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Compete by Vera Nazarian
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsIt's one thing to Qualify…But do you have what it takes to Compete?With Earth about to be destroyed by an extinction level asteroid, teenage nerd, geek, and awkward smart girl Gwen Lark, and a few of her friends and loved ones, barely Qualified for rescue onboard one of the thousands of ark-ships headed to the ancient colony planet Atlantis...Categorized as:
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Defiant by Brandon Sanderson
The final book in an epic series about a girl who will travel beyond the stars to save the world she loves from destruction. Spensa made it out of the Nowhere, but what she saw in the space between the stars has changed her forever. She came face to face with the Delvers, and finally got answers to the questions she’s had about her own strange Cytonic gifts... -
And After by Sarah Lyons Fleming
Cassie Forrest could almost believe life at Kingdom Come Farm is perfect, with Adrian and her friends at her side and spring on the way. The spring thaw also means millions of defrosting zombies, however, and if the past year has taught her anything, it’s that life in this new world is highly imperfect... -
Dance of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson
When the patriarch of the Ballenger empire dies, his son, Jase, becomes its new leader. Even nearby kingdoms bow to the strength of this outlaw family, who have always governed by their own rules. But a new era looms on the horizon, set in motion by a young queen, which makes her the target of the dynasty's resentment and anger...Categorized as:
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Divergent Series Complete Box Set by Veronica Roth
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 51 ratingsAll three books in the #1 New York Times bestselling Divergent trilogy are available boxed together for the first time! Perfect for gift givers, collectors, and fans new to the series, the box set includes: A specially designed slipcase Hardcover editions of Divergent, Insurgent, and Divergent #3 Bonus booklet! "The World of Veronica Roth's Divergent Series," a forty-eight-page booklet including...Categorized as:
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The Wrath of the Great Guilds by Jack Campbell
New York Times best-selling author Jack Campbell's epic series, The Pillars of Reality, reaches its exciting conclusion.The Great Guilds, fearing the loss of their control of the world of Dematr, have gathered their power and joined it with the relentless legions of the Empire. The full might of that host will fall upon the fortress city of Dorcastle... -
Into the Still Blue by Veronica Rossi
The race to the Still Blue has reached a stalemate. Aria and Perry are determined to find this last safe haven from the Aether storms before Sable and Hess do— and they are just as determined to stay together...Categorized as:
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Cytonic by Brandon Sanderson
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Reckoners series, the Mistborn trilogy, and the Stormlight Archive comes the third book in an epic series about a girl who will travel beyond the stars to save the world she loves from destruction.Spensa’s life as a Defiant Defense Force pilot has been far from ordinary... -
Until the End of the World by Sarah Lyons Fleming
Cassie Forrest isn't surprised to learn that the day she’s decided to get her life together is also the day the world ends. After all, she’s been on a self-imposed losing streak since her survivalist parents died: she’s stopped painting, broken off her engagement to Adrian and dated a real jerk...Categorized as:
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The Assassins of Altis by Jack Campbell
Trapped within the dead city of Marandur, Master Mechanic Mari and Mage Alain must escape both merciless barbarians and the pitiless Imperial Legion. Beyond those dangers lie the mightiest and most unforgiving powers in the world of Dematr: the Great Guilds that rule the world with iron fists... -
The Pirates of Pacta Servanda by Jack Campbell
"The world feels oddly strained, like a line pulled too taunt and apt to snap, smashing everything in its path." Master Mechanic Mari and Mage Alain have survived every attempt to stop them, but their enemies are determined to kill Mari, the only one who can save her world from a storm of destruction... -
The Shadow of Water by Jacquelyn Benson
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsLily Albright can see the future, and it looks like hell. In an England on the brink of war, Lily is plagued by visions of the cataclysmic destruction of London. An ancient prophecy is coming to fruition, and it starts with the gruesome discovery of a corpse in the sewers.To save her city, Lily must untangle a web of conspiracy and violence... -
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... -
The Servants Of The Storm by Jack Campbell
A Storm that will wreck a world threatens Dematr. Only Mari, one of the Mechanics who control all technology through their Guild, has a chance to stop it. She and Mage Alain have survived numerous attempts to kill them and have gained many more followers, but the Storm of chaos, born of centuries of enslavement, grows ever closer... -
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Empire by Michael R. Hicks
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsIn the first book of an epic futuristic fantasy trilogy, this is the coming-of-age story of Reza Gard, a young boy of the Human Confederation who is swept up in the century-long war with the alien Kreelan Empire... -
Survive by Vera Nazarian
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe End is Here, in a Fiery Cosmic Apocalypse! Gwen Lark knows how to Qualify, Compete, and Win... The time has come to Survive. The Games of the Atlantis Grail have come to a ground-shaking halt and Gwen Lark, nerd, geek, and awkward smart girl, survived the remarkable ordeal, for the time being... -
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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Oblivion by Jessica Sorensen
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 15 ratings...Categorized as:
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The Winner's Crime by Marie Rutkoski
There is an alternate cover edition for this ASIN here.Following your heart can be a crimeA royal wedding means one celebration after another: balls, fireworks, and revelry until dawn. But to Kestrel it means living in a cage of her own making. As the wedding approaches, she aches to tell Arin the truth about her engagement: that she agreed to marry the crown prince in exchange for Arin's freedom...Categorized as:
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The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsA mysterious child lands in the care of a solitary woman, changing both of their lives forever in this captivating debut of connection across space and time."This is when your life begins."Nia Imani is a woman out of place and outside of time...Categorized as:
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Rebel by Amy Tintera
Wren Connolly thought she'd left her human side behind when she dies five years ago and came back 178 minutes later as a Reboot. With her new abilities of strength, speed, and healing—along with a lack of emotions—Wren 178 became the perfect soldier for HARC (Human Advancement and Repopulation Corporation). Then Callum 22 came along and changed everything... -
Cross Fire by Fonda Lee
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEarth's century of peace as a colony of an alien race has been shattered. As the alien-run government navigates peace talks with the human terrorist group Sapience, Donovan tries to put his life back together and return to his duty as a member of the security forces. But a new order comes from the alien home planet: withdraw...Categorized as:
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Tested by Janelle Stalder
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye. Faced with the scariest decision of her life, Missy is going behind enemy lines to save the rebel that seems to haunt her every dream. Finding courage is one of the hardest things she’s ever done, especially when she comes face-to-face with a terrifying reality. The green eyes that have fascinated her, no longer gleam with recognition...Categorized as:
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The Future Without Hope by Nazarea Andrews
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSeparated from Finn, captive of the Order, Nurrin has no hope left. But she has survived twenty years of zombies--and she has the unshakable faith that Finn will find her. But Finn is a long way away. The Order's influence runs deeper than was ever suspected, and politics are shifting--and zombies may not be the most dangerous thing she's facing...Categorized as:
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History by C.L. Lynch
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSequel to the award-winning Chemistry. Foul-mouthed, plus-sized Stella Blunt is back, and so is her undead admirer, Howie Mullins. On the surface, Howie seems to have it all - eternal life, the ability to sense brain waves, and the love of his perfect woman. But there's a dark side to being a half-zombie, and it's starting to catch up to him...Categorized as:
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Off Planet by Aileen Erin
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIn an all-too-plausible future where corporate conglomerates have left the world’s governments in shambles, anyone with means has left the polluted Earth for the promise of a better life on a SpaceTech owned colony among the stars.Maité Martinez is the daughter of an Earther Latina and a powerful Aunare man, an alien race that SpaceTech sees as a threat to their dominion...Categorized as:
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Between Frost and Fury by Chani Lynn Feener
Delaney has been kidnapped by aliens. Again. After only a month back on Earth with her hotnew alien boyfriend Ruckus, the deadly and devastatingly handsome prince Trystan has dragged her right back to his planet. While some girls may dream of winning a prince’s heart, Delaney just wishes this one would leave her alone...Categorized as:
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The Fractured Empire by Robin D. Mahle
Clark and Adelaide think their lives can’t get any worse. Until they meet each other. Adelaide — heiress to the wealthiest man in the Ceithren Empire — has felt a void since her sister’s death. Just as she’s resigned herself to the empty life her father chose for her, a relic from a world that shouldn’t exist plunges her into chaos... -
Forged by Erin Bowman
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe time has come to make a stand.Gray Weathersby and his group of rebels are determined to bring down the Franconian Order. But they may be too late. The Order is closer than ever to its ultimate goal—building an unstoppable army—and every generation of Forgeries is more sophisticated, harder to detect, and deadlier than the one before...Categorized as:
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Scarlet Venom by Jei Anders
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFact 437 - Allie was a piss poor bootlegger. It was laughable that her blackmailers expected her to create a truth serum. If they’d done their homework, they would’ve known her brewing capabilities were nil, she flunked chemistry, and her moonshine was on the toxic side. So for once in her unlucky life, luck was on her side… until she almost blew up the lab...Categorized as:
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The Return by Kelly St. Clare
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThree months ago, Romy emerged from the cultivation tanks after a year floating inside. Body intact. Mind broken. Memory gone. Now she undergoes regular testing as doctors work to find out ... well, she’s not exactly sure what. The tests must have something to do with the reason she can’t remember her knot—the single lucid memory the other insane soldiers on Orbito Four still possess...Categorized as:
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The Beauty of Darkness by Mary E. Pearson
The third and final book in the New York Times-bestselling Remnant Chronicles. Lia has survived Venda—but so has a great evil bent on the destruction of Morrighan. And only Lia can stop it. With war on the horizon, Lia has no choice but to assume her role as First Daughter, as soldier—as leader...Categorized as:
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The Atlantis World by A.G. Riddle
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsWith humanity's back against the wall... A signal from space could be the key to saving the human race... As the clock ticks down, a team of scientists will risk it all to unravel the secrets of the Atlantis World. _________________________________________________________ Northern Morocco: Dr. Kate Warner cured a global pandemic, and she thought she could cure herself. She was wrong... -
The Last City by H.J. Nelson
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe highly anticipated sequel to The Last She, which Goodreads has included in its Most Anticipated Young Adult Novels of December 2021The first rule of living through the apocalypse. Trust no one.AraIs desperate to reunite with her father and put the events that happened in Boise behind her... -
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Future Lost by Elizabeth Briggs
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWe changed the future...and ended the world.It's been one year since I first time traveled, and six months since I destroyed the technology that made it possible. Now I'm in college and it seems like I might actually have a future with my scientist boyfriend Adam—until he goes missing.Somehow he's gone to the future again, and he never came back...Categorized as:
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Logan by Siobhan Davis
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsRead some key scenes from Saven: Deception narrated exclusively from Logan's point of view.This companion novella features the following short stories:My AngelThe LibraryThe Lady in RedDrop-Dead GorgeousFirst KissKeeping her SafeShe’s my EternoSign up to my Saven newsletter to download a free copy of this book. Exclusively available to subscribers. http://eepurl... -
Crash by Eve Silver
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsFans of the 5th Wave series will devour the pulse-pounding conclusion to The Game trilogy, by bestselling author Eve Silver, about teens pulled in and out of an alternate reality where battling aliens is more than a game—it's life and death.As her dad and best friend lie dying in the hospital, Miki is almost certain the Committee is trying to sabotage her life. The Game is glitching...Categorized as:
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Fourth World by Lyssa Chiavari
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLife on Mars isn't all it's cracked up to be when you're Isaak Contreras. Ever since his dad disappeared two years ago, Isaak's been struggling to keep up in school, and he never seems to be able to live up to his mom's high expectations. But everything changes when he finds an ancient coin among his missing father's possessions... -
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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An Anatomy of Beasts by Olivia A. Cole
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIn the forty years since the Vagantur landed on Faloiv, the planet has existed in a tenuous peace between the humans who live in the enclosed community of N’Terra and the Faloii, the indigenous population. But after uncovering the shadowy secrets of the Council’s newly elected leader and helping a kidnapped Faloii man escape, sixteen-year-old Octavia knows that conflict is looming... -
Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo
The capital has fallen.The Darkling rules Ravka from his shadow throne.Now the nation's fate rests with a broken Sun Summoner, a disgraced tracker, and the shattered remnants of a once-great magical army.Deep in an ancient network of tunnels and caverns, a weakened Alina must submit to the dubious protection of the Apparat and the zealots who worship her as a Saint...Categorized as:
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Emerald Bane by Jei Anders
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFact 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... -
Future Threat by Elizabeth Briggs
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWe know that the future can be changed...but maybe it shouldn't be.Six months ago Aether Corporation sent me to the future, along with four other recruits, but not all of my friends made it out of the mission alive. The guilt eats at me every day, and I swear I'm done with time travel and Aether Corporation forever...Categorized as:
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Spark Rising by Kate Corcino
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAll that’s required to ignite a revolution is a single spark rising. Two hundred years after the cataclysm that annihilated fossil fuels, Sparks keep electricity flowing through their control of energy-giving Dust...Categorized as:
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My Alien by Robin Martin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsZoe Brennan has everything sorted. Finally, she's good friends with the ultra cool Jas and part of her popular group. She even has plans to make new boy, Chad Everett, fall for her. But on one disastrous day at the beach all that changes when she encounters Rion, an extremely annoying alien who informs her they are connected - for life... -
Star-Crossed by Pintip Dunn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPrincess Vela's people are starving.Stranded on a planet that lacks food, Vela makes the ultimate sacrifice and becomes an Aegis for her people. Accepting a genetic modification that takes sixty years off her life, she can feed her colony via nutrition pills. But her best friend is still getting worse. And she's not the only one.Now the king is dying, too...Categorized as:
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Dark Inside by Jeyn Roberts
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsSince the beginning of mankind, civilizations have fallen: the Romans, the Greeks, the Aztecs...and now us. Huge earthquakes rock the world. Cities are destroyed. But something even more awful is happening: An ancient evil has been unleashed, and it's turning everyday people into hunters, killers, and crazies...Categorized as:
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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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Renegade by Debra Driza
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThere is no one left for Mila to trust. Except for a boy she barely knows. But Hunter has no idea who—and what—Mila really is. She can’t bear to reveal her secret, even though he’s unwittingly joined her search for Richard Grady, a man who may know more details of Mila’s complicated past. Yet the road to the truth is more dangerous than ever...Categorized as:
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Seafire by Natalie C. Parker
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsAfter her family is killed by corrupt warlord Aric Athair and his bloodthirsty army of Bullets, Caledonia Styx is left to chart her own course on the dangerous and deadly seas. She captains her ship, the Mors Navis, with a crew of girls and women just like her, who have lost their families and homes because of Aric and his men...Categorized as:
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