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In an alternate present the minds of teen offenders are uploaded into computers for rehabilitation—a form of virtual wilderness therapy. Zach is a homo cognoscens, one of the new humans who can navigate the Fulgrid. Though still a high school student, he is indentured to the Fulgur Corporation as a counsellor. Laura is a homo sapiens. Their story is part . . .
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The enigmatic Peacock King, ruler of half of the known world, seeks to possess the land itself by enslaving the spirits of the wild. Gerald, a newly initiated Poet whose magic is as real as he can write it, is also one of the Armed—enforcers of the Law who wield guns with souls. His mission: infiltrate the Peacock King’s Court . . .
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A young prince and Heir of a corrupt Empire discovers that his first and only friend in the world is the enslaved head of state of a country Father is trying to conquer. How does he survive the coming destruction and grow to be the good man he longs to be? . . .
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Evermist is the story of a young man coming into his own on a distant planet where Earth is only a legend. Drafted into the militia, Eli travels to the top of his world to stand guard over Evermist, an ancient and dangerous island locked away for all time . . . Elias is born of a family with influence and money. . . .
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Nolan Cooper has a big secret. He invented and built an airplane, and he’s going to test fly it himself . . . if he can cut fourth period! Solo Flight is the story of a boy and his clashes with the authorities when he chooses an unusual path in life. . . .
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The Philosopher in Arms is the massively-revised version of my two traditionally-published fantasy novels, Lion’s Heart and Lion’s Soul (Baen Books, 1991) set in the “Fifth Millennium” world collaboratively created with S.M. Stirling and Shirley Meier. Almost 3,000 years after a human-made cataclysm reduced both human population and technology back to primitive levels, civilization is rising again slowly. Here . . .
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And the only one who knows the true story is a teenaged Mexican streetpunk who deals dope, smuggles wetbacks, and breeds gamecocks in Tijuana. And he wishes he didn’t know. Fatherless boys often have the fantasy of a Dream Dad showing up; rich, powerful and ready to pluck them out of squalor and insecurity into the lap of luxury. . . .
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A techno-fantasy following the lives and adventures of individuals caught up in the events of a world changing war. A hundred years ago, a similar war, one that introduced new technologies and sciences, nearly tore the world apart. Now, secrets and superstitions threaten to start the war all over again. The story is currently focusing on one engineer’s apprentice, a . . .
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Melkeen is a prodigy, a young Wizard with incredible magikal abilities. Sarta is a barbarian blade-for-hire of unbelievable skill. Together, they are a formidable team. And the world is against them. Required by his elder (and rival) Wizards to search out rare and dangerous artifacts, a young man hires a woman to guard him on his travels. Their contract is . . .
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Van d’Allamitri is destined to become the world’s most famous chef— if only he can survive his childhood first! Son of a Shan-li restaurateur and a merchant from the great city of Varo, young Van is torn between honoring the culinary traditions of his overbearing mother and following in the footsteps of his cosmopolitan but ne’er-do-well father. As he finds . . .
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With money to burn and time to spend, Sol Mann embarks on a journey through Costa Rica that would change him in a fundamental way. Where does he get his money? And what is he running from? . . . We don’t really know. But that doesn’t matter when your days are filled with cheap weed, good rum, and great women. . . .
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A western themed fantasy, following the story of a low-level political discontent beginning with his imprisonment in a decidedly high security prison. . . .
The cities have gated their walls. Those in rural areas have been reduced to savages. When Callen Carrus, a seven year old boy from the city, faces a personal crises and runs away, he’s chased outside the city walls. What happens to him there sets him on a twelve year quest that leads to love and extraordinary adventure. The riddle . . .
"Listen, sugar, some things never change. Once a nigger lover, always a nigger lover. Only now they call them augers."
I have put off writing this review for the longest time. I finished Corvus at the tail end of 2009, and then had a few conversations with Lee, its author, not [more . . .]
I had seen this one floating around WFG for a while, but I never went to read it until I realized the author was also the co-author of the very awesome Metanoia webcomic (on frequent hiatus, alas), and I got pretty excited.
God Eaters has some definite thematic parallels to Metanoia [more . . .]