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  The Risen Empire

  Scott Westerfeld

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  From Scott Westerfeld, the acclaimed author of the Leviathan trilogy and the Uglies series comes a sweeping space opera, The Risen Empire, book one of the Succession duology. The undead Emperor has ruled his mighty interstellar empire of eighty human worlds for sixteen hundred years. Because he can grant a form of eternal life, creating an elite known as the Risen, his power has been absolute. He and his sister, the Child Empress, who is eternally a little girl, are worshiped as living gods. No one can touch them. Not until the Rix, machine-augmented humans who worship very different gods: AI compound minds of planetary extent. The Rix are cool, relentless fanatics, and their only goal is to propagate such AIs throughout the galaxy. They seek to end, by any means necessary, the Emperor's prolonged tyranny of one and supplant it with an eternal cybernetic dynasty of their own. They begin by taking the Child Empress hostage. Captain Laurent Zai of the Imperial Frigate Lynx is tasked with her rescue.Separated by light-years, bound by an unlikely love, Zai and pacifist senator Nara Oxham must each in their own way, face the challenge of the Rix, and they each will hold the fate of the empire in their hands. The Risen Empire is the first great space opera of the twenty-first century.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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  Sinner and Saint Collection -...

  Sebastian T Wolf

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  Enter the world of Lahnri for a collection of stories that follow the lives and tribulations of both heroes and villains alike. Follow their fate to learn whether they shall rise or fall. Which way will fate’s wheel turn?Our first story begins with Valrogue Devellyr; a soldier, a general, a living legend. Valrogue had not set out to be a legend, joining the military had been an act of rebellion against a father’s aspirations for his son. How could he have known that this single act would garner fate’s grace and curse?The people honoured him for his deeds in war, bards and poets lauded his name and history would remember him as a hero. Valrogue had never considered himself a hero nor s legend, he simply had the good fortune of surviving.Retiring from the military life, Valrogue was determined to spend his days doting on the family that he had left behind for duty and honour, for King and Country.For a time, he had enjoyed the quiet life.Fate it seemed was not finished with him.Vallese’s young King seeks out the retired legend to beg him to return for one final assignment; become the High Commander of the failing King’s Watch. Reluctantly Valrogue relents to his king’s request to take up the mantle of leadership that seems to be both his boon and curse.A quiet night, a tranquil dawn, blood soaks into the cobblestone streets and the aroma of death fills the air. Sixty men lay slain in the streets of Darmyth. Sixty Men of the Watch have been ambushed and brutally massacred.  The investigation into this dark deed will lead Valrogue into a shadowy world of lies, where the only currency is deceit.Will he come to regret his choice… or will he once more be asked to save his kingdom?

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  Under My Heel

  Michael Anderle

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  Life is beyond dangerous when you are caught up in the ongoing war between Bethany Anne's group and the Forsaken.  
  Both Vampires and Humans have been targeted, but if there is one thing that those who work with Bethany Anne learn, it is you are Never Forsaken.  
  Never Forsaken, book five in the Kurtherian Gambit, follows the story after Bite This. If you haven't read or listened to the preceding books, you pretty much have to. These are a series and many of the characters have been introduced in preceding volumes.  
  Please note, as mentioned in another review, there is flagrantly foul language in this novel. The main character does not have a problem with cussing, just uninspired cussin

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  General Ygl & the Genie - THE...

  PJ Selarom

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  "A high-fantasy adventure that will delight readers.” ~The BookLife Prize. 
  If you’re a fan of Samantha Shannon’s “The Mime Order” you will love this dark adventure. 
  General Ygl's Inner Earth has been turned upside-down to his horror. 
  Follow his compatriots and him on an adventure of discovery about the infamous Jode in a world of gods and goddesses, belief and disbelief, politics and religion; and, divine right in the embattled continent of Zaendara. Divine right, the god-given gifts granted by the Divinity to each royal family. 
  Can they overcome their frailties before Xurchon (the God of Evil) and Emperor Rondo can usurp Zaendaran peace? Can Ygl rise as a good leader? What does the Jode have to do with any of it?

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  Pomander Walk

  Louis Napoleon Parker

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  Pomander Walk is a unique street in London, and in this humorous novel we meet the unusual residents. It was originally produced as a stage play and includes lively dialog. - Summary by Lynne Thompson

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  Bite the Bullet

  L. A. Banks

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  A shapeshifting government agent struggles with her feelings for her partner in this urban fantasy from a New York Times–bestselling author. 
   
  Sasha Trudeau considers herself a soldier first and a werewolf second. But while her secret government-sanctioned task-force faces its greatest challenge so far, Sasha faces something much more primal: the undeniable pull of the moon—and her own desires. 
   
  With rogue wolves savaging both the human and paranormal worlds, Sasha’s team of elite operatives has one job: destroy the rogues and isolate the deadly toxin that’s poisoned their blood. But the challenge is far more complicated than Sasha could have imagined. Soon she is thrust into a full-scale supernatural war for supremacy—and the only man left who Sasha can turn to might be the biggest danger to her of all . . . and in more ways than one. 
   
  Praise for L.A. Banks 
   
  “L.A. Banks weaves a tale that holds your attention hostage and doesn’t release it until the end.” —Urban-Reviews 
   
  “Banks takes on werewolves and makes them her own . . . A blast to read.” —Kelley Armstrong, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Rockton novels 
   
  “An action-packed thrill ride!” —Sherrilyn Kenyon, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of the Dark Hunter series 
   
  “Shadowy, sexy, intense.” —Cheyenne McCray, New York Times–bestselling author of Dark Seduction

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