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THE END OF WAR (Watty Award Winner) by BenSobieck
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A secret program in the United States seeks to replace human militaries with artificial intelligence-driven machines, but the machines aren't so willing to play along. *** Picture a world where humans no longer fight wars. No more families missing loved ones. No more veterans with lifelong mental and physical scars. No more conscription. For the super-secret End of War Project inside the United States government, such a reality is already here. The project models out how artificial intelligence can overcome dangerous and morally sensitive war scenarios with algorithms and automation. The centerpieces are "autonomous combat machines," or ACMs, that look like humans but function like supercomputers. After a string of brilliant successes in the field of combat, the End of War Project is preparing to reveal itself to the public, but something unusual stands in the way. Against their programming, the ACMs start exhibiting all-too-human signs of apprehension, guilt and compassion as they're pushed to perform ever more extreme tasks. The human leaders of the End of War Project race to find who "hacked" the ACMs, but what they find is even more startling--and revealing--than they could ever imagine. ***2019 Watty Award Winner - Science Fiction***
Sember (Forestfolk, Book 2) by Zoe_Blessing
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Little Sember stole readers' hearts in "Siena." Join her now, ten years later, as she embarks on a quest of her own to save her people, and to finally accept her true self along the way. - - - Sixteen and struggling is not how Sember wants to describe herself. Born with the ability to conjure fire, every day is a challenge to keep the churning blaze within her under control. After nearly incinerating her parents at the age of six, guilt and doubt plague her at every turn. While the village's gifted healer is away, a mysterious disease sweeps through Foresthome, and people start dying. When her parents get infected and the resident herbalist has no solutions, she takes it upon herself to track the clues and locate the source of this unnatural plague. Joined by her brother and a handsome Iceling, they must unravel the mystery and face an unexpected enemy in the shadows. If they fail, the plague will engulf the world she knows, plunging it into dark times. Maybe a little fire is exactly what they need. --- Big thanks to @vexnir for illustrating this awesome cover.
Rejected by WaitingForEnd
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Prince Damian rejects the girl chosen by his mother without meeting her and without knowing the girl can hear every word of his rejection. Years later he finally meets her again and falls for her without knowing she is the same person. Cecilia's story continues in Betrayal. Cover credits: xoMilkyway
Siena (Forestfolk, Book 1) by Zoe_Blessing
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Siena can heal wounds with a touch of her hands. A captive since birth, she is used as a tool of war by a Plainsmen tribe. A chance escape into the forest proves successful... and deadly. Rescued by the Forestfolk--a group of people she always thought were nothing more than bedtime stories--Siena remains on edge. Trust does not come easily when persecution is all she's ever known. Keeping her abilities a secret seems like the right thing to do, until a tragic accident renders two Forestfolk spiraling toward death. If she chooses to reveal her abilities, she risks being subjugated again. Treated as no longer human. Maybe even sent back to the Plainsmen. But keeping her talent to herself means ignoring the injured around her, even allowing them to die. The choice seems obvious to Siena, but living with the repercussions of that choice is another matter altogether. A journey of self-discovery, a bit of adventure, and a splash of romance. On the Wattys 2017 Shortlist!
Boy Next Door (Boy X Boy) by TheCreativeTrashCan
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A story about a boy who falls for another, and uses his hateful tongue to cope with those confusing feelings. (Book inspired by Cavetown's "Lemon Boy")
Savin' Me ⚣ ✓ by wambuimuiruriii
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Killian didn't think life would get much worse... That was until he busted a kids nose and was suspended from his PhD program. And maybe it was luck, or God looking out for his tortured soul, because who knew something so good could come from something so terrible. Killian met James. James met Killian. The rest was semantics.
Bite Me by stayonbrand
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From Wattpad to WEBTOON! Experience BITE ME like never before-now live on WEBTOON as Love Bites! Dive into unexpected twists and thrilling romance in any format you like. Werewolves and vampires don't mix, or that's what Kieran Callisto, a seventeen-year-old vampire, has believed all his life - until he falls for the Alpha's son. ***** When Kieran meets his new classmate, Mason Kane, he bristles with an unexplainable disdain. Soon it becomes apparent why: Mason is a werewolf. But when a fight turns into a sudden kiss that neither expects, Kieran's feelings for Mason turn to attraction in an instant. None of it makes sense - vampires and werewolves are supposed to be mortal enemies, so why does Kieran find Mason so irresistible? He knows that each kiss is dangerous, each bite is unpredictable...
Violet Serpentstone - The Sin of Temperance [Seven Deadly Sins Story] by Littlecolt
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Back when the Holy War still ravaged the land the Human Clan suffered an immeasurable amount of casualties. They were a fleeting race desperately trying to preserve themselves as their Holy Knights and soldiers were being slaughtered by the thousands. They had no choice but to fight alongside the other clans for survival against the Demon Clan, however they needed another source of power. The humans needed soldiers that could be sent into battle without care for their lives. After many failures Human Mages managed to create a race long forgotten in modern day Britannia. The Spectre Clan.
The Red Nobody by aly_maca
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The Nijòry angels are a powerful race, being able to harness the power of water, ice, fire or nature, making others tribes afraid, resulting in their island being sealed off. With undiscovered markings, powers and strange angels and rivals, avenging deaths, its painful and furious, and Robyn is in the centre of her problems
The Silver Stone Society, Book 1 : The Crying Banshee by Empress_of_crows
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In a reimagined steampunk London full of spirits of all kinds, three girls that have nothing in common, except for their very special abilities and their huge misfortune, find their stories unwillingly entwined. All of it because of the somewhat shady Silver Stone Society, lead by a rich, mysterious, German lord and his three sons. Meet Cathleen, with her loving (and deceased) family, and her somewhat strange ability to see the undead that surround her. Rebecca (and her card game), who's grandfather died, leaving her with an old library, its moldy attic and a broken mechanical dog. And meet Neiji, a brave 19 years old girl, who is currently fleeing from her ghoul-possessed family. Even her burning soul cannot undo the spell. Meet Jack, Chester and Aaron Farrell ; three very peculiar brothers. Meet their father, the mysterious Josef Farrell (also know as Spiegel) and his strange sense of humour. Meet his wife, ripped portrait in the basement of their eleventh manor. Meet the Grim Reaper, the cool dude that made their lives a hell.