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Geiger volume 1
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"series premiere
It all starts here! The critically acclaimed teamof storytellers geoff johns and garyfrank(Geiger: Ground zero, doomsday clock) Return to the nuclear wasteland of their bestselling geiger for an all-new ongoing series starring the violent and unpredictable glowing Man
Leaving his home behind, tariq geiger now walks the radioactive roads of the former united stateswith his two-headed wolf Barneybut as his enemies doggedly pursue him,...
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In a world where food is scarce, the government rules, and ordinary people only exist to serve, can there ever be, happiness? As a child, living in a post-apocalyptic world, the only person Rachel can rely on is her mother. But when, her mother is killed, Rachel is initiated into The Programme where selected young girls are medicated to make them fertile. Fearing for her future, Rachel escapes. But, freedom comes at a price and Rachel must navigate...
3) The System
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Within the confines of society, the relentless grip of routine and the wright of mundane existence cast a shadow on each individual. Each day unfolds with monotonous predictability, as people navigate the labyrinthine bureaucracy trapped in a ceaseless cycle of paperwork, regulations, and mind-numbing tasks. Within this menial existence, the collective does not yearn for something more, they play their part in the stifling confines of the system they...
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A War to End all Wars?The centaurs are at war, the sword of tragedy hangs over the heads of humanity, and only Jacob Walden can serve as a shield.Teacher Jacob's worst nightmare has come true. The war he tried to stop now rages and threatens centaurs and humans alike. He's been forced to choose sides and for all he knows his choice could curse his people with never-ending blame!Jacob must solve a mystery before all is lost. He must do the unthinkable...
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This is a story of Moloch's cultural evolution from dystopia to utopia. Corruption, oppression, cronyism, wars, coups, revolutions, destabilization, regime changes, greed, economic pillaging, financial chicanery and exploitation were the norm. People were weary and afraid. In democratic countries people were easily persuaded to approve the creation of a Global agency dedicated to the eradication of terrible conspiracies.The Guild of Unrelenting Truth...
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In a drought-ravaged post-apocalyptic future, the voices in Shakti's head tell her how to survive. But when hegemony control officer Lucas Seraph murders her brother as he shuts off the water supply to another doomed city, Shakti is thrown into a desperate flight to understand and control the frightening powers growing within her. Pursued by death cultists, mutilated rebels, and the demons in her own mind, Shakti's only way back, her last chance to...
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The QUANTUM LOVE GENE is a thrilling action packed Sci-Fi story.Taken from the review written by Dennis Moore in the SD Writeway newsletter book review, Moore says, "The Quantum Love Gene by Raymond J. Pilon has been described by one author as possibly a hotter product than Avatar, and after reading this spellbinding fantasy science fiction novel, I am inclined to agree.Pilon's book is based on dreams and the premise is that we are "Spirit Beings"...
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A high-flying executive and single mother of an autistic son leaves her career behind to embark on a transformative journey. Seeking a simpler life, she moves to a quaint village in Crete, where she joins the Animal Welfare movement, a cause close to her heart. Yet she soon finds that attitudes toward animals in her new home are more complex than she expected. European vets make periodic visits, attempting to control the burgeoning population of ownerless...
10) The Naked Law
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Clutter and hoarding, creativity and the artist, and death and dying come together in this dystopian novel.Before you die, you must divest yourself of all your worldly goods. That is The Naked Law of a new world order. But if you keep telling stories, or if you keep making art, you may just delay the Final Reckoning."The Naked Law" opens with the launch of a blog that shares stories about life after The Final Catastrophe. You will hear from a chorus...
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In this near-future, post-apocalyptic novel, retired lawyer-turned-professor Willoughby Burns finds himself trying to survive against hunger and deadly threats in southern Louisiana. The Dixie Apocalypse takes place in an America ravaged by natural disasters, lack of petroleum, plagues, and terrorism. What is left of the United States is controlled by martial law. Life itself becomes primitive and favors those who can grow their own food or handle...
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Año 2014 - Ancona
Un científico, descendiente de Guglielmo Marconi ha inventado un tipo de humanoide muy especial que cambiará la Humanidad
Año 7485
Los animales se han adueñado de la Tierra y los humanos se han convertido en sus esclavos.
¿Qué ha sucedido realmente?
PUBLISHER: TEKTIME
13) Doctor No
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El protagonista de la novela es un brillante profesor de matemáticas experto en nada que no hace nada. Eso lo convierte en el socio perfecto de un aspirante a villano Bond que quiere entrar en Fort Knox para robar, no los lingotes de oro, sino una caja de zapatos que no contiene nada.
A través de la voz de este profesor asperger, Percival Everett vuelve a utilizar el absurdo para hacer una brillante crítica a los valores de la sociedad actual.
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14) Little monarchs
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Margaret Ferguson Books/Holiday House
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[2022]
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In the twenty-second century, a sun shift has made it impossible for mammals to survive in the daylight, and ten-year-old Elvie and her caretaker, Flora, are studying the migration route of monarch butterflies along what used to be the western coast of the United States, hoping that something in the butterflies wing scales can be used to protect people from the sun and save humanity from extinction.
15) Islanders
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One journey can change everything-for you and everyone else...ISLANDERS: A dystopian adventure for young adults from prize-winning author John Barlow.***Ben Brewer has lived all his life on the Island. But things are getting unbearable. There's hardly any food and there's nothing to do. Plus, the adults are so scared they won't let anyone leave.Thirteen years ago, the Mainland was torn apart by war and contaminated by biological weapons. Ben's parents...
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We've become dangerous...Our city is divided. Not just by the river that separates poor from rich, but by a government who throws away people who are not good enough. We're Avoidables, a race of people who have been shunned, judged and persecuted for the way we look and the rare gifts we have. We're ready for justice, we're ready for war. We're ready to seek vengeance for lifetimes of hatred. We've become dangerous.And, yet, a small glimmer of hope...
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The earth is recovering from the Acid Head War, in which hallucinogenic chemicals were the primary weapon. Many humans are now suffering from delusions and are unable to tell the real from the imaginary. When a man named Colin Charteris tries to make sense of the drugged-out world, he is taken as the new messiah. As he descends into paranoid visions, he begins to believe this himself.
18) Rain's Rebellion
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Can one short conversation change Rain's world forever?After the Third World War, women seized the opportunity to overcome the surviving men, creating a new nation in part of what used to be the United States ruled by the Motherhood. From that day forward, all women are raised never to question the new order of things where women have all the power and men are used and discarded like animals.Rain knows in the back of her mind that this way is wrong,...
19) The God Society
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Under a purple moon, Christian Good looks on as two armed sentries walk the wall that separates the metropolis from the desert beyond, and he whispers to himself a single question, "Who is God?" Raised in a futuristic theocracy to believe unquestioningly the city is God-directed, Christian Good becomes an allegorical character for the individual's journey to define the nature of the Christian God.
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En bref, je suis arrivée à Penrose. Rien n'était normal ; ici les gens ne semblent pas avoir de soucis. Leur histoire n'est pas la ntre. J'ai cherché sur des cartes, mais pas de chance. Toutefois, même si j'essaie de sortir, je recule toujours. Je crois que quelque chose me lie à ce village de fous.Qui sont ces femmes ? On dirait qu'elles me connaissent, mais je sais que je ne suis jamais venue ici.Que cachent ces femmes ? Je ne sais pas, mais...
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