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The satirical novel What Not was published in 1918. Foreshadowing Orwell’s 1984, it is set in a futuristic England where a government agency, known as the Ministry of Brains, is responsible for regulating and controlling relationships and marriages based on intelligence and eugenics.

The queen is back.... Her hair is white, her grin is nasty, and she's a little pissed. The war is about to get a whole lot bigger. A breakthrough with the Etheric has given Bethany Anne an edge - and an opportunity to take the fight to the Ooken. What is a good Queen to do when not-so-good neighbors become royal pains in the ass? Baba Yaga comes out to play. Family drama on Devon isn’t the only thing standing in the way of Bethany Anne’s liberation of Moen.

Anna Narraway has made some bad decisions and has known some bad luck, but she sees a chance at getting her life back on course and, alongside her son, Max, decides to rob the strange old doctor’s mansion while he’s on vacation. The old man is a hermit and has stacks of cash hiding in his home, but it’s what’s beneath his home that is more incredible.

The world trusted Kyosei Biotech. Their genetically-altered meat was marketed as a breakthrough in sustainable food, a way to end world hunger. But there was something they didn’t tell the public. Now, people are changing. First, it’s the little things. A heightened sense of smell. Skin that heals too fast. Strange cravings. Then, it’s the things no one can explain—claws instead of fingernails. Bones that shift overnight. Eyes that glow in the dark. And then, the disappearances begin.

Into the Twilight takes place 200 years into the future, when Jacob Ladder and Emma Fine, strangers to one another, wake from two centuries of suspended life to a future that challenges many of their deep-rooted assumptions about what it means to be and remain human. As the story opens, the human race faces demise from within and without. Mulling over its options, the governing council decides that the human genome will require “major redesigning” or “scrapping” if what’s left of humanity is to survive. And that’s where Ike comes in.

We join Jasmine at the brink of devastation; her life is certainly not going the way she'd like, and she intends to do something about it. A job offering at a place named only as "The Room" saves her. But as she unveils the mastery of this mysterious place, and the people who created its extraordinary abilities, is it as beautiful as she initially thinks?

When the Alpha Centauri I crew set out for Proxima b, they were full of hope, purpose, and a sense of adventure. Their goal: to explore the closest planet with potential to sustain human life. The fact that this expedition was possible at all fueled their ambitions for expanding into a new and wide-open frontier.

The epidemic of disinformation has led to rampant exploitation of facts, causing violence and anarchy. It is now the year 2051, and Fiducia, an independent city-state, has been created to audit information for its factual acuity. Fudicia is a secular state dedicated solely to validating fact. It is supported by most countries in the world and exists only for the purpose of arresting the spread of disinformation. It is isolated from the rest of the world, and great efforts have been taken to ensure its incorruptibility.

The zombie apocalypse rages on... The mysterious CEO of Zombii Co has set loose his super zombies in a bid to escalate the zombie apocalypse for his own sinister purposes. Sam and his teammates have tried to find a cure for the zombie virus, but now Sam is infected with a strain of the virus that allows him to telepathically communicate with the other zombies. Can Sam prove to his teammates that he’s still trustworthy? Or will he betray them to the CEO of Zombii Co? If Sam and his team can't find a way to trust each other and work together, Sam could lose more than his humanity.