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Sarah lives a solitary life in her small homestead, surrounded on all sides by a vast forest that seems to go on endlessly. While she finds peace in her daily routines and connection to the natural world, Sarah also feels a deep loneliness as the sole human inhabitant in this isolated place.
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Persephone loves the free-wheeling lifestyle of an inter-planetary freighter pilot. Like her namesake of Ancient Greece, she lives a two-fold life. Part of the year sequestered in deep space and part in various ports with a good friend and hopefully a willing man. Until her heading converges with fellow pilot Reggie. Shy yet quirky, teasing yet kind. He possesses great depths that only Persephone can cross over. When their orbits suddenly diverge,...
3) Superluminal
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The future is at war for the soul of humankind ...
It is a time when civilization has extended itself far into the outer reaches of the solar system, and in doing so has developed into something remarkable. But humanity's progeny -- the nanotechnological artificial intelligences called "free converts" -- face extermination at the hands of the tyrant Amés and his invincible armies, and once the Napoleonesque Director develops superluminal flight,...
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A missing ship, seemingly lost without any emergency signal. Without any trace. Marrakesh is dispatched to discover what happened to the Northwind. And rescue the crew if they can. What they find threatens a whole new front in the ongoing A'Zedi/Wronlori war. Radio Silence, the fourth book in the Operation Marrakesh series, takes the reader on a thrilling military space adventure. Be sure to read all the books in this series!
5) Wilderness
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Alice White has a secret. There is no friend or family member she can confide in-and she cannot trust it to the strangers she chooses for the fevered one-night stands that are as close as she dares come to love. Then she meets Erik Summers, college professor and biologist, who draws Alice from her cage, igniting a passion within her that she can't control or deny. Though he shares her fire and a deep spiritual and emotional kinship, Erik recoils from...
6) Shotgun
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Open Space Series Book 7: A Short StorySmall things make life bearable, such as coffee aboard a fusion ship two weeks away from its destination. But what happens if the small things go missing? Usually nothing. But on a fusion ship in deep space it could be the catalyst for disaster.Willis was on his dad's ship the Jackson. Because he had forgotten to check the store of coffee the crew was suffering caffeine withdrawal and was distracted.Now a mishap...
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"Dynamic and exciting, THE NEW SPACE OPERA is...an essential roadmap to the cutting edge of SF today..." - Charles Stross
"One of the best anthologies ever assembled by this most prolific of science fiction editors...." - Joe Haldeman
"Highly recommended!" - Greg Bear
"...Dozois and Strahan bring together some of the finest writers in the field..." - Vernor Vinge
"This anthology is a reminder of why science fiction captured the hearts and minds...
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A short story to accompany Exodus (UnderEarth #1)
Finn and Jovi, two young archaeologists, discover a mysterious abandoned spaceship in Damascus which takes them to the home of Ru and Keon, the legendary and ostensibly fearsome Thought Beings of Pertinax where they partake of tea and biscuits, while learning more about the real history of modern industrialised civilisation and the true purpose of life.
Some confusion also arises involving a doorknob......
10) The Wish
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In "The Wish," Andrew, an introspective boy, is celebrating his eleventh birthday with his friends and family. However, he feels strangely detached from the joyous atmosphere, sensing a mysterious energy in the air. As he closes his eyes to make a wish, he wishes for a different life and suddenly finds himself transported to a nightmarish world where his home has become a decaying husk.Andrew's friends have vanished, and his mother is replaced by...
12) Rebels In Arms
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A former colonist, Scott St. Andrew escaped his hellish mining home by joining the Guard Corps and entering the most intense training program in the military. When war broke out between the Terran Alliance and the Seventeen worlds, he was forced to choose between the two warring factions-and two codes of honour. Now Guard Corps Captain St. Andrew faces his first command-to retake the South Point Academy on the hellish moon Exeter where he trained...
13) Emerald of Earth
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Emerald Marcillon lives with her archaeologist parents at a dig site on the Yucatan Peninsula. She has trouble handling social situations and connecting with her peers, so she's an expert watcher.Her parents believe they have found ancient artifacts that prove an alien war spilled over onto Earth ages ago. What they don't suspect is that Inamma, the alien AI that survived the war, is still hidden in the jungle, waiting. The discovery of the artifacts...
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Alon, Shanra, and Oen find themselves in the darkest dungeon of the Preit stronghold. They share their cell with Darrik, friend and heir of a space pirate, and Jarred, a former member of The Order nursing a family grudge and a personal mission to end their evil reign.
Will any of them survive to reveal the secrets of the Zeta mission? Or will The Order once again bury any hope of a world built on shared strengths?
Even if they escape, they...
15) The Space Sieve
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An intelligent youth discovers an alien device of staggering power, and he eventually intuits its function. In doing so, he discovers that capability without wisdom is dangerous, including for him. Time, space and creation are at his command, and ultimately he does great harm before all becomes rolled up in a surprise ending.
16) The DrearGyre
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Romulans. A race that defines treachery in the extreme, they practice suspicion to the highest degree. They trust no one. Not even each other. In particular, they don't trust the Federation especially the Humans. Like the other species comprising the Federation, Humans return the favor. Trusting Romulans leads to disaster. A Human female and a Romulan female are thrust together into a turmoil that is leading the Romulan Empire and the Federation into...
17) The Fall
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The first book in The God Slayers Quartet, a young adult series set in a dystopian future Earth ruled over by warring gods, cat people and a tyrannical religious cult. Young Ben Casper lives in an old shopping mall with his family. He must contend with growing up, falling in love, and losing friends, as well as becoming embroiled in a plot to kill the gods that could put everyone he cares about in mortal danger... For fans of The Hunger Games and...
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In the third installment of the series, "Melody of Mastery," Sarah's journey reaches its crescendo as she embraces the fullness of her own potential and discovers the true depth of her resilience. Set against the backdrop of life's ever-changing symphony, Sarah learns to wield the power of her own spirit with grace and humility, mastering the art of resilience in the face of adversity.As Sarah delves deeper into the heart of her own soul, she uncovers...
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In this heartwarming sequel to Promises of the Heart in the Savannah Skies series, USA Today bestselling author Nan Rossiter returns to Tybee Island off the Georgia coast to focus on beloved characters Maeve and Gage as their relationship is tested by secrets they are keeping from each other.
Thirty-four-year-old Maeve Lindstrom loves her job at Willow Pond Senior Care. Her older sister Macey thinks Maeve is the only human being on earth who can...
20) Chief Radvar
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Chief Radvar's ship and crew go through a space anomaly and find they've gone back in time and somewhere so far away in space that they don't recognize where they are. A scientist suggests they might be near Earth. But that was a legend that didn't really exist, right?Shay finds that her whole life changes when two alien space ships start orbiting Earth. The aliens on one ship are definitely the enemy but are the others as benevolent as they seem...
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