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"A wonderful alternative-history thriller [that] deftly weaves together influences like Phillip K. Dick and Raymond Chandler." -Mike Stackpole, New York Times–bestselling author of I, Jedi
My name is Noel Glass. I once was a respected scientist and madly in love. All that ended with a deadly experiment that cost me the life of my fiancée.
It's 1953 and I'm a detective working the streets of Industry City. I don't rely on instinct; science...
83) Out of the Water
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When we last left our intrepid group of science bros and their adorable bunnygirl roommate, things around the lab had changed. Danny is still trying to deal with being furry, Dave lost a girlfriend but gained a dog, Joey has gotten engaged thanks to the miracle of science, Hana is planning the bunny-wedding of the century, and Pete is putting some thought into his mother's demand for grandchildren. But even with everything going on at home, GenoMod...
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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,...
85) B-4
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When Dr. Jordynn Chambers discovers a DNA vending machine amongst centuries of discarded-sorry, "archived"-student projects, she sets out to decipher whatever secrets hide inside. Read a sneak peak of 1 of 20 stories publishing in Esther Davis's "A Dog, 3 Cats, and a Dragon."
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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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En el mito de Prometeo, EL FUEGO ES INTERPRETADO COMO UNA METÁFORA DEL CONOCIMIENTO. Cuando en 1818, en Inglaterra, el país capitalista más avanzado de la poca, se escribió "Frankenstein o el moderno Prometeo", PROMETEO PASÓ A REPRESENTAR AL CIENTÍFICO MODERNO Y EL FUEGO A LA CIENCIA. Surge la TECNOCIENCIA, un saber apto para aplicaciones tecnológicas. Luego surge la CIENCIA FICCIÓN, género literario que se ocuparía de la relación entre...
88) Old Dead Futures
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In "Old Dead Futures," a young boy's ability to change the future makes him valuable to the government. But that same ability keeps him trapped in a wheelchair and at the mercy of those who would use him. When our present is fixed, how can we see a different future?
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
89) 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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In the second book of the Void of Power series, the President of the United States is compromised by a telepathic, opening the door for deep-state subversives to escalate their war on the Void. The stage is set for a recurrence of the Cultural War that destroyed civilization many decades before. The government's chief targets are gifted individuals with powers to rival or surpass those of their captives. The Walsh family does everything they can to...
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Prince Rupert's Drop book presents a timeless plot. An atheist sets out on a journey to disprove God's existence. Things don't turn out exactly as planned. The book's central character, Rupert Austin, plays both antagonist and protagonist in equal measure. The former as a dark and disturbed boy with no empathy, no compassion, no love, and no guilt for any of it. Rupert has only one emotion, fear, and from there, fear's timeless bedfellow, hate.
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92) The Spread
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In mankind's fight for survival, our humanity will be tested.
The carnage and destruction was apocalyptic. What changed the mountainous town of Ghostwood, West Virginia's lifelong neighbors, friends, and family into mindless killing creatures? Caleb, a mysterious figure with a depraved plan that plummets mankind down the freeway of Armageddon.
Thomas Pratt, Ghostwood's sheriff has seen some dark and grisly things during his time in the military....
93) 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...
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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...
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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...
97) Cyber Thoughts
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I saved the day, I got the girl, and we're on the verge of changing the world. Everything is possible with technology that can transform your brain and make you more than human. My only problem? Nightmares keep me up at night, and I can't shake the feeling I'm being watched. Everyone tells me I'm paranoid. But what if they're wrong?
98) The Greasers
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The 1970s. Austin, Texas. In which two Mexican brothers from South Tejas move to Austin to seek a degree from the famous University of Texas. While there, they become radically sensitive to the separation of "whites" and browns" in the overall scheme of things. Finally, the younger of the two brothers decides to do something about it. He travels deep into Mexico and locates an ancient and most unusual formula. Once he has tried it out for himself,...
99) B4earth
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In the year 2051, shallow-space NATO rail guns launched an unprovoked attack on the planet Earth, on every nation except America. Genocidal tsunamis sucked bullions of people into the seas. Asteroid ash from surface targets ensured an ice age. The world was quick to notice America hadn't been targeted. The less forward-thinking countries rained 7,500 nuclear missiles on North America, rendering it a glowing wasteland, essentially for eternity.
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