight home from vacation. Surviving the crash only caused them to confront the chaos of the apocalypse head-on...
  • Dark Demise by Rebecca Royce

    Dark Demise by Rebecca Royce

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Time isn’t kind… Waverly Sandler is nothing like her mad father. She’s a nurse. She takes care of people. She is fighting to live down her name. She’s also a sister, a friend, and someday, if the universe is kind, she hopes to be a lover and a wife. Life at The Farm is one of constant activity, because freedom exacts a high price...
  • Psyren #06: Flame by Toshiaki Iwashiro

    Psyren #06: Flame by Toshiaki Iwashiro

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Reads R to L (Japanese Style), for audiences rated teen. Ageha Yoshina just got transported to a warped alternate dimension where you've got to fight your way back to our world--or die trying...
  • Brand of Light (Book 1) (The Droseran Saga) by Ronie Kendig

    Brand of Light (Book 1) (The Droseran Saga) by Ronie Kendig

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    There's a price on her head, and it has everything to do with the brand on her arm. Tertian Space Coalition has blessed every planet in the quadrants with high technology, save one: Drosero. But in spite of their tenuous treaty with the ruling clans, TSC has plans for the backward planet. And they're not alone...
  • Alex + Ada, Vol. 2 by Jonathan Luna, Sarah Vaughn

    Alex + Ada, Vol. 2 by Jonathan Luna, Sarah Vaughn

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Tensions rise between humans and robots in this sci-fi/drama set in the near future. Alex took a huge risk to unlock Ada and it seems to have paid off - Ada can now think for herself and explore life as a sentient android. As Alex and Ada spend more time together, they become closer. But as restrictions tighten on androids, Ada feels unsure about her place in Alex's life and the world...
  • Behind Blue Eyes by Anna Mocikat

    Behind Blue Eyes by Anna Mocikat

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    They are the perfect hybrid between human and machine. They are the next step in the evolution of mankind. And when they come after you, nothing in the world will save you... Welcome to the year 2095. Society has overcome everything that made human life miserable. It has become perfect -- so perfect that it needs killer cyborgs to hunt down anyone who disagrees with it...
  • The Blighted Stars by Megan E. O'Keefe

    The Blighted Stars by Megan E. O'Keefe

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 23 ratings
    When a spy is stranded on a dead planet with her mortal enemy, she must first figure out how to survive before she can uncover the conspiracy that landed them both there in the first place.She’s a revolutionary. Humanity is running out of options. Habitable planets are being destroyed as quickly as they’re found and Naira Sharp knows the reason why...
  • Firebird by Kathy Tyers

    Firebird by Kathy Tyers

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Her death was expected but something more powerful kept her alive. Lady Firebird was born a princess of the royal family of Naetai. Because of her birthplace in the family, however, her life is expendable. Honorable suicide is the highest calling she could hope to attain. When she is chosen to lead an attack on the neighboring planet of VeeRon her death is expected...
  • No Place For Devils by Santana Knox, Amy Oliveira

    No Place For Devils by Santana Knox, Amy Oliveira

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The country is falling, and it’s no place for devils. In the Cártel, death was the only way out. I fought for a new life and bled for my freedom. Los Diablos Locos Motorcycle Club call me President now, and though they all bow to me, there’s one woman who won’t. My wife. Doctor Emory O’Connor. As the government crumbles all around us, she’s come running to me for protection from her past...
  • Shadow Hand by Anne Elisabeth Stengl

    Shadow Hand by Anne Elisabeth Stengl

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is a tale of blood.And love.And the many things that lie between. By her father's wish, Lady Daylily is betrothed to the Prince of Southlands. Not the prince she loves, handsome and dispossessed Lionheart, but his cousin, the awkward and foolish Prince Foxbrush. As her wedding day dawns, Daylily flees into the dangerous Wilderlands, her only desire to vanish from living memory...
  • Breeder by Casey Hays, Spring Lea Henry

    Breeder by Casey Hays, Spring Lea Henry

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Beyond the Village, nothing exists ... except devastation. A war waged by men and their hateful weapons long ago made it so, and my people--the women of the Village--are the only survivors. This is what our history lessons teach us, and this is what we are to believe. But I am sixteen now ... and I question everything. The Archer has spoken, but I have no desire to heed his command...
  • Deep Shadows by Vannetta Chapman

    Deep Shadows by Vannetta Chapman

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    All It Takes Is One Night to Plunge the World into Darkness Life in Abney, Texas, is predictable and safe—until the night a massive solar flare wipes out all modern technology. Shelby Sparks, novelist and single mom, had one goal: to provide for her diabetic son. In the wake of this global disaster, her mission hasn't changed...
  • A Warm Place 4 - A Post-Apocalyptic Men's Adventure by Misty Vixen

    A Warm Place 4 - A Post-Apocalyptic Men's Adventure by Misty Vixen

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 7 ratings
    Three months have passed since Chris helped save what remained of Pine Lake.He has finally been forced to face a problem that has hounded him since he began his nomadic lifestyle in the face of this new apocalypse: he has found a place that he wants to call home, but his intense wanderlust is driving him insane...
  • Raging Storm by Vannetta Chapman

    Raging Storm by Vannetta Chapman

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the Darkness, Anarchy Awakens When a massive solar flare wiped out all modern technology across the globe, the small town of Abney, Texas, was thrown into chaos. Shelby Sparks and her teenage son, Carter, have found refuge, but Shelby knows she can't simply remain hidden forever...
  • The Forever War by Penelope Wright

    The Forever War by Penelope Wright

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    All Princess Clio has wanted since she joined The Queen Trials was to find a way out of the competition before the killing round began. But when King Ergondy grants her wish, Clio learns more about The Forever War than she bargained for.With this new knowledge that she shouldn't have, can she live with herself if she leaves The Trials?Either way, the Rotunda wants her dead...
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  • A Warm Place 5 - A Post-Apocalyptic Men's Adventure by Misty Vixen

    A Warm Place 5 - A Post-Apocalyptic Men's Adventure by Misty Vixen

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    What started out as a relatively simple encounter with two highly attractive women trying to survive in the frozen wilderness is now rapidly becoming more complicated for Chris. His relationship with Lara and Susan is growing into something much more complex and emotional, and on top of that, Jessica has just arrived on their doorstep with her daughter Hannah...
  • Kieli, Volume 2: White Wake on the Sand (Kieli Novels  (キーリ ライトノベル) #2) by Yukako Kabei

    Kieli, Volume 2: White Wake on the Sand (Kieli Novels (キーリ ライトノベル) #2) by Yukako Kabei

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Kieli, the girl who sees ghosts, and her Undying companion, Harvey, return in their second adventure - this time on the high seas of the Sand Ocean! Things are far from ship-shape, though, aboard the vessel carrying these two unusual travelers...
  • Safe Haven by Angela White

    Safe Haven by Angela White

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    *This is the Large Print (18 Pt. font) Edition.Safe Haven: A place of safety and of light, of duty and honor: A Refuge for survivors.Also: A place of death and darkness, where magic and murder go hand in hand.After months of carrying the burdens alone, Adrian finally has the help he needs. Five of the six have come and he can't wait to get things started...
  • Oxygen by John B. Olson, Randy Ingermanson

    Oxygen by John B. Olson, Randy Ingermanson

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Take a Deep Breath ... It Could Be Your Last Valkerie is tough, beautiful, and has an uncanny knack for survival. When NASA chooses her for the first mission to Mars, Valkerie is thrilled -- until she learns she's displacing America's heartthrob, celebrity astronaut Josh Bennett. Bob, the ship's mechanic, is paid to be paranoid -- and he's good at it...
  • Against Time by Dean Wesley Smith

    Against Time by Dean Wesley Smith

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Paleontologist Callie Sheridan spent a few days deep in the Oregon Caves on a dig with three students from the University of Oregon. When they emerged, they found almost everyone in the world dead. Survival became her only thought. Mathematician and galactic explorer Vardis Fisher dropped into orbit over a planet where almost all of the human life had been recently killed for no obvious reason...
  • The Way by Mary E. Twomey

    The Way by Mary E. Twomey

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In a world not divided by race, creed or color, but by blood type, Blue Anders finds herself on the wrong end of fortune’s mercy. Born with a lesser blood type, Blue is raised in The Way, a work camp for A-bloods. She must fight against and alongside her violent brother to free their people and end the slavery forced upon her family...
  • Love and Chaos by Poppy Woods

    Love and Chaos by Poppy Woods

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The second collapse changed the world forever.Cris has spent her entire life in her Tribe. Safe from the pollution that still clings to more populated areas, they grow crops to sell in the Cities, they hunt for their meat, and they take care of their own. Their rural way of life ensures the politics of the Cities doesn't reach them.Until one day, it does...
  • Lawless by Tarah Benner

    Lawless by Tarah Benner

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    From the author of The Fringe comes an addictive new dystopian saga.When Lark was sentenced to twenty-five years behind bars, she thought San Judas was her lucky break. The primitive 16,000-acre community in rural New Mexico isn’t like any other prison. There are no cells, there is no warden, and Mother Mercy is the law...
  • Owned by L.V. Lane

    Owned by L.V. Lane

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Ava When civilization first collapsed, survival replaced compassion. Many dark years followed before I found a delicate peace within Sanctuary's walls.But that was over now.Standing on the desolate rooftop, I watched enemy soldiers take our community.After three days on the streets with no provisions and nothing but a temperamental handgun to defend myself, I knew I was out of options...
  • The Place of the Lion by Charles Williams

    The Place of the Lion by Charles Williams

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Charles Williams is able to create wonderful ghostly episodes – powerful moments of disclosure. In the novel The Place of the Lion, the world of feelings is depicted as an illusion – simply a reflection of the "real world" from which it originates. This makes some absolutely fascinating scenes, as people suddenly face a reality that they cannot understand...
  • Claimed by Two by Aya Morningstar

    Claimed by Two by Aya Morningstar

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One human woman.Two alien men.Lots and lots of babies.I’ve never laid eyes on a man. Not even in pictures. Eden is a woman’s world. A world no man has ever stepped foot on.But then the Khetar arrive. They’re big alien men, in a big alien ship, with big alien d—Let’s just say it’s a big problem, especially because High Command assigns me to operate the airlock for a diplomatic mission...
  • Alex + Ada, Vol. 3 by Jonathan Luna, Sarah Vaughn

    Alex + Ada, Vol. 3 by Jonathan Luna, Sarah Vaughn

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    The last thing in the world Alex wanted was an X5, the latest in realistic androids. But after Ada is dropped into his life, he discovers she is more than just a robot. Alex takes a huge risk to unlock Ada so she can think for herself and explore life as a sentient android. As Alex and Ada spend more time together, they become closer...
  • The Human Hunter by Loki Renard

    The Human Hunter by Loki Renard

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He’s hot. He’s deadly. And he’s hunting me.Rath K’zar is an alien bounty hunter. The best in the universe.I’m his admin assistant.I send him his bounties, and I process his payments.I know him better than anybody. He doesn’t know I exist.I have dreamed about him every night for months. You could call it a crush, or a fixation, or maybe an obsession. Whatever...
  • The Last Mage Guardian by Sabrina Chase

    The Last Mage Guardian by Sabrina Chase

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Her great-uncle, the mage Oron, bequeathed to her his oak-shaded chateau and a debt of magical honor. But Miss Ardhuin Andrews must hide her magical talents. How can she repay the debt? Political intrigue, duty, and echoes of an old war not truly ended combine to create a smoldering crisis in a world where magic and science coexist...
  • His Broken Human : A Dark Alien Romance  (Alien Overlords) by Loki Renard

    His Broken Human : A Dark Alien Romance (Alien Overlords) by Loki Renard

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A royal alien tyrant has captured me.He plans to make me pay for the sins of my species.Humans must obey their korabi overlords, but my family crossed this cruel alien king.Krush believes I am a stupid, broken human good only for receiving his wrath. He thinks my pain will absolve his. He is wrong. I am smarter than he imagines. I am stronger than he expects...
  • Dark Feather: A Dark Post Apocalyptic Romance by Alta Hensley

    Dark Feather: A Dark Post Apocalyptic Romance by Alta Hensley

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    I had two choices in life—to be a breeder, or to be a soldier. To create life, or to destroy it. I had chosen poorly...
  • Twisted by Esme Devlin

    Twisted by Esme Devlin

    Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The new world is small and dark.Ruthless men rule in this new world. Violent men. Twisted men.Men like Baron. A monster in a metal mask. A self-made king in his own kingdom, his notorious cruelty is only overshadowed by his madness.I caught his eye while dancing for my life. He saved me -- and now he owns me. Utterly.He dresses me. Possesses me. Watches me while I sleep...
  • The Valley of Dry Bones: A Novel (End Times) by Jerry B. Jenkins

    The Valley of Dry Bones: A Novel (End Times) by Jerry B. Jenkins

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Best-selling author whose books have sold over 70 million copies pens a thrilling tale of intrigue and terrorism...
  • RV There Yet? by Diann Hunt

    RV There Yet? by Diann Hunt

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Life's a journey. Midlife's an adventure. But two weeks in a RV with the hot-flash sisters could drive anyone over the hill.Dede signed on for this cross-country RV trip selflessly, for Millie and Lydia's sakes. Besides, she needed to get her mind off a love gone wrong and a demanding gourmet chocolates business...
  • Maggie's Mistake by Colleen Coble

    Maggie's Mistake by Colleen Coble

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Historical inspirational...
  • The Lightest Object in the Universe by Kimi Eisele

    The Lightest Object in the Universe by Kimi Eisele

    Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    If the grid went down, how would you find someone on the other side of the country? How would you find hope? After a global economic collapse and failure of the electrical grid, amid escalating chaos, Carson, a high school teacher of history who sees history bearing out its lessons all around him, heads west on foot toward Beatrix, a woman he met and fell hard for during a chance visit to his...
  • The Lightest Object in the Universe by Kimi Eisele

    The Lightest Object in the Universe by Kimi Eisele

    Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    If the grid went down, how would you find someone on the other side of the country? How would you find hope? After a global economic collapse and failure of the electrical grid, amid escalating chaos, Carson, a high school teacher of history who sees history bearing out its lessons all around him, heads west on foot toward Beatrix, a woman he met and fell hard for during a chance visit to his...
  • City of Orange by David Yoon

    City of Orange by David Yoon

    Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A man who can not remember his own name wakes up in an apocalyptic landscape, injured and alone. He has vague memories of life before, but he can't see it clearly and can't grasp how his current situation came to be. He must learn to survive by finding sources of water and foraging for food...
  • The Hunter's Pet by Loki Renard

    The Hunter's Pet by Loki Renard

    Rated: 3.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Sarah has lived her life in the wild lands, far from the city-dwellers who regard her as little more than an animal. Making use of her quick wits and the natural camouflage provided by a rare mutation, she has avoided being claimed as some hunter’s pet… until now...
  • Girlfriend on Mars by Deborah Willis

    Girlfriend on Mars by Deborah Willis

    Rated: 3.45 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Amber Kivinen is moving to Mars. Or at least, she will be if she wins a chance to join MarsNow. She and twenty-three reality TV contestants from around the world—including a hunky Israeli soldier, an endearing fellow Canadian, and an assortment of science nerds and wannabe influencers—are competing for two seats on the first human-led mission to Mars, sponsored by billionaire Geoff Task...
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