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81) Mind Over Ship
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The year is 2135, and the international program to seed the galaxy with human colonies has stalled as greedy, immoral powerbrokers park their starships in Earth's orbit and begin to convert them into space condos. Ellen Starke's head, rescued from the fiery crash that killed her mother, struggles to regrow a new body in time to restore her dead mother's financial empire. And Pre-Singularity AIs conspire to join the human race just as human clones,...
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The end of the world came and went.
Twenty-years later, humanity is, crafting new and secretive ways to protect itself, but the atmosphere stays clear of threats...Eighteen-year-old academy graduate Alyssa is determined to start her military career as a GENE (Genetically Enhanced Entity) on her own terms. But, after being transferred from her native London to America, she struggles to control her powers and find her place among a military unit of...
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What would you give to be young again?
Lilith Davidson has nothing to lose. Diagnosed with terminal cancer, her only hope for survival rests in an experimental longevity serum she herself helped to develop using an intuitive-based protocol known as remote viewing. She never dreamed the treatment could be so wildly effective... nor did she expect its unusual side effect.
Now, as Lilith and the other eleven Methuselah Pioneers struggle to embrace...
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In a possible far future animals have taken over and democratized the world where humans once ruled. Tim, a lonely slime mold, is worried about his human pet Mimi and her recent animal urges. He only wants her to be happy, but he doesn't know how to keep her from sneaking out and cavorting with the human pet next door or any number of feral humans in the neighborhood. But through his relationship with her, he learns what it truly means to make a commitment...
86) Lydia's Mollusk
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A shell with brilliant striations. Golds and whites and purples. Perfectly in its setting on the calm, warm beach.
Beautiful, intriguing.
Beguiling, even.
Lydia hardly expects the creature be dangerous.
But then, looks can decieve.
A complex tale of mystery, misadventure, family, and a sea gone wild, from the author of Raphael Marooned.
87) Carcer
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Years after Hidden City, not everyone is convinced that peace is possible. Battles in space are still common and people struggle to work through their differences. To prevent the strained peace treaties from falling apart, a new planet for prisoners is terraformed. While the planet is being prepared, all the prisoners are placed on a continent anxiously awaiting their fate where dangerous animals can tear through the prison's defenses.Calix became...
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The Exile Waiting was the first novel by the Hugo and Nebula award-winning novelist Vonda N McIntyre, published in 1975. It introduces the world that McIntyre later made famous with her multi-award-winning Dreamsnake: a post-apocalyptic world in which Center, an enclosed domed city, is run by slave-owning families who control the planet's resources, and are strangling the city's economy by their decadence.
Mischa is a thirteen-year old sneak thief,...
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Laia es una española que vive en San Francisco y que ha visto cómo los avances tecnológicos arruinaban su carrera profesional. Es el año 2035 y la inteligencia artificial ya está presente en todos los aspectos de la vida cotidiana. Los coches autónomos han sustituido finalmente a los conductores, la realidad virtual ha eliminado la necesidad de profesores y robots de aspecto más o menos humano limpian nuestras casas o cuidan de nuestros hijos.
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90) Changeling
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Cameron's past refuses to stay put.
Cameron's been receiving messages for most of his life. They appear randomly: on the back of receipts, tucked into library books, floating in the bottom of shopping trolleys.
It's a mystery where they come from, but one thing is becoming clear: together, they spell out a warning.
Together, they're telling Cameron to run.
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Alex Cheradon is a private investigator who's had a string of bad luck lately, culminating in the absolute destruction of his home and office by his insane ex-partner, Devon Christian. But things are starting to look up now that Jonathon Bragan, the most powerful mobster in Clayton City, has taken Alex under his wing.
Wait...WHAT? Only mere moments after Alex discovers his brand new office/home (complete with a kitchenette and walls), thanks to the...
92) Silicon Blood
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In the near future, the drug cartels of South America establish their own criminal nation, Cordillera, and proceed to flood the world with cocaine and political corruption.
America responds by using the new science of nanotechnology to produce microscopic machines — "nanobots" — to eradicate such drugs once and for all. But these tiny devices can also be used to create new kinds of drugs inside a human body — a "pharm" -- or to devour it from...
93) Candy Savant
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In 2234 men are extinct, having been deemed unnecessary.
This is the story of Candice Harlow, a brilliant young scientist arranged by Arkite's supreme ruler, Elise Jackson, to lead the Savant project. A.I. is forbidden to experiment with human genes, so it enlists researchers-Savants. Savants work to create a human being from scratch to serve as a blueprint for immortality.
Candice likes her newfound wealth and status, but she's not sure she likes...
94) Omega Lab
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Need a replacement body part? No problem with all the specialized cloning labs in the Milky Way galaxy.
Margarita King, commander of the Junkyard Dog, believes in the practice—except when it comes to her own body. She reluctantly agrees to visit Omega Lab
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En un futuro distópico, las grandes corporaciones tienen la clave para erradicar las enfermedades. Solo los más adinerados tienen esa nueva biotecnología disponible. Los imperfectos van a luchar por eliminar esa nueva sociedad. ¡La guerra por la liberación ha comenzado!
¿Imaginas una sociedad donde la esperanza de vida la define el dinero que tienes? Te llevamos a esa sociedad, en un futuro muy cercano.
La guerrera más temida de la Resistencia...
96) Purgatory
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Thomas Nightshade has landed in Mexico. He has resigned from his U.N. job. Going solo into territory where the enemy has complete control. With the help of his brother, Thomas has smuggled plenty of weapons to make his one-man war even.
Suddenly Thomas finds himself entangled in a kidnap situation against an ally he believed was on his side.
Nightshade ends up in a life-threatening position. And he's going to need help to survive. Meanwhile, after...
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LA CLONACIÓN ES EL NEGOCIO DEL FUTURO.
Un laboratorio sin escrúpulos ha creado una peligrosa loción capaz de convertirte en la persona que siempre soñaste.
ReNacimiento. Puedes elegir la apariencia que desees de un catálogo de seres humanos y a cambio solo debes permitir que reescriban tu ADN para siempre. Pero no hay una sola cosa que la humanidad no pueda convertir en un arma. Y este sueño de vanidad muy pronto desatará el mismísimo fin...
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Tout en apprenant à utiliser son cadeau, Jillian Blairington a rencontré une sœur nommée Nadia qui a le pouvoir de parler dans son esprit. Jillian est devenue plutt amoureuse d'elle.
Maintenant, elle est devenue silencieuse.
Jillian se tourne vers son amie, Danielle Matheson, et ensemble, elles élaborent un plan fou pour amener Jillian aux ctés de Nadia afin qu'elle puisse la sortir du coma.
Pendant ce temps, Danielle essaie d'éviter...
100) The Clinic
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ABOUT THE BOOK
'THE CLINIC'
A fertility clinic, a genetic research center and a dark website work in collaboration to assist in reproductive issues, genetic manipulations and human experimentations. The work is done in extreme secrecy since all countries and societies prohibit such work. With advances in medical science, goals unthinkable in the past have become reality. Scientists want to explore and experiment while clients demand...
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