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  The Meteor Girl - A Meteor Opens...

  Jack Williamson

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  The Meteor Girl is an early science fiction story by Jack Williamson, first published in 1931. It follows a young telegraph operator whose ordinary night shift is disrupted when a meteor crashes nearby — bringing with it something far stranger than stone. The encounter pulls him into a mystery that blends young love, cosmic possibility, and the unknown forces that move between worlds. Williamson uses simple, direct prose to create a sense of widening wonder as the familiar gives way to the extraordinary. 
  The story reflects the optimism and curiosity of early pulp-era SF. Rather than grim speculation, it leans toward discovery — the idea that the universe is full of secrets waiting to be stumbled over by unsuspecting people with open eyes. Like many early Williamson pieces, it treats science not as abstraction but as an adventure through which ordinary lives are suddenly changed. 
  Jack Williamson (1908–2006) was one of the longest-lived and most respected voices of American science fiction. Raised in rural New Mexico, he began selling stories to the pulps as a teenager and remained active well into the 21st century — his career spanning from the age of airships to the age of the internet. Williamson wrote across styles and decades, from space opera to thoughtful sociological SF, producing works like The Legion of Space, Darker Than You Think, and later the Hugo and Nebula-winning Terraforming Earth. 
  He bridged generations of the genre, studying it formally and teaching it at Eastern New Mexico University while still publishing fiction. Williamson’s work helped move science fiction from pulp entertainment to a literature of ideas, and The Meteor Girl stands as an early glimpse of the imagination that would make him a pillar of the field.

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  The Innocents - Complete Series...

  Colin Lindsay

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  Fragile Innocence 
  In the wake of immortality, innocence became prized most highly… and it was preyed upon. 
  Four very different young women are connected by a gravity that draws them to each other, but to annihilation or consummation? 
  Grace has a loving family, fiancé, and unshakable faith. So why does her life feel incomplete? Rayne lives in the remains of a skeletal skyscraper and promises herself that today will be different - today, she’ll find happiness. Elana is a member of the city’s thrill-seeking elite, who longs for something real in a life of vacuous hedonism. Sara is an A.I. in love with a creator who will never love her back. 
  Fabricated Innocence 
  New York can be a dark place. 
  All Sara ever wanted is Elana, but when she’s forced to choose between loving her and protecting her, she’ll risk everything to do both. Elana walks a fine line to survive in her cut-throat world, but when the people she cares about are dragged into it, she has to embrace her ruthless upbringing to save them. Grace is haunted by her past, and Rayne is hounded by hers. 
  These women are pulled closer by bonds of love in a world bent on tearing them apart. When love is all you have, it has to be enough. 
  Innocence Reclaimed 
  The world is officially going to hell. 
  The Immortality Wars were supposed to be ancient history, but ironically or not, they refused to stay dead. This time, however, someone or something had declared war on immortality itself, and people were actually dying again. People were scared, and scared people do terrible things. 
  A lot of them blamed Rayne. She was the most wanted person in New York, and not in a good way. Her legacy as the daughter of the hero of the Wars wouldn’t leave her alone. The Revolution had never been her cause, but fate thrust it on her. 
  Thanks, mom.

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  Glimmer of Dragons - The Other...

  Heather G. Harris

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  Every dog has its day. Mine has its own realm.I can tell when you’re lying. Every. Single. Time.As a private investigator, being a walking talking lie detector is a useful skill but let's face it, it’s not normal. You'd think it would make my job way too easy, but even with my weird skills, I still haven't been able to track down my parent's killers.I'm hired to retrieve a lost heirloom, but I have no idea that the job is going to send me careening into a co-existing magical realm where my dog is a hell hound, and where there are werewolves and dragons and elves….Some of whom will stop at nothing to hide their lies….

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  Understanding Fate

  Amanda Nichole

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  Cain 
  I can’t let them take her from me again. She’s mine, and I will do whatever it takes to keep her safe, but with Marlo in the mix, that’s easier said than done. He wants to use her as a bargaining chip to win a war that I have no intention of letting her near. I don't care how long I have to wait or how far I have to go to protect her. Brielle DelaCourt will get to choose, and I will hand my life over to The Fates to ensure she gets her happily ever after. 
  Bri 
  Sometimes, I wish I could go back to when I knew nothing—about this world, this war, or myself—back to the girl who knew what she wanted and where she was headed. Everyone tells me I have choices and can decide my path. But I’m not a fool; they all want something from me, the Unawakened. I’m tired of feeling like I’m just a piece on someone else’s chessboard. As much as I crave my old life, I know it’s never coming back. I’ve been kidnapped, threatened, and treated like a pawn in a game I barely understand. All I know is it’s time I start controlling my destiny. 
  With war looming in the state, the LLC tries to balance the scales. How far will Marlo go to get what he wants? Will the Vegas Pack be able to shield Bri from her uncertain future? And, If she chooses to accept Cain as her Mate, will the Vegas Pack survive the fallout?

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  Oria’s Gambit

  Jeffe Kennedy

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  A Play For PowerPrincess Oria has one chance to keep her word and stop her brother’s reign of terror: She must become queen. All she has to do is marry first. And marry Lonen, the barbarian king who defeated her city bare weeks ago, who can never join her in a marriage of minds, who can never even touch her—no matter how badly she wants him to.A Fragile BondTo rule is to suffer, but Lonen never thought his marriage would become a torment. Still, he’s a resourceful man. He can play the brute conqueror for Oria’s faceless officials and bide his time with his wife. And as he coaxes secrets from Oria, he may yet change their fate…An Impossible DemandWith deception layering on deception, Lonen and Oria must claim the throne and brazen out the doubters. Failure means death— for them and their people.But success might mean an alliance powerful beyond imagining...

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  Runechild Saga The: Part 1:...

  Paul Wilson

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  A band of elves drives off the orcs slaughtering a travelling caravan in their forest. The only survivor is a baby elf girl. As she grows, Tolaine Starstrider finds herself at odds with her foster parents. Not being a pure blooded elf, she discovers a powerful force within her that she must learn to control or be consumed by. Tolaine is not the only one who knows about the strange magic she carries and she is captured by one who would use her power for his own ends.

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