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For the millions who log in every day, Warcross isn't just a game — it's a way of life. Struggling to make ends meet, teenage hacker Emika Chen works as a bounty hunter, tracking down Warcross players who bet on the game illegally.
A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery: humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. Now Scythes are the only ones who can end life — and they are commanded to do so, in order to control the population.
What if you could bring your best friend back to life — but only for a short time? This is a powerful and deeply moving YA contemporary novel with a speculative twist about love, death, grief, and friendship.
In the last days of the twenty-first century, sea creatures swim through the ruins of London. Trapped in the abyss, humankind wavers between hope and fear of what lurks in the depths and hope that they might one day find a way back to the surface.
When Jo steps onto planet Tau Ceti e for the first time, she's ready to put the past behind her. But underneath the idyllic surface of her new home, Jo uncovers a devastating secret that could destroy everything.
Faith can't believe her luck when the fictional show of The Grove relocates to her town. But her fandom-fueled daydreams aren't enough to distract her from the fact that animals and people are vanishing!
Noam Álvaro wakes up in a hospital bed, the sole survivor of the viral magic that killed his family and made him a technopath. His ability to control technology attracts the attention of the minister of defense and thrusts him into the magical elite.
When Andra went into a cryonic sleep for a trip across the galaxy, she expected to wake up in a hundred years, not a thousand. All the rest of the colonists — including her family — are dead. And for some reason, their descendants think Andra's a deity.
Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth's fate hinges on one girl. . .
WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SKY:
"Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner prove they are two living goddesses of writing, creating two compelling worlds with high stakes and gripping emotions." -Sarah Rees Brennan, New York Times bestselling author of the Demons Lexicon trilogy and the Lynburn Legacy series.
"A vivid and compulsive thriller set in a beautiful, perilous world of myths and treachery. You won't want to put it down." -Laini Taylor, New York Times bestselling author of the Daughter of Smoke and Bone series
"Kaufman and Spooner, who also collaborated on the Starbound Trilogy, return with another richly drawn, tantalizingly romantic sf series starter. An especially action-packed back half will ensure readers come running back for the next volume." --Booklist
"A book that absolutely shimmers with beauty." -Buzzfeed
"Coauthors Kaufman and Spooner (the Unearthed duology) reunite for this propulsive, tender-hearted duology opener... evocative prose, escalating intrigue, and charismatic, predominantly olive- and brown-skinned characters with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities keep the pages turning." -Publishers Weekly
"Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner prove they are two living goddesses of writing, creating two compelling worlds with high stakes and gripping emotions." -Sarah Rees Brennan, New York Times bestselling author of the Demons Lexicon trilogy and the Lynburn Legacy series.
"A vivid and compulsive thriller set in a beautiful, perilous world of myths and treachery. You won't want to put it down." -Laini Taylor, New York Times bestselling author of the Daughter of Smoke and Bone series
"Kaufman and Spooner, who also collaborated on the Starbound Trilogy, return with another richly drawn, tantalizingly romantic sf series starter. An especially action-packed back half will ensure readers come running back for the next volume." --Booklist
"A book that absolutely shimmers with beauty." -Buzzfeed
"Coauthors Kaufman and Spooner (the Unearthed duology) reunite for this propulsive, tender-hearted duology opener... evocative prose, escalating intrigue, and charismatic, predominantly olive- and brown-skinned characters with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities keep the pages turning." -Publishers Weekly
The Renegades are a syndicate of prodigies — humans with extraordinary abilities who established peace and order where chaos reigned. As champions of justice, they remain a symbol of hope... except the villains they once overthrew.
Emmett Atwater isn't just leaving Detroit; he's leaving Earth. Why the Babel Corporation recruited him is a mystery, but the number of zeroes on their contract has him boarding their lightship and hoping to return to Earth with enough money to take care of his family. Forever.
This is a story that begins tomorrow. It's a story about us. It's a story about who comes after us. And it's a story about perfection. Because perfection has a way of getting ugly.
Farway is the son of a time traveler from 2354 AD and a Roman gladiator, Far's very existence defies the laws of nature. After failing his entrance exam into a government program, Far will have to settles for a life stealing valuables from the past.
The year is 3070, and Marie Antoinette has just arrived at the glittering, thrilling palace of Versailles to marry Louis-Auguste. But beneath the luxurious world lies a sinister underbelly and a deadly game. Will history repeat itself?
Found as a child drifting through space with a sentient android called D09, Ana was saved by a fearsome space captain and the grizzled crew she now calls family. But D09 is malfunctioning and Ana will stop at nothing to find a way to fix him.
Hotshot pilot Nax Hall has a history of making poor life choices, so it's not exactly a surprise when he's kicked out of an elite academy. But Nax's one-way trip back to Earth is cut short when a terrorist group attacks the academy.
Two boys, alone in space. Sworn enemies sent on the same rescue mission. In order to survive the ship's secrets, Ambrose and Kodiak will need to work together and learn to trust each other . . . especially once they discover what they are truly up against.
When Zetian offers herself up as a concubine-pilot, it's to assassinate the ace pilot responsible for her sister's death. But it becomes clear that she is an Iron Widow, a rare kind of female pilot who can sacrifice males to power up transforming robots.
A dangerous quest for revenge. An empire built on the bones of a genocide. A carefully hidden secret that could collapse worlds. All collide in this explosive space opera debut from a powerful new voice in sci-fi.
Seconds before Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect. Together, this dynamic pair began a journey through space...
This classic science fiction masterwork by Isaac Asimov weaves stories about robots, humanity, and the deep questions of existence into a novel of shocking intelligence and heart.