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961) Glory Season
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A woman faces danger on the high seas of another planet-and a mystery that will change her world-in this adventure by the bestselling author of Startide Rising.
On Planet Stratos, clans of genetically identical females dominate society. Natural conceptions are permitted, but only in summertime. Girls born this way-known for their despised uniqueness as 'vars'-must leave their clan homes to pursue their own distinct and hazardous fortunes in this...
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"That stuff is imposed upon you by a world that's not ready for the beauty of who you really are." Living on a conservative colony world, Sienna Tascioni is no stranger to pushing boundaries. Constrained by what's expected of her as a proper young lady, she still reads books from classes she's not allowed to take, secretly races speeder bikes, and even dresses up as her twin brother in order to gain a small taste of independence. But when her parents...
963) Gun on the Moon
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High in the skies rode a moon of terror and death, for, every four hours came another titanic shellfrom the Martian gun. And hope for the world lay in the minds of two men and a girl, lost on the moon!
964) Space Assassins
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Blood will spill across the stars.A NEW THREAT bursts upon the horizon for the STARSHIP GUINEVERE and the Williams clan.Martha Clarke, thief and con woman, has caught the eye of Erica Williams. But Martha is being hunted by a secret society of assassins based on the planet Yin, homeworld of the Yin Confederation. Erica talked her family into protecting Martha, who is a non-Yin outsider.Is Erica thinking with something other than her brain?Can they...
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The Earth's Survivors series follows a group of people in an apocalyp[tic world. Governments are gone. Military is gone. There is no protection of any kind. Gangs and strong men rule what is left. In a formerly wild areaof the North American content a small group of survivors have begun again.Far from the destroyed cities and relying on old world knowledge to begin again, this group of people is building what they call a New Nation. From the ground...
967) Love Between Worlds
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Leah refuses to accept defeat. When the Earth became uninhabitable, humanity picked up and made a new colony in a far corner of the universe. It has only one catch: every few years they have to sacrifice a group of young men to the beings who were there first. One of those men is Leah's brother. To save him, she embarks on an adventure, jumping with both feet into unchartered territory. The search leads her into the path of a mysterious alien stranger....
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A woman needs a man like an authorized cyborg bounty hunter needs an AI familiar.Meet Gini, a petite raven-haired femme who weighs all of 105 pounds galactic in a dripping wet shirt-before her carbon-fiber bone implants, of course. As one of the few authorized cyborgs still alive after the war, she's a bounty hunter now, taking down hardened criminals with the help of her most trusted friend, a class 4 artificial intelligence named Henry.But when...
969) Restricted
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Dr. Aristotle Campbell is a desperate man. His twin brother has been abducted, and Ari will do anything to find him. Forced out of the comfortable solitude of his laboratory, Ari must leave their home world of Britannia and search the farthest reaches of space for his other half. He hastily equips himself with a flawlessly tied cravat, a handful of clues, and his small science vessel. Now, all he needs is a pilot to get him across the Verge, a barrier...
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Solana "Soleada" Garcia in a vivacious but unassuming young woman of Mayan ancestry.She lives in Mazatlán where she works out of her small apartment-as a professional assassin for TJ Blackwell and Blackwell Ops.Despite her diminutive size, her disarming nickname-which translates as "Sunny"-and her unusually calm demeanor, she is also among TJ's best.And now he has hand-picked her to go after fellow operative Charles Claymore "Charlie" Task, who has...
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Alexander Selwood hides many secrets. That he's the first immortal of Cynfor is just one of them. When he decides to help the resistance when his actions lead to putting a friend in danger, he is led down a path that leads him to confront his own past and many dangers, most of them stemming from the immortal despot Thaxter and his bunch of immortal goons called the Elite. Though allied with the Resistance, Alexander's actions often strain the tenuous...
972) Contretemps
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Vous assistez à l'enterrement de Boris Legrand, tué par balle cinq jours plus tt. L'enquête piétine, et sera bientt classée sans suite faute de preuves. C'est là qu'entre en scène le commandant Otto Rivers, qui possède la curieuse faculté de vivre sa vie à l'envers…
Grâce à lui, et malgré son cynisme débordant, vous essayez de remonter jusqu'à l'heure du crime et ainsi éviter le drame. Vous sentez-vous prêt à vivre cette aventure...
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How would first contact-on earth, in space, on another planet-transform our understandings of technology, philosophy, and what it means to be human? What kind of cognitive dissonance would society experience, if we discovered a previously unrecognized sentience on Earth? What would life be like if it originated in a frigid ocean beneath an impenetrable shell of ice? Or on a world whose haze obscures any view of the universe beyond? Or on an unfathomable...
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Collected only here are the three parts of Cities That Eat Islands in the author-approved version. A sweeping story of crime, fantasy, and time travel that not only connects to the Miki Radicci Series and the Radicci Sisters series but brings to light the early years of the Tenebrous Chronicles. Exploring the unknown can be a daunting task, but when it comes to rescuing a friend, Carmella Noto and her twin brother Enzo will do whatever it takes. In...
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Earth turns up on the vacation she wasn't invited to and finds all the other planets in the solar system in the hot tub—even Pluto! Then she discovers exactly why: it looks like she has FLEAS! Yuck. Earth asks everyone to take a look inside her atmosphere, and they're amazed by what they see . . . birds, fish, creatures galore, and yes, even fleas.
The Trouble with Earth is the perfect story to teach us to be kind and less quick to judge others....
976) Murdering Ministers
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""Academia (n.): a profession filled with bad food, knee-jerk liberalism, and murder... Being a member of the House of Lords and Mistress of St Marthas College in Cambridge might seem enough to keep anyone busy, but Baroness (Jack) Troutbeck likes new challenges. When a combination of weddings, work, and spookery deprives her of five of her closest allies, she leaps at an invitation to become a Distinguished Visiting Professor on an American campus....
977) The Source
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In the far distant future, Humankind is forced to live in hermetically sealed plastic domes. Most of the earth is barren and uninhabitable because of deadly viruses. Somewhere out in that barren wasteland is an Anti-Body Source to fight the deadly virus and free Humankind from their confines. Three individuals risk all to save the world.
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The end of the world as we know it has already happened.Now we have to deal with the fall out.Nowhere on Earth is safe.An unseen foe walks among us, appearing just like any other man.Only they're not.They're charming, seductive, and handsome, but they're also alien, and are taking our women to become breeding slaves on their own planet, Tradrych.I, Camille Harran, and my team of men-head of security tough-guy, Aleandro, studious and caring meteorologist,...
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Embark on a literary journey with Warrioress Publishing's captivating Murder Mystery Anthology! Immerse yourself in the riveting tales of suspense, where renowned authors skillfully weave mind-bending twists and intricate puzzles that promise to captivate you from the opening lines to the final, shocking revelations. Join us in exploring the artistry of storytelling as these authors take you on a gripping ride through the world of mystery and intrigue....
980) HoloCity Hard Boys
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The house always wins. Unless it falls down…When Bubbles acts as a witness in a high-profile murder case she's warned to stay low. Taking on a gambling gangster and his henchmen wasn't in the cards. But then he went and made it personal…HoloCity Hard Boys is the second stand alone mystery novella in the HoloCity Case Files series, a companion collection to the Bubbles in Space series.Blade Runner meets The Fifth Element in this eccentric cyber-noir...
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