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The Debt Collectors War by TessMackenzie
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Ellie is a soldier in a world without governments. A generation ago, a series of financial crises caused most of the world’s governments to collapse, and left many of the people in those countries in terrible personal debt. Since then, the worst debtor nations have been under military occupation by the troops of the debt recovery corporations, and the worst debtor of all is Měi-guó, the old United States. Ellie is serving in the Afghan Police Action when she receives bad news from home. She is told the daughter she hasn’t seen in years is dead. She flies home from war, upset, to do what needs to be done, but once there she finds out all is not as it seems. Ellie’s daughter is alive and unhurt. She is being held by of one of the many debt-recovery corporations. Held, for leverage, to make Ellie do the corporation a favour. Ellie’s daughter will be returned unharmed if Ellie does as they wish. The son of a company director is lost somewhere in the wilderness of post-debt-restructuring America, and hasn't been seen for three days. The company wants Ellie to go and find the kid, and Ellie doesn't know if she can. The one rule she's stuck to all her working life is to never to go to America, but now she might have to. She will have to, if she wants to save the daughter she hasn't seen in years. This is fairly dark and gritty near-future dystopian SF. ----- Debt Collectors War is now on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00QZG1RHI/ Also on iTunes and B&N and other places. Just if that's easier to read that way! But please don't feel obliged or anything, and thank you for looking -----
Transhumans by -maktub-
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Earth, 2093. The human species has changed. Through the advances of Genetic Engineering, humans were able to finally achieve dreams they'd been pursuing for ages: artificial intelligence, physical enhancement and even immortality. But only a few privileged people were able to enjoy these resources. The 1% of mankind that, within decades, formed a new race: the Transhumans, a super race. The rest of humanity found itself lower and lower on the social abyss, and soon they were forced into slavery. The Transhumans control everything; their intelligence, their fertility, even their emotions. Raja is the leader of the resistance. She seeks for the long lost humanity , and for that, she must acquire knowledge she's never dreamt of and ally with Luke, an outcast Transhuman, in hopes to create the cure for mankind.
Replica (Original Work) by TripFoalins
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The original twenty odd chapter draft of Replica, preserved for posterity. ----- Currently working on MASSIVE rewrites of this one. Rewritten prologue is already up, expect more updates over the next few days. The new draft can be found HERE: https://www.wattpad.com/story/75963358-replica
The Infinite by Matty_Shadows
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The United Terran League stand on the forefront of discovery, the most powerful military the galaxy has ever seen, stretched out into the stars. Sergeant Velasquez is a Stalker in the Terran Military, an elite soldier tasked with fighting the Insurrection Marauder faction across all the galaxy, to safeguard Earth and her colonies but battles his inner demons and morals. General Francis Parker, a Marauder Military General struggles to keep the Marauder people away from the rule of the Terrans, continuing a century long war against the Terran League and brings the war to the Terran civilians, blurring the line between right and wrong. And Sarah Merker, a merchant from Mariana embarks on a quest for personal power when all are suddenly thrust into a daring Military stand off. After 200 years of Space exploration, the United Terran League have expanded humanity to over 500 planets in the galaxy after the Veldoran Empire; a race of sophisticated humanoids who have mastered the art of cybernetics, stumble across the Terrans, sharing their knowledge of their Light Drives with them, allowing them to expand to the stars. This is a tale of loyalty, love, hate, loss, betrayal and trust, thrown into the stars. Hope you enjoy ! Comment and Rate :)
The Winter War by SeanMorganthau
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The continuation of the Starcross series. Last time a battle had just been won by the ragtag 33rd Colorado showing the world that the Druidth could be beaten. Now, the war rages on as men lose themselves in their inner demons doing whatever it takes to beat the alien menace and the fate of Humanity is staked on one impossible gamble... Will Humanity be victorious or will Earth become a new colony in the Druidth Empire?
Starcross by SeanMorganthau
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We as a race have spent millennia warring and killing each other over everthing from God to Country, Money and Power, Love and Jealousy, or even simple Psychotic Rage. But now that Humanity has a new enemy to face, one from the stars with far superior technology. And it is now up to every Man, Woman, and Child to come together and make a choice: fight for their Freedom, no matter the cost and to the bitter end, or Surrender and face the implications of what that means...