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Take a dive into the future and behold its a world shrouded by the mists of Apocalypse, climate change and other worldly misspell have begun to plague the planet will there arise a hero from the ashes or will the world be plunged into chaos read this book and find out more
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In the tradition of Squid Game and The Hunger Games welcome to the dystopian future of mass entertainment in 2084 for a counselling show with a difference: Patient vs Counsellor. Where the counsellor must guess the patient's serious psychosexual problem to win a star prize, or face humiliatingly Forfeit-Fun. On tonight's show we have three contestants: Katy, a former beauty queen now obese, counselled by Captain Stanislav Boglosovic, a former military...
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Woestynn Prison is the most desolate prison planet of the Ruben System, a desert wasteland meant for the worst of prisoners.Ford is a new recruit from the Academy, hoping to make a name for himself in this notorious place.When arriving he finds more than he expects, and grows more than he could have imagined.
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On the heels of a global epidemic, a Holy New Order has arisen, one in which females are subjugated. For Maree Krystek, the pharmaceutical mind-wipe that ushered in the New Order failed, a fact she manages to conceal, but which makes her service as the Prophet's concubine unendurable. But endure she does-until her sister Zophia is identified as a breeder, a soul-destroying fate of birthing infants, only to surrender them to wet nurses to expedite...
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Doctor Richard Schmidt forms a "Generic Therapy Group". All the good Doctor hopes to do is tip the scales of hate and chaos toward the side of love, mercy and forgiveness. When these characters meet, angels and devils are difficult to tell apart. With each comes a collection of friends, family and plots that confirm California is indeed the fated "Land of Fruits and Nuts".
6) Dead Ringer
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Livvy didn't know her entire life was a lie until she ran away from the only place she ever knew, chased by fire and weapons-toting brutes she once considered friends.
Broke, banished from his home city, and reduced to living in a dilapidated house in the Arizona desert, Asher is stunned when the doppelgänger of a notorious singer breaks into his home. Even more incredible is her claim of escaping an underground compound just a few miles away, full...
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Jayne faces the fury of a family he's long neglected.
But even if he can find a way to patch things up… a distress call from Requiem could spell disaster. Pure devastation may be in store, along with internal conflict, distrust as half the crew hunts for a dangerous target, and a secret on Jayne's end that no one truly expected!
Despite Jayne trying to recklessly play hero, will the crew find more than they bargained for? Will the help of newly-trained...
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Jayne drifts in space, isolated except for the company of painful memories, starship debris, and guilt.
Meanwhile, a distress call from Requiem greets the crew, hinting at where the relics really came from… where did the monks find them, and what secret Alliance connection do they have? Captain Kaylee is determined to know.
Can the crew of the Serenity retake Requiem and defeat the Tax Collector once and for all? What's more, Jayne will go to...
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This book, I'm Going Nowhere, is fiction based on the true story of an African woman, Miriam Ateko, who currently resides in Europe. Shortly when she relocated here, she was diagnosed HIV positive and told she would die in eighteen months without treatment.
It was extremely distressing for Miriam. She felt anxious, was in denial and almost went into depression. She had to figure out how to deal with the diagnosis. The process was not easy as she...
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Comic book prequel to the Netflix movie, Rebel Moon!
Based on a story by Zack Snyder and written by Eisner-nominated Mags Visaggio!
As war is looming on the horizon on the planet Shasu, the reluctant ruler of the Bloodaxe family is conflicted between living up to his father's domineering legacy and maintaining the peace. It is up to him to settle the conflicts within himself, and his family, before the entire planet erupts in war.
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Living 800 years is like the fountain of youth for some...and for others it's worse than a death sentence.
Eternity, Inc. owns a virus that allows humans to live up to 800 years—their physical bodies age only one year for every ten years of life. Miki Yokoyama leads a rebel organization known as the Agers. Her goal is to create a counter agent to reintroduce "natural" death, no matter the cost. When Eternity learns of the Ager plan, they send their...
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Pen is just a typical kid living in downtown Portland, wishing there was some way to gain approval from their parents. Instead, they simply feel invisible. Then, the world pops. In a matter of weeks, Pen finds themself in the center of a storm that will transform everything humans have ever known. Pen will discover that the unique hobby they picked up to pass the time could save their community and everything they love. Will Pen find the leader waiting...
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Rodin, a professional assassin from the lawless and dangerous districts, takes on a contract in the seemingly perfect environment of the Dome. But as memories from his past begin to surface, Rodin finds himself drawn into a battle for control over both the Dome and the districts, where he will be forced to confront not only the ruling Authority but also his own dark history. Get ready for a dark ride into the Dystopian world of Dominions with all...
14) Fallen Domain
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Can old adversaries become allies? Rodin knows Authority must be stopped, and that means returning to the Dome. But the only one who knows a way in is Cat, the one-time Authority agent who has been manipulating Rodin for years, playing with Rodin's life for his own suspicious ends. To the south of the Dome, Authority relentlessly push Genna back, forcing a retreat into the heart of her district. Soon, she will be surrounded and outgunned. But there's...
15) The End of Men
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Woman seeks man in nightmare world...
But, for Jill Hately, getting one isn't so easy. She has almost everything else a beautiful young woman could want: an apartment overlooking the river, a cottage in the country, a trabbie, the most popular car of the time, and an MX222, the latest sex robot. And yet she feels strangely un-fulfilled. When she happens upon an old journal dating from 2017, a diary that belonged to one of her ancestors, an illegal...
16) We the People
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In the late 21st century, a neurotechnology called Bridge has changed the world. Bridging allows a person to program their own body and mind to achieve untold enhancement. There was one problem: It only works in children. Within a single generation, a new world order developed. Bridged Children grew smarter, faster, and stronger than the Adults and demanded equal rights. The Adults fought back. During the ensuing war, Adams, a prodigy among...
17) Regress
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Secrets come in all shapes and sizes, but this one fits in the palm of your hand.Tru Shepherd is like a lot of teenagers-stubborn and foolhardy. While her peers are lining up to take a life-altering vaccine, her goal is to avoid it at all costs.Zared Aoki has a different agenda-exposing what the vaccine does. He can't do it without Tru's help. She doesn't know it yet, but she's the key to finding a SIM card that will expose government secrets.It's...
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What goes on in Classroom 36? The twelve girls in that classroom have no teachers, sleep all day, apart from lunchtime, in beds provided for them in a completely blacked-out room, yet they always get the top marks in the school. They live in a world where only they can dream. The rest of humanity cannot form any pictures in their minds, and have no internal monologue. Average humans have become mind blind and mind deaf. They rest of the school hate...
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Hypatia is a companion child, a cyborg with the consciousness of a child, designed to help her non-verbal human sister, Alexandra, navigate the world. When a flash knocks out the power and a civil war erupts, the sisters are forced to travel through powerless cities and dangerous country roads in search of refuge on the eastern coast. Realizing that without access to a charging station it's only a matter of time before her battery fails, Hypatia must...
20) 2:05 a.m
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After spending all her life trying to be normal, Nova gives up. She isn't like everyone else. When a recent break-up highlights her limitations, the crushing realization drives her deeper into work. Content in her private world and with no desire to change, she finds herself pulled into a mission that takes her away from her safe and secluded life.Arrow has been trapped in a cage for, well, he can't recall, but he is ready to be free. As the water...
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