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19562) Playing in the Rain
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When the effects of a hypnosis-inducing drug fade, April slowly begins a conscious awakening. Memories of her past are unclear, and she has no recollection of her identity or whereabouts.As the days slip by, April realizes there is more to life than existing when she is introduced to an occupant who does just that - her sister. The more she learns about her environment, the more she wants to escape.But can April remember her past, and her sister?...
19563) The Kalis Experiments
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Syrina is a Kalis: a master of disguise, assassin, and spy. Her kind has served the High Merchants' Syndicate for a thousand generations.She receives a surprising gift from her master, and she realizes something isn't right. The High Merchants don't do anything without a reason. When things don't add up in an otherwise normal investigation, she follows the trail to the steam-powered city of Fom. There, she learns of a machine that could end civilization...
19564) Villainous
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What makes someone a villain? After the war, Mythikos was divided into three classes Seelie, Unseelie, and human. For Jericho, a werewolf apart of the Hero Alliance, the world has always been black and white. Heroes and villains. Seelie and Unseelie. Those who protect the humans and those who hurt them. Jericho has always known what side they're on. But when the villain they've been hunting for the last six months turns out to be their childhood friend,...
19565) Children of Agmar
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Over a year after the events of the Rune Breaker series, Pele and Ru are once again living and traveling with the halflings of the Winter Willow Clan. A decision by the clan's Grandmother, however, soon has Pele facing old fears and new doubts about her very nature.With none of her family or friends (or Ru) able to truly understand what she's going through, she might have to turn to Vul Azan: a man who claims to be her half brother. But even if she...
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Htes familiers de notre paysage mental depuis l'Antiquité, les monstres ont envahi les écrans et pris des formes nouvelles avec l'avènement du graphisme numérique. Ils composent avec les héros des associations étranges et, en dépit des luttes o ils s'affrontent, les uns et les autres se doivent mutuellement existence et reconnaissance.
Ce Dossier Universalis revisite les figures classiques de la monstruosité à partir d'une sélection d'articles...
19567) Shaking the Foundation
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Jeb and Sophie welcome a new little Shepherd into the family nearly three years after an EMP changes the world. The community surrounding the family farm is growing and thriving in this new world and they are comfortable until they see the planes. What will this new development mean for them and for the world?
19568) In Retrospect
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The year is 3324. In the region once known as Turkey, the Rasakans have attacked the technologically superior Oku. The war is a stalemate until the Oku commander, General Zane, abruptly surrenders. Merit, a staunch member of the Oku resistance, fights on, but she and her comrades are soon captured. An uneasy peace ensues, but the Rasakans work secretly to gain control of the prized Oku time-travel technology. When Zane is murdered, the Rasakans exert...
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Finding their footing has been no easy task for the few remaining survivors of the Sacramento. Melina Beetary's brother Ethan has been missing for months, and Terik Donato, still haunted by sins of the past, is reluctant to lead the men and women he helped save. Both Melina and Terik find themselves surrounded by conflicting loyalties, including a man who has been both a friend and an enemy, and a mysterious warrior who is more than meets the eye....
19570) Into This River I Drown
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Five years ago, Benji Green lost his beloved father, Big Eddie, who drowned when his truck crashed into a river. All called it an accident, but Benji thought it more. However, even years later, he is buried deep in his grief, throwing himself into taking over Big Eddie's convenience store in the small town of Roseland, Oregon. Surrounded by his mother and three aunts, he lives day by day, struggling to keep his head above water.
But, Roseland is...
19571) Blades of Grass
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The nuclear attack had caught the United States by surprise. The next wave would be even worse.
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"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, I know that you all are tired of living in poverty. I know that you all are tired of living in disease and fear of each other. Therefore, I, Abraham Gatlin, have founded Elvort. Elvort is an enclosed country… er… community where you can live in a simulation of a selected era of your choice. Perhaps you can be a knight in shining armor in the Medieval times or a member of the Beatles in the sixties. The choice...
19573) No Master
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Bounty (Christine d'Abo) volume 3
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No man in the galaxy inspires more fear than Korbin, the Admiral of the Black. His life as leader of the biggest pirate band in space leaves little room for trust, so when Korbin's second-in-command disappears without a trace, he suspects the worst.
Zain Strand has left his life as a sex slave behind and risen within the pirate ranks. But he abandons it all to rescue an old friend from recapture by the slavers - even if that means a suicidal confrontation...
19574) Heirs of the Frontier
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Frontiers challenge us as humanity expands into all new worlds. The frontier stretches above us, a river of stars that guided sailors across seas and a future that promises struggles and hope in equal measure. There's hope when you push out into new territory. And danger. Determination sees you through when all else fails. From a garden carved into a cliffside to first encounters both mysterious and deadly, Meyari McFarland explores what frontiers...
19575) La Niña Maldicha
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En un instante, su vida ya no le pertenecía...
En las calles de Perking, Sparrow sobrevive robando monedas de los bolsillos y comida de los vendedores de la calle, hasta que un día toca un artículo que lo lleva a viajar por el tiempo, despertando un poder que no puede controlar ni comprender.
Sparrow se ve obligada a usar este "truco" para contar el futuro, un esfuerzo exhaustivo y peligroso. Cada día se convierte en una pesadilla de la que...
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A deadly virus. A brilliant, young researcher. And an infected survivor who threatens to steal her heart.
In a society ruled by sanctions and curfews, Dr. Meghan Forester emerges as the youngest and most promising scientist to join the fight against Makanza-the deadly virus that's ravaged the world.
Inside Compound 26, a giant government-controlled research facility, Meghan's new job involves studying the Kazzies, the rare survivors who carry the...
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In the wake of a deadly pandemic, three-year-old Zoey is left alone, trapped in her house, wondering why Mummy won't wake up, why Daddy never came home, why the world outside her window has stopped. But as the dead begin to rise, she won't be alone for long.
Across the country, in a rural Australian community, sisters Merry and Claire think they're saved when the capable, but controlling, Mr. Blake rescues them from a frenzied 'grinner'. But as Merry...
19578) While the Lights Are On
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Save Australia, Save the World. Three weeks after the outbreak, most nations have collapsed. An ever-increasing number of refugees flee, by boat and air, to the perceived safety of the remote Pacific nations. In Australia, every able body is conscripted, local and newcomer alike. The lucky few are put to work in the new factories, farms, and mines. The unlucky many are given tools for weapons, put aboard cruise-ships and cargo freighters, and returned...
19579) Earthweeds
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At the end of the world - it's the start of something new, with origins both puzzling and terrifying.
A green fog descends over every major city in the world, and the populations disappear one by one. By nightfall, every living soul in every metropolis is gone. Earth grinds to a halt. Only a few stragglers are alive in the rural countryside. When Sam and his brother return from a mountain camping trip, they find only empty city streets. Alone, they...
19580) Murphy's Law
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As First Officer on the part passenger ship, part space freighter, The Fiscal Restraint, Jack Dexter (Dex to his friends) thinks he knows all there is to know about "Murphy's Law": If anything can go wrong, it will. And on the perpetually under-staffed, under-funded Restraint, it generally does. But he never expected to actually meet Murphy. The real Murphy. Dex hires Orville Sod onto the Restraint just before the ship makes the jump to deep space....
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