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1841) Artefact 299
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Two months have passed since Anna's world was turned upside down. The zombie apocalypse, the one thing she never thought possible and she's probably the only person who never made a zombie survival plan. Now, she finds herself travelling across the United Kingdom in the hopes of finding her family. Her only worry; she won't live to see them again. The United Kingdom is slowly deteriorating, and zombies are not the only threat. With the power switched...
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Delight in intriguing, thought-provoking conversations about ethics, philosophy, and social issues! After Dinner Conversation is a monthly literary magazine publishing short fiction. Each issue features both established writers and up-and-coming authors who contribute fascinating philosophical insights on controversial topics like marriage equality, assisted suicide, the meaning of death, animal rights and defining your "purpose." It's time to go...
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In a world filled with couples, regardless of gender or species, there are always a few misfits that don't quite belong. In this story, there are at least five, if not more, significant misfits that finally create their own Niche, the Loner's Niche, where outgoing narcissists aren't welcomed.The five individual stories that'll be intertwined are as follows. They begin with Kiernan Prawl, and he's an exciting person indeed. While he is entangled in...
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Delight in intriguing, thought-provoking conversations about ethics, philosophy, and social issues! After Dinner Conversation is a monthly literary magazine publishing short fiction. Each issue features both established writers and up-and-coming authors who contribute fascinating philosophical insights on controversial topics like marriage equality, assisted suicide, the meaning of death, animal rights and defining your "purpose." It's time to go...
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The government took control of Jake's mind, but his heart will help him break free. At least, it will try to. Jake is on a secret mission and carrying a deadly object. A mission he's not aware of, and one he's not supposed to return from. He's been turned into a pawn in a game that is bigger than him, controlled by dark and greedy forces who aim to rewrite his past, and delete his future. But after an accident wakes Jake up from the mind control of...
1846) Ruler of Worlds
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Motivational speaker Mr. Darkly makes an attempt to take over the world by ensuing chaos. Detective Jake Fisher is held captive at Prison City while Detective Gloria Diaz makes an attempt to see if he is still alive. Archangel Raziel stops Maweth the angel of death from implementing Mr. Darkly's plans.
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Latisha, Moses and Tim are three street kids eking out a living in a dystopian future. Together, they are the Shantytown Robin Hoods, a street gang that steals from the rich and gives to – well, themselves.
"The Hole" is the hottest night club in Shantytown, where the rich and the famous can party among the less fortunate. But "The Hole" is also a favourite hangout for Latisha, Moses and Tim to find marks they can rob.
But then their latest job...
1848) Bander Snatch
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A gritty dystopian future.
Cities in the ruins of Earth have turned into Jungles.
Safe havens to shelter the rich, the privileged…but not so safe.
He rules this part of the Jungle, a young man, a streetwise leader, a legend.
They call him BANDER SNATCH.
Now a powerful, telepathic alien race has chosen Bander Snatch for a new mission, and he must meet the ultimate test both on his own, devastated turf and the most exotic of worlds....
1849) When It Ended
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It's the end of the world as we know it, and we don't feel fine. Mollty Cook wants to escape he island before the volcano blows them all to smithereens. Rowan wants her to come and sight see some bridge, like nothing was happening. How will she escape the old city before the volcano blows? Will there be a seat on the plane in time? Will there be any boats left to leave on? Will all the grabby people leave her alone until she gets to safety? Can she...
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Welcome to my world...where there's a war between the those with magic, and those without.My name is Kama. In our province, of Arcadia, governed by the Governor, when you become of age and graduate from school, you receive your Life's Plan, which tells you where you would go for college, your profession, where you would live, and even who you will marry. I'm excited about finding out my Life's Plan because I know I'm going to the same University as...
1851) Lord's Ordinary Children
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An unconventional meeting between four youths and an elderly couple leads them to a fabulous bonding through a story-house. They feel it as a life-changing and life-enhancing experience.You may have heard it before, but she will tell you again that you could not speak. You are missing a thing which is not too fundamental to maintain your life, but you cannot live without. Forgetfulness stalks, and the inertia-bug strikes, whether at work, home or...
1852) Goodhouse: A Novel
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A bighearted dystopian novel about the corrosive effects of fear and the redemptive power of love.
With soaring literary prose and the tense pacing of a thriller, the first-time novelist Peyton Marshall imagines a grim and startling future. At the end of the twenty-first century-in a transformed America-the sons of convicted felons are tested for a set of genetic markers. Boys who test positive become compulsory wards of the state-removed from...
1853) The Island
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In my book, which consists of intertwined philosophical stories on the theme of freedom, I examine the dilemmas of freedom by a dialogue with venerable thinkers such as Marx, Rousseau, Plato, Hobbes, Foucault, Hegel, Levinas, Butler, Kant and Derrida. My book is ideal for making an introduction to the philosophy of freedom through literature, as well as filling a niche in the genre of philosophical novels, which are also possible to read for the sheer...
1854) The King of Spain
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In this sensational debut novel set in the not-too-distant future, Robert Ford has created a universe of his own in order to brilliantly illuminate the one - and the age - we all share...
1855) Vengeful Prince
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Stuck in the middle of the battling vampire, shifter, and fae territories, Lilya must choose between redeeming her broken world…or saving her life.When the three princes of the battling territories set out to redeem the land their parents have ruined, the vampire prince knows that the only way to unite the three territories is for him to marry a woman from one of the enemy territories-the land of the fae.Lilya is thrust into the limelight, stepping...
1856) The Shadow of Hope
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The action of The Shadow of Hope takes place partly in Ukraine and partly in Poland, several decades after the great European conflict, which almost completely destroyed the infrastructure of great states and brought the living standards of the surviving people back to the 19th century, if not worse. The main characters are Xenia, a girl raised by a worker in factory workshops, her foster brother Kola, a fugitive from a secret experimental laboratory,...
1857) Gone to Ground
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Following a deadly outbreak of influenza which decimates the population of the planet, the government issues orders that all remaining citizens are to report to designated authorized population zones so that resources may be fairly distributed.
Journalist Maggie Langton, determined not to let her son, Mark, grow up in the dangerous environment of the APZ, decides to run for the empty ranch land of northwestern Arizona. When she runs into O'Reilly,...
1858) Hielo como fuego
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Hace tres meses que los inverneños fueron liberados y que el rey de Primavera, Angra, desapareció, en gran parte gracias a la ayuda de Cordell.
Meira solo quiere que su pueblo esté a salvo. Cuando su deuda con Cordell obliga a los inverneños a excavar en sus minas para pagarles, hacen un descubrimiento asombroso y quizá peligroso: el barranco mágico perdido de Primoria. Theron se llena de entusiasmo y esperanza: con toda esa magia, el mundo...
1859) Infirm
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Sixteen-year-old Kira is sick, dying, and on the government's list for termination. But Kira's not giving up. She's ready to battle both the disease and the system. She is fighting to live, because... love is worth bleeding for. Can Kira save herself? Find out in this first installment of Kira's story by CS Morales.
1860) Revolution 2050
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Samuel Moore is living a dystopian lie...
After a civil war, the North American Commonwealth now dominates the eastern half of the former United States. Controlled by a totalitarian regime called the Directorate, the NAC demands compliance, awareness.
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