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Unification by Dave Willmarth
14 ratingsAllistor just wants to restore the human race. He’s doing his best with the resources he’s gathered to locate other survivors around the world and unite them. His intentions are good, and he pushes hard. The drake eggs are hatching, and his people have dreams of both a murder chicken cavalry and a drake-mounted air force... -
![The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins]()
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
48 ratingsCould you survive on your own in the wild, with every one out to make sure you don't live to see the morning?In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts...Categorized as:
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![Moth by Lily Mayne]()
Moth by Lily Mayne
15 ratingsWhen I—along with my best friend and his big purple monster boyfriend—come across a fortress-like raider camp while journeying across the monster-infested Wastes, we stop to deliver a message.Somehow, that simple pit stop turns into a seemingly impossible quest to get this camp’s missing leader out of the prison where he’s being held and forced to fight monsters and other humans... -
![Lightning Game by Christine Feehan]()
Lightning Game by Christine Feehan
16 ratingsUninhibited passion meets spine-chilling danger in this thrilling GhostWalker novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan.Danger and passion fuse in this electrifying GhostWalker novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan. GhostWalker Rubin Campo’s rough upbringing made him into the man he is today: strong, steadfast and wary of outsiders... -
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![Stars Asunder by Tao Wong]()
Stars Asunder by Tao Wong
12 ratingsTo gain his Master Class, John Lee made a deal with the Erethran Empire. Now, the Empire has come to collect on the debt, forcing him to appear in their capital after his last fight. Thrown into Galactic politics of a militarised, System-based society; John will have to weigh consequences of the decisions he's been asked to make and confront the warped reality of a System-created empire... -
![The Fifth Realm by Michael Chatfield]()
The Fifth Realm by Michael Chatfield
16 ratingsAfter taking and defending Vuzgal, Erik and Rugrat have a new task to complete: build a city.They have been racing through the realms at this point, but Vuzgal is a prize that they can't simply give up on. Alva is mobilized, as are their allies, to build out the new city. It is time that they solidify their gains, working on their crafts, their fighting ability and cultivation...Categorized as:
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![United as One by Pittacus Lore]()
United as One by Pittacus Lore
26 ratingsThe seventh and final book in the #1 New York Times bestselling I Am Number Four series! With United as One, this action-packed series comes to a surprising, breathtaking, and utterly satisfying conclusion. The Garde didn’t start this war, but they’ll do whatever it takes to end it once and for all. . . . The Mogadorians have invaded Earth...Categorized as:
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![Saving Supervillains 3 by Bruce Sentar]()
Saving Supervillains 3 by Bruce Sentar
10 ratingsWith Miles's encouragement, Melody, had accepted the physical changes wrought by ingesting monster fruit. But now, it was time to help her through everything else.In the wake of the attack on Point City by Daeva the military had devised a plan to insert Melody into Daeva's stronghold. To gain entry, Melody would have to use her new looks and put her best villain act on...Categorized as:
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![Stay of Execution by Glynn Stewart]()
Stay of Execution by Glynn Stewart
11 ratingsThe Vampire War is over. The United States is reeling. The Masquerade is fragmenting. The Apocalypse is here… The long and bloody war with the vampires in the United States has finally ended, thanks to the efforts of the vampire Arbiter and ONSET Commander David White—and a nuclear explosion on American soil... -
![Elven Accord by Daniel Schinhofen]()
Elven Accord by Daniel Schinhofen
12 ratingsMeeting a dark Elf was unexpected. Kuro offered unconditional servitude in exchange for being saved, and Gothy was determined to make the most of it. Kuro had a single request: to warn the Queen that the King had broken their pact. Alvin agreed to take her to her world to report, wondering if it would be as easy as it sounded... -
![The Never Paradox by T. Ellery Hodges]()
The Never Paradox by T. Ellery Hodges
14 ratingsIf you lost a piece of your memory…Would you trust yourself to have made the right choices…In the moments you can’t remember.The Ferox assault has been escalating, drawing Jonathan into combat more and more frequently. With each passing day, he’s grown stronger. He can’t be certain, but his attackers seem to be getting… more dangerous?…and, of course, Heyer is gone, again.Then came the glitch... -
![Stars Awoken by Tao Wong]()
Stars Awoken by Tao Wong
14 ratingsJohn Lee has left Earth behind him as he travels to the capital of the Galactic Council. Seeking rest and an answer to what the enigmatic System is, John plans to spend his time reading and researching on Irvina. But fate has other plans for the human Paladin...Categorized as:
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![Cities in Chains by Tao Wong]()
Cities in Chains by Tao Wong
16 ratingsAn Apocalyptic LitRPG It's been over a year since the System came to Earth, bringing blood and monsters in equal measure. Having left Whitehorse, John and his team travel down to British Columbia, running into new dangers from aliens and humans alike. Faced with new challenges and new enemies, John steps up once more to set things right and teach a few aliens why you never put humanity in chains...Categorized as:
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![The City of Mirrors by Justin Cronin]()
The City of Mirrors by Justin Cronin
32 ratingsThe world we knew is gone. What world will rise in its place? The Twelve have been destroyed and the terrifying hundred-year reign of darkness that descended upon the world has ended. The survivors are stepping outside their walls, determined to build society anew—and daring to dream of a hopeful future. But far from them, in a dead metropolis, he waits: Zero. The First. Father of the Twelve... -
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![Oblivion by Anthony Horowitz]()
Oblivion by Anthony Horowitz
18 ratingsThe final, thrilling conclusion to #1 New York Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz's masterful series!Matt. Pedro. Scott. Jamie. Scar. Five Gatekeepers have finally found one another. And only the five of them can fight the evil force that is on the rise, threatening the destruction of the world...Categorized as:
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![City of Refuge by Starhawk]()
City of Refuge by Starhawk
8 ratingsSequel to The Fifth Sacred Thing, following the overthrow of the Stewards... -
![Defending the Lost by Justin Sloan, Michael Anderle]()
Defending the Lost by Justin Sloan, Michael Anderle
8 ratingsA time of reckoning has come for the council of Toro, a bandit city about to burst with corruption and injustice. Valerie refuses to allow her world to rot, and she's brought friends to help her teach the council a lesson. As if that weren't enough, Cammie and Royland have begun to rule the former pirate island... -
![The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher]()
The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher
31 ratingsJim Butcher, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Dresden Files and the Codex Alera novels, conjures up a new series set in a fantastic world of noble families, steam-powered technology, and magic-wielding warriors…Since time immemorial, the Spires have sheltered humanity, towering for miles over the mist-shrouded surface of the world...Categorized as:
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![Nomad Found by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle]()
Nomad Found by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle
12 ratingsIt's been twenty years since the fall, the destruction the world brought on itself. Can Terry Henry Walton, enhanced as he is, help bring civilization back as he seeks to atone for previous actions? By protecting and nurturing the ones with the knowledge... -
![Forgotten Ruin by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole]()
Forgotten Ruin by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole
12 ratingsTolkien meets Shock and AweOrcs. Trolls. Wraith riders. Dark wizards. Together, they form an unstoppable force. Or so they thought.Dark Army… meet the U.S. Army Rangers... -
![Hunted by Sophie Davis, Tanya Eby]()
Hunted by Sophie Davis, Tanya Eby
14 ratingsIn need of a distraction from her best friend's betrayal, Talia jumps at the chance to pack up and head to Washington, D.C., to have a purpose once again. She is tasked with administering the annual Talent Aptitude Tests, analyzing the children of the nation’s capital to identify those with powers...Categorized as:
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![Rebel Star by Tao Wong]()
Rebel Star by Tao Wong
14 ratingsAnswers and questions abound in the Rebel Star Weary and tired from playing Galactic bounty hunter and assassin, John and his crew of intrepid human survivors find themselves stopping off in Prax after their latest actions bring more heat than ever. In the outcast station of rebels and pirates, John is caught up in Galactic politics and wars again...Categorized as:
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![World's Unbound by Tao Wong, Nick Podehl]()
World's Unbound by Tao Wong, Nick Podehl
14 ratingsFour years ago, the Erethran Honor Guard arrived and threw John Lee into a Portal to another world. Since then, Earth has received no word of the intrepid adventurer. Until now. Finding his way back to Earth through a Portal, John returns to a very changed world. The shackles of Galactic control have bound Earth and humanity ever tighter to the System...Categorized as:
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![Mission: Her Protection by Anna Hackett]()
Mission: Her Protection by Anna Hackett
14 ratingsWhen Rowan’s Arctic research team pulls a strange object out of the ice in Northern Canada, things start to go wrong…very, very wrong. Rescued by a covert, black ops team, she finds herself in the powerful arms of a man with scary gold eyes. A man who vows to do everything and anything to protect her… Dr. Rowan Schafer has learned it’s best to do things herself and not depend on anyone else... -
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![Coast on Fire by Tao Wong]()
Coast on Fire by Tao Wong
14 ratingsReluctant ruler of the settlements in British Columbia, John and his friends must now face even greater dangers as they seek to free other human settlements from Galactic control in North America. But John's enemies have begun to take notice of the burgeoning resistance and take steps to stop him and the human resistance including bringing in Master Class help... -
![Redeemer of the Dead by Tao Wong]()
Redeemer of the Dead by Tao Wong
16 ratingsFour months ago, the world changed as electronics failed and blue screens started appearing, gifting humanity with abilities, Classes and Skills straight from a game. Caught in Klondike National Park during the apocalypse, John manages to fight his way free and reach Whitehorse... -
![Missy's Operation Lily Pad by P.G. Allison]()
Missy's Operation Lily Pad by P.G. Allison
8 ratingsAfter countless lives were saved because terrorist attacks were stopped, the partnership between supernaturals and the government continues. While Missy tries to focus on her life at West Point, her friends help search for yet another terrorist group... -
![Mountain Bear by Harmony Raines]()
Mountain Bear by Harmony Raines
12 ratingsCaroline has seen her brother Jamie find his mate, and his happily ever after. However, she can’t see the same happiness ever being hers since the man she loved died. Not that he would ever have been hers, fate had seen to that. But no matter how many times she reminds herself he belonged to another, her heart is still in pieces... -
![The Rose Mark by Connie Suttle]()
The Rose Mark by Connie Suttle
12 ratingsSherra We belong to the King--those of us with the black roses tattooed on our left wrist, directly over our pulse. As if every beat of our hearts reminds us that we are not our own. All the women with the fire burning within them are culled, tattooed and taken to the warriors, to provide more energy. Energy that the warriors will then use to defeat the barbarians from the ocean of sand... -
![Apex by Mercedes Lackey]()
Apex by Mercedes Lackey
16 ratingsBeing a member of the Elite Hunter Command imperils Joy in more ways than one. In their latest clash with Othersiders, the army of monsters nearly wiped them out. Apex City is safe?for now. But within the city barriers, Joy must wage a different kind of war... -
![Advent by Xander Boyce]()
Advent by Xander Boyce
16 ratingsDrew Michalik was working in a top-secret facility in Washington, D.C. when the Advent began. As all electronics in the world simply ceased to work, blue screens filled with information appeared before him. Drew was given access to a mana interface and a limited number of reality-altering crystals called Xatherite...Categorized as:
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![Edin by Lily Mayne]()
Edin by Lily Mayne
17 ratingsI was just a boy when the monsters rose on earth, forcing humans to flee to the coastlines and live in cramped, dirty, military-controlled cities. I enlisted as soon as I could to escape.Now, I’ve been in the military for twelve years and have the scars—and missing body parts—to prove it... -
![Elite by Mercedes Lackey]()
Elite by Mercedes Lackey
18 ratingsJoy wants nothing more than to live and Hunt in Apex City without a target on her back. But a dangerous new mission assigned by her uncle, the city's Prefect, may make that impossible.In addition to her new duties as one of the Elite, Joy is covertly running patrols in the abandoned tunnels and storm sewers under Apex Central... -
![Soul Eater by Lily Mayne]()
Soul Eater by Lily Mayne
20 ratingsM/M Fantasy Romance. Twenty years ago, monsters rose on earth and began a new age of civilization. One where humans live in military-controlled, cramped and dirty cities along the coasts, and the majority of the United States is known as the Wastes. A lawless, desolate and dangerous place, teeming with monsters that have claimed the land for their own. Including Wyn the Soul Eater... -
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![End of Days by Susan Ee]()
End of Days by Susan Ee
35 ratingsEnd of Days is the explosive conclusion to Susan Ee’s bestselling Penryn & the End of Days trilogy. After a daring escape from the angels, Penryn and Raffe are on the run. They’re both desperate to find a doctor who can reverse the twisted changes inflicted by the angels on Raffe and Penryn’s sister... -
![Unicorn by Craig Zerf]()
Unicorn by Craig Zerf
6 ratingsThe first pulse occurred in the old calendar year of 2022. A combination of planetary alignment, the Earth’s rotation and the position of the sun combined to produce the perfect storm. A sequence of gigantic solar flares created a series of massive electromagnetic pulses that stopped the heart of our modern world and returned us to the DARK AGES. And then they appeared . .Categorized as:
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![Betrayal by Craig Zerf]()
Betrayal by Craig Zerf
6 ratingsFor fans of - Game of Thrones, Wool, Blade Runner, The Hobbit, Stephen King, David Gemmell and Robert J. Crane. The world, as we know it, has ended. One man stands resolute. A man who has been trained in the savage arts of war. A man who lives his life according to a creed. A simple man who wants none of the power thrust upon him...Categorized as:
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![Rebirth by Craig Zerf]()
Rebirth by Craig Zerf
6 ratingsWill you survive? A series of solar flares smash the world back into the Dark Ages. Chaos follows. Millions die in the post-apocalyptic aftermath.One man is changed by the radiation. Marine Sergeant Hogan. Turning him into a superhuman being. Faster, stronger and able to create magic.He has become - The Forever Man. Oorah!But even he is not ready for what happens next...Categorized as:
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![The Fae Wars: Onslaught by J.F. Holmes, Lucas Marcum]()
The Fae Wars: Onslaught by J.F. Holmes, Lucas Marcum
6 ratingsWhat would you do if America and the world were invaded tomorrow by a relentless and brutal enemy?In an alternate 2015, a US Army Special Forces Team, part of the legendary black ops unit "Delta", is in midtown Manhattan to take out a Chinese spy and his handlers, sending a message short of outright conflict... -
![Source Mage by William Stacey, Chelsea Stephens]()
Source Mage by William Stacey, Chelsea Stephens
6 ratingsI was five when the dragons first appeared...and the lights went out for good.Now, 18 years after the cataclysmic appearance of the four great dragons over Mount Fuji, humanity shares a shattered Earth with the Fey - fairies, elves, and other supernatural creatures. Trust is short, magic is common, and each day is a struggle for survival in the Awakened World of 2053... -
![Clan War by Craig Zerf]()
Clan War by Craig Zerf
8 ratingsWill you survive? A series of solar flares smash the world back into the Dark Ages. Chaos follows. Millions die in the post-apocalyptic aftermath.One man is changed by the radiation. Marine Sergeant Hogan. Turning him into a superhuman being. Faster, stronger and able to create magic.He has become - The Forever Man. Oorah!But even he is not ready for what happens next...Categorized as:
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![Damion by Lisa Renee Jones, Summer Morton]()
Damion by Lisa Renee Jones, Summer Morton
8 ratingsLethally passionate, wickedly dangerous...Renegade warrior Damion Browne is a soldier of soldiers, an enforcer of the code of honor. With ruthless precision, he calculates risks as deliberately as he does his lover's satisfaction. Now it's up to him to defeat a new generation of female Super Soldiers, including the one woman perfectly programmed to be his downfall.His enemy.. -
![Town Under by Tao Wong, K.T. Hanna]()
Town Under by Tao Wong, K.T. Hanna
8 ratingsA Post-Apocalyptic LitRPGWhat's worse than Australian wildlife? Mutated Australian wildlife.The System Apocalypse has come to Australia, altering native organisms and importing even more menacing creatures to the most dangerous continent on Earth. For Kira Kent, plant biologist, the System arrives while she's pulling an all nighter at work with her pair of kids in tow...Categorized as:
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![On The Use Of Shape-Shifters In Warfare by Marko Kloos]()
On The Use Of Shape-Shifters In Warfare by Marko Kloos
8 ratingsThe 300th Special Operations Company is the Army's only segregated lycanthrope unit. Forbidden by international accords to engage in combat, the "dog soldiers" lend their skills to the regular Army units, sniffing out IEDs and guarding the troops against things that go bump in the night... -
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![A Practical Guide to Conquering the World by K.J. Parker]()
A Practical Guide to Conquering the World by K.J. Parker
10 ratingsA Practical Guide to Conquering the World can be read by itself, but for those who like endings it can also be considered the refreshingly pragmatic conclusion to World Fantasy Award-winning author K.J. Parker’s acclaimed sequence of novels that began with Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City and continue with How to Rule an Empire and Get Away with It."Full of invention and ingenuity . . -
![A Murder of Shadows by John Conroe]()
A Murder of Shadows by John Conroe
10 ratingsAs the old saying goes: The First is the Heir, the Second is the Spare, and of the Rest – Beware!Savid DelaCrotia is the third born son of one of the Kingdom of Montshire’s oldest and most respected High families. Cast aside by his father at an early age, it’s up to him to make his own way and create his own honor... -
![Target Rich Environment by Larry Correia]()
Target Rich Environment by Larry Correia
10 ratingsHard-hitting Stories from the Creator of Monster Hunter International. The first short story collection from nationally best-selling author Larry Correia... -
![Wolf Rising by Paige Tyler]()
Wolf Rising by Paige Tyler
10 ratings"Intense action, sizzling romance, and bold writing... Paige Tyler has a new fan in me!"—LARISSA IONE, New York Times Bestselling Author, for Wolf Hunger Just when he's found The One...he might lose her. SWAT Officer Jayden Brooks doesn't believe there's a soul mate out there for him—The One. But when he saves high school teacher Selena Rosa from a hostage situation, he knows he's in big trouble... -
![Omega by Susannah Sandlin]()
Omega by Susannah Sandlin
12 ratingsThe bloody war between the Vampire Tribunal and the defiant scathe of Penton, Alabama, rages on, forcing its residents and their bonded humans to retreat into the underground fortress of last resort: Omega.There, Will Ludlam is charged with the care of Penton’s humans, though he longs to fight alongside his vampire brethren... -
![Darkest Before Dawn by Amelia Hutchins]()
Darkest Before Dawn by Amelia Hutchins
16 ratingsHello Diary,Sorry, it’s been a while since I have been able to write.As you know, my dad is a modern-day Noah, always working on building his ark, trying to save folks and getting my brother and I ready for the impending end of days – whatever that means.One thing I did learn (the hard way), is that going through an apocalyptic event doesn't mean the end of the world...
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