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Gate Quest by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsRoboticist extraordinaire Casmir Dabrowski has a new nemesis: astroshaman leader Kyla Moonrazor. She’s stolen the ancient wormhole gate the king ordered Casmir to retrieve, and she’s entrenched in an underwater base on a forsaken moon. Moonrazor is more educated and more experienced than Casmir, and she has legions of killer robots and cyborg defenders on her side. Casmir has his friends and. . -
Crossfire by Lindsay Buroker
For the first time in his life, roboticist Casmir Dabrowski is headed to another star system as an advisor for the Kingdom space fleet. He’s being given a chance to prove himself to King Jager by helping find the ancient artifact he inadvertently lost. It’s best not to think about what might happen if he fails. . -
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Edge of Valor by Kyla Stone
The final battle for Fall Creek looms. .. .. .and not everyone will make it out alive. With enemies closing in on every side, the survivors of Fall Creek find themselves facing impossible odds. Do they flee for their lives? Or do they defend their town and risk losing it all? Some things are worth fighting for, dying for. This may be their last stand. -
Edge of Anarchy by Kyla Stone
What lines will you cross to keep your loved ones safe? Three weeks after the nation's power grid goes down, chaos reigns. Food supplies have dried up. Fuel is running low. And the bleak, brutal winter is relentless. Fall Creek has forged a shaky peace, but the cost for safety proves higher than some are willing to pay. The town is a powder keg waiting to explode... -
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Edge of Survival by Kyla Stone
The nation is crumbling. The world is unraveling. The EMP is only the beginning. .. Three months after an EMP attack destroys the U. S. power grid, starvation, disease, and the brutal cold have killed millions. With the end of winter finally in sight, the town of Fall Creek, Michigan balances on the precipice of collapse. They have suffered and sacrificed... -
Edge of Defiance by Kyla Stone
Freedom demands a price. .. Weeks after an EMP attack devastates the United States, the country is falling apart. Hannah, Liam, and the others have survived the brutal cold and violent adversaries,but the threat has never been greater. Enemies from within have taken control of the town--including what little remains of the food... -
Ship of Ruin by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsAll Casmir Dabrowski wants is to return to his normal life as a robotics professor on the solid ground and agreeable gravity of his home world. No sane person would want to cavort around in space, being chased by mercenaries, soldiers, and knights—not to mention the unidentified organization that’s been sending robot assassins after him... -
The Complication by Suzanne Young
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsHow do you go back to a life you can’t remember? Find out in this sixth novel in the New York Times bestselling Program series from Suzanne Young. Every cure has a cost. Tatum Masterson learned this after years of being monitored by The Program. She witnessed it when her boyfriend, Wes, came back changed, erased. And now, even the newest “cure” has a heavy cost—one she and Wes paid...Categorized as:
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Edge of Darkness by Kyla Stone
A world without power, lights, transportation. .. Liam and Hannah continue their dangerous journey home. But they're hunted by a deadly adversary. Back home, Noah fights to protect both his son and the town of Juniper Springs, though someone is sabotaging his efforts. Preorder the explosive third book in the Edge of Collapse series now. -
Edge of Madness by Kyla Stone
A devastating EMP. No power. No communication. And no help. .. On the five-year anniversary of his wife Hannah's disappearance, small-town deputy Noah Sheridan takes his young son Milo to a local ski resort for some much needed father-son time. In a blink, the power grid goes out. So do the resort's brand new generators...Categorized as:
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Chasing the Shadows by Maria V. Snyder
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsYear 2522. Lyra Daniels is dead. Okay, so I only died for sixty-six seconds. But when I came back to life, I got a brand new name and a snazzy new uniform. Go me! Seriously, though, it's very important that Lyra Daniels stays dead, at least as far as my ex-friend Jarren, the murdering looter, knows. While dying is the scariest thing that's happened to me, it morphed my worming skills... -
Ransom by Raena Rood
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKira Liebert’s brief taste of freedom beyond Vita Nova’s wall shatters when Patrol soldiers seize young Teddy, dragging him back to face certain death. With no choice but to follow, she returns to the city that branded her a traitor—only to be captured and cast into the Confines, the brutal prison where the condemned await execution... -
Shockwave by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsWhat if being a hero was encoded in your genes? And nobody told you? Casmir Dabrowski would laugh if someone asked him that. After all, he had to build a robot to protect himself from bullies when he was in school. Fortunately, life is a little better these days. He's an accomplished robotics engineer, a respected professor, and he almost never gets picked on in the lunchroom...Categorized as:
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Defending the Galaxy by Maria V. Snyder
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsYear 2522. Oh. My. Stars. Junior Officer Ara Lawrence here, reporting for duty. Again. It's situation critical for the security team and everyone in the base - including my parents - with a new attack from the looters imminent, a possible galaxy-wide crime conspiracy and an unstoppable alien threat. But this all pales in the face of my mind-blowing discovery about the Q-net...Categorized as:
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Flight by Chuck Black
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAncient prophecies promise a future of hope, but who dares face the wrath of a powerful tyrant? Daeson seeks the counsel of the oracle that propelled him into a life of ruin and terrifying adventure. But the ruthless Chancellor Lockridge offers no quarter to his life-long friend turned traitor... -
Slated by Teri Terry
Kyla’s memory has been erased,. her personality wiped blank,. her memories lost for ever. She’s been Slated. The government claims she was a terrorist and that they are giving her a second chance - as long as she plays by their rules. But echoes of the past whisper in Kyla’s mind. Someone is lying to her, and nothing is as it seems. Who can she trust in her search for the truth?Categorized as:
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Rebellion by Raena Rood
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsKira has always known that one day she would face the same fate as all citizens of Vita mandatory death at the age of sixty. But after falling in love with Will Foster, one of the city's revered Volunteers, and risking everything by fleeing the city, she starts to believe that she may have a chance at a different life... -
Arena by Karen Hancock
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsA Journey She Did Not Choose Will Change Her Life Forever. Transported surreptitiously to a terrifying alien world, with limited resources and only a few cryptic words to guide her, Callie Hayes finds herself engulfed in a perilous battle for freedom – for her very life...Categorized as:
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Cowboy Villain Damsel Duel by Ginger Scott
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRIVERDALE meets INCEPTION in this twisty and unique YA coming-of-age romance. Quarterback. Class president. Burnout. We all have our identities. Most of the time, they come from our circumstances. They're made by others—shoes for us to walk in whether they fit or not. But what if? What if we could take off those shoes... -
Aberration by Cathy McCrumb
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFreedom Awaits, but the Consortium is Watching. When rogue drones threaten citizens and the ship’s crew falls ill, the Recorder answers their call for help, once again drawing scrutiny from the Consortium...Categorized as:
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Fear the Fallout by Kyla Stone
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIf the radiation doesn't kill you, the survivors will. .. Dakota and Logan continue their treacherous journey to escape the city, but danger threatens at every turn. They must avoid uncontrollable fires, unstable buildings, and deadly fallout contamination. Dakota knows of a place to ride out the coming chaos--a safe house deep in the Everglades...Categorized as:
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State of Alliance by Summer Lane
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"[Summer Lane] has a real knack for writing dialogue as well as action scenes. - Ellisa Barr, author of Outage There is no such thing as safe. For Commander Cassidy Hart, staying alive is only one of her day-to-day problems...Categorized as:
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Heading Home by Susan Kiernan-Lewis
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhat happens when the one thing you’ve been praying for turns out to be the one thing that will destroy you and everything you love? After two years of living and adjusting to life after the bomb, Sarah and her son, John, have discovered that happiness can trump grief and loss... -
Determinant by A.M. Hargrove
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNOTE: Though this is the 3rd installment of the Guardians of Vesturon, it can be read as a stand alone novel. January St. Davis, on her own since the age of sixteen and struggling to stay in college, thinks she’s scored in a major way when she lands a paid summer internship at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta... -
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Slip by David Estes
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsSomeone must die before another can be born. .. As sea levels rise and livable landmasses shrink, the Reorganized United States of America has instituted population control measures to ensure there are sufficient resources and food to sustain the growing population. Birth authorization must be paid for and obtained prior to having a child...Categorized as:
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Molly Fyde and the Blood of Billions by Hugh Howey
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsIt's been ten years since Molly last set foot on her birth planet, and this isn't how she'd imagined her homecoming. The sky is full of an invading fleet, one powerful enough to threaten the entire galaxy. The new family she has come to rely on -- her crew of alien misfits and runaways -- are scattered in three directions... -
Charged by G. P. Ching
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFaith kept her plain. Science made her complicated. After her harrowing experience at the hands of Dr. Konrad and the Green Republic, the plain and simple life of Hemlock Hollow is a relief to Lydia Troyer. Her focus now is on helping Korwin to fit in and preparing for their upcoming marriage... -
Storm Fall by Tracy Banghart
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the action-packed sequel to Rebel Wing, Aris battles for life and love . . . and not everyone will survive. Aris Haan gave up everything to join the Atalantan Military: her family, her boyfriend, even her identity. In the end, though, it didn’t matter that she was a war hero. When the all-male Military discovered that she was actually a woman, she was sent home and erased from history... -
Fusion Fire by Kathy Tyers
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA new life for Lady Firebird. Lady Firebird didn't fully understand her former enemy, the Sentinel Brennen Caldwell. That might take a lifetime. But she knew enough, loved enough, to embrace his mysteries--and his certainty--and to step out on the frightening path of pair bonding. Exiled from her royal heritage, she had escaped the terrible fate of her birth as an expendable wastling... -
Sweeping S'Ride by Julia Huni
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt's a big galaxy, and somebody needs to clean it. When maintenance technician Triana Moore arrives on the planet Sally Ride, she just wants to get through the high-lev meeting and get her relationship with Agent Ty O'Neill back to normal. But everywhere she turns, she's reminded of the serial killer who got away... -
The Hunt by Stacey Kade
Ariane Tucker has finally escaped GTX, the research facility that created her. While on the run, Zane Bradshaw is the only person she can trust. He knows who-and what-she is and still wants to be part of her life. But accepting Zane's help means putting him in danger. Dr. Jacobs, head of GTX, is not the only one hunting for Ariane...Categorized as:
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Glitter in the Stars by Julia Huni
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsCleaning the galaxy, one cruise ship at a time. When maintenance technician Triana Moore gets temporarily transferred to a passenger liner, she doesn't expect luxury and relaxation. Bot-minding is the same on a station or a ship. But with twelve-hour workdays and five roommates in her cabin, Triana thinks she should have read the employment contract more carefully... -
Touch by Olaf Olafsson
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA mesmerizing, panoramic story of one man's search to find a lover who suddenly disappeared decades before. When the pandemic hits, Kristofer is forced to shutter his successful restaurant in Reykjavik, sending him into a spiral of uncertainty, even as his memory seems to be failing...Categorized as:
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Jupiter Winds by C.J. Darlington
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEver since Grey Alexander’s parents disappeared five years ago, she’s had one goal—to keep herself and her younger sister Rin alive. But surviving in the North American Wildlife Preserve isn’t easy, especially for the unconnected who can be shot on sight by border patrol robot drones. Through the guidance of their eccentric old neighbor Mrs... -
Bound by Stars by E.L. Starling
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA Love That Defies Gravity…and Fate. She never belonged in his world. He never thought he’d leave it. When Weslie Fleet wins a golden ticket aboard the Boundless, humanity’s most opulent starliner, it’s a dream―and a danger...Categorized as:
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Melophobia by James Morris
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMelophobia: fear or hatred of music. The time—now; the place—America, but in a world where the government controls all forms of art and creativity. Any music sowing the seeds of anarchy is banned—destroyed if found—its creators and listeners harshly punished...Categorized as:
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Life by Rebecca Belliston
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe economy crashed, the country is floundering, and Carrie Ashworth struggles to keep her brother and sister alive. She has two jobs in her newly-formed, newly-outlawed clan: grow crops to feed thirty-six people and maintain contact with Oliver Simmons, their local patrolman. Carrie's life is almost content when Greg Pierce shows up. A man with the ambition to help them survive...Categorized as:
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Reclaiming Shilo Snow by Mary Weber
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTrapped on the ice-planet of Delon, gamer girl Sofi and Ambassador Miguel have discovered that nothing is what it seems, including their friends. On a quest to rescue her brother, Shilo, a boy everyone believes is dead, they must now escape and warn Earth of Delon’s designs on humanity...Categorized as:
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Defy the Fates by Claudia Gray
Hunted and desperate. Abel only has one mission left that matters: save the life of Noemi Vidal. To do that, he not only has to escape the Genesis authorities, he also must face the one person in the galaxy who still has the means to destroy him. Burton Mansfield's consciousness lives on, desperate for a home, and Abel's own body is his last bargaining chip. Alone in the universe...Categorized as:
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Supernova by Kass Morgan
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe 100 meets Ender's Game in the captivating and romantic sequel to Light Years from New York Times bestselling author Kass Morgan! With a galaxy on the brink of war and loyalties divided, the friendship of four Quatra Fleet cadets will be tested as their greatest enemy closes in. Arrested for espionage, Orelia's future is looking bleak . . -
The Pretenders by Rebecca Hanover
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsIn this conclusion to The Similars duology, Emma must figure out who she really is, decide between two boys with the same face, and stop a dangerous plan based on revenge. Emma is still reeling from the events of her junior year at Darkwood...Categorized as:
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Tier 1 by Cindy Gunderson
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsYears after the Crisis, Kate, Eric, and their two children are living their ideal lives in Tier 1: society’s top tier, reserved for the most genetically viable individuals. Their world is turned upside down when a life-changing discovery unexpectedly begins to tear Eric away from his family. Nick, a new mentor, steps in to support Kate, only confusing things for her further... -
The Magic Wakes by Charity Bradford
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSince childhood, scientist Talia Zaryn has been haunted by recurring dreams, visions of an alien attack on her planet Sendek. Each time it ends abruptly with Talia’s death in the capital city Joharadin, a city that she has spent her life desperately avoiding. Talia keeps these dreams a secret, hoping they are nothing more than childish nightmares...Categorized as:
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The Orphan Factory by James Morcan, Lance Morcan
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn epic, atmospheric story that begins with twenty three genetically superior orphans being groomed to become elite spies in Chicago's Pedemont Orphanage and concludes with a political assassination deep in the Amazon jungle. The Orphan Factory, a coming-of-age spy thriller novel, is book two in The Orphan Trilogy and a prequel to The Ninth Orphan... -
Beneath the Shine by Sarah Fine
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen a very few have everything worth living for, those beneath the shine will stop at nothing to burn it all down. In a future United States where those who control technology control the wealth, seventeen-year-old Marguerite’s viral video propels a populist candidate to presidential victory on a platform of “tech for all...Categorized as:
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In the After by Demitria Lunetta
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsThey hear the most silent of footsteps. They are faster than anything you've ever seen. And They won't stop chasing you. .. until you are dead. Amy is watching TV when it happens, when the world is attacked by Them. These vile creatures are rapidly devouring mankind. Most of the population is overtaken, but Amy manages to escape—and even rescue “Baby,” a toddler left behind in the chaos...Categorized as:
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Gods of Green Mountain by V.C. Andrews
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsImagine a planet with two blazing suns. A world inhabited by mortals with flaming red hair, saffron colored skin, and violet eyes. A place where extreme and often violent weather conditions force the people underground where they will be safe. .. until the next furious storm strikes... -
The Complex by C. Zaragoza
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Complex - a young adult novel. Helena Linx is dying. Isolated and quarantined for over a decade, sixteen-year-old Helena lives in a virtual utopia run by a council of doctors bent on saving the world from a fatal and almost incurable disease. The pandemic has been contained, but she and hundreds of others are still waiting to be cured...Categorized as:
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Outside In by Maria V. Snyder
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsMe? A leader? Okay, I did prove that there's more to Inside than we knew. That a whole world exists beyond this cube we live in. And finding that led to a major rebellion—between worker scrubs like me and the snobby uppers who rule our world. Make that ruled. Because of me, we're free...Categorized as:
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