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He is a sentient plant. Herb Moss is a nice young man. He's a Vegan: a member of a genetically engineered species, part human and part plant, living on the planet New World. It's a good life, really: Herb's engaged to be married to his childhood sweetheart, Lily; has a job with his father's firm; and can look forward to a solid if unexciting future. And as everyone keeps telling him, it's time to put down roots. If he happens to be bored every time...
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"When you bring back a long-extinct species, there's more to success than the DNA. Moscow has resurrected the mammoth. But someone must teach them how to be mammoths, or they are doomed to die out, again. The late Dr. Damira Khismatullina, the world's foremost expert in elephant behavior, is called in to help. While she was murdered a year ago, her digitized consciousness is uploaded into the brain of a mammoth. Can she help the magnificent creatures...
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Murdoc finds phenomenal powers in the stone ring that he inherits from his father but only comes to understand those powers completely through contact with an interplanetary wanderer in the form of a feline mutant.
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The colony planet of Fremont was supposed to be free of all genetically altered beings. So when Chelo, her brother Joseph, and others were abandoned on Fremont, they were not welcome. Joseph managed to escape, but Chelo was left behind, in this latest work in the Silver Ship saga.
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"After closing his private investigation firm and moving to a small cabin in the Vermont woods, Oakley Tyler can finally begin his retirement. But his peace is interrupted when Jeremiah Smith visits and asks the ex-PI to help him stop unidentified men from killing his grandson, a local newspaper reporter. Tyler is reluctant to take the case, wishing to get back to a life of leisure, but when Smith is killed in a hit-and-run car accident, Tyler is...
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In this urban fantasy, a sword-wielding female blacksmith goes up against mythical and supernatural creatures in epic, action-filled battles.
When a rash of suicides strikes Bellingham, Washington, Sarah Beauhall finds herself embroiled in a conspiracy that involves long-dead gods, love-scorned ancients, dragons, witch feuds, and the rediscovery of a mysterious abandoned world.
Can Sarah put together the puzzle pieces before her world comes...
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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...
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"La vida de George" se sitúa temporalmente en la Cataluña del año 2121, y en una época en la que la ciencia y la tecnología han evolucionado de forma acelerada, hasta el punto de que los viajes a la Luna y a Marte se han convertido en algo habitual, así como la fabricación artificial de seres vivos, incluyendo seres humanos sintéticos.George es uno de estos humanos sintéticos, salido hace tres años de la empresa "Human Biofactory". Pese...
11) Carcer
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Years after Hidden City, not everyone is convinced that peace is possible. Battles in space are still common and people struggle to work through their differences. To prevent the strained peace treaties from falling apart, a new planet for prisoners is terraformed. While the planet is being prepared, all the prisoners are placed on a continent anxiously awaiting their fate where dangerous animals can tear through the prison's defenses.Calix became...
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Lieutenant Bill Davis finally retired from the fire rescue services. He had the necessary time on the job, but really considered himself too young to retire. Unfortunately, his body was telling him otherwise. Not long after, he felt the changes begin. They were minor at first but progressed to more and more obvious signs of a progressive (and massive) change. He and his wife became worried, and when they sought medical help, they were surprised by...
13) Four Legs Good
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Some scientific experiments, such as Einstein's Gedankenexperiment, cannot be carried out in the real world, others like the one in this story, should not be carried out in the real world. A flawed set of scientific experiments performed in 2024 causes a breakdown in the barrier between humans and a neighboring species. These experiments rely on the Nobel Prize winning molecular biology technique known as CRISPR, surgical intervention, and the use...
14) Venus of shadows
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The Venus Project calls upon the strongest and most courageous to create a prosperous world in the dismal wilderness of Venus. Those who demonstrate the skill and the passion to embark on this adventure must transform the barren planet in the midst of political and cultural unrest. When Risa and Benzi, children of Iris, one of the first people to partake in this project, find themselves in opposing forces on the battlefield, it is their love and perseverance...
15) Glory Season
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A woman faces danger on the high seas of another planet-and a mystery that will change her world-in this adventure by the bestselling author of Startide Rising.
On Planet Stratos, clans of genetically identical females dominate society. Natural conceptions are permitted, but only in summertime. Girls born this way-known for their despised uniqueness as 'vars'-must leave their clan homes to pursue their own distinct and hazardous fortunes in this...
16) Bunker 10
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IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
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Something is going terribly wrong at the top secret Pinewood Military Installation, and the teenage geniuses who study and work there are about to discover a horrible truth as they lead a small military force trying to retrieve data and escape before the compound self-destructs.
17) Savage Lands
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In a post apocalyptic world, Rovdyren have been hunted to near extinction. The Alpha has incited fear in all hearts – human and beast alike. His bite can heal, but as of late destruction is all he's been about. They say he's gone to the darkest parts of himself. Savage to the extreme. On the hunt for what doesn't exist – a mate. Losing his mind in the process. Kenley and her older brother, Sawyer, are part of a small pack of eight. They know that...
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In Dr. Faulkner's new world, all citizens are devoid of emotion-all except for two deviants.AnnaAnna Chaplin harbors a secret-one that could place her in grave danger.Trapped in a world where emotions no longer exist… or that's what was supposed to happen. Somehow, she is spared from this brutality, but that doesn't render her free from danger. In fact, it makes her a target.Desperate to escape this nightmare, she works feverishly to develop an...
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I'm trapped – a slave to a ruthless doctor, but I don't know how or why, and that's a hell I desperately want to escape.Lie after lie. Day after day.Something sadistic is taking place within the confines of Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital.I must uncover the truth, but I'll need help.Kai Hastings, a former employee of the hospital, is eager to rebel, but doing so could cost him his life… and mine, too.Can we expose the truth about what goes on behind...
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Overwhelming Beauty! Helen Winship moved to New York to pursue her studies in biology. John Burke, her fiancé, arrives in the Big Apple to find she has transformed into the most beautiful woman in the world thanks to an experimental microbial treatment given to her by her professor. The treatment is successful beyond everyone's wildest dreams, catapulting Helen into high society as every man wishes to be near her. Will her outlook on life be changed?...
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