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Geiger volume 6
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A shocking epilogue! In the wake of their devastating encounter with the Electrician, Tariq Geiger must come to grips with the lethal consequences-especially with what happened with his two-headed wolf, Barney. You won't want to miss this extraordinary spotlight on Geiger's best friend.
2) Beast Mode
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This story tells the tale of Sage Allen, who was born into the world on the same day that his mother passed away. His father, Secretary of Defense Mitchell Allen, believed in a strict upbringing, which involved intense training and strong guidance to create the perfect super soldier. Sage's life was completely structured, and every hour of his day was accounted for, with a focus on education, training, and self-improvement. Despite following his father's...
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"Outside the moon lay low on the horizon, round and pale as the hangar's thousand interlocked hi-houses. Mink leant against the balcony's railing and looked down at the ocean some fifty or so feet below. A handful of small shuttle-craft twisted and tricked above the water; a lone multi-passenger airship thrummed away from the hangar, its shadow on the waves as big and dark as a whale. Far away, miles away perhaps, she could make out the lights of...
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The first volume of the Abraham trilogy. René Jordan and Father Malcolm Marchand are caught hoarding forbidden books in post-apocalyptic Kebek. They escape to Ellanoy and what appears to be a Utopia. During their stay Ellanoy is attacked by an army of warriors descended from less fortunate survivors of the poisoned rains. Utopia isn't so utopian after all.
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Dive into the world of French language and dystopian imagination with "Learn French with Dystopian Stories," an A2 level French reader designed to captivate and educate. Journey through eight uniquely unsettling visions of the future, each tale meticulously crafted to expand your French vocabulary and challenge your understanding of grammar, all while immersing you in stories that question the essence of humanity, freedom, and control.From the enforced...
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19-year-old Daneli is a tomboy who doesn't get along with her mother. She'd rather be riding her horse or perfecting her archery skills than wearing finery and ordering servants around. But as the eldest daughter of House Trageri, Daneli is the inheritor of long-standing tensions, and a mission far larger than she is. First, she must undergo an arduous training process, then pass a series of tests in order to become Queen. Afterward, with the help...
7) Unvirtual
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In a not far off dystopian future, a team of hardware engineers develop a cheap to manufacture computer capable of generating such convincing virtual realities that it's absolutely impossible to differentiate between simulation and reality. The dangers of this technology become apparent when test users begin to question their own reality and can't shake the nagging feeling that they are still in a simulation. The only way to find out is to commit...
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TERRORES NOCTURNOS inició el 12 de julio de 2020 como un podcast de relatos de horror sonorizados con música y efectos de sonido apropósito de la narración. El objetivo de este proyecto surgió por retarme a escribir historias de terror, un campo que quise abordar desde joven, pero siempre con malos resultados. Soy un amante del terror, me encanta escuchar y leer cuentos siniestros, macabros. En YouTube encontré muchos canales con esta temática,...
10) War for Peace
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War for Peace follows the journey of 16-year-old Travis Roberts as he navigates a world transformed by war and global upheaval. After a series of mysterious Russian signals foreshadow an attack, Travis and his family seek refuge in a secret Cold War-era underground bunker on Valley Hill Ranch. As the world outside collapses, Russia and Texas form an unexpected alliance, leading to Texas becoming an independent nation that spans half of the former...
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"Bienvenido al Claro. Verás que una vez a la semana, siempre el mismo día y a la misma hora, nos llegan víveres. Una vez al mes, siempre el mismo día y a la misma hora, aparece un nuevo chico, como tú. Siempre un chico. Como ves, este lugar está cercado por muros de piedra… Has de saber que estos muros se abren por la mañana y se cierran por la noche, siempre a la hora exacta. Al otro lado se encuentra el laberinto. De noche, las puertas...
12) Blue Poems 2
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Blue poems and discovers the color blue in many ways through blue asethetics pictures as well as blue esthetic poems that will be very interesting for you to read about. If you're interested in reading them then you'll be good. You and if you're not interested in blue esthetics you are interested now. Book 2
13) Kommix
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Master cartoonist Charles Burns has never hidden his passion for comic books and pop culture from the 1950 and 1960s. Inspired by the romance, horror, and sci-fi comics of his youth, as well as the 1960s American underground, the author of Black Hole has created a collection of 80 original comic book covers that, through his own inimitable aesthetic, present an alternate universe of stories that never were, but that you will wish existed.
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14) Blue Poems
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Blue poems and discovers the color blue in many ways through blue asethetics pictures as well as blue esthetic poems that will be very interesting for you to read about. If you're interested in reading them then you'll be good. You and if you're not interested in blue esthetics you are interested now. Book 1 +2
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A Treasury of Tales: 101 Short Stories" is a collection of 101 short stories in a variety of genres, including science fiction, horror, romance, and mystery. This book is perfect for readers looking for a diverse range of stories to sink their teeth into. With a wide range of characters and settings, "A Treasury of Tales" offers something for everyone. Whether you're looking for a heart-wrenching love story or a thrilling tale of adventure, this book...
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Murilo is invited to stay with his neighbors, André and Vitória, after he doesn't remember what happened to his family. The next day, they ride foals to visit Murilo's uncle, Zé, who invites him to help pick peppers. Zé agrees to take Murilo to his parents' house the following day. The next morning, they ride a mule to the city, where they attend a wake for the victims of "The massacre of the Serranos lands." Murilo learns that his family was...
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Set it a world where individual rights have succumbed to an increasing corporate hegemony, how does one escape corporate surveillance when one's own body is a tool for corporate surveillance? With inbuilt AI and preprogrammed abilities, she is an unwilling superhuman; one of many heavily-armed cyborgs that patrol the mostly vacant streets.Glorious Killing Machine tells of the psychological and systemic pressures that are placed upon us to ensure we...
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In the 21st century, world leaders launched a thin layer of pollution into the outer atmosphere to diminish the sun's intensity. It had unintended consequences. The shield magnified the intensity of a massive solar flare which flash-melted the polar ice caps. Once again, a planet-wide flood devastated all civilizations.Two distinct groups emerged from that chaos a century later: a secretive team of scientists seeking technological salvation, and a...
19) Qalb
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Along with a few thousand people, only a handful of items have survived the End of Time, including a deck of cards. In desperate need for a civilized system in the midst of the disorientation post the End of Time, humans found wisdom in the symbolism and structure in the deck of cards, or as they called it, The Almighty Cards, which they used as a guide to establish The Kingdom of Delkhwar 200 years after the End of Time. The kingdom is ruled by the...
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