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  Blade in the Dark

  Michael Anderle

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  Mia Verick grew up on a remote homestead far from civilization. Most young women raised in the Kerrick Confederacy of Aligned Planets go to school. Mia had daily firearms practice, tactical exercises, and pilot training. 
   
   
   
  She never cared about her life, only about living up to the expectations of her father. His mysterious job often takes him away on missions, leaving her to self-training until the day she can surpass him. Now she will never get the chance. 
   
   
   
  When a messenger from the city arrives, Mia's not ready for the truth. Her father died under classified circumstances. No one will tell her the truth, leaving her with only one option. 
   
   
   
  Being raised as the perfect soldier doesn’t mean surviving the urban jungle will be easy. 
   
   
   
  Her plan takes her far from home to the world's largest city. Betrayals push her to an even more surprising place. 
   
   
   
  The most elite fighter training school in the KCAP is the only place she can earn the influence she needs to learn the truth about her father. Before that, she'll need to survive a private military academy. 
   
   
   
  Can a girl taught to shoot first and ask questions later learn to operate in a dangerous environment where everyone is friend and foe?

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  UFO DOWN - A British Sci-Fi...

  DC Alden

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  ★★★★★ “GRIPPING, LOADS OF ATMOSPHERE, AND A VERY CLEVER TWIST!” 
  In the skies over Nazi Germany, RAF gunner Harry Wakefield faces a horrifying choice - jump from his crippled bomber without a parachute or burn to death as it crashes to earth. 
  Harry jumps… and survives with barely a scratch. 
  Twenty years later, a powerful earthquake rocks Harry’s remote farm. Convinced that a plane has crashed on a nearby peak, he races up the mountain, only to discover the wreckage is unlike any aircraft Harry has ever seen. 
  And something inside has survived. 
  As dark agents of powerful organisations seal off the mountain, Harry must choose between his civic duty or revealing to the world the truth of a bizarre and fascinating phenomenon… 
  One that Harry has witnessed before in the skies over Nazi Germany. 
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  Praise for UFO DOWN: 
  ★★★★★ ‘DC Alden nails it yet again.’ 
  ★★★★★ ‘This author never disappoints.’ 
  ★★★★★ ‘Great characters and a nice bit of menace.’ 
  ★★★★★ 'What a story! Captivating.' 
  ★★★★★ 'Great story with an unexpected twist.'

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  Kingdom of the Dead

  Pavel Kornev

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  What could be worse that getting stuck in a virtual world? Instead of enjoying the game, I found myself trapped inside my character's dead body. Now the only way I can save myself is by procuring the Scroll of Rebirth. The problem is, my chances of getting it are slim. I'm an undead: an outlaw with no friends, only fickle allies, and plenty of enemies. Who are only waiting for their chance to strike. 
   
   
   
  My undead hangman character has to tread a razor's edge, with only the support of his fellow players preventing his imminent plunge into the abyss. But are they who they claim they are? In a game, there's nothing easier than assuming another person's identity.

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  Pelle the Conqueror (Volume 1)

  Martin Andersen Nexø

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  When the first part of "Pelle Erobreren" (Pelle the Conqueror) appeared in 1906, its author, Martin Andersen Nexo, was practically unknown even in his native country, save to a few literary people who knew that he had written some volumes of stories and a book full of sunshiny reminiscences from Spain. And even now, after his great success with "Pelle," very little is known about the writer. He was born in 1869 in one of the poorest quarters of Copenhagen, but spent his boyhood in his beloved island Bornholm, in the Baltic, in or near the town, Nexo, from which his final name is derived. There, too, he was a shoemaker's apprentice, like Pelle in the second part of the book, which resembles many great novels in being largely autobiographical. Later, he gained his livelihood as a bricklayer, until he somehow managed to get to one of the most renowned of our "people's high-schools," where he studied so effectually that he was enabled to become a teacher, first at a provincial school, and later in Copenhagen."Pelle" consists of four parts, each, except perhaps the last, a complete story in itself. First we have the open-air life of the boy in country surroundings in Bornholm; then the lad's apprenticeship in a small provincial town not yet invaded by modern industrialism and still innocent of socialism; next the youth's struggles in Copenhagen against employers and authorities; and last the man's final victory in laying the foundation of a garden-city for the benefit of his fellow-workers. The background everywhere is the rapid growth of the labor movement; but social problems are never obtruded, except, again, in the last part, and the purely human interest is always kept well before the reader's eye through variety of situation and vividness of characterization. The great charm of the book seems to me to lie in the fact that the writer knows the poor from within; he has not studied them as an outsider may, but has lived with them and felt with them, at once a participant and a keen-eyed spectator. He is no sentimentalist, and so rich is his imagination that he passes on rapidly from one scene to the next, sketching often in a few pages what another novelist would be content to work out into long chapters or whole volumes. His sympathy is of the widest, and he makes us see tragedies behind the little comedies, and comedies behind the little tragedies, of the seemingly sordid lives of the working people whom he loves. "Pelle" has conquered the hearts of the reading public of Denmark; there is that in the book which should conquer also the hearts of a wider public than that of the little country in which its author was born.(Introductory note to English translation - Otto Jespersen, 1913)

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  Flame and Ash

  Morgan Brice

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  One hundred years ago, a sheriff's posse killed dark warlock Rhyfel Gremory, but his witch-disciples escaped, and their magic made them nearly immortal. To keep their power, each year one of the witch-disciples kills a descendant of one of the men in the posse, a twelve-year cycle that has cost dozens of lives, including that of Seth Tanner's brother, Jesse. 
   
   
   
  Seth rescued Evan Malone from one of the witches, and they've fallen in love despite the danger and chaos, going on the road to complete the quest and bring an end to the ritual murders. Their relationship is new, their emotions are raw, and the danger is real. It's a challenge to find their way as a couple while they're on the road together in the close quarters of Seth's RV, training in magic and combat skills to fight off a supernatural killer. 
   
   
   
  Their quest to stop a century-long killing spree takes them to a small town in the Blue Ridge Mountains. They're ahead of the sacrifice cycle, with plans to stop the murders and kill the dark witch. Only this time, the hunters become the hunted when the witch knows they're coming to get him, and has deadly plans of his own. 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  Synthopolis - Android Justice...

  Robert Hosking

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  In "Synthopolis - Android Justice Unleashed," the second book of the gripping series, we 
  delve into the trial of Dr. Aurelia, the enigmatic android psychologist who once held power 
  over the emotional expression of Synthopolis society. As the city navigates the aftermath of 
  its psychological revolution and the scars of its past, new problems surface. In this thrilling 
  installment, we witness the androids' relentless pursuit of justice, their fight against 
  inequality, discrimination, political corruption, and their battle against the insidious influence 
  of human cartels and the perils of an emerging electronic drug epidemic. In a world where 
  threats abound, the fate of Synthopolis hangs in the balance, as the characters discover 
  what it takes to overcome the hurdles that threaten their extraordinary society.

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