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  To Be a Woman

  Piers Anthony

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  A humanoid robot serves as a perfect female companion—until she achieves consciousness—in this wildly different story from a New York Times bestselling author. 
   
   
   
  Humanoid robots are surely in our future, but their uses are likely to be limited to body guarding, childcare, companionship, and sex. Other chores can better be done by smart non-humanoid machines designed for those specific tasks. But for these limited purposes, the best robots must be so realistic that they are indistinguishable from live people. 
   
   
   
  Elasa is such a robot. You can't tell her nature if she doesn't reveal it. You can talk with her, embrace her, kiss her, and she is the perfect woman. Until she becomes the first conscious robot. She's no longer satisfied to pretend to be a woman; she wants legal recognition that she is a woman, so that, among other things, she can marry the man she loves. Therein hangs a tale . . .

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  Depths of Ambition - A LitRPG...

  Christopher Rowley

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  THE ROAD in front of us was just a little too quiet. 
  It made my skin crawl as we walked down it, my team spread out around me as we waited with our weapons drawn. I could feel the weight of both swords in my hands as I kept my eyes trained on the cliffs next to us, waiting for trouble to appear. 
  It was a very familiar feeling these days. Ever since our second dungeon dive, I expected trouble to manifest at any time, and now was no exception. 
  “Keep your eyes on those cliffs,” I told my team. “And look out for Elise. She should have been back by now.” 
  I heard responses from the two remaining women in my group. Seraphina, who was the other main attacker, was just to my right. The confident and elegant elf had both hands on her quarterstaff, ready to leap into action at a moment’s notice. 
  Behind us was Mira, our caster. Intelligent but shy, she occupied a vital role on our team, keeping us safe while dealing magical punishment to anyone that might choose to mess with us. 
  And right now, we needed her more than ever. 
  “You don’t think Elise might be hurt, do you?” asked Mira. I could hear the tension in her voice. “She’s okay, right?” 
  “She’s okay,” I said, without any real knowledge of whether that was true or not. I was putting on a brave face for my team. “If something happened to her, we would know it.”

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  Shadow of the Orc Star

  J.T Williams

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  His parents are dead. His brother is trapped. His sister is missing. 
   
   
   
  If Kealin is going to help either of them, he must find Risdannia. But he is alone in a strange land with few allies. 
   
   
   
  War encroaches. Kealin is torn between helping his friends and uncovering a way to save his siblings. Finding Risdannia is only a part of his journey. A powerful wizard has emerged and in his path are thousands of innocent people. With his resurrected orc hordes, he seeks to exterminate all who threaten him. 
   
   
   
  But for Kealin, his every action curses those he loves to their deaths. He cannot escape his past and the true enemy may not be who he thinks.

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  Double-Cross - When Revolution...

  Frederik Pohl

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  Double-Cross by Frederik Pohl - Revolt was brewing on Venus, led by the descendant of the first Earthmen to land. Svan was the leader making the final plans—plotting them a bit too well. 
  The Officer of the Deck was pleased as he returned to the main lock. There was no reason why everything shouldn't have been functioning perfectly, of course, but he was pleased to have it confirmed, all the same. The Executive Officer was moodily smoking a cigarette in the open lock, staring out over the dank Venusian terrain at the native town. He turned. 
  "Everything shipshape, I take it!" he commented. 
  The OD nodded. "I'll have a blank log if this keeps up," he said. "Every man accounted for except the delegation, cargo stowed, drivers ready to lift as soon as they come back." 
  The Exec tossed away his cigarette. "If they come back." 
  "Is there any question?" 
  The Exec shrugged. "I don't know, Lowry," he said. "This is a funny place. I don't trust the natives." 
  Lowry lifted his eyebrows. "Oh? But after all, they're human beings, just like us—" 
  "Not any more. Four or five generations ago they were. Lord, they don't even look human any more. Those white, flabby skins—I don't like them." 
  "Acclimation," Lowry said scientifically. "They had to acclimate themselves to Venus's climate. They're friendly enough."

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  Journey to Torcia

  Jared Woodcox

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  Three casters pursue their destiny. A world’s balance hangs by a thread. Can the very shadows that bind Malgar's fate also be its undoing? 
  In the land of Malgar, where the essence of balance once weaved through the very fabric of life, shadow casters—masters of the arcane, summoning creatures and weapons born of shadow—long stood as vanguards of harmony. But when fear sparked a purge that intended to extinguish their ancient art, the world teetered on the brink of chaos. 
  But turmoil brought forth reform and rising from the ashes of distrust, three young casting trainees, Kaito, Sumi, and Nigel, emerge as beacons of hope within the reinstated Legion of Shadow Casters. Together they must prove their worth in a society split by fear and prejudice, where their very existence could reignite former conflicts with those that only recently ceased to hunt them. 
  Caught in the crossfire of tradition and innovation, the fledgling officers face the daunting task of mending a world fractured by the Shadow Caster Purge, navigating perilous circumstances where their kind is both needed and feared. The once-hallowed art of shadow casting, now revered by some and suppressed by others, teeters on the edge of resurgence or oblivion. 
  With traitorous threats lurking and societal rifts deepening, the path to harmony is perilously shadowed by doubts and conspiracies. As they grapple with looming anti-caster sentiments and the insidious tendrils of a rogue's plot, the trio must learn to bear the weighty mantle of their new roles in a world far more dangerous and complex than they presumed. 
  Can Kaito’s unwavering confidence, Sumi’s relentless determination, and Nigel’s search for belonging withstand the crucible of their first true test? 
  Or will the shadow of history loom large, threatening to unravel the delicate peace they've sworn to protect?

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  Hard Kill

  Bill Eckel

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  What do you do when you outlive your usefulness on the dwarf planet Eris? Institute Hard Kill measures. 
  Injured while inspecting a cargo pod, Customs Inspector, Brock Henry is involuntarily converted into a cyborg. He wakens, not only with a new and enhanced body, but to discover he is the subject of an intense search. Both sides of the divided Royal Council (transhuman) want him, or the parts he's made of, as does the Emigration Society, led by Brock's family (Fleshies), who have launched a rebellion to escape genocide.

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