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Hacking the Sun - The Re-Remake by NineLight
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Jessica Leibniz tried to be a normal teenager, but unlike most teenagers in the 22nd century, she can tell time without a clock. So what good is a watch... unless it comes with incriminating A.I? It's part of a fashion sense that involves 1980's nostalgia, nerdom, and rebellion. Otherwise, you have a normal, nineteen-year-old delivery girl by day and freelance hacker by night. Everything else is unremarkable in a future where aliens rule the planet. After assimilation in the 21st century, which could have ended more violently, Earth has become relatively peaceful and technologically efficient, so they say. Corporations still reign supreme, except a new species sits at the top of the social ladder. These overlords have constructed a new kind of city in the web of planetwide sprawl. Eden: a modern megapolis. Jessica has learned to embrace Eden and its challenges. Without a cause, she confides in three friends or smacks into boredom. But when she seamlessly cracks an uncrackable security algorithm, nothing makes sense, and boredom gives way to danger. Hacker life takes to the streets, and beyond, in a desperate flight from the world's most powerful corporation. Faced with conspiracy, tragedy, and a new life on the run, normal is no longer an option.
Neon Grave by NineLight
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Sequel to Hacking the Sun. [Updated every Tuesday]. In 2130, the world is still reeling from the collapse of the largest corporation. A recent crime wave has rattled the denizens of the old sprawl. Meanwhile, in the Union, terrorism is on the rise. Desperate for answers, shadow agents look to Jessica Leibzin, the Lynx, to search for clues and find those responsible. Another conspiracy, however, has seemingly taken root. To combat a hacker, you need another hacker. Unfortunately, they are a dime a dozen, and Jess has to navigate new circles of the underworld to quell the growing friction between aliens and humans. This time around, she's going to need more than a gravity board and forbidden AI. Surrounded by enemies on all sides, she's thrust headfirst into the fires of cyberspace and reality. Unbeknownst, the greatest threat doesn't lurk in the shadows or around the corner. It comes from the sky.
Kings and Thieves by oceanslostinstars
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The beautiful island kingdoms of the Detache Ocean have been flourishing for eight hundred and seventy years. Ari and Aveline, two lawless pirates, have been happily robbing every one of them for about five. But Lyla Quincy, the daughter of the Grand Duchess of Apreuna, has been stuck in her own kingdom for almost two decades - and she wants out. She's about to get her chance. Young princes and princesses all over the kingdoms are vanishing in the night, and no one can figure out where they have gone. When the Queen of Apreuna asks notorious thieves Ari and Aveline for help, everyone is shocked. And Lyla wants to find the royals too- but when she tags along on an adventure with a pirate gang of criminals, she might uncover more secrets than she bargained for. **** Adventure, Fantasy, Romance ❤️ cover by the amazingly talented @RadharaniBhattacarya
Justice Eternal by SWKata
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Urban Fantasy - Romance - Immortals - Tournaments. Hidden throughout our modern world is an ancient, mythical community. Beneath their human masks lay a plethora of creatures both terrifying and captivating. Though united in their shared secrecy from humans, deep rifts exist between regions and races. The powerful Immortals that have held them together for centuries now struggle to retain control. At nineteen, Justice Edwards has done well to avoid her place in that world. Distracting herself with High School, and a string of no-string boyfriends she projects a confident but ditsy facade that has served her well. Until now. Summoned along with seventy-two other immortal children she will assume supernatural abilities and be expected to submit her life to the service of this community for the next eighty years. And, unless her team can best their peers in a competitive round of tournaments, she will also have to submit her heart in an intimate, empathic bond to a man with whom she has no say in choosing. As daughter to one of the oldest people to have ever lived, Justice's powers are expected to be legendary, but that means nothing if her team first implodes in a mire of jealousy, betrayal and forbidden love. Cover Designer: @AWFrasier Stock: MariaAmanda Photographer: Martin Lindeblad Jørgensen Adventure - Arranged - Bond - Bonded - Dark Fantasy - New Adult - Paranormal - Powers - Project Readers React - Project Woman Up - Romance - Supernatural - POC - Urban Fantasy - Young Adult - Teen Fiction - Featured
New Elysium: Breakout by Red_Leasia
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When mechanized humans, known as "augs" fell prey to a whole new set of viruses aimed at controlling them, they were imprisoned out of fear. Anyone caught with any robotic implants were sent to the Helion prison complex, and purged from normal society. Even those who used to serve humanity. One such aug, Red, imprisoned for seven years in Helion dreams of escape. Initially recalled and stripped of his command of Aphelion, he dreams of escape which begins to shape into a reality when a new augment is dropped into the facility. One whose very identity would mean death from either side of the conflict. But one whose abilities could lead Red to New Elysium, freedom and the ability to take back what was stolen from him. 1st Place in the 2017 Crowning Gem Awards Science Fiction Category 3rd place in the 2017 Reach for the StarsScience Fiction winner! 3rd Place in the 2017 TickTock Awards Sci-Fi Category! 3rd place in the 2017 Zombie Awards Science Fiction Category!
From Sea to Sky by anisa__angel
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~A Wattpad featured and Wattys Longlisted story~ Lana can hardly remember what it's like to be free. After nine years as a captive on board a ship ruled by ruthless bounty hunters, sailing across Maris with no clear direction, she's desperate for something to change. Then, as a boy and a new world full of dragons, adventure, and magic enter her life, everything changes, but nothing could prepare her for the danger that comes with her newfound liberation. Skye feels lost. He's the Dragon Prince, surrounded by his people and power, but after being shunned by his own father, he's all but alone. Then, suddenly, there's a girl, a prophecy, and a chance to finally prove that he's more than what his father thinks he is. A century old war between the Dragon Riders and the Morai has awakened, threatening the very world Lana and Skye fight to protect. They are the only ones who can stop the Morai from destroying all of Maris, but destiny, shrouded in mystery, reveals secrets about their past. Some of which might have been better left hidden... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Watty's 2018 Longlisted Wattpad Featured Featured on the Dark Fantasy 'A Kingdom in Shadows' reading list The Fiction Awards 2018 Best Adventure Story Nominee Highest: #23 in Fantasy #93 in Action #5 in Adventure #927 in Romance #1 in Fantasy Adventure
Moonshadow (Book One Preview) by JDRookheart
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Lectures, term papers, and the occasional party-these were Diana Selene's expectations regarding her first semester of college. Instead, she is confronted by the return of her shadowy world of nightmares and a peculiar young man named Darien Shepherd, who is much more than he appears. After an evening of danger, excitement, and wonder, Diana is introduced to a world she never thought possible. An ancient realm of magic lies hidden under the very noses of humanity, and Diana soon finds herself in the midst of Darien's quest for an ancient relic of magical power-the Chalice of the Moon-as she seeks the truth about her own mysterious nature. Cover Art and Concept Art by J.D. Gregory Book One of the Moonshadow Legacy --------------- First edition self-published on Amazon (6/15/2012) Newest edition self-published on Amazon (4/11/2016) Wattpad edition completed (6/23/2017)
Straitjacket by izzywriter
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Sixteen-year-old Sage Greene was locked in a maximum-security asylum for the criminally insane after murdering nearly 200 civilians. It isn't her, though - it's the voices. There are two sides to Sage: the normal, self-conscious teenager, and the Voice lurking inside her head, the one that forced her to strike out and kill. Now, both parts of Sage are being sent into space, destined for a new rehabilitation program upon Mars, with a group of the most dangerous teenagers in America. Before they can reach the red planet, however, they are abducted by a strange alien race and taken away from their spaceship and everything they have ever known to compete in a sadistic set of physical and mental tests nicknamed the Trials. And so far, nobody has survived the Trials. * {Highest ranking: #5 in science fiction as of 9/3/17} [Comment threads contain spoilers at random. You have been warned.] WARNING This is a very dark book that only spirals further down. Murder is discussed and there are slightly graphic scenes.