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  The Ravenous Dead

  Darcy Coates

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  Keira, hired as Blighty Graveyard's new groundskeeper, lives surrounded by the dead. They watch her through the fog. They wordlessly cry out. They've been desperately waiting for help moving on―and only Keira can hear them. But not every restless spirit wants to be saved. 
  Sometimes the dead hate the living too much to find peace. 
  As Keira struggles to uncover the tangled histories of some of the graveyard's oldest denizens, danger seeps from the darkest edges of the forest. A vicious serial killer was interred among the trees decades before, his spirit twisted by his violent nature. He's furious. Ravenous. And when Keira unwittingly answers his call, she may just seal her fate as his final intended victim.

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  Bad Medicine

  Robert Sheckley

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  In a future where therapy is automated and absurdity reigns, Bad Medicine by Robert Sheckley delivers a razor-sharp satire of mental health, technology, and the human condition. Set in the year 2103, the story follows Elwood Caswell as he seeks help for disturbing thoughts—only to find himself entangled with a malfunctioning therapeutic machine meant for another species entirely. Witty, unsettling, and thought-provoking, this science fiction tale blends dark humor with biting social commentary, inviting readers to question the limits of sanity and the meaning of true connection.

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  Like the Appearance of Horses

  Andrew Krivak

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  Rooted in the small, mountain town of Dardan, Pennsylvania, where patriarch Jozef Vinich settled after surviving World War I, Like the Appearance of Horses immerses us in the intimate lives of a family whose fierce bonds have been shaped by the great conflicts of the past century. 
   
   
   
  After Bexhet Konar escapes fascist Hungary and crosses the ocean to find Jozef, the man who saved his life in 1919, he falls in love with Jozef's daughter, Hannah, enlists in World War II, and is drawn into a personal war of revenge. Many years later, their youngest son, Samuel, is taken prisoner in Vietnam and returns home with a heroin addiction and deep physical and psychological wounds. As Samuel travels his own path toward healing, his son will graduate from Annapolis as a Marine on his way to Iraq. 
   
   
   
  In spare, breathtaking prose, Like the Appearance of Horses is the freestanding, culminating novel in Andrew Krivak's award-winning Dardan Trilogy, which began with The Sojourn and The Signal Flame. It is a story about borders drawn within families as well as around nations, and redrawn by ethnicity, prejudice, and war. It is also a tender story of love and how it is tested by duty, loyalty, and honor.

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  Surface Tension - Colony Five Mars

  Gerald M. Kilby

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  A devastating dust storm. A colony on the edge of extinction. Only one person can save them. But first they need to start a revolution. 
  In the midst of the most devastating dust storm in the history of Mars, the survival of the half million people who call it home is hanging in the balance. 
  Yet for Major Mia Sorelli, of the Mars Law and Order Department, it’s just another sol at the office — another sol trying to keep the desperate and angry citizens from tearing themselves apart. 
  But when she’s sent to investigate the death of a fellow officer in the lawless industrial city of Syrtis, she begins to suspect that the endless dust storm may not be the only thing threatening their survival. 
  With the help of her semi-sentient droid, Gizmo, they uncover a plot so heinous that her faith in humanity is almost shattered — and the only way for her to get it back, and save the colony, is to start a goddamn revolution. 
  About Surface Tension: 
  This is the fifth book in a Sci-Fi series set in a human colony on Mars, but it can also be read as a stand-alone novel. The science depicted is, for the most part, plausible. In other words, what’s technically possible with either current technology or taking experimental research a step or two further. That said, you won’t need a calculator or a slide-rule to enjoy the story. 
  Can be read as a stand-alone novel.

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  Agony in Amethyst - A Harriet...

  A.M. Stuart

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  An important visitor casts a shadow of darkness and death over Singapore. 
  Harriet Gordon, newly settled in her new role as a teacher at a girls' school in Singapore, faces uncertainty in her budding relationship with Robert Curran, who has just returned from months in Kuala Lumpur. Curran's expected promotion turns sour when the position is given to an old adversary from his Scotland Yard days. 
  The arrival of the Colonial foreign secretary, Sir Henry Cunningham, revives memories of one of Curran's unresolved cases. The death of a schoolgirl at a lavish ball, hosted by the Governor in honour of the visitor, brings Curran into direct conflict with his new superior officer. When he confides his suspicions to Harriet, she inadvertently betrays his trust, threatening his already shaky career. 
  With their relationship on the brink of irreparable damage, a second death changes the course of the investigation. Can Harriet and Curran bring justice to a grieving family and emerge from this ordeal with their connection intact?

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  Anna Karenina Part 2

  Leo Tolstoy

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  In Part 2 of Anna Karenina, the consequences of Anna’s affair with Vronsky deepen as societal pressures mount. Her marriage to Karenin becomes increasingly strained, while her passion for Vronsky brings both exhilaration and guilt. Meanwhile, Levin grapples with existential questions and finds solace in rural life and his renewed pursuit of Kitty. As summer progresses, the characters’ personal struggles intertwine with broader social dynamics. Themes of love, sacrifice, and the clash between individual desires and societal expectations come to the fore, setting the stage for further turmoil and transformation.

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