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  • Edge of Valor by Kyla Stone

    Edge of Valor by Kyla Stone

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 33 ratings
    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

    Edge of Anarchy by Kyla Stone

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 33 ratings
    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

    Edge of Survival by Kyla Stone

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 33 ratings
    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

    Edge of Defiance by Kyla Stone

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 33 ratings
    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...
  • Edge of Darkness by Kyla Stone

    Edge of Darkness by Kyla Stone

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 35 ratings
    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

    Edge of Madness by Kyla Stone

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 35 ratings
    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...
  • No. 6: The Manga, Volume 02 by Atsuko Asano

    No. 6: The Manga, Volume 02 by Atsuko Asano

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    "I KNEW NOTHING BEFORE TODAY." With the help of the enigmatic Rat, Shion becomes a fugitive, escaping No. 6 and getting his first glimpse of the desperation and violence that are facts of life outside the city wall...
  • The End of Everything by Nate Johnson

    The End of Everything by Nate Johnson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    At the end of the world. Nick Peterson never expected to be stuck with a bunch of kids. A seventeen-year-old boy shouldn’t be responsible for keeping other people alive. But he didn’t have much choice in the matter. That’s what happens when everyone else dies.A CIT (counselor in training) at a summer camp high in the Poconos, Nick is left in charge of nine kids and fellow CIT Jenny O’Brien...
  • Into the Fire by Kyla Stone

    Into the Fire by Kyla Stone

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    How far will you go to save your family?Thirteen American cities devastated by nuclear bombs. Hundreds of thousands of people dead. And a nation descending into chaos.After fleeing the radioactive ruins of Miami, Dakota and Logan finally reach their destination--a cabin deep in the Everglades, surrounded by a million acres of sawgrass rivers, cypress forests, and gator-infested swampland...
  • Chobits, Omnibus 1 by CLAMP

    Chobits, Omnibus 1 by CLAMP

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Some people buy their personal computers based on style... and in near-future Japan, the hottest style for your "persocom" is shaped like an attractive android Poor student Hideki, fresh off the farm and trying to get into a Tokyo university, has neither money nor a girlfriend - then finds a persocom seemingly discarded in an alley...
  • Chobits, Omnibus 2 by CLAMP

    Chobits, Omnibus 2 by CLAMP

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The conclusion of the best-selling Chobits saga! In a world where people rely on computers to escape loneliness, the logical conclusion is the persocom - attractive robot companions that are becoming everyone's boyfriend and girlfriend. Chi is a persocom, but she is also one of the legendary "Chobits," experimental persocoms built to acquire full awareness and emotion...
  • From the Ashes: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Thriller by Kyla Stone

    From the Ashes: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Thriller by Kyla Stone

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    From the ashes, heroes will rise....In an instant, Miami was devastated by a nuclear bomb. Millions fled the destruction as the lethal fallout descended.Now, the entire city is a hot zone. Hundreds of thousands of citizens are homeless, hungry, and growing more desperate with every passing hour...
  • Nyxia by Scott Reintgen

    Nyxia by Scott Reintgen

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    What would you be willing to risk for a lifetime of fortune? Emmett Atwater isn’t just leaving Detroit; he’s leaving Earth. Why the Babel Corporation recruited him is a mystery, but the number of zeroes on their contract has him boarding their lightship and hoping to return to Earth with enough money to take care of his family. Forever...
  • Marked by Bridget E. Baker

    Marked by Bridget E. Baker

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    alternate cover edition of ASIN B07GSRLWBDIf one touch can infect... then a kiss is deadly. All Ruby Behl wants for her seventeenth birthday is a good career path match, and to kiss her best friend and long time crush, Wesley Fairchild. Unfortunately, the simplicity of teenage wishes evaporated a decade ago when the Tercera virus nearly wiped out the human race...
  • Kowloon Generic Romance, Vol. 3 by Jun Mayuzuki, Abigail Blackman

    Kowloon Generic Romance, Vol. 3 by Jun Mayuzuki, Abigail Blackman

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “I don’t remember my past.” In the nostalgia-abundant dystopia of Kowloon Walled City, Reiko is now aware that many mysteries surround her very being. With life turned upside down, she confides in her friend Yaomay about her feelings for Kudou and more. But it’s not only Reiko who has secrets: what of the opportunistic Dr...
  • Slated by Teri Terry

    Slated by Teri Terry

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 44 ratings
    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...
  • Kowloon Generic Romance, Vol. 2 by Jun Mayuzuki

    Kowloon Generic Romance, Vol. 2 by Jun Mayuzuki

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    “I love him.” In a room lit by the setting sun, Kujirai discovers her feelings for her coworker Kudou. With a secret love comes unspoken desires and shocking truths brought to light in this dreamlike romance, brought to life by elegant brushstrokes...
  • Alight by Scott Sigler

    Alight by Scott Sigler

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 27 ratings
    In Alive, Scott Sigler introduced readers to an unforgettable young heroine and a mysterious new world reminiscent of those of The Hunger Games, Divergent, and Red Rising. Now he expands his singular vision in the next thrilling novel of this powerful sci-fi adventure series.“If it’s war they want, they messed with the wrong girl.” M...
  • Underground by Chris Morphew

    Underground by Chris Morphew

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Luke thought he knew who is enemies were. The Shackleton Co-operative. Calvin, the head of security. The whole town of Phoenix. But then Luke wakes up strapped to a metal chair in an underground lab. There are more enemies - and they've been waiting his whole life to track him down. Meanwhile, up on the surface, the people of Phoenix are beginning to disappear...
  • The 100 Boxed Set by Kass Morgan

    The 100 Boxed Set by Kass Morgan

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    New York Times bestseller The 100 --now available in a paperback boxed set!For centuries after a nuclear war destroyed the Earth, the human race has lived on spaceships far above the radioactive surface. Now, for one hundred juvenile delinquents, it's time to return home. Their recolonize the savage land. The future of humanity rests in their hands.Read the series that inspired the hit TV show...
  • Fear the Fallout by Kyla Stone

    Fear the Fallout by Kyla Stone

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    If 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...
  • Heading Home by Susan Kiernan-Lewis

    Heading Home by Susan Kiernan-Lewis

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    What 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...
  • 7Seeds, Volume 5 by Yumi Tamura

    7Seeds, Volume 5 by Yumi Tamura

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    7SEEDS (Seven...
  • Slip by David Estes

    Slip by David Estes

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Someone 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...
  • The Land of the Shadow by Lissa Bryan

    The Land of the Shadow by Lissa Bryan

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    In the highly anticipated stand-alone sequel to The End of All Things, Lissa Bryan returns readers to a world devastated by disease, and the breakdown of modern society. Two years after a horrific virus swept the globe, decimating the world’s population, Carly Daniels and her husband, Justin, have made a safe home in the isolated southern town of Colby...
  • 7Seeds, Buku 8 by Yumi Tamura

    7Seeds, Buku 8 by Yumi Tamura

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • The Seventh Hour by Tracey Ward

    The Seventh Hour by Tracey Ward

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    When the Earth's rotation slowed to a crawl mankind was plunged into a harsh world of burning hot days and endless, arctic nights. Some fled to the mountains for shelter. Others took to the seas, sailing forever in the perfect gold between the night and the day; a place known as the Seventh Hour.Liv was raised aboard a ship chasing the Seventh...
  • Point of Impact by Kyla Stone

    Point of Impact by Kyla Stone

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Surviving the blast is only the beginning... Dakota Sloane, a tough-as-nails former foster kid, has spent her life running from the past. Logan Garcia, a man haunted by secrets, has only one to drink himself into oblivion. They're two strangers in a bar--until the news reports nuclear bombs in New York City and Washington, D.C...
  • Fire Country by David Estes

    Fire Country by David Estes

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    In a changed world where the sky bleeds red, winter is hotter than hell and full of sandstorms, and summer's even hotter with raging fires that roam the desert-like country, the Heaters manage to survive, barely. Due to toxic air, life expectancies are so low the only way the tribe can survive is by forcing women to procreate when they turn sixteen and every three years thereafter...
  • Soul of Stars by Ashley Poston

    Soul of Stars by Ashley Poston

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    The highly awaited sequel to Heart of Iron, Soul of Stars is a thrilling sci-fi adventure packed with romance, shocking twists, and witty banter, perfect for fans of Six of Crows and Cinder.Once, Ana was an orphaned space outlaw. Then she was the Empress of the Iron Kingdom...
  • Molly Fyde and the Blood of Billions by Hugh Howey

    Molly Fyde and the Blood of Billions by Hugh Howey

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    It'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...
  • Jupiter Winds by C.J. Darlington

    Jupiter Winds by C.J. Darlington

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ever 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...
  • Mindbreaker by Kate Dylan

    Mindbreaker by Kate Dylan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They saved her life. But at what cost?Born into a religious cult on the fringe of society, Indra Dyer lives a simple, tech-free existence. But when an illicit trip to the city leaves her with a debilitating – and terminal – condition, Indra must make a choice: die faithful or betray her Order and accept the cure Glindell Technologies is offering...
  • Breaking Point by Kristen Simmons

    Breaking Point by Kristen Simmons

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    The second installment in Kristen Simmons's fast-paced, gripping YA dystopian series.After faking their deaths to escape from prison, Ember Miller and Chase Jennings have only one goal: to lay low until the Federal Bureau of Reformation forgets they ever existed...
  • Zero Repeat Forever by Gabrielle S. Prendergast

    Zero Repeat Forever by Gabrielle S. Prendergast

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    He has no voice or name, only a rank, Eighth. He doesn’t know the details of the mission, only the directives that hum in his mind.Dart the humans. Leave them where they fall.His job is to protect his Offside. Let her do the shooting.Until a human kills her…Sixteen-year-old Raven is at summer camp when the terrifying, armored Nahx invade...
  • Part of the Sky by J.W. Lynne, Jenny Lynne

    Part of the Sky by J.W. Lynne, Jenny Lynne

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Part 1 of Book #3 in the gripping new suspense series filled with twists and turns!From the author of the suspense thriller ABOVE THE SKY and its riveting sequel, RETURN TO THE SKY, comes the mind-blowing third book in the series. In PART OF THE SKY, nineteen-year-old Seven is forced to risk her life to save those she loves in a dangerous world full of more secrets than she ever imagined...
  • Life by Rebecca Belliston

    Life by Rebecca Belliston

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    The 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...
  • Youngbloods by Scott Westerfeld

    Youngbloods by Scott Westerfeld

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    IT'S TIME TOCOME OUT OF HIDINGFrey has spent her life in a family of deceivers, a stand-in for her sister, manipulated at her father's command. Free from them at last, she is finding her own voice -- and using it to question everything her family stood for.Tally was once the most famous rebel in the world...
  • The Towering Sky by Katharine McGee

    The Towering Sky by Katharine McGee

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Welcome back to New York, 2119. A skyscraper city, fueled by impossible dreams, where the lives of five teenagers have become intertwined in ways that no one could have imagined.Leda just wants to move on from what happened in Dubai. Until a new investigation forces her to seek help—from the person she’s spent all year trying to forget.Rylin is back in her old life, reunited with an old flame...
  • Mind Games by Teri Terry

    Mind Games by Teri Terry

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Luna is a no-hoper with a secret: in a world of illusion, she can see what is real. But can she see the truth before it is too late? Luna has always been able to exist in virtual and real worlds at the same time, a secret she is warned to keep. She hides her ability by being a Refuser: excluded by choice from the virtual spheres others inhabit...
  • A Million Suns by Beth Revis

    A Million Suns by Beth Revis

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 77 ratings
    Godspeed was once fueled by lies. Now it is ruled by chaos. It’s been three months since Amy was unplugged. The life she always knew is over. Everywhere she looks, she sees the walls of the spaceship Godspeed . But there may be hope: Elder has assumed leadership of the ship. He's finally free to act on his vision—no more Phydus, no more lies...
  • Supernova by Kass Morgan

    Supernova by Kass Morgan

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The 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 . .
  • Defy the Fates by Claudia Gray

    Defy the Fates by Claudia Gray

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 32 ratings
    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...
  • The Orphan Factory by James Morcan, Lance Morcan

    The Orphan Factory by James Morcan, Lance Morcan

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An 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

    Beneath the Shine by Sarah Fine

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When 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...
  • In the After by Demitria Lunetta

    In the After by Demitria Lunetta

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    They 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...
  • The Stellow Project by Shari Becker

    The Stellow Project by Shari Becker

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    When a killer storm unexpectedly hits Manhattan, seventeen-year-old Lilah Stellow’s dad insists that she and her younger sister, Flori, take refuge at their cabin in the mountains. But instead of joining them with the experimental drug that keeps Lilah alive, he disappears just as news reports name him as a prime suspect in an act of ecoterrorism...
  • Glory by Maureen McGowan

    Glory by Maureen McGowan

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Glory is a Deviant. That is what she was always taught, growing up in the domed city of Haven. She has the power to kill with her gaze, but she’s learned to control this power and use it only against the monstrous Shredders, who survive on the asteroid dust that mutated their DNA.Now living in a settlement Outside, Glory has the chance to embrace her “Gift” and reunite her remaining family...
  • Mindwalker by A.J. Steiger

    Mindwalker by A.J. Steiger

    Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    At seventeen, Lain Fisher has already aced the Institute's elite training program for Mindwalkers, therapists who use a direct neural link to erase a patient's traumatic memories. A prodigy and the daughter of a renowned scientist-whose unexplained death left her alone in the world-Lain is driven by the need to save others...
  • The Rule of Mirrors by Caragh M. O'Brien

    The Rule of Mirrors by Caragh M. O'Brien

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    At the remote, exclusive Chimera Centre, families of coma patients come from all over the world seeking miracles. When Althea Flores wakes up from a six-month coma, her recovery defies the limits of hope and science—except she can’t remember anything about her own life. Instead, she has all the memories of Rosie Sinclair, the missing Forge Show star, and she’s pregnant...
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