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The Star Pirate's Folly by James_Hanlon
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Set after the postwar collapse of an interstellar empire, a young orphan girl embarks on a quest for violent retribution. Six years old when her mother was killed, Buttercup endured an unforgiving adolescence on the streets of her home city. She's scraped by ever since, always searching for the man responsible, knowing one day she'll find him.
Fading So Brightly- Book 2 by paisleypikachu
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Three stars have reappeared in the night sky, a beacon above Auros. Heralded as the bringer of this new age of light, Zephyr must reconcile who she is with the leader she is trying to become as the rebel forces are brought low by a virus that leaves the Gifted near powerless. Half a country away, Bowen Starling spends his days pretending to be someone he hates, his nights in a cold, lonely cell. Music being his only solace, the vicious cycle chips away at his soul until one night he hears a new voice in the cell next to his. With Jasper leaving to rally the Feiwyn elves, Bennet spiraling into addiction, and Saria being pulled apart by family and responsibilities, Zephyr is on her own as she tries to become the symbol her people need.
Iron Empire by SmittyBS
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HEROES AREN'T BORN - THEY'RE FORGED. ☆Now available in paperback and ebook format! Search "Iron Empire" on Amazon!☆ Armageddon has come and gone, but the Iron War rages on. Thirty years after a devastating nuclear war swept the globe, society has been reborn in the image of the corporations that now rule the thriving remnants of humanity with an iron fist. Their insatiable drive for power and profit fuels the creation of Mobile Electronic Combat Hardware - giant robots known as mechs. The world is perpetually at war, a crucible of conflict designed to keep the factories running forever. If allowed to continue, this commercialized bloodshed will tear the world apart once more. Enter Jackson Quinn. His goal? End the Iron War. But in a world where betrayal lurks around every corner and alliances shift like sand, every step toward peace will come with terrible consequences. From the smouldering ruins of forgotten cities to the sprawling battlefields of the Iron War, join Jackson and his allies as they risk everything to unravel an international conspiracy decades in the making. - Part of #writteninaction - People's choice winner in the Youngblood awards (2018) - Highest ranks: #1 in World War #1 in Mech #1 in Machines #10 in Robots #31 in Sci-fi #127 in Action
A Different Virus: Heartfire by CrystalScherer
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In the future, everyone who's bitten by a zombie turns into one... until Diane doesn't. Seven days later, she's facing consequences she never imagined. * * * * * As civilization collapses under a relentless wave of zombies, Diane and her friends take shelter in a military base. However, while she's rescuing another survivor, Diane gets bitten by one of the monsters. She hides it and runs away, knowing she only has days left to live. But she soon discovers she isn't turning into a zombie - she's turning into something else. --------- Excerpt: I looked up and stared. My reflection looked back at me in the mirror of the dark room. My eyes were literally glowing, there was no mistaking it. It was not a reflection of light, or any of the other excuses I had used or others had assumed. They were glowing a light sapphire blue color. It was not a bright glow, but it was definitely a glow. Glowing eyes were not normal. Okay, at this point I had to admit it, I was no longer normal. What was I then? For that, I had no answer [[Word count: 495,000]] Copyright August 2016. All Rights Reserved. Readers may not copy, alter, or steal this story. Fanfictions are allowed to use my *world* and *zombie rules* as long as credit is given. Cover was lovingly made by JimenaVivancoo.
Ever So Lightly- Book 1 by paisleypikachu
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{COMPLETED} The stars disappeared seventeen years ago. A black night sky has mirrored a bleak existence for the people of Auros. The Gifted, humans with unique abilities to affect the world around them, have all but become extinct thanks to the dark reign of a usurper. And somehow Zephyr Elvy has managed to live her nineteen years in the blissful quiet of a small town next to the sea. Zephyr has always been content to keep to herself, and happy to live a simple, if uneventful, life. If only the universe had that in mind for her. Forced to flee the only place she has ever called home, Zephyr finds herself running through a world she has only ever read about, along with two soldiers who have deserted their posts to keep their consciences clean. With only a letter and a mysterious weapon as clues to why she's being hunted, Zephyr must face her own fears while discovering a whole new world of terrors at the hands of a queen she knows next to nothing about. Having never risked anything her entire life, Zephyr is forced to choose between apathy or action, hiding and keeping to herself, as she has always done, or taking a leap that could change the world she is just now getting to see. ***** Thank you SO MUCH for reading! I'm updating every Monday until this story is done, and I've been sitting on this one for almost three years so I'm really excited to finish it! I don't have any beta readers for this as I write, so please let me know if you notice anything, and I mean ANYTHING, that needs fixing! :)
A Bird Song by AdjSmile
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When Kathy finally goes to LA to chase her dreams of becoming a singer, not everything goes as planned. The only person that can help her get up is Mark, an incredibly friendly and supportive content creator.