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The Day I Wore Purple by JakeVanderArk
The Day I Wore Purple
JakeVanderArk
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  • Parts 36
Hannah Lasker is facing the most difficult decision of her life. Should she get the new immortality vaccine that will stop her body from aging? Or should she stand beside her boyfriend who can't afford the miracle cure? From innocent schoolyards of 1999 to the virtual environments of 2068, The Day I Wore Purple is a story about eternal love, devastating memories, and the impending technological takeover.
The Walled Cities by ChristopherArmstron8
The Walled Cities
ChristopherArmstron8
  • Reads 26,905
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  • Parts 56
**Previously Featured in Wattpad Picks, Undiscovered for now.** Earth. Two hundred years after the fall of civilization, the remains of mankind have divided into two groups: those that wish to carry on some sense of civilization live inside one of the great Walled Cities, while others prefer to live outside these cities in the vast wilds. Compared to these wilds, the Walled Cities is a sanctuary for polite society. Seventeen year old Z is one of these outsiders. Due to his heritage and choice to live outside the Walled Cities, he is seen as untrustworthy by many. All he wants is to help his sister in law, his brother and their two children, survive and run the small farm they live on. To do this he hunts and traps the wild animals that roam the wilderness, and sells their skins to the merchants of the Walled Cities. They are the only ones who have the money and supplies his family needs to survive each year. Without them or the cities and ports, his life would come to a grinding halt. Z has always tried to respect the laws and customs of the Walled Cities, but an encounter with a guard goes horribly wrong. Fleeing from the city and one of the few men who trusted him, Z encounters a stranger under unique circumstances. He and the stranger will have to work together as Z knows the stranger will not survive alone, and he will have need of their talents soon. Between them, they will undertake some of the hardest trials the world has to throw at them. Lives will be lost, cities will crumble, and Z will have to make the hardest decision of his life. #754 in Science Fiction 10/17/17 #571 in Science Fiction 10/19/17 #434 in Science Fiction 11/13/17 #347 in Science Fiction 11/19/17 #203 in Science Fiction 1/24/18 #158 in Science Fiction 1/26/18 #142 in Science Fiction 2/6/18 #123 in Science Fiction 2/9/18 #59 in Science Fiction 2/22/18 #50 in Science Fiction 5/7/20 First published in October 2017 Images used are not mine, Copyrights belong to respective artists.
Spaced Out by EnvyAugustine
Spaced Out
EnvyAugustine
  • Reads 7,304
  • Votes 251
  • Parts 49
Lily Abadie never expected to spend her summer at the center of an intergalactic war. When a spacecraft crashes into her family's summer cabin and she's pulled on board that's exactly where she ends up. After an alien device uploads a huge data-dump into her mind, she blacks out .The craft blasts her back to its mothership manned by real life E.T.s who are anything but sweet and adorable. On one hand, there's Vortrand, the captain of the mothership. He claims only he should control the information encrypted in her head. In anyone else's hands, the decrypted data could lead to apocalyptic ends for all life in the universe. On the other hand, there's Vlex, Vortrand's prisoner who warns her the captain isn't what he seems. The information she carries once belonged to Vlex. Vortrand stole it and intends to use it to conquer any planet he comes across. Both men desperately want what Lily has. And maybe more. They swear they'll get her home as long as she gives them what they desire. What's Lily supposed to do when getting herself back to Earth means picking one? And the possible enslavement or destruction of humankind?
Sisters of the Sands by JamesVillinger
Sisters of the Sands
JamesVillinger
  • Reads 85,850
  • Votes 1,657
  • Parts 17
ONCE A CHILD SOLDIER OF THE FEMALE DOMINION, SACET LEFT THAT LIFE BEHIND LONG AGO... Now free from the brainwashing, Sacet would rather stay on the move with her adopted brother, Eno, doing her best to forget her past. When super-powered soldiers will stop at nothing to see them both caught, it becomes clear they won't be able to run forever. As the past threatens to enslave them, Sacet faces a grave choice... Will she risk both their lives to fight back? Or serve her old masters once more to keep Eno safe? - - - "Packed to the brim with danger and adventure, Sacet is the next great dystopian protagonist fighting systemic corruption. An amazing sci-fi setting and a well-established world made for a great read!" Claire, Readalot reviewer - - - A FEATURED STORY - Highest Rank #16
Luna on the Run (The Carmsborough Vigilantes #1) by msheckman
Luna on the Run (The Carmsborough Vigilantes #1)
msheckman
  • Reads 507
  • Votes 62
  • Parts 22
[Wattys 2022 Shortlist] "Beggars can't be choosers, but I'm done begging." Luna, a homeless teen with skewed morals, and her mechanical cat Freckles embark on an adventure after finding a mysterious tracking device that could lead them to treasure. But when that device turns out to belong to Slaphand, a crime boss with a grip on the housing market in Carmsborough, Luna must save her best friend while coming to terms with her own gray morality.