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Control by Manna Francis
Power Writes Its Own RulesGaining it, keeping it, or losing it, control is more than just a game--it's a critical tool for survival. No more so than in the Administration, where the Investigation and Interrogation Division's Val Toreth faces professional and personal hazards every day... -
For Certain Values of Family by Manna Francis
Every silver lining has a cloud. After the revolution, stability returns for most of the citizens of the European Administration. Revolution has delivered a little more freedom, if not as much as its architects hoped. Some, however, are finding that change also brings more complications and fresh dangers... -
Evenfall Volume Two by Santino Hassell, Ais
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIn a post-apocalyptic future, the Agency works behind the scenes to take down opposition groups that threaten the current government. Their goals justify all means, even when it comes to their own agents.In the newly revised Director's Cut of Evenfall, the second volume follows Sin and Boyd through a long-term undercover mission in Mexico... -
Breaking Jade by Quil Carter
Skyfall, the only city that King Silas spared when he started the Fallocaust. It is a safe haven from the radiation, and a place where there is plant life, electricity, protection; things never seen or felt in the lawless, savage greywastes. In Skyfall lives a teenager named Jade, born and raised in the 'slum district' Moros by an insane mother... -
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Mist by 微风几许
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsyperthymesia. Those with this condition can remember every detail of their lives from something as significant as the world’s turning point to something as small and as insignificant as a minor fleeting thought. They cannot forget and their thirst for knowledge allows them to be considered a genius in some senses.Legend has it that Ji Yushi was this kind of genius... -
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 57 ratingsTwo top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far-removed from America's own... -
The Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 49 ratingsWhen she fell asleep, the world was doomed. When she awoke, it was dead.In the wake of a fever that decimated the earth’s population—killing women and children and making childbirth deadly for the mother and infant—the midwife must pick her way through the bones of the world she once knew to find her place in this dangerous new one. Gone are the pillars of civilization... -
Evenfall: Volume 2: Director's Cut by Ais, Santino Hassell
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn a post-apocalyptic future, the Agency works behind the scenes to take down opposition groups that threaten the current government. Their goals justify all means, even when it comes to their own agents.In the newly revised Director's Cut of Evenfall, the second volume follows Sin and Boyd through a long-term undercover mission in Mexico... -
Evenfall Volume One by Santino Hassell, Ais
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIn a post-apocalyptic future, the Agency works behind the scenes to take down opposition groups that threaten the current government. Their goals justify all means, even when it comes to their own agents.Sin is the Agency's most efficient killer. His fighting skills and talent at assassination have led to him being described as a living weapon... -
The Fractured Dark by Megan E. O'Keefe
Dying planets, dangerous conspiracies, and secret romance abound in the second installment of the Devoured Worlds trilogy by award-winning author Megan E. O'Keefe.Naira and Tarquin have escaped the pull of a dying planet, and are now bound together to find the truth behind the all-powerful Mercator family and the blight that has been killing habitable planets... -
Wait For It by Manna Francis
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAnother short story in The Administration series.Warrick asks Toreth to wait for it as long as he can stand it. It being sex... -
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 104 ratingsOryx and Crake is at once an unforgettable love story and a compelling vision of the future. Snowman, known as Jimmy before mankind was overwhelmed by a plague, is struggling to survive in a world where he may be the last human, and mourning the loss of his best friend, Crake, and the beautiful and elusive Oryx whom they both loved...Categorized as:
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Starfighter Chapter 3 by Hamlet Machine
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsCain and Abel are transferred to the battleship Sleipnir for a critical mission, and the further they venture into enemy space, the deeper their relationship becomes. As Cain struggles to make a name for himself among his new shipmates, the Commanders assign Abel to a project that may give the Alliance a decisive advantage in the war against the Colterons... -
Caged by Manna Francis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAnother short story in The Administration series.Toreth is bored, so Warrick takes him to the zoo... -
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Shopping & Fucking by Manna Francis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAnother short story in The Administration series.Toreth takes Warrick shopping for something a bit more lucrative... -
Surprises by Manna Francis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAnother short story from The Administration series. Toreth meets Warrick's ex wife and things get even more steamy in the bedroom... -
Savages by Natalie Bennett
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsCalista "I am the monster they created. I’m the whore they’re ashamed of." When life tried to break me I grabbed that b*tch by the throat and squeezed. I thought I could overcome anything. I swore I could handle him, but after being forced to play at the Devil's playground I ended up craving his touch. One taste of his poison made my loyalties begin to waiver... -
All Work And No Play by Manna Francis
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAnother short story in The Administration series.New juniors are coming in at I&I and Warrick is severely distracted by work... -
Everything Under the Sun by J.A. Redmerski, Justine Carver
Thais Fenwick was eleven-years-old when civilization fell, devastated by a virus that killed off the majority of the world’s population. For seven years, Thais and her family lived in a community of survivors deep in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains...Categorized as:
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Losing It by Manna Francis
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAnother short story in The Administration series.Toreth and Warrick go out to a corporate party. Toreth lets his jealousy rule him... -
Helen by Manna Francis
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAnother short story in The Administration series.Helen was someone that Toreth interrogated 12 years before. But now she found him again. And she doesn't want to leave him... -
Succession by Alicia Cameron
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsAfter the news breaks about Cashiel Michaud’s involvement in research to undermine the Demoted system, he and Sascha find themselves detained as their legal case develops. Separated, they work from both sides to get released, making sacrifices and arrangements along the way... -
Ai No Kusabi The Space Between Volume 2: Destiny by Rieko Yoshihara
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsBook annotation not available for this title... -
Juggernaut by Amelia C. Gormley
They helped destroy the world. Now they have to survive the new one.Nico Fernández has a charmed life. Working as a high-end escort in his mother's agency beats the hell out of being trafficked for slave wages in some corporate brothel... -
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Blood & Circuses by Manna Francis
It's set to be a busy autumn in New London and beyond. With the ripples of the revolt still running through the European Administration, Val Toreth is slowly settling into the new flat he shares with Keir Warrick. But on orders from the very highest levels of the Administration, Toreth finds himself leaving his regular beat far behind and heading over the Atlantic to Washington D.C... -
Bane by Amelia C. Gormley
The weapon that nearly destroyed humanity may be their only salvation.Rhys Cooper once thought he was a dead man. Instead, he's proven immune to the virus that nearly wiped out humanity.Now the Clean Zone's scientists want to know why... -
Shadow of Deception by Lucy Smoke
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsNothing is what it seems… Basra is the eternal city—A paradise filled with relics of the old world. But whispers on the wind speak of destitution and hopelessness. There’s decay beneath the city’s surface. And paradise is filled with lies and deceit… As an ambassador for Tartarus, it’s my duty to bridge the gap between us and the other cities. We need these alliances now more than ever... -
Maze-Born Trouble by Ginn Hale
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA dead girl, a cop he can’t forget, and a price on his head. All on a space station at the edge of a black hole. Just another day’s work for P.I. Lake Harmaa. P.I. Lake Harmaa escaped the darkness and intense gravity of Sisu Space Station’s Maze Sector by turning traitor and spying for the Feds during the war... -
Sedition by Alicia Cameron
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsSascha’s world changed when Cashiel Michaud bought him, rescuing him from a brothel and a life of torture. They developed a sexual relationship, but can their relationship amount to more than that? Deceit, lies, and political scandal color not only their world, but their relationship, and dark figures from both men’s pasts threaten to intrude on the few moments of peace they have... -
A Kidnapping by Adara Wolf
During what should have been a boring family affair, Alex is kidnapped while trying to protect Tracht’s nephew. With Tracht’s sister concentrating on getting her son back, nobody is thinking about Alex—except Tracht, who will stop at nothing to get him back.This 20k short story continues the story of Alex and Tracht from "Under His Heel... -
Under His Control by Adara Wolf
Agreeing to transport goods for a notorious crime syndicate isn't the best choice Tracht had ever made, but reneging on that deal could have dire consequences for him. When it all goes sour, it's up to Alex to pull Tracht out of the fire. Under Control is the third book in the Under His Heel series and is not a standalone. It features dark kinks and an unhealthy central relationship... -
Gee by Manna Francis
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAnother short story in The Administration series.Toreth and Sara run into Gee, who Toreth knew when he was fifteen... -
Fuck of the Day by Manna Francis
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAnother short story in The Administration series.Warrick comes to I&I for the second time ever, pissed off about seeing Toreth with someone else... -
Unlucky Break by Manna Francis
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShort story based on The Administration series. Warrick breaks his wrist while with Toreth. They have some explaining to do at the hospital... -
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We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 65 ratingsYevgeny Zamyatin's page-turning science fiction adventure, a masterpiece of wit and black humor that accurately predicted the horrors of Stalinism, We is the classic dystopian novel that became the basis for the tales of Aldous Huxley, George Orwell, and Margaret Atwood, among so many others...Categorized as:
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Penal Station 05 by Valentina Heart
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJared, a guard on one of the many penal space stations, is good at his job, but painfully naive. Getting convicted of a crime he didn’t commit and being sentenced to a life in prison did not feature in his vision of the future. When he gets rescued--then promptly claimed as property by Sar, the most dangerous and biggest man on the penal station--he’s just about ready to faint.. -
Prisoner 374215 (The ESTO Universe) by Angel Martinez
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsDear Author,He enters my cell daily at ten pm. He leaves in the morning at six am. He never says a word. Never moves from where he sits right beside the thick steel door. He does not beat me. He doesn't take me to the tiled room at the end of the corridor. He doesn't goad me, smirk when I wince afterwards, cry, or scream... -
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 69 ratingsWe is a dystopian novel written by Evgenii Ivanovich Zamiatin, first published in 1924. The book is considered one of the earliest examples of the dystopian genre, influencing later works such as George Orwell's 1984...Categorized as:
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After Midnight by Santino Hassell
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsTwo decades after war ravaged the nation, one of the last remaining metropolises thrives on a currency of sex, drugs, and lies. Gordon Frost is a survivor. He outlived all of his friends after bombs decimated the hardscrabble neighborhood he grew up in, and he made it through the orphanages and crime-ridden slums that followed...Categorized as:
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Claimed by Chloe Kent
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey bought her. Now they will breed her.Even with Earth devastated by an asteroid impact and a tyrant ruling with an iron fist, Skyler Williams is still shocked when she suddenly awakens on another world, naked and on display for three alarmingly sexy aliens... -
The Captain's Pet by Samantha Cayto
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen a distant planet’s ownership is in dispute, conquering aliens turn defiant human males into pampered sex slaves. In a not-too-distant future, a lopsided war has led to aliens invading and occupying an Earth settlement. Wid is a young colonist who has been caught harassing the aliens. He and his friends are rounded up and sent to an alien warship patrolling the disputed space... -
Filthy Beasts by Loki Renard
They told me the men who live on the surface were filthy beasts... They were right! For a highborn daughter of the great tower, never touched by the hands of a man, there is no greater shame than exile to the surface... -
World of Shell and Bone by S.K. Falls
Rated: 3.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn a world ravaged by a nuclear holocaust, Vika Cannon knows there are no guarantees: no guarantees of safety, no guarantees that your neighbor is not actually a spy for the government, and no guarantees you’ll be allowed to emigrate to a new life in Asia. New Amana (as the North and South American continents are now called) is dying...
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