When her parents died in a global pandemic, seventeen-year-old Cassie Thompson thought her biggest problem was finding her next meal. But “Telo” is a virally-transmitted genetic disease that targets adults, and no one is immune. Surviving to adulthood isn’t looking very good as her city succumbs to food shortages, sanitation problems, and gang violence. When Cassie accepts an invitation to . . .
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The journal of the griffin, Angharad Godkin: it was her plan to retire peaceably from the army when her sovereign, the Godson, sends her to a barely pacificed province, there to replace its unloved governor. But the journey to Shraeven’s capital may make a traitor, heretic and messiah out of her, if she’s not careful . . . . . .
Thelma French is an outsider, maybe that’s why she finds herself drawn to the new boy in town. His name is Chad Lunt and he’s secretive and strange. Why does he live in that abandoned house? And who are the strange girls he lives with that he calls his Oracles? . . .
Enrico Hierodon began his life as many of us do, with a mother and father and an old lady next door who liked to bake cookies. But this was not to be. Someone had an eye on Enrico, and does not plan on leaving him be. Someone is watching, cutting away the pieces of Enrico’s life that he doesn’t need, . . .
The exploits and adventures of college student, computer geek, and occult detective Elaine Hadaly Mercer. She begins her career as an undergrad at Arizona State University majoring in Computer Science and Engineering; but comes from a long blood line of dabblers in the arcane arts with a strong bent for the scientific—hitherto that strange alchemy of genius courses through her . . .
Space & Time takes place in a galaxy where space travel is common, The Galactic Mutuality governs alliances, Humanity is a minority, and a little girl from an alien race tries to overcome the stigma of being a slave. Life moves along as it usually does until a small group of strangers arrives, bringing news of impending destruction and a . . .
The Prodigals follows the lives of four troubled young men in Manchester – Brian, Howard, Declan and the novel’s anti-hero, Travis McGuiggan. It’s a book about friendship, religion, drinking, cruelty and love. It’s also a book about leaving home and returning. . . .
Her father picked her a husband, and she didn’t like him. So she ran away. Unfortunately for her, she ran in the wrong direction. Set in a combination of a medieval and oriental cultures, the story offers you a slightly spoiled princess, a saucy and talkative maidservant, a duty bound and socially clueless prince, and a ribald and extremely . . .
When Captain Alex Marcase’s estranged father dies, he hopes his inheritance will be enough to fund his next deep space expedition. When his inheritance turns out to be a genetically-altered slave named Evan, it’s just the beginning of the end of Alex’s normal, orderly life. Not only does Evan have his own brand of morality, his special abilities are coveted . . .
Gare Marx has been a PI for all of five minutes when he discovers he sucks at it. The mob wants money he never borrowed, he’s suspected of murdering someone he hasn’t met, and he’s hired to find a woman who may be involved in some extremely shady business. That, and his secretary is an amoral jiu jitsu-loving sociopath. . . .
Marcus, a.k.a “w1n5t0n,” is only seventeen years old, but he figures he already knows how the system works–and how to work the system. Smart, fast, and wise to the ways of the networked world, he has no trouble outwitting his high school’s intrusive but clumsy surveillance systems. But his whole world changes when he and his friends find themselves . . .
Special deputy Jameson Arkeley stopped a vampire rampage 20 years earlier, during which he whittled down all known bloodsuckers to a single survivor, Justinia Malvern. Kept alive at a sanitarium in rural Pennsylvania by minimal life support and bizarre laws preventing her extermination, wispy Justinia seems a threat to no one—until a series of vampire killings in the area suggest . . .
Jordan Dual is a 16 year old Texan and a bookworm. She’s pretty simple, not very noticable and has one obsession, a new band called Eklectic Story. She is head over heels for the lead singer – this is their not so fairytale love story. . . .
This is a solid, well written adventure story about a boy called Nate with some unique features, which at the beginning of the story he spends most of his time trying to hide so as not to stand out too much at high school. He can’t help it though – not only does he look not quite like your [more . . .]
This is definitely a funny must read for a D&D nerd. There are lots of puns on how the world is built and how players and dungeon master handles things. In this aspect it is very similar to several webcomics. Although I fear those that aren’t familiar with pen and paper RPGs, and more specifically D&D won’t find most things [more . . .]