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61) First Colony
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CRASHING IS THE EASY PARTBOOK ONE OF THREE It's been more than a century since humanity escaped the overpopulation of Earth, expanding out among the stars. We've faced and overcome war with an alien race. We've survived terrorist attacks meant to end colonization. We've thrived despite unregulated class distinctions, separating the wealthy from the working class.
What comes next may be the end of it all.
A lone colony of human castaways, led by...
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It's never quite dark on the Street of Eyes, but the shadows there grow large and deep. You go to find a job. There's no telling if you'll be coming back.
Street is a Science Fiction trilogy set on a future Earth not so different from the one we know. Even in a world bursting with technology, there's still violence, vice, and oppression. Freelance telepath Gina Hart lives this reality every day on the bottom rung of society. Only, for her, it's about...
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In a derelict squat, the Smart Man watches as the new narcotic developed by his shadowy organisation wreaks havoc on it, unsuspecting victims. The drug is now ready for sale on their exclusive darknet marketplace. Elsewhere, DCI Robert Smith, the retired head of the Cyber Crimes Unit, seeks out crime boss Curtis Slater at his remote farm. He offers to provide Slater with information in exchange for money. But, what information is he offering? Meanwhile,...
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What is the result when there is a breakdown of societal norms?
Does morality survive when religion is marginalized and immediate gratification is embraced?
Does the lack of training and education of a countries history and culture result in large groups of citizens no longer recognizing right or wrong?
When shocking headlines of crime and violence become routine and governments are overwhelmed, who do the people turn to?
When the violence...
65) Networked
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Video game designers Nick and Dan find their half-finished project suddenly replaced with a game that is finished – and brilliant. Soon players everywhere find themselves immersed in an incredible new virtual world. But events in the game become increasingly sinister, taking over the lives of players and blurring the lines with reality.
As Nick's life is thrown into turmoil, he fears for his friend Dan, and his wife Lily, and he finds himself increasingly...
66) Over the Edge
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Off-duty United States Secret Service agent H. Hunter Mahoy is wounded while landing a gunfire-stricken jumbo jetliner at Miami International Airport. The surgeon who operates on him finds a suspicious fragment in his left shoulder and queries him as to its origin. Hunter is clueless.
His coworker, Agent Charles Minsk, takes the fragment to a private lab in Washington DC, where he soon learns that it's a highly miniaturized tracking device--or...
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On October 28, 1943, a U.S. Navy ship was successfully teleported with disastrous effects on its crew. Crewmen died, developed rare or yet unidentified diseases, and most horrifying of all, some became fused to the metal, their arms and legs protruding from the bulkhead.
A team of psychologists has gathered at a small university to study and analyze the same reoccurring dream of seven completely different people. The dream involves a large navy ship...
68) Access Denied
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Marcus Salisbury is the owner of Micro Ware, a company that distributes personal computers. He is wealthy beyond description but he wants more. He wants to introduce his own personal computer and he would do whatever it took to make that happen including stealing trade secrets and even committing murder. Tyler McRenoylds owns his own company specializing in mergers and acquisitions. When he works with Marcus on a deal, he meets Marcus' personal assistant,...
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GET YOUR SHIP TOGETHER. "If you like Andy Weir's The Martian and Hugh Howey's Wool, you will love Kevin Tumlinson's Citadel. "AN ANCIENT ENEMYA THREAT OF WARAN UNEXPECTED HOPEALL ON THE WRONG FREAKING PLANET. It's been over a century since the terrorist attack that nearly ended any chance for humanity to travel to the stars. Then there was the fifty years of war with the plant-like Esool, the rise of a powerful, cult-like anti-colonization group,...
70) Madeira
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Value Engineer Rave Maps lost a vital business consulting opportunity working on the Portuguese island of Madeira.
Then she nearly lost her life.
Rave's VE skills are tested as she struggles to fulfill client obligations racing from Madeira to Toronto, Paris, Steamboat Springs, and St. Lucia fighting to remain a step ahead of BrainRanger AI, an artificial intelligence working to steal her clients and appropriate everything she knows.
To survive,...
71) Point of Impact
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"The glimpses of aerial combat are brilliant" in this pulse-pounding RAF thriller, where it could be pilot error-or a sinister plot. (The Daily Telegraph).
They're supposed to be routine missions-but one by one, RAF Tempests are crashing in the midst of them. No one knows why, and the Accident Investigation Bureau is blaming pilot error.
Suspicious of a cover-up, Flight Lieutenant Drew Miller, whose own friends have been among the fatalities,...
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Freddie Lima is a technical unicorn who has worked as a Software Engineer, Systems Engineer, and Security Engineer with over 30 years of technology experience. Freddie's wife Ginger is the CEO of the company they co-own, All Things Operations (ATO). In "Growing Future Operators," Freddie shares his professional experiences through fiction.
Jack Whitaker is a technology curmudgeon who prides himself on teaching the classics. He has a great reputation...
73) Drumbeats
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This dark fantasy set in Africa is a collaboration between a New York Times–bestselling author and the drummer from the multi-platinum rock band, Rush.
A chilling tale of African drums and human souls from #1 international bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson and legendary Rush lyricist and drummer Neil Peart.
Early in their three decades of correspondence, Neil Peart sent Kevin J. Anderson extensive descriptions and travelogues of his...
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A thought-provoking new short story from the acclaimed author of Zero Day and Trojan Horse.
Challenging Anonymous is like waving a red flag in front of a bull. But the CEO of a major investment firm has done just that, and now cyber security expert Jeff Aiken has to try to protect the company from its leader's mistakes. The timing couldn't be worse, as Jeff is scheduled to appear at a conference that has invited an Anonymous representative as well....
75) Social Murder
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"Ronni's mind fell completely silent. She stopped being aware of the room around her, there was only the hateful figure of a bully and an abuser ahead of her, all else was a blur."
You're in a strange city. Your friend is missing. Could you find the courage to do what is necessary? Would you even know where to start?
These are the questions faced by law graduate Ronni Wong when her friend Jenny disappears after a date with a man she met online....
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The fate of the United States hangs in the balance and only a select few can prevent the impending disaster. Stanley Carmichael is an intelligent and hard-working member of the Central Intelligence Agency. Yet, he never expected to be named Deputy Director of the CIA so soon in his career. Nonetheless, he finds himself stepping into shoes that feel impossible to fill. Anna Carmichael is a legend. She's one of the fiercest ex-members of the Special...
77) Neural Web
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From New York Times and USA Today bestseller Dima Zales comes the highly anticipated conclusion to the Human++ trilogy
It's been four and a half years since my friends and I revolutionized the world with our Brainocyte technology. I have a beautiful wife, a genius son, and more money than I know what to do with. My current problem? Not everyone appreciates the brave new world we've built. With enemies where I can least expect them, our life-saving...
79) Category 7
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A Category 4 hurricane, with winds of up to 155 miles per hour, tears roofs off buildings, smashes windows and doors, and can send floodwaters up to the second floor. Evacuation is suggested for up to six miles inland.
Hurricane Katrina was a Category 4 when she made landfall.
Hurricane Simone is a Category 7-the biggest, strongest storm in recorded history. When she hits New York City, skyscrapers will fall. Subways and tunnels will flood. Lower...
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The silicon chip, the soul of today's machines, governs every aspect of our modern society. Dominance in semiconductors equates dominance in the new millennium. But, something has gone wrong. A terrible railway accident in Florida, leaving dozens dead, and countless more injured is traced to faulty computer chips. One-woman figures out that the faulty chips weren't due to negligence, but to sabotage. Erika Conklin was forced to work for the FBI due...
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