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  • Perilous Waif by E. William Brown

    Perilous Waif by E. William Brown

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 30 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...
  • Young Miles (Vorkosigan Saga (Publication Order) #2, 5.1 & 6) by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Young Miles (Vorkosigan Saga (Publication Order) #2, 5.1 & 6) by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    The Warrior's Apprentice 1The Mountains of Mourning 373The Vor Game 465Author's Afterword 829IT ISN'T EASY, BEING VOR...Being a Vor lord on the war-torn planet Barrayar wasn't easy. Being an officer in Barrayar's military wasn't easy...
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  • Lost Stars (Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens) by Claudia Gray

    Lost Stars (Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens) by Claudia Gray

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 47 ratings
    The reign of the Galactic Empire has reached the Outer Rim planet of Jelucan, where aristocratic Thane Kyrell and rural villager Ciena Ree bond over their love of flying. Enrolling at the Imperial Academy together to become fighter pilots for the glorious Empire is nothing less than a dream come true for the both of them...
  • Chasing the Shadows by Maria V. Snyder

    Chasing the Shadows by Maria V. Snyder

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 25 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...
  • Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah

    Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 89 ratings
    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...
  • 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...
  • Defending the Galaxy by Maria V. Snyder

    Defending the Galaxy by Maria V. Snyder

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 23 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 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 86—EIGHTY-SIX, Vol. 8: Gun Smoke on the Water by 安里 アサト

    86—EIGHTY-SIX, Vol. 8: Gun Smoke on the Water by 安里 アサト

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    An end to the endless war. The possibility of stopping the Legion once and for all. Such is humanity’s most fervent desire. But in the war-free world of tomorrow, what will become of the Eighty-Six? Many have gained a renewed hope for the future...
  • 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...
  • Aeson: Blue by Vera Nazarian

    Aeson: Blue by Vera Nazarian

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Aeson'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...
  • 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...
  • The Rogue Prince by Lindsay Buroker

    The Rogue Prince by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Starseer, pilot, and animal lover Jelena Marchenko wants to prove to her parents that she’s ready to captain her own freighter and help run the family business. When she finally talks them into getting a second ship and letting her fly it, it doesn’t faze her that the craft is decades old and looks like a turtle. This is the chance she’s craved for years...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Dark Disciple by Christie Golden

    Dark Disciple by Christie Golden

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 48 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...
  • Navigating the Stars by Maria V. Snyder

    Navigating the Stars by Maria V. Snyder

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 30 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...
  • Molly Fyde and the Land of Light by Hugh Howey

    Molly Fyde and the Land of Light by Hugh Howey

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    "I need you to help me rescue your father_" With those words, Molly Fyde-and the rest of the known universe-will never be the same. What began as a simple task to retrieve her father's spaceship, has turned into more than Molly bargained for. Setting off to reconnect with her past, she is about to meet it in a way she never expected: Head-on. Her father is alive...
  • Beyond Reach by Siobhan Davis

    Beyond Reach by Siobhan Davis

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    SOME 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...
  • Destiny Rising by Siobhan Davis

    Destiny Rising by Siobhan Davis

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    EVERY CHOICE HAS A CONSEQUENCEThe final book in the captivating True Calling series.Once again, the world is on the brink of momentous change. As revolutionary organization Saoirse prepares to battle the government for control of Earth and Novo, Ariana and those she loves must join humanity’s fight for justice and freedom...
  • Hawk by Susan Grant

    Hawk by Susan Grant

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Introducing the sweet and steamy SKY MATES Series… All the fun and action of Top Gun plus romance when smokin’ hot aliens are assigned to a base on Earth.In a small town in Texas, a woman on a mission meets a big alien warrior with a tender heart…They were the match no one expected — especially them...
  • 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...
  • Web of Truth by A.K. DuBoff

    Web of Truth by A.K. DuBoff

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Some secrets are worth protecting...The fearsome Bakzen lurk within a hidden spatial rift, but all-out war is on the horizon. Wil Sietinen is tasked with training a group of twenty young recruits to serve as his officers in the coming battles—collectively, the Primus Elites. He has five years to raise them to full Agents in the Tararian Selective Service, and he'll need every minute...
  • Crossroads of Fate by A.K. DuBoff

    Crossroads of Fate by A.K. DuBoff

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The war's final battles are coming... With the Primus Elites' training almost complete, Wil and his men relocate to H2 to make their final preparations. Everything seems to be staged for a swift TSS victory over the Bakzen as Wil assumes the position of TSS Supreme Commander with Saera and his most trusted friends by his side.But, Tek won't let the Bakzen go down easily...
  • 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 ratings
    This 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...
  • Defy the Worlds by Claudia Gray

    Defy the Worlds by Claudia Gray

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 36 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. And when a deadly plague arrives on Genesis, Noemi gets her chance...
  • 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...
  • Earth Star by Janet Edwards

    Earth Star by Janet Edwards

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Sequel to Earth Girl . 18-year-old Jarra has a lot to prove. After being awarded one of the military’s highest honours for her role in a daring rescue attempt, Jarra finds herself – and her Ape status – in the spotlight. Jarra is one of the unlucky few born with an immune system that cannot survive on other planets...
  • Zero Repeat Forever by Gabrielle S. Prendergast

    Zero Repeat Forever by Gabrielle S. Prendergast

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 30 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...
  • Fusion Fire by Kathy Tyers

    Fusion Fire by Kathy Tyers

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A new life for Lady FirebirdLady 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...
  • Prime Deceptions by Valerie Valdes

    Prime Deceptions by Valerie Valdes

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The lovably flawed crew of La Sirena Negra and their psychic cats return in this fast-paced and outrageously fun science-fiction novel, in which they confront past failures and face new threats in the far reaches of space from the author of the critically acclaimed Chilling Effect...
  • Chobits, Vol. 4 by CLAMP, Shirley Kubo

    Chobits, Vol. 4 by CLAMP, Shirley Kubo

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Computers can do almost anything these days. In addition to the usual online functions, data processing, and graphic applications, the new persocom models with increased AI and increasingly human appearances can function as workers, friends...even lovers. Take Chi, for example. Since Hideki found her she has learned to go shopping, do basic chores, and she's even managed to get a job at a bakery...
  • Meet Me at Blue Hour by Sarah Suk

    Meet Me at Blue Hour by Sarah Suk

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind meets Past Lives in this gripping, emotional story of two childhood friends navigating the fallout of one erasing their memory of the other, from acclaimed author Sarah Suk.Seventeen-year-old Yena Bae is spending the summer in Busan, South Korea, working at her mom’s memory-erasing clinic...
  • Gantz 6 by Hiroya Oku

    Gantz 6 by Hiroya Oku

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
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  • Chobits, Vol. 8 by CLAMP

    Chobits, Vol. 8 by CLAMP

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Chi has developed quite a bit since Hideki found her lying in the garbage one fateful morning. She's learned to speak, work in a pastry shop, go shopping...and, so it would seem, to love. After much soul searching (if a persocom could even be considered to have a soul) Chi comes to the realization that her feelings towards Hideki, her "someone just fer her," are nothing short of love...
  • 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...
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