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Space pirate Rory Thorne and her crew trace an abandoned ship to vicious advanced alien tech and a sentient floral plant designed to be a massive biological weapon.
After avoiding an arranged marriage, thwarting a coup, and inadvertently kick-starting a revolution, Rory Thorne is no longer a princess, but a space pirate. When Rory and her crew-- former royal bodyguards, Thorsdottir and Zhang, and co-conspirator Jaed-- encounter an abandoned ship...
Author
Series
Joe Ledger novels volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Otto Wirths was the second-worst mass murderer in the history of the world. Compared to him Hitler, Stalin, Attila the Hun, and even Alexander the Great were amateurs, poseurs who could not hold a candle to Otto and his body count.
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Wheeler Pub
Pub. Date
[2008]
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English
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Naples, 1750. Three men with swords burst into the palazzo of a marquis in search of a secret. Accused of being an imposter, the false marquis escapes over the rooftops. Baghdad, 2003. An army unit on a routine mission discovers a state-of-the-art lab where dozens have died in gruesome experiments. The scientist escapes, leaving a puzzling clue behind: a symbol of a snake feeding on its own tail. As the power of the symbol is revealed, one unsuspecting...
4) Resistant
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Series
Lou Welcome novels volume 3
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"When Dr. Lou Welcome fills in last minute for his boss at a national conference in Atlanta he brings along his best friend, Cap Duncan. But an accident turns tragic when Cap injures his leg while running. Surgeons manage to save the leg, but the open wound is the perfect breeding ground for a deadly microbial invader committed to eating Cap alive from the inside out. Meanwhile, hundreds of miles away, a teenaged girl is fighting for her life against...
5) Hobbs & Shaw
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Ever since hulking lawman Hobbs, a loyal agent of America's Diplomatic Security Service, and lawless outcast Shaw, a former British military elite operative, first faced off, the duo have swapped smack talk and body blows as they've tried to take each other down. But when anarchist Brixton gains control of an insidious bio-threat that could alter humanity forever, these two sworn enemies will have to partner up to bring down the only guy who might...
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Tucker Wayne novels volume 2
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Former Army Ranger Tucker Wayne and his war dog Kane are thrust into a global conspiracy that threatens to shake the foundations of American democracy in this second ... Sigma Force spinoff adventure ..."--
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Janitors of the post-apocalypse volume 1
Publisher
Daw Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"The Krakau came to Earth to invite humanity into a growing alliance of sentient species. But they hadn't counted on a mutated plague wiping out half the human population, turning the rest into shambling, near-unstoppable animals, and basically destroying human civilization. You know, your standard apocalypse. The Krakau's first impulse was to turn around and go home. (After all, it's hard to have diplomatic relations with mindless savages who eat...
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Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Ten years ago, disaster struck the remote town of Indigo Falls. A horrific event drove the residents underground, into shelters that keep them safe from the danger on the surface. No one speaks about what happened that fateful day, but even the youngest still remember the fear and, most of all, the searing pain when sunlight touched their skin. Now, a handful of families inhabit this bunker together, guided by a charismatic leader named Dr. Imogen...
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Into the mist (Cast) volume 1
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The world as we know it ends when an attack on the U.S. unleashes bombs that deliver fire and biological destruction. Along with sonic detonations and devastating earthquakes, the bombs have also brought the green mist. If breathed in, it is deadly to all men—but alters the body chemistry of many women, imbuing them with superhuman abilities. A group of high school teachers heading home from a conference experiences firsthand the strength of these...
10) Red hands
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Series
Ben Walker novels volume 3
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"In bestselling author Christopher Golden's supernatural thriller Red Hands, sometimes a story is a warning. Sometimes the warning comes too late When a mysterious and devastating bioweapon causes its victims to develop Red Hands, the touch of death, weird science expert Ben Walker is called to investigate. A car plows through the crowd at a July 4th parade. The driver climbs out, sick and stumbling, reaching out...and everyone he touches drops dead...
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Janitors of the post-apocalypse volume 2
Publisher
DAW Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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"Human civilization didn't just fall. It was pushed. The Krakau came to Earth in the year 2104. By 2105, humanity had been reduced to shambling, feral monsters. In the Krakau's defense, it was an accident, and a century later, they did come back and try to fix us. Sort of. It's been four months since Marion 'Mops' Adamopoulos learned the truth of that accident. Four months since she and her team of hygiene and sanitation specialists stole the EMCS...
12) Toxic game
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Series
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"On a rescue mission in the heart of the Indonesian jungle, Dr. Draden Freeman and his GhostWalker team need to extract the wounded as quickly as possible -- or risk spreading a deadly virus unleashed by a terrorist cell. When Draden gets infected, he forces his team to leave him behind. He will not risk exposing anyone else. He intends to find the ones responsible and go out in a blaze of glory. Shylah Cosmo's mission is to track the virus and remain...
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