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Risen: Niekro's War by bloodsword
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Odashen. Kamdemahn. Giant's Bane. Oldest One. On the worlds of the Avatar Alliance I am called many names and I am considered many things. Some see me as a holy warrior with a purpose so powerful, not even Death can stop me. Others think me a tormented wanderer, driven mad by a horrible fate and left to travel the wastes for eternity. Yet others see me as a soulless creature of otherworldly vengeance, returning from the grave to wreak havoc on my enemies. From my point of view, I am ALL of these things. Yet, I am none of them. My name is Max Niekro and I am Risen. I have been summoned back from the grave for one purpose and one purpose alone. I'm here to kill Velkin. Join the Risen juggernaut in this sequel to Risen: Darklight and the third book in the Risen saga as he continues his quest to defend Earth and the living of the galaxy by taking his war to the stars, where he will face even greater challenges to his effort to rid the universe of the rapacious Velkin, a giant alien race bent on consuming every living sentient being they find before sucking out their home world's life force.
Power Play (Book 2) by jeffmoriarty
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Brandon Stamp is abducted, experimented on, and given super powers. He discovers he is a pawn in a power struggle between groups who want to use him and his abilities for their own ends. His wife is missing, his friends may be dead, and he is looking for answers... whether he gets them or not, we will find out together! This is a "choose your own adventure" style story, where readers vote to determine what happens next at the end of each chapter. Even if a chapter has closed for voting, feel free to leave any comments or thoughts you have. I'm making this up as I go along, so all input is welcome. New chapters are posted about once a week (or so). Read book one, "Power Shift" here: http://www.wattpad.com/story/6594672-power-shift
Broken Soul (NaNoWriMo Winner!) by Katherin3Coitier
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Life has moments where the soul can become vulnerable and weakened. Those moments can define whether the soul strengthens or breaks completely. Usually there are others there to help strengthen the soul, but for those unlucky few, they have no one there for them to lean on when they are weak and they can become broken. Can a soul come back from that kind of breakage, or will they never find the strength to reform into something stronger in the future?
Risen: Echoes of War by bloodsword
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Written as a companion novel to Risen and Risen: Darklight, Echoes of War tells us what the echoes, psychic reverberations of violent deaths that appear as ghosts and led by the incomparable Hannibal Barca of ancient Carthage, are doing between the major engagements of the two books. Which is a combination of learning both how to fight in a modern war while NOT killing each other as old conflicts arise with the return of memory. See how Hannibal begins to craft his determined volunteer ghosts into the formidable fighting force that plays a key role in not only the various raids the Risen engage in, but the assault on the siphon and the alpha tournament as well. He may only be an echo of his former self, but the former general is still one hell of a commander of soldiers! Join him and the echoes as they prepare to go to war against the Velkin.
U.N.E. Book Two: Precipice (ON HOLD) by Captius
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Book two starts five months after the end of the first one; with Alexander struggling to return to his squadron, and Angela fighting to survive on the front lines without his amazing skills or powerful presence. With the affects of the Eden program plaguing his every living moment, a broken and battered Alexander finds that in order to return to his friends and fight against the alien abominations that have stolen nearly everything from him, he must first survive the most intense and gruelling training the American Military has to offer. He must make it through Marine Corps Boot Camp, a training program designed to destroy young men and women, and then build them back up into one of the most elite fighting forces in the world. His second in command, Angela, however, finds herself stuck out on the front lines with the other members of the squadron as she is now forced to somehow take his place as the Squadron Commander of a tired, and depressed outfit that is down two members. Yet, with the U.N.E. threat pushing against NATO forces and threatening to invade Germany, she and her friends must fight on and give Alexander time to return.
Invincible (Invisible #3 SAMPLE) by DelShereeGladden
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Mason is not imaginary. He's not a ghost, either. And he's definitely not a hallucination. Mason is the one Aerling capable of saving an entire world. He thought he was going home, but surviving Sentinel attacks and making it back to the Aerling world is only the beginning of Mason’s fight to protect the ones he loves. Every Aerling believes he can save them, but in order to win a battle that has been raging for millennia, Mason must face down the one man he truly fears, the only man capable of withstanding his power. This is one fight Mason may not be able to win. ***The full book has been removed FOR PUBLISHING***
The escape plan book one by crazyreader12345
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Lilly has just escaped the lab she was created in, but there's a problem. Once she escapes, she, as well as her companion Chase, have to learn to live mortal lives. They are both machines in a human world... And with a haunted past and no trust for anyone but Chase, can Lilly become human? Read The Escape Plan book one to find out!
Risen: Darklight by bloodsword
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They buried him with a broken heart, unable to go on after his wife of 50 years passed away from cancer. Then they dug him up 300 years later, gave him a new body, new abilities and made him fight in a war to defeat the Velkin, a race of terrible alien invaders. He helped the Risen destroy the Velkin armies, defeat their Fleet Master and obliterate their massive siphon before it could drain the Earth of its vital goa. But the war didn't end there. It was just beginning. The sequel to Risen, Risen: Darklight is the second book in the Risen saga as it follows juggernaut Max Niekro in his quest to defeat the Velkin and save the Earth.
Flights of Fantasy - The Pub Fantasy Smackdowns by TheOrangutan
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A collection of short fantasy works inspired by the Fantasy smackdown. Each story has a different theme based on whatever the instigators of the competition made us do in each round. Round 1 starts if off with a fantasy / urban crossover as Antar searches for a lost artefact in the possession of the Stone Witch...
Sage (manxman) by JustWriter
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Ford Jones is a nerdy high school student, his friend Audrey can attest to that but between crushing after his male history teacher and getting beat up by bullies he can hardly find the time to be a super hero. After getting a magical power from a museum statue Ford must figure out why he was given it before it's too late.