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The 13th Hour: A Thriller (The nick Quinn Thriller Ser. #1)
Par Richard Doetsch. 2009
A mesmerizing thriller -- told in reverse! The 13th Hour is the story of a man given the chance to…
go back in time in one-hour increments to prevent a vicious crime from destroying his life. Nick Quinn is being held in jail, accused of the murder of his beloved wife, Julia. He knows she's dead; he saw her bloody corpse, shot in the head at point-blank range. The police tell him they found the murder weapon with his fingerprints on it in the trunk of his car. Nick is confused, grief-stricken -- and completely innocent. At 9 p.m. on July 28, a gray-haired gentleman visits Nick in the police interrogation room and asks him a simple question: "If you could get out of here, if you could save her, would you?" He hands Nick a golden talisman that allows Nick to go back in time, one hour at a time, for a total of twelve hours. With each hour that Nick travels back, he finds more clues to the identity of Julia's real killer, but he also discovers that his actions in the past may have unexpected repercussions in the future. In his race against time to save the woman he loves most in the world, Nick will find that friends become enemies, old loyalties are tested, and Julia's murder is part of a larger scheme that has its roots in greed and vengeance. Nick has the ability to save Julia, the chance to put his own world in balance, but he is venturing down a precarious route. If he hasn't set things right by the thirteenth hour, his desperate attempts to save Julia's life may lead to a far greater catastrophe than he could have ever imagined. A surprising and utterly original thriller, The 13th Hour is pure page-turning suspense -- full of double crosses, cliffhangers, and shocking revelations.The Man Who Lost India
Par Meghna Pant. 2023
The year is 2032. China declares war on India. Pillage and plunder ensues. The war comes to an abrupt halt…
when a supernatural event saves the obscure town of Lalbag from annihilation. Even as China renews its efforts to invade Lalbag, a greater calamity awaits this sleepy town. A Chinese cop stumbles upon a dangerous secret that threatens to end the town&’s immunity. A fierce and forbidden love between a servant and his mistress destroys two families. Meanwhile, the town&’s richest man becomes afflicted with a terrible disease, the town beauty goes mad when her love betrays, and a psychic turns water into blood, sending the town and its people deeper into tragedy. A dystopian never-been-done-before tale set in – and between – China and India, The Man Who Lost India is a powerful portrayal of love, strife and family in the wake of 21st century&’s biggest war. Incantatory and atmospheric, this is Meghna Pant&’s most ambitious novel yet, full of beauty, bloodshed and undeniable feminist power.A Hero's Throne (The Ancient Earth Trilogy #2)
Par Ross Lawhead. 2013
&“Knights of Ennor—the time has come to awake. Rise up to fulfill your secret oath and sacred duty.&”The Ancient Earth…
Trilogy, #2Deep beneath the streets of England lies another realm . . . one few in our modern world know exists. Daniel and Freya, however, know it all too well. Eight years ago, these friends first journeyed through portals into the hidden land of Niðergeard—discovering a city filled with stones, secrets, and sleeping knights that serve to protect the world they call home.But Niðergeard has fallen to dark forces, overrun by its enemies. Gates are being opened between the worlds that should have been kept closed. The battle lines for the war at the end of time have been drawn, and opposing forces are starting to gather.Having served for centuries as the first and last outpost at the borders to other worlds, Niðergeard must be reclaimed and the mystery of its fall discovered. Daniel and Freya, along with an ancient knight and a Scottish police officer, must return to the legendary city, rally the surviving citizens, and awaken the sleeping knights—knights who are being killed, one by one, as they sleep.But time is running out faster than they know.God Emperor Of Dune: The inspiration for the blockbuster film (DUNE #4)
Par Frank Herbert. 1981
The epic that began with the HUGO and NEBULA Award-winning classic DUNE continues ...More than three thousand years have passed…
since the first events recorded in DUNE. Only one link survives with those tumultuous times: the grotesque figure of Leto Atreides, son of the prophet Paul Muad'Dib, and now the virtually immortal God Emperor of Dune.He alone understands the future, and he knows with a terrible certainty that the evolution of his race is at an end unless he can breed new qualities into his species.But to achieve his final victory, Leto Atreides must also bring about his own downfall ...Read the series which inspired the 2021 Denis Villeneuve epic film adaptation, Dune, starring Oscar Isaac, Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya and Josh Brolin.Chapter House Dune: The inspiration for the blockbuster film (DUNE #6)
Par Frank Herbert. 1985
The long-established galactic order is passing. The Honoured Matres, ruthless and all-conquering, have destroyed the planet Dune. In opposition, hard-pressed…
but still fighting back, the Bene Gesserit sisterhood co-ordinate their resistance from their as-yet undiscovered home world, Chapter House.Now as a new Scattering is planned, they still have one carefully nurtured asset: the sandworms, offspring of the only giant worm salvaged from Dune.Chapter House is to about to turn into a barren wasteland: Chapter House will be the new Dune.Read the series which inspired the 2021 Denis Villeneuve epic film adaptation, Dune, starring Oscar Isaac, Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya and Josh Brolin.Heretics Of Dune: The inspiration for the blockbuster film (DUNE #5)
Par Frank Herbert. 1984
From Dune to Rakis to Dune, the wheel turns full circle. From burning desert to green and fertile land and…
on again to burning desert ... the cycle is complete.The people of the Scattering are returning. Amongst them, mysterious and threatening, are the women who call themselves the Honoured Matres, adepts of an ecstatic cult.And on Rakis, become Dune, an ancient prophecy is fulfilled with the coming of the she-sheer, Sheeana ...Read the series which inspired the 2021 Denis Villeneuve epic film adaptation, Dune, starring Oscar Isaac, Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya and Josh Brolin.The Rumor Game
Par Thomas Mullen. 2024
A determined reporter and a reluctant FBI agent face off against fascist elements in this gripping historical thriller set in…
World War II-era Boston from the multi-award-nominated author.Reporter Anne Lemire writes the Rumor Clinic, a newspaper column that disproves the many harmful rumors floating around town, some of them spread by Axis spies and others just gossip mixed with fear and ignorance. Tired of chasing silly rumors, she wants to write about something bigger. Special Agent Devon Mulvey, one of the few Catholics at the FBI, spends his weekdays preventing industrial sabotage and his Sundays spying on clerics with suspect loyalties - and he spends his evenings wooing the many lonely women whose husbands are off at war. When Anne's story about Nazi propaganda intersects with Devon's investigation into the death of a factory worker, the two are led down a dangerous trail of espionage, organized crime, and domestic fascism - one that implicates their own tangled pasts and threatens to engulf the city in violence. With vibrant historical atmosphere and a riveting mystery that illuminates still-timely issues about disinformation and power, Thomas Mullen delivers another powerful thriller.Halo: Epitaph (Halo #32)
Par Kelly Gay. 2024
An original novel set in the Halo universe—based on the New York Times bestselling video game series!Stripped of armor, might,…
and memory, the legendary Forerunner warrior known as the Didact was torn from the physical world following his destructive confrontation with the Master Chief and sent reeling into the mysterious depths of a seemingly endless desert wasteland. This once powerful and terrifying figure is now a shadow of his former self—gaunt, broken, desiccated, and alone. But this wasteland is not as barren as it seems. A blue light glints from a thin spire in the far distance… Thus begins the Didact&’s great journey—the final fate of one of the galaxy&’s most enigmatic and pivotal figures.Star Trek: Picard: Firewall (Star Trek: Picard)
Par David Mack. 2024
A thrilling prequel adventure based on the acclaimed TV series Star Trek: Picard!Two years after the USS Voyager&’s return from…
the Delta Quadrant, Seven of Nine finds herself rejected for a position in Starfleet…and instead finds a new home with the interstellar rogue law enforcement corps known as the Fenris Rangers. The Rangers seem like an ideal fit for Seven—but to embrace this new destiny, she must leave behind all she&’s ever known, and risk losing the most important thing in her life: her friendship with Admiral Kathryn Janeway.Daylight Come
Par Diana McCaulay. 2020
It is 2084. Climate change has made life on the Caribbean island of Bajacu a gruelling trial. The sun is…
so hot that people must sleep in the day and live and work at night. In a world of desperate scarcity, people who reach forty are expendable. Those who still survive in the cities and towns are ruled over by the brutal, fascistic Domins, and the order has gone out for another evacuation to less sea-threatened parts of the capital. Sorrel can take no more and she persuades her mother, Bibi, that they should flee the city and head for higher ground in the interior. She has heard there are groups known as Tribals, bitter enemies of the Domins, who have found ways of surviving in the hills, but she also knows they will have to evade the packs of ferals, animals with a taste for human flesh. Not least she knows that the sun will kill them if they can't find shelter. Diana McCaulay takes the reader on a tense, threat-filled odyssey as mother and daughter attempt their escape. On the way, Sorrel learns much about the nature of self-sacrifice, maternal love, and the dreadful moral choices that must be made in the cause of self-protection.Kat
Par Paula Boer, Michael B Fletcher. 2023
When the illegal organisation Hunters Extreme targets intelligent beings across the galaxy, Kat' s lifemate is murdered. Despite being of…
a pacifist feline-like species, Kat seeks vengeance, only to discover she has murdered the wrong man, the son of an Intergalactic Council member.Pursued by enforcers and exiled from her pride, Kat must kill again to save her life. Aided by a canine-like mystic and a mysterious Agency, she and two young human friends commence a deadly pursuit across the galaxy.To prevent the hunting of intelligent species to extinction, Kat must follow her predator instincts and deny her pacifist culture in a universe of kill or be killed.The Lord of Opium (The House of the Scorpion)
Par Nancy Farmer. 2013
In the riveting sequel to the acclaimed bestseller The House of the Scorpion, Matt reels from the change in status…
quo and struggles to do the right thing; find out his story&’s end in this new edition with a reimagined cover!Matt Alacrán is a fourteen-year-old drug lord. Until recently, Matt was just a clone grown from a strip of El Patrón&’s skin. Now he is lord of the land of Opium, on the one-time US–Mexico border, and rules over an army of microchipped, zombielike workers who are programmed to produce the drugs that are Opium&’s main export. El Patrón kept the air and water in Opium clean, but the rest of the world is a polluted wasteland. Matt is sure that, in his new position, he can find a way to break the cycle of violence and destruction—but it will only be possible if he chooses the right people to trust.Torn (Cold Awakening Trilogy #3)
Par Robin Wasserman. 2011
From the author of the Seven Deadly Sins series and Hacking Harvard comes the final book in the science fiction…
trilogy Scott Westerfeld calls &“spellbinding.&”One year ago, Lia Kahn died. A few days later, she woke up. She had a new body: Mechanical, unfeeling, inhuman. She had a new family: Mechs like her, who didn&’t judge her for what she could no longer be. She had a new life, one that would last forever. At least, it was supposed to. But now everything Lia thought she knew has turned out to be a lie; everyone she thought she loved has been stolen away. And someone is trying to get rid of the mechs, once and for all. Lia will risk everything to save herself and the people she can&’t live without. But not before facing one final truth: She can&’t save everyone.The Rebel: The Rebel (Roswell High #8)
Par Melinda Metz. 2000
In book eight of the Roswell High series, Michael's dreams of finding his family are threatened when his brother, Trevor,…
has questionable motives.Blood brothers...Michael has finally found the one thing he always yearned for -- family. When his brother Trevor arrives in Roswell, Michael will do anything to please him. But soon Trevor's loyalties come into question -- and Michael is caught in the cross fire.Maria's little brother has disappeared and she knows the kidnappers are trying to get to her and her friends. Devastated and guilt-ridden, Maria turns to Michael for help. But will he be there for her, or has Michael himself become the enemy?Anatomy of a Murderer
Par Tim Floreen. 2016
A teenage sociopath is &“fixed&” after he gets an implant that&’s supposed to cure him in this thrilling coming-of-age tale…
from the author of Willful Machines.A year ago, Rem Braithwaite watched his classmate Franklin Kettle commit a horrific crime.Now, apart from the nightmares, life has gone back to normal for Rem. Franklin was caught, convicted, and put away in juvenile detention for what he did. The ordeal seems to be over.Until Rem&’s mother selects Franklin as a test subject for an experimental brain procedure intended to &“cure&” him of his cruel and violent impulses. Suddenly Rem&’s memories of that day start coming back to the surface. His nightmares become worse than ever. Plus he has serious doubts about whether his mother&’s procedure will even work. Can evil really just be turned off?Then, as part of Franklin&’s follow-up testing, he and Rem are brought face to face, and Rem discovers…Franklin does seem different. Despite everything, Rem finds himself becoming friends with Franklin. Maybe even something more than friends.But when another of their classmates turns up dead, Rem&’s world turns upside-down yet again. Franklin insists that he&’s innocent, that he&’s cured, but Rem doesn&’t know what to believe. Is someone else responsible for this new murder, or is Franklin fated to stay a monster forever? And can Rem find out the answer to this question before the killer, whoever it is, comes after him too?The Defiant: The Forsaken Trilogy (The Forsaken Trilogy)
Par Lisa M. Stasse. 2014
In this gripping conclusion to The Forsaken Trilogy,Alenna’s loyalties are put to a test of life and death.Alenna Shawcross and…
the others who escaped the wheel are working toward an all-out assault on the United Northern Alliance. The plan is to dismantle it from the inside—and Alenna is one of the few people who can access the organization’s inner sanctum. But when she returns to the home she has nearly forgotten, she encounters old friends and is swept into a secret plan that puts everything she loves in danger.Knowing what is at stake for her and her friends, Alenna ventures into the heart of the treacherous UNA. She’s determined to bring them down, because freedom is the only choice. Or is it?“Reminiscent of both The House of the Scorpion and The Hunger Games,” says VOYA, who recommends The Defiant if you “enjoy dystopian tales with a touch of science.”The Uprising: The Forsaken Trilogy (The Forsaken Trilogy)
Par Lisa M. Stasse. 2014
In this dystopian sequel to The Forsaken,Alenna has survived the brutality of life on the wheel—but her fight is not…
over yet.Alenna escaped. It was expected that she would die on the wheel, the island where would-be criminals are sent as directed by the UNA—the totalitarian supercountry that was once the United States, Mexico, and Canada. But Alenna and her boyfriend, Liam, made it to safety. Except safety, they will soon learn, is relative.In order to bring down the UNA, they must first gain control of the wheel. If the mission succeeds, the wheel will become a base of revolution. But between betrayals, a new Monk leading a more organized army of Drones, and the discovery of a previously unknown contingent, Alenna, Liam, and their allies might be in over their heads. One thing Alenna knows for sure: There will be a reckoning. And not everyone she loves will make it out alive.Pathfinder: Pathfinder; Ruins; Visitors (Pathfinder Ser. #1)
Par Orson Scott Card. 2010
From Orson Scott Card, the internationally bestselling author of Ender&’s Game, comes the first novel in the Pathfinder trilogy, the…
riveting story of Rigg, a teenager who possesses a special power that allows him to see the paths of people&’s pasts.A powerful secret. A dangerous path. Rigg is well trained at keeping secrets. Only his father knows the truth about Rigg's strange talent for seeing the paths of people's pasts. But when his father dies, Rigg is stunned to learn just how many secrets Father had kept from him—secrets about Rigg's own past, his identity, and his destiny. And when Rigg discovers that he has the power not only to see the past, but also to change it, his future suddenly becomes anything but certain. Rigg&’s birthright sets him on a path that leaves him caught between two factions, one that wants him crowned and one that wants him dead. He will be forced to question everything he thinks he knows, choose who to trust, and push the limits of his talent…or forfeit control of his destiny.Want: A Novel
Par Cindy Pon. 2017
&“Fresh, compelling—and timely.&” —Veronica Roth, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Carve the Mark and the Divergent series&“Vividly conjured…positively…
chilling.&” —The New York Times &“Spectacular.&” —BuzzfeedSet in a near-future Taipei plagued by pollution, a group of teens risk everything to save their city in this thrilling novel from critically acclaimed author Cindy Pon.Jason Zhou survives in a divided society where the elite use their wealth to buy longer lives. The rich wear special suits, protecting them from the pollution and viruses that plague the city, while those without suffer illness and early deaths. Frustrated by his city&’s corruption and still grieving the loss of his mother who died as a result of it, Zhou is determined to change things, no matter the cost.With the help of his friends, Zhou infiltrates the lives of the wealthy in hopes of destroying the international Jin Corporation from within. Jin Corp not only manufactures the special suits the rich rely on, but they may also be manufacturing the pollution that makes them necessary.Yet the deeper Zhou delves into this new world of excess and wealth, the more muddled his plans become. And against his better judgment, Zhou finds himself falling for Daiyu, the daughter of Jin Corp&’s CEO. Can Zhou save his city without compromising who he is, or destroying his own heart?Burning Kingdoms (The Internment Chronicles #2)
Par Lauren DeStefano. 2015
Danger descends in the second book of The Internment Chronicles, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Chemical…
Garden trilogy.After escaping Internment, Morgan and her fellow fugitives land on the ground to finally learn about the world beneath their floating island home.The ground is a strange place where water falls from the sky as snow, and people watch moving pictures and visit speakeasies. A place where families can have as many children as they want, their dead are buried in vast gardens of bodies, and Internment is the feature of an amusement park.It is also a land at war.Everyone who fled Internment had their own reasons to escape their corrupt haven, but now they’re caught under the watchful eye of another king who wants to dominate his world. They may have made it to the ground, but have they dragged Internment with them?