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Success in the Directorate is not guaranteed. From birth to death, citizens face gruelling physical and mental testing. Lieutenant Jemima Hunt runs candidate 124 through his paces. And finds the over life and death is not always clear cut.

He was a monster. The nightmares had tried to tell him for years. They were right.Arachna: A web-shaped city with a dazzling nightlife to distract its residents from that place-the slums. An abandoned section of Arachna where the poor suffer and crime rages on. Lance's home.But Lance is tired of withering away in his rundown store in the slums, tripping over bodies in the street and falling asleep to gunshots every night. Soon, he'll untangle himself from this rotten city... or so he thinks.In a deal gone sour, Lance is thrust into a new life in a dysfunctional crime family led by a performative and maniacal leader. Amidst the chaos of this new world, Lance finds that a mysterious drug is turning men into monsters. With his life at risk, and no escape from the city in sight, Lance must fight for survival, all while learning to live with his new 'family'.But Lance has a darkness inside him. Something he has hidden since that night at the orphanage. And when it bubbles to the surface, he worries about what he will become.

Mie er en ung kvinde, der i en tidlig alder må klare sig selv efter tabet af sine forældre. Hun bliver stillet i et stort dilemma, da folk kommer langvejsfra for at finde hendes famile.Hun får valget mellem at sende en af sine brødre eller selv tage afsted.“Folk” fra rummet leder efter en udvalgt, de kan få oplysninger fra. De har sendt en til Jorden for mange år siden, han er nu død, men hans efterkommer lever.Børn, børnebørn og oldebørn … en skal vælges?Hun flygter sammen med “folk” fra rummet for at redde sin bror fra at blive valgt.De bliver jagtet af politiet, da de har valgt hendes bror.

These 27 stories are sure to transport you to other worlds in the time it takes to drink a cup of coffee. Here in Volume 1, you'll find seven hologram stories (Fragmented, Deletable Love, End Program, Atonement, Intervention, Past Due, and Dry Run), five robot stories (Old Girl, Infiltration, Red Light, Green Light, Packing Up, and Glitches Get Stitches), a VR story (Starfall), two cloning stories (Download Day, Reborn), a generation ship story (Storage), a space opera story (Trade Off), two alien stories (Smuggler and Day 24), five military sci-fi stories (Hangar 57, Stay Human, Inhuman, Fumes, and Supers), and three near future stories (Stasis, Social Drones, and Social Glitch). Enjoy these "Portals" to other worlds throughout the day or all at once in a single sitting.

A SYMPHONY RISESThe gears of revolution turn once more. Striking from the slums of Holy Gothica, the Powder Kegs have stolen a set of battleplans from the Imperium, offering themselves as pawns in a far greater scheme. The rebel leader, Goro Ludwig, follows orders from the Entente of Free Peoples, a rival power bent on toppling the Imperium's tyrannical rule.Meanwhile, Victor Roland languishes in a life devoid of purpose. It has been a month since the Dollmaker's death. Addled by grief and guilt, he wastes his days drinking at the Sunset Pagoda, mulling over the implications of taking a human life, as the Imperium mobilizes for war. Only the initiative of his friends stir him to a cause he partly cares about.Joining the Powder Kegs, Victor agrees to deliver the data plans to the Entente. If he fails, the free world will be reduced to ash and brimstone. For the Imperium's secret weapon is nothing short of evil he's long fought-the very daemons of the Inferno....This is the fourth book of the Geist series. Join Victor in his race against time, as he trudges across wastelands and war zones, in a wider world on the brink of war.

A genetic mutation wakes beneath a luxury golf resort for the rich and famous. Tunnels from hell open. Creatures emerge. Hunting season begins. Molerat 2.0 - a fast-paced creature feature horror novel, book three of the Detest-A-Pest series.

For fans of Blade Runner, Robocop, and I Robot! In mid-21st century America - over-populated cities harbor ordinary citizens who are oppressed by money manipulators, drug pushers and daily violence. And beyond the cities lay vast wastelands of chemically polluted regions teaming with outlaws and mutants. Law enforcement, as it has always been, is seemingly on the brink of collapse against the ever increasing tide of lawlessness, corrupt political officials, and a system that favors the criminal and not the victims. However U.S. Justice Marshal Thomas Jefferson Cade is one of a new breed of law enforcers. Teamed with his Cyborg partner, Janek, an infuriatingly logical masterpiece of engineering, they take on the criminal elements and deal out sentences that the rules of the law does not find so black and white. CADE: DARKSIDERS - Book 1: Cade investigates the rumored disappearances of the Darksiders in New York City. A population of people that have shun society and moved to live underground. But the stakes are raised when a female investigative reporter, and Cade's sometimes companion, also disappears the case becomes personal and Cade must choose between love and the greater good of justice.

For fans of Blade Runner, Robocop, and I Robot! In mid-21st century America - over-populated cities harbor ordinary citizens who are oppressed by money manipulators, drug pushers and daily violence. And beyond the cities lay vast wastelands of chemically polluted regions teaming with outlaws and mutants. Law enforcement, as it has always been, is seemingly on the brink of collapse against the ever increasing tide of lawlessness, corrupt political officials, and a system that favors the criminal and not the victims. However U.S. Justice Marshal Thomas Jefferson Cade is one of a new breed of law enforcers. Teamed with his Cyborg partner, Janek, an infuriatingly logical masterpiece of engineering, they take on the criminal elements and deal out sentences that the rules of the law does not find so black and white. CADE: HARDCASE - Book 2: U.S. Justice Marshal T.J. Cade and his Cyborg partner Janek investigate a series of murders and discover a conspiracy involving a multi-billionaire industrialist and military renegade with visions of taking over the U.S. Government. Amos Sinclair is a powerful enemy and has an army of combat androids doing his dirty work. In a high-speed death race the bad guys play very dirty but T.J. Cade and his partner has something new to teach them.

For fans of Blade Runner, Robocop, and I, Robot! In mid-21st century America - over-populated cities harbor ordinary citizens who are oppressed by money manipulators, drug pushers and daily violence. And beyond the cities lay vast wastelands of chemically polluted regions teaming with outlaws and mutants. Law enforcement, as it has always been, is seemingly on the brink of collapse against the ever increasing tide of lawlessness, corrupt political officials, and a system that favors the criminal and not the victims. However U.S. Justice Marshal Thomas Jefferson Cade is one of a new breed of law enforcers. Teamed with his Cyborg partner, Janek, an infuriatingly logical masterpiece of engineering, they take on the criminal elements and deal out sentences that the rules of the law does not find so black and white. CADE: FIRESTREAK - Book 3: Justice Marshal T.J. Cade and his Cyborg partner Janek are assigned to nail Loren Brak, a renegade drug dealer who is eliminating the competition to become number one and heading West from New York City to create his own empire. With Brak's shock troops facing them, mutants roaming the wastelands in-between, the Justice Marshals follow the corpse laden trail to Los Angeles - and enter the kill zone with guns loaded and targets in their sights.

Jon et Hardy ne se connaissent pas, mais ils ont un but commun : survivre à des cataclysmes comme l'humanité n'en a pas encore connu.Pour Jon, le défi est de se reconstruire face à une enfance hors norme où le bien est mal et inversement.Pour Hardy, il s'agit de reprendre le dessus sur des envahisseurs cruels, avancés technologiquement pour régénérer une société civilisée.Ils vont progresser pas à pas vers leur sauvegarde et celle de leur monde.

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One way in. No way out.In the super-city of Neo Terminus, millions of tech-addicted fans surround a walled-off inner-city wasteland to watch nano-boosted gladiators called Enforcers fight to the death in the Conglomerate-controlled event known as The Zone. Enforcers are promised wealth and celebrity-if they survive.Officer Chance Griffin fights to clean up the mean streets of Neo Terminus, and scrape together enough money for his infant son's vital surgery. Driven by his family's need, Chance becomes an Enforcer for The Conglomerate.As Chance rises to the top of the Enforcer ranks, The Glom's mysterious Founders coerce him into competing in the greatest Zone trial ever conceived. Chance knows he's the favorite to win. He believes his family is safe. He believes his son will get the medical care he urgently needs.Chance is wrong.Too late, he uncovers a plot by The Glom to rig the trial and enslave the citizens of Neo Terminus, ensuring obedience-forever.Blinded by fame and fortune, and used as a pawn by the corporate machine, Chance resists. But he is about to discover that every deal with the devil has its price...

This is the world without testosterone.Without violence.Without men. Nora has been chosen since birth to join the Mothers, who rule the Convent in wisdom and love by gentling the poor souls born as males. Jude leaves home with his fiddle and a dream to see a real live girl. It is Nora's duty to capture any wild boys who trespass on Convent territory, but Jude is far more than a wild boy. He threatens to upend Nora's world. From their differences and desperation arises a passion that could shatter all that the Mothers have built.

Destiny calls. But who will answer?Leading a secret society and taking on a deadly enemy wasn't part of Zawadi's life plan. Neither was inheriting control over the Kuvu, the most valuable medical discovery in existence. An elixir that can grant unimagined health and longevity... or a painful death.But when powerful forces take an unhealthy interest in her hometown in the heart of Kenya, the consequences are fatal. Her mother is killed, and her village is threatened with destruction. To save her family and secure her people's future, Zawadi must give up who she thinks she is to become who she's meant to be: Chief Zawadi, the spiritual and political leader of an endangered tribe. Only then can she find the Kuvu before it's destroyed. Assuming it doesn't kill everyone first.Empires will rise or fall based on her decisions. No pressure.The Nexus is the first book in the Into The Afroverse Series by Vered Ehsani, author of a hAPPening, The Last Ten Minutes, and A Christmas Camel. Pick up your copy today!

What might happen if a superior race of humans was genetically engineered? How would it be engineered? What would they look like? How would they interact with other humans? How would they change society?Eugenic Wars is the story of an experiment to make better humans. The idea is to make humans who are not prone to making selfish, irrational, and emotional decisions lead the world. Their genes are designed to make them not only highly intelligent and athletic but unselfish, rational, and especially objective. The designers go so far as to not give them genitals of either sex in the belief that sexual desire makes humans irrational and slaves to their emotions. The name given to these better humans is Synthetics.When they grow up, they quickly prove their ability and take positions at the top of every field. For this, they are hated by regular humans because regular humans know they are inferior. The result of the hatred against Synthetics, who want only to survive, is three wars. Two, on Earth and one in outer space, that decides the fate of mankind.

From your favorite "tell-it-like-it-is" storyteller, Salustiano Berrios, whose novels have been praised for their lack of censorship, comes his most sensational work yet, a science fiction thriller that zeroes in on one man's desperate desire to have more children--risking all in the process.A maid in a motel just south of the Texas-Mexico border is the first person to find the recording--and listen to it, while finishing her shift. She then hands it to Mexican authorities, who listen to it, before handing it over to Houston PD. This results in a two-prong investigation that discovers corpses in one house, and a prostitute ring and underground scientific chamber performing illicit--and possibly illegal--experiments in another. The investigation is ongoing, at the center of which is the recording.Enter Jim Simple, the voice behind it all.As a single father struggling to come to terms with raising his autistic teenage son, Jim comes to a drunken realization that he's been robbed of the normal experience of fatherhood, and is likely never to get it back. Accepting that his son, Robin, is a lost cause, Jim is newly determined to explore different avenues through which he can secure more children--healthy children--before the time on his clock runs out. But as a man, and as a widower unwilling to have children with a woman other than his deceased wife, the options are few and far between, forcing Jim to take a leap of faith into the arms of a black-market scientist, called Passenger. But not all is what it seems, and sometimes the hope of gaining back what was lost, results in the hell of losing everything else.Told in a single sit-down, Jim excises all his demons through this confession of sins, old and new. Seeking not to excuse his behavior but to explain it, Jim fearlessly bares the uncomfortable truth of his story for all to hear.Brave ears only.

4 Götter teilten sich die Aufgabe das größte aller Vorhaben durchzuführen, ein Universum aufzubauen. Doch sie wurden von den 4 Wesen der dunklen Finsternis, von den Vhhul`nhhet, verraten.Durch eine List lockten sie alle Götter zum Zentrum des Universums, auf den größten aller Planeten, Planet Mhhur`rhjhe und verbannten sie dort.Doch einer der Götter sandte mit letzter Kraft, bevor sich der Verbannungs-Schleier ganz schloss, ein Prophezeiungsruf in die unendlichen Weiten des Alls.Der, welcher diesen Ruf empfängt, möge die Fähigkeit besitzen eines Tages durch ein einziges Gebet den Schleier der Götter zu durchbrechen und sie zu befreien.Dies ist die Geschichte des kleinen 7 jährigen Mädchens Mhher`yhhem vom Planeten Mhheve`byahh in einer weit entfernten Galaxie, fast an den Randbereichen des Universums.Sie wurde von ihrem Meister Mhhuk`khhatyl in allen Kampfkünsten unterrichtet und rettet als Erwachsene das Universum vom Bösen.

Fate has once again played a trick on Altai. The chance to evacuate from Rhapsody was nothing more than an empty promise. Victory turned into defeat, and friends turned into enemies. Past achievements lost their value and disappeared. All hope was gone, and he had to start all over again. The last act of the tragedy turned out to only be a prelude, with new challenges looming on the horizon. Getting to Elysium, breaking through the Perimeter, and putting an end to the story that brought Altai to the Range in the first place... Sounds easy for someone who is used to surviving in hell. Except that the planet is facing an Invasion, the Green Zone is besieged by the Xenos, and a fleet is already hurrying to Rhapsody to level the planet's surface. However, hatred, rage, and a thirst for revenge are a great recipe for achieving the impossible.

Broken Worlds. Twisted Destinies.A Game Never Won.What was once a game, turns into much, much more. Violet Sutton's life takes a grim detour. Months after binding herself to the game of the Sins, she struggles with the loss of Jack Marin. Her sole focus becomes saving her friends, finding her brother, and returning home...all while ignoring her newfound powers. Violet embarks on the daring journey into the uncharted sixth world--the realm of Greed. Here, she finds herself a target of celestial powers, bloodbonds, Jack's mysterious death, and the ultimate puppeteer, the Worldbreaker. Within the city of Calesal, a struggle ensues and Jelan Gregory finds herself at the center between rival gangs, a decrepit government, and two men vying for power. Beyond all of that, Jelan begins to uncover the long-buried mysteries of her city and the walls that surround it. As the story unfolds in a dance of moral dilemmas, unspoken desires, female rage, and bonds of found family, one truth emerges: the blood coursing through their veins holds both immense power and peril. And perhaps it's a force that can unleash destruction. Beware, the Blood.

IN A TECH-DRIVEN FAMILY, HARD CHOICES PASS TO THE NEXT GENERATIONMother against daughter.Grandmother against granddaughter.Melanie Landreth has maintained a lonely outpost as the President of Do It Right North America for seven years. Her grandmother, Sarah Stephens, the President of the Confederated States of North America, rules the continent with an iron fist. Melanie's brother Andrew is one of Sarah's lackeys. Their mother Diana controls Do It Right outside of North America, and engages in secretive maneuvers aimed at overthrowing Sarah's reign.Will things ever change?When they do, who will survive?What role does the Disruption Machine-now known as the Gizmo-play in the emergence of the new Netwalk technology? Why does the Gizmo manage to unite Sarah and Melanie's mother Diana, when they disagree on just about any other subject?The struggle for control within this family can change the world-for better or for worse.And Melanie wants to be the winner.

"Moving, brilliant, and certified 100% human." -Samit Basu, author of Turbulence¿ Finalist - Hugo Award for Best Novelette¿ Finalist - Nebula Award for Novelette - Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association¿ Finalist - Locus Award for NoveletteIf you have the opportunity to give up humanity for efficiency, mechanical invincibility, and to surpass human limitations. . . would you?Ai is a cyborg, under the guise of an AI writing program, who struggles to keep up with the never-blinking city of Emit as it threatens to leave all those like her behind.

Nordost-Sibirien im Jahr 2061. Die Klimaerwärmung hat weite Teile der Erde unbewohnbar gemacht. Sibirien und Nordchina sind vom Diktator Swerdkov zu einem großen Reich fusioniert worden, zu Sib-Zhung. In der Einsamkeit des Nordens lebt der 18jährige Wanja bei seinem Onkel. Dieser versteckt sich vor dem Regime, seit der Diktator Wanjas Eltern hatte verschwinden lassen. Als sein Onkel gefunden und in den Tod getrieben wird, muss Wanja fliehen. Er lässt seine erste Liebe Polja zurück und reist zu Fuß, dann mit einem Flößer durch das in Schlamm und giftigem Regen untergehende Land nach Chabarowsk. Wie alle "meernahen" Städte weltweit steht Chabarowsk viele Meter unter Wasser. Dort trifft er auf die sprunghafte Tatjana, die ihn verführt. Wanjas Talent, Lieder zu erfinden und zu singen, führt dazu, dass er mit dem Musiker Dima ein Konzert gibt, dessen Protestwirkung dem Diktator gefährlich wird. Tatjana hilft den beiden zu fliehen. Auf einer bewohnten Müllinsel entführt sie einen Hubschrauber und fliegt mit ihnen bis nach Xian, wohin Swerdkov damals Wanjas Mutter verschleppt hatte. Im exzessiven Nachtleben dieser tagsüber unter einer Glashülle gekühlten Stadt begreift Wanja, dass Tatjana, wie die meisten Angehörigen der Elite, süchtig nach dem Wechsel ihrer Persönlichkeit ist. Über ins Gehirn verlegte Slots kann das zuvor per K.I. bearbeitete und gespeicherte Bewusstsein anderer Personen per Stick übernommen werden. Wanja und Tatjana trennen sich im Streit. Zu Fuß gelangt Wanja zu Swerdkovs Anwesen, das unweit von Xian auf dem Ausgrabungsgelände der Terrakotta-Armee liegt. Dort wird er gefangengenommen. Wanjas Reise führt von schmelzendem Schnee, tauendem Permafrostboden und stinkendem Schlamm, in dem die Knochen der Opfer Stalins auftauchen, über Wasserödnisse bis hinein in die flimmernde Hitze der zentralchinesischen Ebene. "Sib-Zhung" ist Cli-Fi-, Road-Movie- und Entwicklungsroman in einem.

"Cruz, do you remember NeuroDancer?"Our favorite, sci-fi private eye is back in the tenth novel in the Liquid Cool sci-fi noir detective series.New suit. New hat. New case. At first, he thought his natural paranoia was playing tricks on him, but now he's certain-he's being followed.Many villains have tried to kill Cruz, but NeuroDancer came closer than most and with flair to the very end. Cruz always feared her mind-control "powers" might fall into criminal hands, but it's far worse.An ultra-secret organization of corporate spies-all female-may have acquired the psi-tech. And now they seek vengeance against Cruz for their fallen 'sister.'But there are other desperate and deadly players in the shadows. Everyone is after the stolen corporate device known by the codename: Starlight.Action, thrills, and laughs. The sci-fi/cyberpunk detective series continues.Enter the high-tech, low-life world of Liquid Cool.

The Darling Undesirables takes place in a post steampunk world where dark matter and dark energy have been harnessed by a reclusive genius known as "Father Inventor" - revered by many, reviled by more.Energy problems solved, humanity is obsessed with unlocking the secrets to eternal life. Unrestricted experimentation has produced a population of parentless and deformed children, the Darling Undesirables.Named for their missing body part, each Darling Undesirable is pampered and indulged. The most adored Darling Undesirable, 15-year-old Heart, dreams of escaping with her friend, Eye, and the beloved, centuries-old, clockwork horse. But first, she must save Father Inventor and the world he brought into being from the evil forces of The Purists.

EVER DREAMED OF BEING A HACKER?In this thrilling second instalment to the Foresight series, Shadow offers a fresh insight into the opposing hacker of the series - Shadow.Shadow must make choices that will lead him down many paths that were never expected in the outset.Find out what makes Shadow tick and experience the thrilling events from Foresight from a completely new perspective.Shadow is fun, dangerous and dives further into the hacking world which Foresight first exposed.Will the possibilities of the digital world help Shadow find his place in reality also...?"A devilishly clever second book of the series that weaves more depth to the plot and characters... Exceptional..." Maxwell, Indie Book reviewer