Dystopia? Starships? Yes please!
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DIVISION 52 - BOOK I by Skyler_Wilde
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In the distant future there are two powers that control Merridian city. The first: A dictatorship known as the Silver Sun, whose militant soldiers enforce the law. The second: A crime lord known as Scorpion. She controls the entire black market, faction gangs, and every other killer for hire in the city. They are Division 52. When sudden and lethal attacks with Silver Sun marks start littering around the upper class sectors action must be taken swiftly. The chaos quickly climbs on both sides and tensions within sectors reaches its boiling point. But the game all changes when Scorpion discovers that the Emperor of the Silver Sun has a daughter. This girl is impulsive and illusive. Nothing of the pampered royalty that was first suspected. With different agendas and impossible backgrounds, the pair are quickly caught between wanting to kill one another and build something much more in the farthest depths of Merridian...
Dawn of the Starships (Formerly called A Starship Called Starsong) by CrystalScherer
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Rachel, a junior assistant in the cargo bay, wasn't prepared for the spaceship's AI to gain awareness during what should have been a routine update, nor had anyone expected it to take exception to the crew and the crates of illegal cargo aboard. Rachel races against time to try and get life-saving systems back online while stranded in the middle of deep space. Unfortunately for her, the AI can access every system, door, and airlock. As truths emerge, the AI realizes that even computers can make miscalculations, and it focuses on the young woman who had dared to confront it. Rachel is left floundering when the AI decides that she would make an excellent captain, albeit one in need of training. As she struggles to learn her new duties and dodge shady government groups, she must ultimately discover what it truly means to be a Starship Captain. ------- There is no romance in this story. Copyright April 2018. All Rights Reserved. Readers may not copy, alter, translate, or steal this story. Fanfictions are allowed to use my *world* and *AI set-up* as long as credit is given.
Starless Sky by RiSaWa
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Zara Fujimura isn't an ordinary girl, from the minute she was born she has been on the run. Her kind is hunted and killed around the world, and the "lucky" ones are placed into rehabilitation prisons. No one ever makes it out though, however, Zara is determined to escape. With the help of her cellmate, Orion, and other friends, the prisoners are preparing to revolt and escape once and for all. Arden is a hitman with an even bigger secret that could send his life into ruins. His job was never a safe one in the first place, but after agreeing to a certain task the stakes are raised. In order to rise from his own ashes, he must first burn. Read "Starless Sky" to see what Zara and Arden do.
Expiration Date (Books 1 and 2) by MikaelaBender
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Now a digital pilot for SYFY The Society knows when we're going to die. They imprint it on our arms at birth. I was supposed to die yesterday. I'm the girl who's Expired. Winner of the 2020 Readers Choice Awards Cover by @Forcade
Human Error by leigh_
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BOOK 1 // Human Error (COMPLETE) BOOK 2 // Human Instinct (IN PROGRESS) *NOW OPTIONED FOR A TV SHOW* "Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness engineered right into their DNA." - William Shakespeare, 1602 (adapted for BioPlus) Astrid Oxford is not normal. Two hundred years into the future, society is recovering from global collapse, and genetic modification has saved the remaining population from a hunger crisis. The alteration of human DNA has been illegal since the technology was developed, but in the heart of New London, a sinister trend has emerged among society's elite. Designer children have been the city's best-kept secret for years, but strange side effects are now appearing as they hit adolescence. When a freak suicide forces modification into the public eye, eighteen-year-old Astrid is about to learn how difficult it is to stay under the radar when you really were born to stand out.
The War of Elevens| Book 1 of the Space Thief Chronicles by come-alive-again
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This is the story of how a storm and a space-thief started an apocalypse. Lillian Cart Ci, a spunky thirteen-year-old girl with a newfound ability to steal from space, must leave Earth after she is blackmailed into joining the army for an upcoming world war in the Shifter World, a world with opera-singing walls, uptight fairies, trees that sing lullabies only the deaf can hear, glowing mushrooms as big as houses, and whispering stars. Shifters are people with the ability to produce either fire, water, or earthly elements from their fingertips and are the dominant race of this world. They thrive beneath an international government that kills any human with strange or unheard of magical powers. Under the careful watch of the government's eye, Lillian must train for a war her ancestors prepared for-a war against a race of people called Acids, whose magic is more destructive than any weapon or Shifter army. This is the story of how eleven monsters took over the world. Eleven beasts that have been created by a vengeful man nicknamed Storm are eating cities and towns alive. From the moment the beasts unearthed themselves to the Shifter World, they've been killing machines, sucking the color and culture from every continent across the globe. Using the brink of the Shifter-Acid war as a foothold, Storm uses his monsters to not only create chaos, but to find the most magic-dense spot in the Shifter World so that he can destroy the very dimension keeping the Shifter World breathing. In a world of opera-singing walls, cannibalistic psychics, screaming stars, and crooked cities, Lilly must band together with a group of multicultural disparate friends and put her spunk to use to stay afloat in the dangerous waters of the Shifter World. This is the story of how monsters and stars went to war.
Imperial Orders by Strawberry_Cream1928
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From the author of the Books of Lessaenes comes a new Sci-Fi adventure... From the ashes of an overpopulated, resource-drained Earth rose the Empire of Homina, centered around the planet Celatys, humanity's new home. After more than a millennium in this new environment, some Hominans have evolved to possess special Gifts. The Oculars, Tactiles, and Auricles, each Gifted in one of their five senses, are valued for their abilities and respected as Homina's elite. Deprived of all Gifted privileges as indirect punishment for her missing father's crime, Tuofah Lynnstrijker lives a quiet life as a Celatysian mechanic. When she encounters a band of thieves, led by a boy who plans to pose as the lost Crown Prince of Homina in order to secure a large sum of money, her desperation for cash leads her to reluctantly join him in his travels across the galaxy. Meanwhile, trouble is brewing in the Celatysian capital, and Prime Minister Saara Remy's plan to keep it at bay will only work for so long. The Hominan government must find an unlikely ally in young Tuofah and her friends in order to ensure the survival of their Empire. Will Saara be able to forget old enmities in order to defeat the forces of chaos that lurk at her doorstep? Find out in IMPERIAL ORDERS, a standalone galactic thriller. Covers by @AAKhan and @harukamii_ Highest Ranking: #295 in Science Fiction
Agent (sample) by KurokageJS
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When the Sigari came to Earth seeking refuge, a whole organization was created to make sure relations remained peaceful. As a new Agent of this organization, it's up to Gabriel to do his part to keep his home safe. When the Sigari start acting odd and a mysterious plague starts slaughtering humans by the townful, it becomes clear that there's a whole lot of secrets that the seemingly peaceful Sigari are hiding. There are tough choices to be made, and it all comes down to how much Gabriel is willing to sacrifice. *Book One of the Earth Embassies series* *Cover made by Nasmir* First Draft completed - Dec.28/2015
From the Ash II: Broken by Truevendetta
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Phoenix's journey home comes to a sudden and terrifying halt as she falls prey to a nightmarish predicament. Her suffering at the hands of Doc's sick and twisted obsession has reawakened her worst enemy, an inner demon who batters her relentlessly with whispered lies and decries of hopelessness. Phoenix teeters on the edge of her sanity, as those around her cry out for her help and the world disintegrates around her. But she is not alone; other heroes and lost friends appear to help her rise from the ashes, if only she can hold onto the edge of the unyielding pit of despair into which she's about to fall. *Strong Language. Gore* Cover done by Ebooklaunch.com
From the Ash: Book I by Truevendetta
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Five days. It took me five days to crawl out from the bowels of the rubble. Emerging from my tomb, into a world nothing more than a wasteland; propelled into chaos where everyone has all but lost their humanity. My name is Phoenix, and the world as I knew it ended that day. The day the human race was nearly eradicated, and my journey home began. Follow Phoenix, the heroine of 'From the Ash' on her incredible journey through a ravaged world. An adventure, yes, but also an intrinsically human and touching story. Beautiful cover by: Dane at Ebooklaunch.com. Strong language. Gore.