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  • Perilous Waif by E. William Brown

    Perilous Waif by E. William Brown

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    My 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...
  • Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness

    Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 89 ratings
    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...
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  • 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. And as Shion learns more about the secret that forced him into exile, his loyalty to the people he left behind and Rat's thirst for revenge threaten to tear the pair apart!
  • Chasing the Shadows by Maria V. Snyder

    Chasing the Shadows by Maria V. Snyder

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Year 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...
  • Balance of Trade by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller

    Balance of Trade by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Assistant 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...
  • Saving Runt by S.E. Smith

    Saving Runt by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 10 ratings
    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 ratings
    Getting 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...
  • 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 ratings
    From 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. .. Lives will be lost...
  • 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...
  • Saltation by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller

    Saltation by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Theo 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...
  • Earth Flight by Janet Edwards

    Earth Flight by Janet Edwards

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    It'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...
  • Amaranthe I: Rise by G.S. Jennsen

    Amaranthe I: Rise by G.S. Jennsen

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    AMARANTHE 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**...
  • The Touchstone Trilogy by Andrea K. Höst

    The Touchstone Trilogy by Andrea K. Höst

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 14 ratings
    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 ratings
    The 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...
  • Defending the Galaxy by Maria V. Snyder

    Defending the Galaxy by Maria V. Snyder

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Year 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...
  • Nyxia by Scott Reintgen

    Nyxia by Scott Reintgen

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 38 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...
  • 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 ratings
    Special 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...
  • Fated by Teri Terry

    Fated by Teri Terry

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    I'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...
  • 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. Hebinuma? A sorrowful, pitiful, ideal love story moves to its next stage….
  • 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 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...
  • Dark Disciple by Christie Golden

    Dark Disciple by Christie Golden

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 49 ratings
    Based 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...
  • 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...
  • Thronebreakers by Rebecca Coffindaffer

    Thronebreakers by Rebecca Coffindaffer

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Perfect 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 ratings
    Alternate 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...
  • Arena by Karen Hancock

    Arena by Karen Hancock

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    A 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...
  • 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...
  • 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 ratings
    In 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 ratings
    KOTIS 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).
  • Path of Justice by A.K. DuBoff

    Path of Justice by A.K. DuBoff

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Tararia'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 ratings
    Change 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 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...
  • Navigating the Stars by Maria V. Snyder

    Navigating the Stars by Maria V. Snyder

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Terra 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...
  • Push by Eve Silver

    Push by Eve Silver

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    It’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...
  • Defy the Worlds by Claudia Gray

    Defy the Worlds by Claudia Gray

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 38 ratings
    This is the thrilling and romantic sequel to Defy the Stars from the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Lost Stars and Bloodline. An outcast from her home -- Shunned after a trip through the galaxy with Abel, the most advanced cybernetic man ever created, Noemi Vidal dreams of traveling through the stars one more time...
  • Beyond Reach by Siobhan Davis

    Beyond Reach by Siobhan Davis

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    SOME SECRETS ARE WORTH FIGHTING FOR. Back 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...
  • Shades of Earth by Beth Revis

    Shades of Earth by Beth Revis

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 71 ratings
    Amy and Elder have finally left the oppressive walls of the spaceship Godspeed behind. They're ready to start life afresh--to build a home--on Centauri-Earth, the planet that Amy has traveled 25 trillion miles across the universe to experience. But this new Earth isn't the paradise Amy had been hoping for...
  • The Wide, Wide Sea by Patrick Ness

    The Wide, Wide Sea by Patrick Ness

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    The 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. (again, hints of things to come) - Patrick Ness.
  • 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 ratings
    Their 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.
  • Rebel's Crusade by Kelly St. Clare

    Rebel's Crusade by Kelly St. Clare

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    An organisation called the Mandate took my memory. That’s what the staring people—including a grey-eyed man called Atlas—are saying. But if they’re right, why was I targeted? Freed from my chains, I long to start living at last, but the Mandate stands firmly in the way—enslaving my fellow soldiers in space to control Earth’s inhabitants. The answer to everything rests inside my mind...
  • Determinant by A.M. Hargrove

    Determinant by A.M. Hargrove

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    NOTE: 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...
  • Rout of the Dem-Shyr by Raine Thomas

    Rout of the Dem-Shyr by Raine Thomas

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Touted 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 ratings
    From 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...
  • Shattered Stars by Theresa Kay

    Shattered Stars by Theresa Kay

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Unexpected allies. Unexpected betrayals. Unexpected abilities. The last thing Jax ever wanted was to be a weapon. Her abilities are unpredictable at best, but there’s no one else with enough power to take on Jastren and his mental manipulations. She doesn’t have to do it alone, though...
  • Mars Rising by Cidney Swanson

    Mars Rising by Cidney Swanson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    New Release Sale! 3. 99/list 4. 99 Also Save $1 each:. Book 4 Mars Burning 3. 99/list 4. 99 amazon. com/dp/B00EBZADMA. Book 5 Striking Mars 3. 99/list 499 amazon. com/dp/B00HCZV4QK. In the breathtaking conclusion to The Saving Mars Series, Jessamyn prepares to sacrifice her future with Pavel when Lucca invites her to Budapest to prove she's from Mars...
  • Molly Fyde and the Blood of Billions by Hugh Howey

    Molly Fyde and the Blood of Billions by Hugh Howey

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 27 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...
  • 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 ratings
    In 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

    Fusion Fire by Kathy Tyers

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A 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...
  • Nameless by Jessica Sorensen

    Nameless by Jessica Sorensen

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    I live in a world where freedom doesn't exist, and life is a battle for survival. Most people aren't even allowed to have names. But I had a name once. I was Allura until the Wardens captured me. They told me I was a Nameless. That I was no one, and my sole purpose was to obey them. And, for a while, I believed them...
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