A new virtual reality videogame promises open-world exploration over five vastly different realms. To further hype it up for the crowds, the producers launch a reality show, inviting the general public to form teams of four, which will then compete in a trek full of devious missions all the way through the game world. Except the game world isn't all that friendly, the producers have agendas of their own, and the contestants soon realize that what they thought was just a game may end up being something much more sinister.

"No matter what you lost, we will retrieve." Golden Retriever Agency is supposed to be a publisher, but Mrs. Elderberry, the seventy-year-old, hyperactive and slightly nutty CEO, has other ideas. Thus begins a series of (mis)adventures as Mrs. Elderberry and her loyal slaves-I mean employees-board a cruise ship rigged with explosives to retrieve a kidnapped singer, a hostage secretary and a bored movie star's happiness, all the while trying to navigate through the hell that is publishing deadlines.

diary style of funny things that happen in a California high school from a female junior's (11th grade) POV

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Lazy, indecisive musician Tomomi is arguably the worst student in her school for mindhackers. Her inaptitude to fully immerse herself in her targets' heads, however, makes her the only one unaffected when her classmates become brainwashed due to some of the school faculty's evil plans. Now Tomomi is the only one who can bring her class back. But to do that, she has to journey through each and every one of their minds first, including that of her long time crush. She just didn't expect his mind to be more complicated than a freaking subway map. ♥ Cover made by the awesome @NiaDav !♥

Every girl is wondering about two things: 1. What do I want to do with my life? 2. What kind of person do I want to marry? So I traveled around the world looking for answers. Five men, three continents, one prophecy... And an appearance on Chinese reality TV. I thought fairy tales only existed in leather-bound books... Until the phone rang... This is a true story.

Katie Holmes is a caffeine addict. Between college, and taking care of her brother, it's acceptable. Though, it doesn't help that the cafe down the street is full of handsome baristas, including one William Cerak in particular who has a mysterious scar on his wrist. Synopses will be the death of my publishing career.

Trent McCauley is sixteen, brilliant, and obsessed with one thing: making movies on his computer by reassembling footage from popular films he downloads from the net. In the dystopian near-future Britain where Trent is growing up, this is more illegal than ever; the punishment for being caught three times is that your entire household’s access to the internet is cut off for a year, with no appeal. Trent's too clever for that too happen. Except it does, and it nearly destroys his family. Shamed and shattered, Trent runs away to London, where he slowly he learns the ways of staying alive on the streets. This brings him in touch with a demimonde of artists and activists who are trying to fight a new bill that will criminalize even more harmless internet creativity, making felons of millions of British citizens at a stroke. Things look bad. Parliament is in power of a few wealthy media conglomerates. But the powers-that-be haven’t entirely reckoned with the power of a gripping movie to change people’s minds….

In a world where security cameras prove what you have done and databases define who you are, the few who know how to manipulate the technology can play God. They can change the future; they can alter the past. They can make big money, they can save the world, and they can get away with murder over and over again. Danielle Leaf grew up believing she was safe. Now she knows she was wrong. Award-winning author Jon Evans returns with new heroes and a compulsive, fast-paced story that examines issues of Third World exploitation and the extreme edge of anti-capitalist activism. Invisible Armies is Cold War suspense for the modern age, a thriller that looks behind the power of protests and the politics of big business. Reviews "Thought-provoking ... Invisible Armies is an intriguing, pacy read and Mr Evans shows great potential."-The Economist "A tough-as-nails technothriller... People who aren't morons and like thriller novels ought to read this."-Bruce Sterling "Evans has created a new genre, the travelogue as fast-paced action thriller."-Montreal Gazette About the Author Jon Evans's novels have been published around the world, translated into half a dozen languages, and praised by The Economist, The Times of London, and the Washington Post. His journalism has appeared in Wired, Reader's Digest, The Guardian, The Globe & Mail, and The Times of India, and he writes a weekly column for TechCrunch. He can be found online at www.rezendi.com.