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"Britain. The near-future. A right-wing government believes it has the answer to society's ills--the Sanctity of Marriage Act, which actively encourages marriage as the norm, punishing those who choose to remain single. But four couples are about to discover just how impossible relationships can be when the government is monitoring every aspect of our personal lives--monitoring every word, every minor disagreement…and will use every tool in its...
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"Upon setting out for a morning walk with his knobby stick in hand, a young man is arrested by a robot called the Plotinus and abandoned in a cell where one beam of sunlight beckons through an air duct. Rapping his knuckles against the vent to relay his tale of woe in code, he recalls his lost love and their group's forbidden activities; his readings in philosophy and the sciences; and sweet memories of freedom's small pleasures. As the captive confronts...
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In the second book of The Maze Cutter Trilogy ... Sadina and the islanders are up against both man and nature as they navigate their way to Alaska. There, they hope to meet the mysterious Godhead, unsure of what separates myth from truth. But the Godhead, now led by Alexandra, is fractured. Within the cracks of their sacred trinity, secrets are revealed that blur the lines of good and evil forever. One person's God is another person's Devil.--Publisher....
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In the middle of the ocean lies a remote island complex lined with traps and an ever-changing landscape. Created by a mysterious man known only as "Ahab", the island was designed to test the wills of the world's most notorious criminals. In a battle royale style game, eight violent felons will fight for survival and to the death over the course of three days of relentless action. The winner receives a wealth or riches and complete anonymity, but at...
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Trying to maintain her inner light in an increasingly dark world, young Hong Kong-based scientist Lily Barnes, as the human race dwindles due to a "depression plague," comes across something that could lead to happiness and journeys through time and space to find out.
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"Founded by the mysterious genius known as the Designer, the archipelago of Prospera lies hidden from the horrors of a deteriorating outside world. In this island paradise, Prospera's lucky citizens enjoy long, fulfilling lives until the monitors embedded in their forearms, meant to measure their physical health and psychological well-being, fall below 10 percent. Then they retire themselves, embarking on a ferry ride to the island known as the Nursery,...
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This story is told through the eyes of a very lost man in a world after a nuclear apocalypse, where a dictator controls an entire city by tormenting and killing her own people until a group of rebels decided they had enough and came up with a plan to overthrow this tyrannical leader, but they will soon realize that the revolution they had fought for did not end; on the contrary, it may have just begun!
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A man was driving a lorry when it broke down. He got out of the cab to see if he could repair the lorry when a massive blast overturned it and rendered him unconscious. When he awoke, the world was on fire and he found some shelter in a partially ruined building. He remained there for some days before finally walking away to try to find other survivors.
He found a small family and helped them in their difficulties. He realised then that his future...
9) Isa
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The Claiming Destination Series continues in Book 3, "Isa".
Although little Isabelle is now safe in the Alpha Base refuge and has bonded with rebellious young Dillon, the lingering effects of the mord virus causes many of her fellow residents to distrust her. Adding to the danger, United Earth Federation spies infiltrate Alpha in search of her for their own evil motivations. In the meantime, Coltan's health is in jeopardy when it becomes apparent...
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This dystopian drama tells of prosperous farmer Clay Sanderson, who marries wealthy and spoiled Diana Brockman. She had considered Evan Hunter, a handsome evangelist, but rejected him because he was poor. Diana's crusading sister, Jan, sees worth in Evan's work and joins him. The four intertwined lives are reaching for far different goals. When disaster strikes the farmlands, hunger follows, giving the state and church opportunity to seize control....
11) Gestohlenes Herz
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Kira-Jane Brooks ist eine Taliducz. Wie alle Bewohner Talbrems kann sie mittels spezieller Edelsteine magische Kräfte beschwören, die ihr das Leben angenehmer gestalten. Aufgewachsen in den höheren Kreisen, hilft die Siebzehnjährige ihrem Vater dabei, die Regierung Talbrems zu unterstützen. Bis zu jenem Tag, als der Verbrecher Cameron sie entführt, um an ein gut gehütetes Familiengeheimnis zu gelangen. Da Kira sich weigert, es ihm zu verraten,...
12) Marsupial Tracks
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As a jaded regular in the city's underground music scene, the only thing that mattered to Jacob Blythe was punk rock. When the arrival of a mysterious girl tempts him into seeing a vision of the world that exists beyond the confines of his cosmic nihilism, Jacob finds himself helpless to resist it.
Now, sitting alone in an unfamiliar train station, and possessing no memory of how he got there, Jacob has no choice but to piece together the scattered...
13) Survivor's Eyes
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With mankind on the edge of extinction, can our humanity survive? Or is civilisation just a thin, fragile veneer, masking our animal nature?
In the ruins of our society, a lonely, bitter man ekes out an existence, shying away from all human contact. He struggles with starvation and ever-present mortal danger. However, his greatest battle is to try and retain some vestige of the civilised man he once was, even if that means living alone.
14) The State of Us
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The State of Us takes the reader from the twitching curtains of suburbia to the deserts of the Middle East, from the interior life of a street photographer to outer space, and back again. With an eye reminiscent of Samuel Beckett, the stories in it are often satirical, sometimes uncompromising and occasionally fabulous. What they have in common is a question - what are we doing? - and an answer that suggests we should look, more closely, at the state...
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"When The Sleeper Awakes" is a dystopian science fiction novel about a man who sleeps for two hundred and three years, waking up in a completely transformed London, where, because of compound interest on his bank accounts, he has become the richest man in the world. The main character awakes to see his dreams realized, and the future revealed to him in all its horrors and malformations.
"Time Machine" is a dystopian story of time traveler who witnesses...
16) Dragon Mage
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After leaving Fossil to find his past, former Marine, Ben, found a new home as right hand man to the Triad of China Town. Fighting dragons and protecting citizens is all he cares about, until the day he meets Bella.
When Bella is kidnapped by a psychopathic cult that believes women are witches and witches need burning, Ben risks everything to save her. But in saving her, he might unleash a greater evil on them all.
17) Alexandra
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Alexandra is a story set in a near future that is all-too-possible. Humans are changing the environment and ecology of the planet without thought to the consequences for the planet or human civilisation. Many civilisations have collapsed in the face of environmental change, and our current technology dependent society is also vulnerable despite the hubris of science and technology. The novel follows two young women who learn to cope in a world that...
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What is your opinion of the roadrunner (ground cuckoo and snake killer)? Geococcyx californianus can live in sparse forest, or in scrappy, scrubby, arid desert; it has been found at sea level and at 3,000 feet; the champion world record-holder roadrunner clocked 26 mph running on land; it reduces its dehydration and can lower its body temperature. Now consider this ruined city: buildings and people have been devastated by earthquakes, fires, and...
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Summer flings between a pair of entitled New York debutantes and a pair of unlikely best friends, a wealthy geek, and a working class ranch hand, become real when their world crashes in a global pandemic that eventually kills over 70 percent of North America;s population. This apocalyptic novel may be considered soft porn by some, since it depicts premarital sex, free love, and nude bonding ceremonies with multiple couples. This story could be torn...
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