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  Poul Anderson: INSIDE EARTH -...

  Poul Anderson

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  This story takes place in the not so distant future. Earth has been conquered and is a subjugated planet, the much too humanoid new rulers now extract heavy taxes, control industry and reproduction and interfere in every aspect of life. Rumors of their brutality and vicious massacres increase every day. Obviously, they must be thrown out and rebellion seethes among the patriots. But on the other hand, others are not so eager to get rid of the overlords: the terrible nationalistic wars have been stopped, famine is long gone and health care is almost universally available. Still, the elite intellectual portion of the earth's population plot to remove the heavy heel of the oppressors from their necks and let earth be free again. But time and again the attempts for freedom have been crushed the Valgolians mainly because national, ethnic, religious and racial prejudices and hatred among the earthlings keep the conspirators from working together. Obviously, no conqueror wants his subjects to revolt against his rule. Obviously? This one would go to any lengths to start a rebellion!

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  霸占女讲师

  黄鸿涯

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  “霸占女讲师”，原著：黄蓓佳  在这看似寻常的校园里，女讲师晴仪却陷入了一场令人咋舌的风波。是学术权威的打压，试图将她的创新研究成果据为己有，以巩固自身地位？还是情感纠葛，某个心怀不轨之人，因求爱不成，便妄图用不正当手段霸占她的生活，让她无从逃脱？又或者是职场暗处的权力博弈，有上级领导垂涎她在师生间的高人气，企图通过控制她，来掌控整个院系的话语权 。晴仪究竟该如何在这重重困境中突围，守护自己的尊严与权益，这一切，都将在接下来的故事中徐徐展开 。

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  The Masque of the Red Death

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  "The Masque of the Red Death" (originally published as "The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy") is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1842. The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague, known as the Red Death, by hiding in his abbey. He, along with many other wealthy nobles, hosts a masquerade ball in seven rooms of the abbey, each decorated with a different color. In the midst of their revelry, a mysterious figure disguised as a Red Death victim enters and makes his way through each of the rooms. Prospero dies after confronting this stranger, whose "costume" proves to contain nothing tangible inside it; the guests also die in turn.
  
  Poe's story follows many traditions of Gothic fiction and is often analyzed as an allegory about the inevitability of death, though some critics advise against an allegorical reading. Many different interpretations have been presented, as well as attempts to identify the true nature of the eponymous disease. The story was first published in May 1842 in Graham's Magazine and has since been adapted in many different forms, including a 1964 film starring Vincent Price. Poe's short story has also been alluded to by other works in many types of media.

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  surprise of the Marquis The...

  Dama Beltrán

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  Roger Bennett, future Marquis of Rider, defines himself like a gentleman willing to help poor unfortunate souls lacking sexual pleasure. He enjoys his life so much that he wants to continue living like that until the end of his life. However, a person would cut short that libertine life he wants to keep on living. 
    
  Resigning himself to live with a wife he doesn't know or love, he decides to face his future bravely. Though when his blue eyes look at Evelyn, he discovers that everything he had ever wished for has drifted away. But love must be worked for and for a man so used to breaking hearts, it will be amazing to see how his own shatters like glass.

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  First Awakenings

  s. e. smith

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  Lieutenant Commander Ashton ‘Ash’ Haze has always embraced two things in his life: adventure and women. He gets more than he expects when he wakes on an alien planet after the experimental spaceship he and his companions are on is pulled through an ancient gateway they have been sent to explore. Now, his priorities have changed – or so he thought. Kella Ta’Qui is a Turbinta – a race known for their skills as an assassin. Taken from her home as a child, she is trained in the deadly skills as a silent killer. Her first mission is to find and kill whatever was inside the unusual capsule that landed on the small planet of Tesla Terra. Her mission soon turns from one of predator to prey when she finds herself wounded after an encounter with her would-be target. Dazed and confused, she stumbles onto others that would sell her to the highest bidder. Despair turns to hope when an unexpected male suddenly appears and carries her to safety. Ash’s skills from his wayward youth and his training in the Navy come in handy when he discovers a desert city, but nothing prepares him for the impact on his emotions when he comes across a wounded alien woman. His discovery that she knows where a fellow crew member might be, unwittingly thrusts them both into the middle of a civil war between two rival causes. The fight has begun and the race is on to find the other members before the Legion does. Can an easy-going Navy pilot and an alien assassin work together to reach the location of one of the capsules in the cutthroat Turbintan planet, or will Ash find himself served up to the Legion for the highest number of credits? Whatever happens, the war has begun with the first awakening of the resistance – a resistance that Ash has volunteered to fight with.

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  Sacrifice

  Addison Jane

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  My family betrayed me. Tossed me out onto the street at seventeen. But with a reputation to keep, my parents decided they would rather see their daughter homeless than have my teenage pregnancy taint the perfect facade they'd created. 
   
   
   
  I swore I'd never again let another person close enough to hurt my little girl or me. Yet, every wall I built, he smashed straight through. 
   
   
   
  Hawk wasn't just the VP of The Exiled Eight MC in Detroit. He was alluring. He was possessive. And the scars that decorated his skin told the story of a dark past. A past that was still lurking in the shadows, threatening to destroy everything I loved. 
   
   
   
  I was ready to fight for us. I'd battled my own demons before. But if they came for my family, I was going to start a war. 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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