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Perilous Waif by E. William Brown
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsMy name is Alice Long, and I’ve always known I was different. When I was little I used to climb up to the highest branches of the housetree at night, and watch the starships docking at the orbital stations high above. Forty meters off the ground, watching ships thirty thousand kilometers overhead, with senses that could pick out radar pings and comm chatter as easily as the ships themselves... -
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Win by Vera Nazarian
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe Games are Forever! It’s one thing to Qualify and Compete… Now she must Win. Gwen Lark, nerd, geek, and awkward smart girl, is among the lucky ones. She’s one of several million teenage refugees to escape the extinction-level asteroid barreling towards Earth and reach the ancient colony planet of Atlantis... -
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![Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness]()
Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness
In the riveting conclusion to the acclaimed dystopian series, a boy and girl caught in the chaos of war face devastating choices that will decide the fate of a world.As a world-ending war surges around them, Todd and Viola face monstrous decisions. The indigenous Spackle, thinking and acting as one, have mobilized to avenge their murdered people... -
![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... -
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![No. 6: The Manga, Volume 01 by Atsuko Asano, Hinoki Kino]()
No. 6: The Manga, Volume 01 by Atsuko Asano, Hinoki Kino
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsA PERFECT LIFE, IN A PERFECT CITYFor Shion, an elite student in the technologically sophisticated city No. 6, life is carefully choreographed. School, study, and the occasional visit with his friend and classmate Safu. One fateful day, however, he takes a misstep, sheltering an injured boy his age from a typhoon... -
![Chasing the Shadows by Maria V. Snyder]()
Chasing the Shadows by Maria V. Snyder
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 25 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... -
![Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah]()
Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah
In this gorgeously stunning debut, a mysterious child teaches two strangers how to love and trust again.After the loss of her mother and her own battle with breast cancer, Joanna Teale returns to her graduate research on nesting birds in rural Illinois, determined to prove that her recent hardships have not broken her...Categorized as:
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![Balance of Trade by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller]()
Balance of Trade by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAssistant Trader Jethri Gobelyn is an honest, hardworking young Terran who knows a lot about living onboard his family's space going trade ship 'Gobelyn's Market', something about trade, finance, and risk taking and a little bit about Liadens.Oddly enough, it's the little bit he knows about Liadens that seems likely to make his family's fortune—and his own... -
![Defending the Galaxy by Maria V. Snyder]()
Defending the Galaxy by Maria V. Snyder
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 23 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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![Saving Runt by S.E. Smith]()
Saving Runt by S.E. Smith
Amelia ‘Runt’ Thomas’ life revolves around a dangerous game of cat and mouse with the most ruthless criminals in the world. She follows two codes: the code of hackers and her personal code of honor to bring down anyone who thinks they’re untouchable. She is on target until one fateful night when the touch of a strange man sends an unexpected shock wave through her... -
![Nyxia Unleashed by Scott Reintgen]()
Nyxia Unleashed by Scott Reintgen
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsGetting to Eden brought Emmett and his crewmates one step closer to their promised fortune. But surviving Eden may be the biggest reward of all.Emmett Atwater thought Babel’s game sounded easy. Get points. Get paid. Go home. But it didn’t take long for him to learn that Babel’s competition was full of broken promises, none darker or more damaging than the last one...Categorized as:
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![The Awakening by S.L. Morgan, A.L. Baker]()
The Awakening by S.L. Morgan, A.L. Baker
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFrom Award Winning Author, S.L. Morgan, comes the HIGHLY anticipated third book in the Ancient Guardians Novel Series In the third book of the Ancient Guardians Series: The Awakening, EVERYTHING WILL CHANGE! Treaties will be broken...Mysteries will be exposed..Categorized as:
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![Chobits, Omnibus 2 by CLAMP]()
Chobits, Omnibus 2 by CLAMP
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe 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... -
![Saltation by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller]()
Saltation by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsTheo Waitley is a Nexus of Violence. Thrust mid-year into a school for pilots far from the safe haven of her birth home on scholarly Delgado, young Theo Waitley excels in hands-on flying while finding that she's behind the curve in social intricacies as well as in math... -
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![Earth Flight by Janet Edwards]()
Earth Flight by Janet Edwards
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIt's time to risk it all! The thrilling conclusion to Janet Edward’s sensational debut YA sci-fi trilogy. Jarra never wanted to be a celebrity. All she ever wanted was to gain some respect for the people left on Earth: the unlucky few whose immune system prevents them from portalling to other planets... -
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Amaranthe I: Rise by G.S. Jennsen
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAMARANTHE I: RISE is packed with over 1,400 pages of Sci-Fi Adventure**Includes Aurora Rising, the 1st trilogy in the Amaranthe universe (Starshine, Vertigo, Transcendence) + 2 shorts + bonus content**When faced with its greatest challenge, will humanity rise to triumph or fall to ruin?Aurora Rising is an epic tale of galaxy-spanning adventure, of the thrill of discovery and the unquenchable... -
![Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff]()
Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff
From the New York Times and internationally bestselling authors of the Illuminae Files comes a new science fiction epic . . .The year is 2380, and the graduating cadets of Aurora Academy are being assigned their first missions. Star pupil Tyler Jones is ready to recruit the squad of his dreams, but his own boneheaded heroism sees him stuck with the dregs nobody else in the academy would touch . -
![The Touchstone Trilogy by Andrea K. Höst]()
The Touchstone Trilogy by Andrea K. Höst
The complete Touchstone Trilogy, containing "Stray", "Lab Rat One" and "Caszandra". Rescue is only the beginning... On her last day of high school, Cassandra Devlin walked out of exams and into a forest. Surrounded by the wrong sort of trees, and animals never featured in any nature documentary, Cass is only sure of one thing: alone, she will be lucky to survive... -
![Starfall: A Starstruck Novel by Brenda Hiatt]()
Starfall: A Starstruck Novel by Brenda Hiatt
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe electrifying conclusion to the Starstruck series! M, no longer a nerdy nobody, has finally been acclaimed Sovereign Emileia, ruler of the Martian colony Nuath. But at what cost? Without her soulmate Rigel, life seems pointless but she's expected to shake off her heartbreak and assume her responsibilities... -
![Nyxia by Scott Reintgen]()
Nyxia by Scott Reintgen
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsWhat 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...Categorized as:
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![Marked by Bridget E. Baker]()
Marked by Bridget E. Baker
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsalternate 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...Categorized as:
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![The Ship Who Searched by Anne McCaffrey, Mercedes Lackey]()
The Ship Who Searched by Anne McCaffrey, Mercedes Lackey
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsSpecial 20th Anniversary Edition, with a new introduction by Mercedes Lackey. A beloved classic of romantic space adventure returns. A novel of Anne McCaffrey’s Brainship series. A young woman becomes paralyzed and must become a brainship—and find her Brawn, her human soul mate, so that she can discover a cure for her illness...Categorized as:
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![Aeson: Blue by Vera Nazarian]()
Aeson: Blue by Vera Nazarian
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAeson's secrets revealed at last!Before Gwen won Aeson's heart…Before they joined forces to protect two planets and humanity itself…Aeson faced death on his own.And lost.Young Imperial Crown Prince Aeson Kassiopei. Intelligent, well-educated, perfectly isolated in his lofty rank, responsibilities, and privilege of the divine Imperial Dynasty... -
![Fated by Teri Terry]()
Fated by Teri Terry
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsI'm just one girl. What can I do?Sam's cosy life as daughter of the Deputy Prime Minister is about to end. These are turbulent times. Borders have closed and protests are turning violent. The government blames the country's youth, and is cracking down hard. Mobile phones are blocked, gatherings are banned and dissent is brutally crushed.Sam is torn between family loyalty and doing what is right... -
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![Kowloon Generic Romance, Vol. 3 by Jun Mayuzuki, Abigail Blackman]()
Kowloon Generic Romance, Vol. 3 by Jun Mayuzuki, Abigail Blackman
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 13 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... -
![Kowloon Generic Romance, Vol. 2 by Jun Mayuzuki]()
Kowloon Generic Romance, Vol. 2 by Jun Mayuzuki
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 14 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... -
![Chobits, Omnibus 1 by CLAMP]()
Chobits, Omnibus 1 by CLAMP
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsSome 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... -
![Alight by Scott Sigler]()
Alight by Scott Sigler
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... -
![Thronebreakers by Rebecca Coffindaffer]()
Thronebreakers by Rebecca Coffindaffer
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPerfect for fans of Aurora Rising, The Hunger Games, and Three Dark Crowns, this electrifying duology closer is jam-packed with tension and thrills that will hook readers from its first page.Alyssa Farshot never wanted to rule the empire. But to honor her uncle’s dying wish, she participated in the crownchase, a race across the empire’s 1,001 planets to find the royal seal and win the throne... -
![Rebel Wing by Tracy Banghart]()
Rebel Wing by Tracy Banghart
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAlternate cover edition for ASIN: B00LXCMU8O The Dominion of Atalanta is at war. But for eighteen-year-old Aris, the fighting is nothing more than a distant nightmare, something she watches on news vids from the safety of her idyllic seaside town. Then her boyfriend, Calix, is drafted into the Military, and the nightmare becomes a dangerous reality... -
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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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![Underground by Chris Morphew]()
Underground by Chris Morphew
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsLuke 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... -
![Kowloon Generic Romance, Vol. 4 by Jun Mayuzuki, Abigail Blackman]()
Kowloon Generic Romance, Vol. 4 by Jun Mayuzuki, Abigail Blackman
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIn a city filled with romance, nostalgia, and sunflowers, Kujirai asks herself a question: What if her love, and even her life itself, belongs to someone else? With no knowledge of her past, she wishes for something absolute. But the mysteries in this place only grow deeper, and the secrets only multiply... -
![Snow Day by Andrea K. Höst]()
Snow Day by Andrea K. Höst
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKOTIS recruits Oriel and Maxen just wanted to get their gaming guild together for Snow Day, but failed to factor jealousy into their plans. On a day that has come to celebrate families and friendship, it can be hard to be kinless. A turning of the year piece of Touchstone fluff (one for the fans, not recommended for new readers)... -
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![Path of Justice by A.K. DuBoff]()
Path of Justice by A.K. DuBoff
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTararia's future is in peril... In the years since the Bakzen war, Wil and Saera have raised a family on Earth outside the purview of the High Dynasties and Priesthood. Except, it's almost time for their teenage twins, Raena and Jason, to begin telekinesis training and they have no idea such abilities even exist... -
![Scions of Change by A.K. DuBoff]()
Scions of Change by A.K. DuBoff
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsChange is on the horizon... As Raena's and Jason's training with the TSS nears completion, the return of the Aesir is imminent. Whether the Aesir are adversaries or allies will be put to the test as the final pieces of the Sietinens' plan to bring down the Priesthood fall into place... -
![The 100 Boxed Set by Kass Morgan]()
The 100 Boxed Set by Kass Morgan
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsNew 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... -
![Dark Disciple by Christie Golden]()
Dark Disciple by Christie Golden
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 48 ratingsBased on unproduced scripts from the blockbuster TV show Star Wars: The Clone Wars!The only way to bring down the dark side's most dangerous warrior may be for Jedi and Sith to join forces.In the war for control of the galaxy between the armies of the dark side and the Republic, former Jedi Master turned ruthless Sith Lord Count Dooku has grown ever more brutal in his tactics... -
![The Wide, Wide Sea by Patrick Ness]()
The Wide, Wide Sea by Patrick Ness
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsThe Wide, Wide Sea is set in the past, at a time before the Spackle War, and we get a first look at the fishing village on the sea where some very important things happen at the end of Monsters of Men.Best read after The Ask and the Answer but before Monsters... -
![Navigating the Stars by Maria V. Snyder]()
Navigating the Stars by Maria V. Snyder
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsTerra Cotta Warriors have been discovered on other planets in the Milky Way Galaxy. And Lyra Daniels' parents are the archaeological Experts (yes with a capital E) on the Warriors and have dragged her to the various planets to study them despite the time dilation causing havoc with her social life...Categorized as:
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Push by Eve Silver
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsIt’s either break the rules or die. Miki Jones lives her life by her own strict set of rules, to keep control, to keep the gray fog of grief at bay. Then she’s pulled into the Game, where she—and her team—will die unless she follows a new set of rules: those set by the mysterious Committee. But rules don’t mean answers, and without answers, it’s hard to trust. People are dying... -
![Beyond Reach by Siobhan Davis]()
Beyond Reach by Siobhan Davis
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSOME SECRETS ARE WORTH FIGHTING FORBack on Earth, Ariana is caught in a dangerous crossfire between clandestine rebel organization Clementia and the power-hungry government. Refusing to divulge the location of the secret information entrusted to her by her late father, she desperately tries to bargain for her Mom, Lily, and Cal’s rescue. She’s fighting a losing battle, and the clock is ticking... -
![Jem and the Holograms: The Misfits by Kelly Thompson]()
Jem and the Holograms: The Misfits by Kelly Thompson
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsTheir songs may be better, but the Misfits have lost their label and nobody will touch them in the music business. On the ropes and desperate to get back on top, they're forced to consider the worst case scenario...A MISFITS REALITY TV SHOW. Though it promises the chance to get them back in the spotlight, it comes with a heavy, privacy-destroying price... -
![Determinant by A.M. Hargrove]()
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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![Rout of the Dem-Shyr by Raine Thomas]()
Rout of the Dem-Shyr by Raine Thomas
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTouted as the future ruler and savior of worlds, Ascendant KyrVawn is ready to put her growing power to good use. She intends to begin with her home planet of Alametria, where hints of corruption have infiltrated the highest levels of the palace. It’s a monumental task, but one she won’t undertake alone. By her side is her personal bodyguard and secret lover, Dem-Shyr TaeDane... -
![Off Balance by Aileen Erin]()
Off Balance by Aileen Erin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling Author Aileen Erin comes the second book in the Aunare Chronicles. Broken, beaten-down, and plagued by nightmares, Amihanna di Aetes is surrounded by the Aunare race that makes up the other half of her heritage, but she feels alien amongst them. She’s not sure which is worse: SpaceTech’s overt hatred of Aunare or the Aunare’s covert hatred of halfers... -
![The Case Files of Jeweler Richard Vol. 01 by Nanako Tsujimura]()
The Case Files of Jeweler Richard Vol. 01 by Nanako Tsujimura
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis highly acclaimed mystery tale about a young man teaming up with a handsome jewelry appraiser inspired a popular anime--and a manga adaptation (also from Seven Seas)! When Seigi Nakata rescued a handsome young jewelry appraiser from a group of drunken assailants, he got more than he bargained for! The appraiser is Richard Ranasinghe de Vulpian, a brilliant and mysterious British jewelry... -
![Echoes by Laura Tisdall]()
Echoes by Laura Tisdall
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“There is truth to be shared. Let us begin…”Volatile genius Mallory Park is living two lives. In one, she is trying to survive senior year, balancing OCD and social anxiety with looking after her troubled family. In the other, she spends her nights glued to her laptop, breaking into some of the world's most secure systems as the hacker Echo Six... -
![Storm Fall by Tracy Banghart]()
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... -
![Zero Repeat Forever by Gabrielle S. Prendergast]()
Zero Repeat Forever by Gabrielle S. Prendergast
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsHe 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...
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