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  The Shadow of Water - (The...

  Jacquelyn Benson

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  A drowned prince. An ancient prophecy. A cataclysmic threat.  
  Lily Albright can see the future, and it looks like hell.  
  As Europe lurches toward the brink of war, a corpse emerges from London’s sewers—and the long-forgotten oracle of an obscure medieval saint comes to fruition, threatening to obliterate the city in an apocalypse of smoke and ash.  
  Lily is determined to stop the catastrophe, and she’ll call on all her new friends to do it, from a boy who talks with birds to a woman who speaks with the dead—and the enigmatic Lord Strangford, whose ability to see into the darkest corners of Lily’s soul threatens to tear their relationship apart. Together, they’re pulled into a web of lies that winds from the gutters of Limehouse to the champagne-soaked ballrooms of Saint John’s Wood, where rumors of a mysterious white snake lead Lily to a choice that could cost her everything.  
  A sky of painted stars burns. A red hand is rising. And Lily’s powers are about to be put to the ultimate test.  
  Return to the arcane world of The London Charismatics as this riveting historical fantasy series continues with The Shadow of Water.

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  Quest

  Michael Anderle

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  Every lock has a key, every riddle an answer. 
   
   
   
  Jack's always been about finding the answer, the key, to everything, but his riddles and locks were always larger than the people in his life suspected. What holds everything together? How could the ancients' understanding of the elements connect to our modern understanding? 
   
   
   
  If Jack understood that, would it mean he could control them? 
   
   
   
  But answers come with consequences, and knowledge always has a price. 
   
   
   
  Jack's thirst for knowledge and his will to succeed no matter the danger leads him to discover that truth. When he makes his greatest revelation, his lab is burned to the ground and he finds himself at the sharp end of a very dangerous situation. 
   
   
   
  With the presumption he is no longer among the living giving him some breathing room, Jack must do the only thing he knows how. He must search for the answers. 
   
   
   
  What will finding those answers cost him? How far is he willing to go to get them?

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  One Was Stubborn

  L. Ron Hubbard

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  Things are disappearing. Parts of buildings, parts of people, parts of the whole world. Old Shellback thinks he needs glasses. But all he really has to do is open his eyes, and see that George Smiley the Messiah is busy dismantling the world. But two can play at this game. While George is making this world disappear, Old Shellback will make another one appear — and take an amazing journey back to a future of his own making. Is it the end of the world — or just the end of the world as we know it? Listen to the audio version of One Was Stubborn and see why the answer is out of this world.

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  The Antiquary

  Andrew Lang

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  The third novel in the Waverley series, and Scott's personal favorite, The Antiquary centers on a young man called Lovel who meets Jonathan Oldbuck, a loquacious old antiquary, on a trip to Scotland. There Lovel falls in love with the daughter of Sir Arthur Wardour, a local landowner. However, with no wealth or title to offer, Lovel's feelings go unrequited until an extraordinary act of courage.

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  Viridian Gate Online - Cataclysm

  James A. Hunter

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  Life's a game. At least it is for everyone stranded in Viridian Gate Online, the only RPG where you can swap the apocalypse for an avatar and a fist full of magic . . . 
   
   
   
  Jack Mitchell knows he won't survive the impact of the massive asteroid hurtling towards Earth. He's not one of the handful of lucky lottery winners scheduled for rescue. But he did luck into a NexGenVR capsule, which means Jack can risk a one-way trip to the world of Viridan Gate Online (V.G.O.), an ultra-immersive fantasy role-playing game. Taking that leap of faith, though, means permanently trapping his mind in the game and killing his body in the process. 
   
   
   
  Worse, one in six die during the transition, and even if Jack beats the odds, he'll still have to navigate a world filled with vicious monsters, domineering AIs, and cutthroat players. And when Jack stumbles upon a secret conspiracy to sell off virtual real estate to the ultrawealthy—transforming V.G.O. into a new feudal dark age—the deadly creatures inhabiting Viridian Gate's expansive dungeons will be the least of his concerns. 
   
   
   
  If Jack can't game the system, he's going to be trading in a quick death for a long, brutal one. Oh well, at least he gets a dragon . . .

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  Terranomicon

  Matt Payne

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  Michael and Forest declare a fight to the death, and give each other one year to plan, and to build armies. 
  Alonso is paralyzed. He invents cyborg bodies to share with disabled people. But his machines fuel a global arms race between Michael and Forest. Their war transforms the human species. 
  A rogue AI declares war on itself and wages its battle on a cosmic scale. Armed with cyborg technology, this software seeks to become God by destroying reality. 
  A research team develops encyclopedic knowledge to terraform planets and invent new species. Their work is torn apart by love and betrayal, fused together by war. 
  Massive cyborg battles decide the fate of humanity, and possibly the nature of reality.

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