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15501) Before We Leave
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Antoinette is in danger. After Red O'Neal delivers a beating to his half-brother Daniel for courting his sister Antoinette, she is sent to a convent until agreeing to marry an older, wealthier man. But after Antoinette manages to send a letter to her betrothed Lorenz MacDonald about the danger, he rescues her. Soon after, a neighboring ranch is attacked by Comanche raiders, and Antoinette and her mother-in-law are caught in a fight for life and death....
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One coin will give Adrienne the happiness of a lifetime. But, what happens when she matches with someone outside of this social norm?
Earth. Year 5678. Couples are joined together by union machines, which match them based on 98% compatibility. Adrienne has yet to use these machines even though her best friend and her boss have been pressuring to do it. When her boss hands her a galactic coin for the machine, she concedes. Maybe her mundane cycle...
15503) Revenge at Beta Colony
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When colonists from Earth landed on Kepler One the Keplians allowed them to stay on the basis that they abandoned technology and lived within a designated area of land. As a result for the next fifty years Beta Colony had no trouble until one day a spree of killings shattered their harmonious existence. Cameron Ford was appointed as sheriff to bring order, but he had no success until Luke Mitchell rode into town and offered his help. This mysterious...
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For the first time in the history of writing, a manuscript-The Orb, the Link and the Library, was launched into space by an extraordinary spaceflight company and brought back to Earth for its readers.
By doing this, the author, D. M. Rosewood, hoped to light a spark in the minds of the readers of this exciting space-based science fiction series-those who love an epic journey and possess a thirst for discovery, intrigue and adventure.
After the Visitors...
15505) Talk Like a Man
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Nisi Shawl's steampunk-flavored alternate history of the "Belgian" Congo, Everfair, has taken the science fiction and fantasy world by storm. No surprise there. Their swift, sure, and savvy short stories had already established them as a cutting-edge Afrofuturist icon whose politically charged fiction is in the grand feminist tradition of Ursula K. Le Guin, Octavia Butler, and Suzy McKee Charnas.
In these previously uncollected stories, Shawl explores...
15506) Close Obsession
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In Lenkarda, the main Krinar colony on Earth, Mia is completely at Korum's mercy. With no way to leave and no idea how to operate even the most basic Krinar technology, she has no choice but to trust the K who brought her there-the lover whom she had betrayed.
Will he keep his promise to bring her home, or is she destined to be his prisoner forever? Can a human become a part of Krinar society? Does Korum love her, or does he only wish to possess...
15507) Dayworld Rebel
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A daybreaker rebels on an overpopulated planet in this dystopian adventure by the author of the World of Tiers series. Jeff Caird was once a daybreaker: a criminal who avoided government-required suspended animation by living seven different identities. Now he goes by the name William St.-George Duncan, and he's suppressed the memory of his past, and even his real identity, in order to avoid harsh punishment by the government of the Organic Commonwealth...
15508) Heather's Highlander
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Heather has a busy career as a massage therapist and two roommates she adores. The only thing missing? Love. She longs to have a love like the ones she reads about in her books, but with little time and no prospects, it's doubtful she'll find the right man.When a stranger attends her book club, Heather is intrigued by the woman's claim of matching soulmates through time.Was her happily-ever-after only a wish away in medieval Scotland?Derek McClain...
15509) Queen of the North Forest
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Lin has her life laid out-college, career, husband, child, an apartment in Shanghai-neat, complete and predictable. That is until she finds herself in ancient Australia leading a messy mob of endangered animals on a touch-and-go trek to safety. For help she has a large, incontinent wombat, a smart bandicoot, a ravenous kangaroo, four fierce, fighting birds and Arben, a young man, whose spirit and savvy upend Lin's ideas about love, life, and sacrifice....
15510) Cold Burn of Magic
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Black blade (Jennifer Estep) volume 1
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There Be Monsters Here. . .
It's not as great as you'd think, living in a tourist town that's known as "the most magical place in America." Same boring high school, just twice as many monsters under the bridges and rival Families killing each other for power.
I try to keep out of it. I've got my mom's blood iron sword and my slightly illegal home in the basement of the municipal library. And a couple of Talents I try to keep quiet, including very...
15511) Fearfully UnMade
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Falling snow. A stranger. A needle. A world turned upside down. That's all Taite can remember when she wakes up alone and disoriented in a desert. Lost and confused, Taite is desperate to return home to her over-protective father and the dull life she had once hoped to escape. Crossing paths with a suspicious girl, Taite accepts an invitation to join her as she travels to meet her brother. A means to an end, Taite's only goal is to find a way home...
15512) The Stefan Mendoza Trilogy
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Assassin. Cyborg. Avenger. Stefan Mendoza spent his life doing the government's dirty work until he was double-crossed by one of his own. When a traitor betrays Mendoza's black-ops team, only he can push through the torture and escape. But he has to put dreams of revenge on the back burner, because the world has changed while he's been out of circulation. To survive, he must tap into his underground network. Mendoza's quest for vengeance pits him...
15513) Metaphorosis March 2020
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Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis magazine. All the stories from the month, plus author biographies, interviews, and story origins.
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• The Eighth Fathom -Chris Panatier
• The Wicked Stepmother -Rhema Sayers
• The Draining -Matt Hornsby
• Sonata III: Canta -L. Chan
15514) Secrets of the Nile
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If you're reading this, it may mean I don't exist any more. Time travel's like that. Here today, erased tomorrow.16-year-old Madison Bryant is escaping an awkward romance when she leaps into her friend Riley's latest invention--a time machine--as it blasts off on its maiden voyage to Ancient Egypt. Setting down by the Nile in a swirl of sand, the pair plan to stay for a day or two and observe, not interact with anyone. But when a local girl invites...
15515) The End of the Beginning
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Colonel Ash is the first human time traveler to reach the very end of the universe. Getting stuck there isn't the only surprise he encounters.
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In an attempt to aid Commander Thalia, Captin Magneus launches a rescue mission. But in the middle of the frantic space battle, few things go as planned. Now marooned himself, he must fight to survive on the wrong side of the planet while the battle rages above without his leadership. Set in the richly described Earth 50,000 BC universe, and during the exciting Abraxian Wars, this new quick read, Improbable, provides insights and suspense at a breakneck...
15517) Under a Dark Sky
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On rebel planet Elysium, a man is executed on live video streamed by religious extremists. Nothing terribly original so far for Elysium.Only this time, the man doesn't die.When security expert Asher Perez is sent to find him, dark secrets about the rebel colony are exposed. Something dark is stirring in the shadows.Something that has been watching humanity since the dawn of history.
15518) Conduit 3
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The final chapter in the Conduit saga is here.Join the crew of the Recovery as they race against time in an effort to locate the stabilizer and travel back to San Diego in the hope of saving their city pod. Adversary Captain George Hanson returns to stand in their way. More Raiders stand in their way. Crossing the southern continental states stands in their way. Join them as they travel through locations such as Birmingham, New Orleans, Texas,...
15519) Night of the Seven Year Moon
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I pledge allegiance to the mark and to the republic for which it stands. One nation indivisible with protection and security for all. I pledge to serve the one voice, the voice of truth, the voice of reason, the voice of unity. I vow to always, prepare the way justly and above all else hold these truths as self-evident. I pledge to serve no other but the director and his programs for the sake of freedom, liberty, and justice for all.
15520) Retief: Diplomat-at-Arms
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Retief had just one job on Northroyal-to save the galaxy from madness and war. So with a frayed cloak and an old horse and a packet in his saddlebags-not to mention blood, guts, and brains he set out.
Keith Laumer was a Hugo and Nebula award nominee! Before becoming a science fiction writer Laumer was an officer in the United States Air Force and a diplomat in the Foreign Service, adding a note of realism to many of his stories. One of science fiction's...
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