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From Vancouver Island in 1912 to a dark colony of the moon three hundred years later. The Sunday Times bestseller, Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel is a story of parallel worlds and possibilities that plays with the very line along which time should run.
Lives separated by time and space have collided, and an exiled Englishman, a writer trapped far from home, and a girl destined to die too young, have each glimpsed a world that is not their own.
Travelling through the centuries, between colonies on the moon and an ever-changing Earth, together their lives will solve a mystery that will make you question everything you thought you knew to be true.
ONE MAN - ONE PLANET - ONE CHANCE 2557 Humans have been banished
from Earth. Forced to live in huge space colonies close to the
moon. Earth has become Heaven. The course of mankind has been set
towards colonising the universe. The Pax Humana is in full effect.
Giant corporations overseen by The Powers control every human
necessity from birth until death, those that fail to adhere to the
system are summarily executed. Genesis is the new
beginning...Xavier Miro is a space rigger, graffiti artist and
dissident. A series of dreams leads to an adventure where he will
meet Moon Dudes, Shamanic Space Pirates, Galactic Ravers, Zugbots
and fall foul of the sinister Shadows. And where he will not only
find out the answers to why mankind was expelled from Earth, but
why he is the one person that can save humanity.
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I Who Have Never Known Men
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Jacqueline Harpman; Translated by Ros Schwartz; Introduction by Sophie Mackintosh
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SISTERHOOD. SECRETS. SURVIVAL.
Discover the haunting, heart-breaking post-apocalyptic TikTok sensation.
Deep underground, thirty-nine women are kept in isolation in a cage.
Above ground, a world awaits. Has it been abandoned? Devastated by a
virus?
Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there,
no notion of time, and only vague recollection of their lives before.
But, as the burn of electric light merges day into night and numberless
years pass, a young girl - the fortieth prisoner - sits alone an
outcast in the corner.
Soon she will show herself to be the key to the others' escape and
survival in the strange world that awaits them above ground. The woman
who will never know men.
He can jump between worlds. But can he save his own?
As a totalitarian Inspectorate tightens its grip, one man discovers the
power to slip through the gaps and traverse alternate universes. World
Walkers by Neal Asher is an exhilarating standalone novel set within
the Owner universe.
Ottanger is a rebel and mutant on an Earth governed by a ruthless
Committee. But after its Inspectorate experiments on him, he discovers
the ability to reach alternate worlds. The multiverse is revealed in
all its glory and terror – and he can finally flee his timeline.
Then Ottanger meets the Fenris, an evolved human visiting Earth from
the far future. He’d engineered the original world-walking mutation, so
those altered could escape the Committee’s regime. Yet this only aided
a few, while millions still suffered. And Ottanger sees that the
Committee will become unstoppable if not destroyed.
However, the Fenris's visit also attracted the Hive. With the power of
its trillion linked minds, it craves world-walking biotech and will do
anything to get it. As conflict looms at home, and war threatens the
multiverse – the Fenris, Ottanger and his companions must prepare for
battle . . .
Earthworld is a thing of the past. Welcome to the future.
After the collapse of life on Earth as it once was known, 600 people are selected for passage on Shipworld, a spacecraft charting a 360-year voyage to a new planet. Their mission will see generation after generation born, living and dying on board – until one day their descendants finally step foot on the 'Super Earth' that might offer the last chance for humankind's survival.
But life aboard Shipworld is far from a waiting game. The spacecraft promises a world of its own, a harmonious system free of class distinctions and wealth accumulation. Yet with each new generation comes daunting challenges to the future of their civilisation – from creeping doubts about the nature of reality to an outbreak of disease that could eradicate their population, from rebels who threaten the unity of the mission to a traumatic encounter with a mysterious space phenomenon.
An intergenerational epic populated by pioneers and chroniclers, enemies and friends, leaders and legends, Here and Beyond is an intricate and imaginative exploration of the arc of human endeavour.
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Vicious
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V. E. Schwab
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Victor and Eli started out as college roommates brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same ambition in each other. A shared interest in adrenaline, near-death experiences, and seemingly supernatural events reveals an intriguing possibility: that under the right conditions, someone could develop extraordinary abilities. But when their thesis moves from the academic to the experimental, things go horribly wrong.
Ten years later, Victor breaks out of prison, determined to catch up to his old friend (now foe), aided by a young girl with a stunning ability. Meanwhile, Eli is on a mission to eradicate every other super-powered person that he can find aside from his sidekick, an enigmatic woman with an unbreakable will. Armed with terrible power on both sides, driven by the memory of betrayal and loss, the arch-nemeses have set a course for revenge but who will be left alive at the end?
A governmental power known as Arahma keeps a tight rein over the
planet Ryocelin. Horrific news surfaces from a small base
south-west of the Arahmian city, forcing Lanni, a lowly soldier, to
flee in panic. His flight soon brings him to the southern city
called Gexa, the last remaining city not yet under Arahma's
jurisdiction. Here Lanni meets Kor, the illusive leader of Gexa's
rebel faction. An iron-willed determined man, he holds a careful
suspicion of Lanni's sudden presence. Lanni and Kor are bound in a
quest to find Cyek, a mysterious soldier who once fought for
Arahma. He is in search of himself to fill the gaps in his memory.
Kor offers a handsome proposal to aid Cyek in his search if he in
turn helps them. But all is not so simple for Cyek...The exciting
journey that unravels leads Lanni and Kor to many others who become
tied to a quest that will bring them all face to face with fear,
tragedy and bloodshed.
The first issue of the classic pulp magazine Astounding Stories of
Super-Science (later renamed Astounding Science Fiction, and
currently being published as Analog Science Fiction) presents a mix
of science fiction adventure stories by top writers of the day.
Included are "Phantoms of Reality," by Ray Cummings; "The Beetle
Horde," by Victor Rousseau; "Tank," by Murray Leinster; "The Cave
of Horror," by Captain S.P. Meek; and many others.
Rebellion could be their salvation – or their doom. War Bodies by Neal Asher is a gripping, high-octane standalone set in his expansive Polity world.
Long ago, the Cyberat left Earth to co-evolve with machines. Now, led by the powerful dictator Castron, their Old Guard believe that machines should replace the physical body. But these beliefs are upended with the arrival of the human Polity – and their presence ignites rebellion.
Piper was raised as a weapon against the Cyberat, implanted with secretive hardware. When his parents are captured by the Old Guard, the Polity offer him unexpected aid. Piper knows the Polity want more from him, but at what cost? The rebellion also attracts the deadly prador, placing an entire world in peril.
As war rages across the planet, Piper must battle with the unknown technology implanted in his bones. It may be the Polity’s answer to their relentless fight against the prador. It could also be civilization-ending Jain tech – or something far more extraordinary.
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