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  Shakedowners 3 - Slack to the...

  Justin Woolley

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  Through the skilful application of being barely competent, Captain Iridius B. Franklin and the crew of the FSC Deus Ex have managed to triumph in not just one adventure but two. 
   
   
   
  Unfortunately, despite being assured this sort of thing doesn't happen to space adventurers nearly as often as is assumed, Iridius and his crew have been flung almost a year back in time. 
   
   
   
  Now, in order to stop an existential threat to the galaxy and ensure they don't cause irreparable damage to the space-time continuum, the crew of the Deus Ex must set out to find their way back to the future. 
   
   
   
  Things go about as well as expected and Iridius Franklin finds himself encountering Nazis, cyberpunks, the bureaucratic nightmare that is the Department of Historical Timeline Preservation, and yet more time-travel paradoxes, including finally coming face to face with the biggest mystery of his life.

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  Pharoni

  Colin Dodds

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  When the body of Harry Injurides - playwright, provocateur and bodybuilder - washes up on a beach, his friends are shocked, but not altogether surprised. But when they meet to mourn Harry, he shows up and says he’s been resurrected.  
  Pharoni is the story of those friends. Tommy Pharoni tries to overcome his shock by writing about his friend’s resurrection, and accidentally starts a religion. Roy Sudden starts a tech empire based on digital empathy and digital pain, drawing in billionaire investors, femme-fatale programmers, and tsunamis of capital. And, Roy’s on-again, off-again girlfriend Maud works in secret to bring radical justice to the most neglected and abused corners of society.  
  As Tommy’s religion grows, Roy and his backers try to take control of it. The battle, about more than doctrine, engulfs Tommy’s marriage and threatens his life, leading to a conflict with strangely humane results that no one could predict. 
  Completely fresh and utterly surprising, Pharoni is an off-the-wall novel that will keep you scratching your head until the last unpredictable scene. - INDIES TODAY (5/5 STARS) 
  Filled with fascinating ideas… technology transmitting pain… that a modern-day religion would be subsumed into corporate “wellness” … he writes about them with zest. - INDIE READER 
  A mercurial story that takes many satisfyingly surprising twists and turns… religious, social, psychological, and criminal processes come to life… intrigue and wry humor… a strange journey, indeed. - MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW 
  Pharoni, with its philosophical and social commentary, shows the face of the world that we often ignore… captures readerly attention until the very end - INDEPENDENT BOOK REVIEW

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  The Brave New World Collection -...

  Aldous Huxley

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  Aldous Huxley’s dystopian classic about a perfectly engineered society, and his book of essays reflecting on it almost three decades later, in one volume.   This book includes:  Brave New World: Half a millennium from now, no matter what class of human you are bred to be—from the intellectual Alphas to the Epsilons who provide manual labor—you are a part of the efficient, well-oiled whole, nourished, secure, and blissfully serene thanks to the freely distributed drug soma. But when a man and woman journey beyond the confines of their ordered life to where the “savages” reside, and bring back two outsiders, the cracks begin to show…Named as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the twentieth century by the Modern Library, Brave New World is one of the first truly dystopian novels, a remarkable depiction of the conflict between progress and the human spirit as relevant, if not more so, today than when it was written.  Brave New World Revisited: Nearly thirty years after the publication of his groundbreaking novel, Huxley composed this collection of essays comparing the “future” of 1958 with his vision of it from the early 1930s. Touching on subjects as diverse as world population, drugs, subliminal suggestion, and totalitarianism, it provides a fascinating look at ideas of early science fiction in the context of the real world.   “Aldous Huxley is the greatest twentieth-century writer in English.” —Chicago Tribune   “A genius. . . . a writer who spent his life decrying the onward march of the Machine.” —The New Yorker

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  Never Say Never to a Dragon

  Michael Anderle, Martha Carr, TR...

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  Can Aisling Keane and her partner Shimmer survive her promotion to field agent? 
   
   
   
  It's what she's wanted since joining Dragonfly. The chance to show her skills in the field. She didn't realize it would involve leaping out of an airplane, masquerading as a model for a catering company, or taking part in an all-out assault on a defended position. 
   
   
   
  All those spy movies she watched as a kid did nothing to prepare her for reality. 
   
   
   
  A criminal organization has hit Dragonfly's radar, engaged in terrorism around the world. But how big can they be? The newest agent is on the team to take them down. But, like everything in the world of espionage, what lies just beneath the surface can get you killed. 
   
   
   
  Dragonfly has a new foe, and Aisling will earn a new enemy. 
   
   
   
  The turncoat agent, Jamison Hart is working behind the scenes. While Aisling hunts the traitor, unbeknownst to her, he's hunting her as well. Aisling will have to rely on her support team for support in order to succeed. Even then, success can come at a steep price. 
   
   
   
  She'll need to increase her power and her skills, and think fast in order to handle all the chaos that's coming at her. The investigator-turned-agent wouldn't have it any other way.

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  Pathways to Bolingbrook - A...

  William Brinkman

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  by William Brinkman (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition 
  3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars    24 ratings 
  Book 1 of 4: The Bolingbrook Babbler Stories 
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  Between the shadows and the stars lie the pathways to Bolingbrook 
  Miriam and Sara both feel they’re on the wrong path. Miriam, abandoned by her family, is homeless, alone, and stuck in Iowa City. Sara, a mother of two, is a reporter at a struggling suburban Chicagoland newspaper chain. 
  Then they each find themselves at a crossroads. A stranger offers Miriam a chance to escape Iowa City and her past. Sara discovers a mysterious recording of a conversation she doesn’t remember. 
  While the new paths may lead to what Miriam and Sara want, there are also hidden dangers along each path. As Sara’s investigation brings her closer to Bolingbrook, her publisher threatens her job and urges her to think about her children if she continues. Miriam wants to escape, but she knows everything has a price. Will they find the answers they need along the Pathways to Bolingbrook? 
  This is the first book of the Bolingbrook Babbler Stories, an Urban Fantasy Series set in suburban Chicagoland. Perfect for fans of the Dresden Files and Let the Right One In. 
  Buy Pathways to Bolingbrook and follow the pathways to a suburb where the promise of the stars and the dangers in the shadows converge.

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  Skylark and the Dragon

  Gigga Black

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  A children's audiobook set in Iceland about two grandparents husband and wife who travel by plane and have adventures with Terence the Dragon and the Degus as well as the Barnacles in the town of Akranes. They are hunted down by the CNN reporters and the Kraken monster, and meet Dragons from all different nationalities. This book involves and Icelandic Prime Minister and the President of the USA.

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