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"Distinctive characterizations" in this sci-fi fantasy "contribute to an exciting coming-of-age story with a strong message about the evils of prejudice" (Booklist).
Prisoners of a war they barely remember, Fremont's Children must find a way to survive in a world that abhors their very nature. Or they must discover a way to leave it . . .
Brenda Cooper's Fremont's Children series launches with her award-winning novel The Silver Ship and...
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An RAF pilot takes on powerful forces to uncover the truth about forbidden weapons of war in "a thriller with a serious message" (The Times).
One of the RAF's ace pilots, Flight Lieutenant Mark Hunter was shot down and held prisoner in Iraq. Six years later, the nightmare continues, as Mark watches his fellow servicemen being tortured by the devastating effects of the Gulf War.
Determined to find out why information about lethal cocktails...
3) Winter Hawk
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New York Times Bestseller: "A thrill ride . . . The technical details and intricate depiction of Soviet life fascinate." -Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
American pilot Mitchell Gant barely escaped the USSR alive after stealing its cutting-edge stealth fighter. Nevertheless, he's going back again-this time, to rescue an American agent with evidence of a looming threat. A group of highly placed, power-hungry Soviets, who want to undermine any...
4) Leviathan
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With the creation of an unholy beast comes the end of the world in this diabolical thriller from the international bestselling author of Crux and Hunter.
On an Icelandic Island, an illegal experiment intended to create the perfect biological weapon has transformed a once-innocent creature into the biblical Leviathan that once terrorized the world. Able to shatter steel and granite as easily as it can melt the strongest containment shields, Leviathan...
5) Blackout
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An FBI agent discovers a conspiracy to send planes falling from the sky in this suspense-charged thriller from New York Times–bestselling author John J. Nance A Boeing/McDonnell-Douglas MD-11 jetliner crashes into the Gulf of Mexico a mile inside Cuban waters, killing all three hundred and twenty passengers onboard. The last three minutes on the plane's cockpit voice and data recorders have been erased. Was this a massive mechanical failure or...
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New York Times–bestselling author John J. Nance delivers an edge-of-your-seat tale of nuclear terrorism. Vivian Henry hasn't heard her ex-husband's voice in three years, but it still fills her with fear. Dangerous and brilliant, Dr. Rogers Henry is calling because he's dying. He offers Vivian a fortune in insurance money if she'll carry out one final task for him: Take the Medusa device to Washington, DC. The Medusa is his life's work-a thermonuclear...
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This techno thriller concerns Lars Brent. He's a frail-looking Canadian scientist who has invented a wonder drug. It's easily worth half a trillion dollars, but he has no hopes of cashing in. Why? Five years ago, he used his invention to kill assassins. --
Lars Brent, code named Needles, is a thin Canadian scientist who looks barely able to withstand winter winds. Yet he's a counter-assassin, who kills with a revolutionary poison and with cold-blooded...
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Code stoned. Debug sober. Document drunk. And never trust the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michael Luis Bolaño is the scion of Mexican oil wealth gone to rut in Texas. Sherman Spartacus Katz is the hyperliterate son of evangelical eccentrics from the North Georgia mountains. One hopes to restore what's been lost, the other to attain what never was. Together at an elite Institute of Technology they train as engineers. Together in the dark they...
9) From Us
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America's in trouble. The Senate's at war with itself while the House founders anew. Some judges twist laws. Some journalists bend truth. Riots light up evening skies.
A Swiss financier plans two murders to tip the balance of power his way. What's to stop him?
Three white-collar criminals: a disgraced ex-spy, a blonde with a drinking problem, and a cop forced to retire early. They dare not contact U.S. authorities.
Nonetheless, these misfits are...
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A new kind of terrorist threatens America. These killers do not use military weapons of any sort. Instead, they deploy exotic industrial technology in deadly new ways. Each attack has the potential for hundreds of civilian casualties. The carnage, which is already severe, seems ready to escalate. The terrorists promise bigger, bloodier attacks if America's president does not send them a billion dollars.
The president knows things need to move...
11) 720 Heartbeats
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What if your future would no longer be a mystery to you? What would you do?Detective Rok Kopitar's life is turned upside down. His worldview and his common sense are being defied by an adversary who seems to know everything about him.From the moment he discovers an obscure icon on his desktop, everyday life seems to unravel. Everything he holds dear appears to slip through his fingers and is about to disappear from his life. Unless he manages to make...
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Imagine that organized crime has, in effect, targeted family values. Further imagine the result just might resemble this heartwarming Christian novel's story. Specifically:
He is a scientist, secretly winning the world's major lotteries. The Russian mob wants him dead.
She is a single parent on the run from a vicious drug lord. Nobody in law enforcement believes her story.
He and she find each other as predators from around the globe unite against...
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Cyberpunk Fighters Unite to fight the enemies of Gideon! Cyberpunkers January and Sage 999 battle other high school fighters in a Sector called Gidieon on Lockdown... Cyberball is their sport and January will take on a student that will unlock past... She and Sage 999 will battle a Mech that attacks the school along with other students and finally get out into the world... The enemy is watching them. In this enthralling Cyberpunk High Fighters action...
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In the future, cancer has been eliminated on Earth. Despite his diagnosis, celebrated artist Jimson Alleca can live peacefully for another twenty years if he stays on the planet to receive his medication. But Jimson does not want peace; he wants love. Even though it will shorten his lifespan, giving him one single year more, Jimson leaves space-normal to enter "the Hype," a shimmering space outside of space. He goes in search of his former lover,...
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The author of Project Inferno brings back the United States' greatest threat in the second novel in the thrilling Infiltration series.
The shadowy figure known only as "The General" is a master of technological espionage. In Project Inferno, the first book in the Infiltration series, The General launched an insidious campaign to start fires in American homes. His plot was exposed and catastrophe was narrowly averted.
The General is back with a new...
16) Flux
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Seething glass furnaces, sizzling attraction, and sly sabotage bring suspense, camaraderie among men, and murder in this stand-alone contemporary industrial thriller. The vibrant, gritty Pittsburgh factory in "Flux" could launch Eli and Bo on a path to a lifelong relationship – or send the two men to the morgue. In matters of the heart, glass is not the only fragile material.In this high-tech adventure Olivette Devaux will leave you breathless...
17) Drowning Earth
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Her sub can break the underwater speed of sound. But can she outpace the threat of nuclear winter? In 2055, with global tensions nearing the breaking point, humanity teeters on the brink of annihilation. Their only hope lies with Captain Kel Williams and her loyal team, crewing what some call the deadliest submarine ever built.Kel races to stake a claim to valuable undersea biomass-a lifeline that could prolong humanity's demise. But deadly Russo-Chinese...
18) Hacker's Hell
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HACKER'S HELL: A Contemporary Hacker's Novel Freshman Daze Turns Into A Hacker's Hell For college freshman Nathan, life is a juggling act of varsity soccer, a crowded boarding house, and an infatuation with the gorgeous redhead in the next room. Just when he thinks he has his hands full, he rescues a stray dog who ends up binding him and his five housemates into an inseparable friends crew. But their bonds are soon put to the ultimate test. One of...
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