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Brave Men Run by Matthew Wayne Selznick

A Novel of the Sovereign Era

“Brave Men Run” is the story of Nate Charters. Born different, unsure of his origins, he’s an outcast at Abbeque Valley High School, a self-proclaimed “boy freak” with few friends and low self-esteem.  When the Sovereign Era dramatically dawns, Nate finds himself in a quest to discover the truth: is he more than he seems, a misfit in a miraculous . . .

A complete novel.
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Mortal Ghost by L. Lee Lowe

It’s a fiery hot summer, and sixteen-year-old Jesse Wright is on the run.  An oddly gifted boy, he arrives in a new city where the direction of his life is about to change. He’s hungry and lonely and desperate – and beset by visions of a stranger who is being brutally tortured. And then there are Jesse’s own memories of . . .

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Corvus by L. Lee Lowe

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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New World Orders by Edward G. Talbot

The moon launch.  The Challenger disaster.  The Lewinsky scandal.  And global warming.  Someone’s behind it all, and it’s not for anything as mundane as corporate profits or political power.  Join Jack Crowley and Jim Patterson as they race to stop the conspiracy before it’s too late.  And maybe, just maybe, save the world. . . .

A complete podcast novel.
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Raven’s Gift by Tobias D. Robison

Life is difficult, even if you're good at it.

NB: Raven’s Gift is available only as a podcast. Raven has an unusual gift, or is it a curse: a nose that can smell almost anything.  During her adventures in medieval, magical Ausland, she must defeat a dragon, an army of giant-size warriors, and three evil wizards.  She will master the greatest bit of nose-magic, and learn how to . . .

A complete podcast novel.
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MORTAL GHOST

Slow start, profound finish.

Editor: Chris Poirier
August 6, 2008

I read Mortal Ghost last night.  Perhaps I should clarify: I read all of Mortal Ghost last night.  The last time I went cover to cover on a book in one day, it was Ellen Hopkins’s Crank—a year ago.

Mortal Ghost begins with some legitimate fear and an act of mercy.  [more . . .]

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CORVUS

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Member: intergal
June 16, 2010

Corvus slips between the story of Zach and Laura, and then Zach’s ‘professional’ life with the Fulgrid as a homo cognscens, a new evolution of human that has ‘developed’ special powers at a cost.

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