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1) Wool
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In a ruined and toxic landscape, a community exists in a giant silo underground, hundreds of stories deep. In a society full of regulations meant to protect the community, Sheriff Holston, unexpectedly breaks the greatest taboo of all: he asks to go outside. An unlikely candidate is appointed to replace him: Juliette, a mechanic with no training in law, whose special knack is fixing machines. Now Juliette is about to be entrusted with fixing her silo,...
2) Shift
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In 2007, the Center for Automation in Nanobiotech (CAN) outlined the hardware and software platforms that would one day allow robots smaller than human cells to make medical diagnoses, conduct repairs, and even self-propagate. In the same year, the CBS network re-aired a program about the effects of propranolol on sufferers of extreme trauma. A simple pill, it had been discovered, could wipe out the memory of any traumatic event. At almost the same...
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"'Time travel' -- and its hazards--are made literal in this astonishing new novel in which a recklessly idealistic girl dares to test the perimeters of her tightly controlled (future) world and is punished by being sent back in time to a region of North America -- 'Wainscotia, Wisconsin' -- that existed eighty years before. Cast adrift in time in this idyllic Midwestern town she is set upon a course of 'rehabilitation' -- but cannot resist falling...
4) Prophet song
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"On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find two officers from Ireland's newly formed secret police on her step. They have arrived to interrogate her husband, a trade unionist. Ireland is falling apart, caught in the grip of a government turning toward tyranny. As the life she knows and the ones she loves disappear before her eyes, Eilish must contend with the dystopian logic of her new,...
5) Geiger
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The Unnamed Saga Continues! Tariq Geiger, his two-headed wolf Barney, and their surprising newfound companion begin their quest along the radioactive roads of the former United States to find a cure for the Glowing Man's nuclear-powered condition. But in order to obtain the information they need, Geiger's crew must first help a local sheriff catch and kill a masked raider that's pillaging the town. But what Geiger ultimately discovers chills him to...
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The plague of frogs has ended, but earth will never be the same, and the fractured B.P.R.D. struggles to battle dangerous monsters and humans alike, from a trailer-park cult to a Russian town ravaged by a zombie-like virus. Guy Davis's final B.P.R.D. story sets the stage for Tyler Crook's (Harrow County) backwoods-horror debut, as Liz Sherman hides from a world that she helped push toward armageddon, and Abe Sapien is shot down by a girl who's seen...
7) Dust
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"Juliette, now mayor of Silo 18, doesn't trust Silo 1, especially its leader, Donald. But in the world of the Silos, there is no black and white--everything is shades of gray. Donald may not be the monster Juliette thinks he is, and may in fact be key to humanity's continued survival. But can they work together long enough to succeed?"-- Provided by publisher.
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When the company behind Virtual Children creates a reality TV show called "The Substitute," 10 couples compete to raise a Virtual Child from birth to age 18 in a nine-month period where the prize is the right to keep their virtual child or risk it all for the chance of a real baby.
9) Redeemer
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In this final chapter of the Enslaved series, Hana is faced not only with a new life, but an entirely new way of thinking. Unexpected friends give insight into who the Greaters truly are. Deciding what to do with this information sends Hana on what may be her very last journey. Ever.
10) Vanquished
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When Hana's mom is diagnosed with the mutation, she confesses to Hana she doesn't know what will happen if she dies. Fischer, a medic at the hospital, implies there is Someone who can help but religion's been outlawed. Hana embarks on a dangerous journey, seeking the answers Fischer insists are available. But when the truth is uncovered, will Hana stick to what she's been taught? Or will she join the rebellion and take a stand against an oppressive...
11) The last human
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After machines take control of Earth, following the extinction of humans, twelve-year-old robot XR 935A confronts its prejudices about humans and begins to reconsider its own existence within robot society after discovering and befriending a twelve-year-old human girl.-- Provided by Publisher.
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Eliana is a model citizen of the island, a weaver in the prestigious House of Webs. She also harbors a dangerous secret she can dream, an ability forbidden by the island's elusive council of elders. No one talks about the dreamers, the undesirables ostracized from society. But the web of protection Eliana has woven around herself begins to unravel when a young girl is found lying unconscious in a pool of blood on the stones outside the house. Robbed...
13) Geiger: Issue #8
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Geiger volume 8
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The Glowing Man's quest for a cure continues as Geiger, his two-headed wolf Barney, and Nate the Nuclear Knight encounter a town that's discovered the secret to peace in this post-nuclear war world. But that tranquility is threatened with the arrival of Nate's former brothers-in-arms from The Camelot Casino and their formidable leader, the New King. Plus, how violent can The Glowing Man get when a child who reminds him of his own daughter is under...
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Daisy Ogami holds the key to a dying future's salvation. Powerful interests will stop at nothing to obtain Daisy, but her android bodyguard will do anything to protect her...and the promise of a brighter day. Collects Lone Wolf 2100: Shadow on Saplings; Lone Wolf 2100: The Language of Chaos; and Lone Wolf 2100: Pattern Storm. Reimagining the classic manga, produced in association with creator Kazuo Koike. Dark Horse editions of the original Lone Wolf...
15) Geiger: Issue #6
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Geiger volume 6
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A shocking epilogue! In the wake of their devastating encounter with the Electrician, Tariq Geiger must come to grips with the lethal consequences-especially with what happened with his two-headed wolf, Barney. You won't want to miss this extraordinary spotlight on Geiger's best friend.
16) Geiger: Issue #9
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Geiger volume 9
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Trouble brews within the last civilized town in America. The cause: Tariq Geiger, who attracts too many bounty hunters wanting the enormous sum for his corpse. But when Geiger loses control, will he ultimately become this town's protector...or its doom? Plus, the return of Junkyard Joe's creator and enemy, The Custodian. But what are his ties to Geiger? And Redcoat?
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Golden Rage Mother Knows Best volume 1
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MINISERIES PREMIERE
In a world where old and infertile women are deemed useless to society and abandoned on an island, GOLDEN RAGE documents their golden years of making friends, baking dessert, and fighting to the death. MOTHER KNOWS BEST builds on the first GOLDEN RAGE miniseries for a glorious new adventure.
Created by writer CHRISSY WILLIAMS (editor of DIE, THE WICKED + THE DIVINE), artist LAUREN KNIGHT (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), and colorist...
18) Geiger: Issue #1
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Geiger volume 1
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"series premiere
It all starts here! The critically acclaimed teamof storytellers geoff johns and garyfrank(Geiger: Ground zero, doomsday clock) Return to the nuclear wasteland of their bestselling geiger for an all-new ongoing series starring the violent and unpredictable glowing Man
Leaving his home behind, tariq geiger now walks the radioactive roads of the former united stateswith his two-headed wolf Barneybut as his enemies doggedly pursue him,...
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Originally published in 1998, this shockingly prescient novel's timely message of hope and resistance in the face of fanaticism is more relevant than ever. In 2032, Lauren Olamina has survived the destruction of her home and family, and realized her vision of a peaceful community in northern California based on her newly founded faith, Earthseed. The fledgling community provides refuge for outcasts facing persecution after the election of an ultra-conservative...
20) The arc
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IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12
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"In the final installment of ... [the] Loop trilogy, all of humanity hinges on the greatest escape yet ... [The] escape sets in motion a race against time as Happy's plans to release planet-eating nano-bots into the world draw[s] nearer. The Loop team must reassemble, survive Happy's final attempts to rid the world of the rebels, and figure out how to halt the apocalypse before humanity is destroyed"--Amazon.
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