A rising star in the weightless combat sport of zeroboxing, Carr “the Raptor” Luka dreams of winning the championship title. Recognizing his talent, the Zero Gravity Fighting Association assigns...
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Author: Lee, FondaSummary:Genre: Science fiction, Young adult fiction -
Author: Haggard, H. RiderSummary:A group of adventurers led by English fortune hunter Allan Quartermain follow a mysterious map on a quest to uncover the legendary mines of the biblical King Solomon. The first masterpiece of the...
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Author: Le Guin, Ursula K.Summary:Earth-scientist Rocannon has been living on a world shared by three native humanoid races: cave dwellers, elves, and warriors. When the planet is suddenly invaded, Rocannon leads the battle to...
Genre: Fantasy fiction, Science fiction -
Author: Ondaatje, MichaelSummary:Drawing on contemporary accounts, period photographs, dime novels and his own fund of empathy and imagination, Michael Ondaatje traces Billy the Kid's passage across the blasted landscape of 1880s...
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Author: Bledsoe, AlexSummary:Freelance sword jockey Eddie LaCrosse becomes the prime murder suspect when one of the queen's personal guards is poisoned. Trying to clear his name, Eddie becomes embroiled in a nasty scandal....
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Author: Delany, Samuel R.Summary:Bellona is a city at the center of the United States. Something has happened there … the population has fled. Madmen and criminals wander the streets. Strange portents appear in the cloud-covered...
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Author: Slezkine, YuriSummary:Published on the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, the epic story of an enormous apartment building where Communist true believers lived before their destruction.
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Author: Carrère, EmmanuelSummary:With a unique take on their charms and foibles, Carrère follows the ragtag group of early Christians through the tumultuous days of the faith's founding. An expansive meditation on belief, The...
Genre: Religious fiction, Historical fiction -
Author:Summary:New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry teams up with the godfather of the living dead himself, George A. Romero, to present a collection of all-new tales set during the forty-eight...
Genre: Horror fiction, Short stories -
Author: Brunner, JohnSummary:A prophetic look at the potential consequences of the escalating destruction of the Earth.
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Author: Aczel, Amir D.Summary:The invention of numerals is perhaps the greatest abstraction the human mind has ever created. Virtually everything in our lives is digital, numerical, or quantified. The story of how we got these...
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Author: Raimondo, LynneSummary:Though Rachel Lazarus has confessed to her husband's murder, she's mounting a battered woman's defense. Forced into helping the prosecution, blind psychiatrist Mark Angelotti uncovers...
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Author: Raimondo, LynneSummary:When attorney Jane Barrett's lover collapses from a fatal dose of an antipsychotic drug, it falls to Barrett's oldest friend, Hallie Sanchez, and psychiatrist Mark Angelotti to defend her on...
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Author: McCarry, CharlesSummary:Five international agents embark on a car trip in a Cadillac, traveling from Switzerland to the Sudan. Among them is Miernik, a Polish scientist who might be the leader of a terror force that...
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Author: Card, Orson ScottSummary:Young Alvin Maker is born into an alternative frontier America, where folk magic is real and he himself is gifted with power. But he must learn to use it wisely, for dark forces are arrayed...
Genre: Fantasy fiction, Historical fiction