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The Shaking by johncurzonauthor
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"Terrifying." "Brilliant." "Wow." "The Shaking is a unique story. Well defined characters with a good pace of the story." Seismic terror is about to strike... Maverick geologist Brian McLean was ridiculed when he warned London and south east England were at imminent risk of suffering a major earthquake. But when the unthinkable happens buildings collapse, power grids crash, transport is gridlocked, and high-tech life grinds to a shuddering halt. In the stunned aftermath courier Ryan Buckland journeys through a shattered city in a frantic search to be reunited with his family, Deputy Prime Minister Stuart Pullman sees the emergency as his chance to seize power, while nuclear engineer Alan Carter desperately tries to avert a far greater catastrophe. If he fails, destructive aftershocks will be the least of our problems... A homage to penny dreadful natural disaster trash fiction, The Shaking will rock you to your very core! A 103,000 word novel. Rated PG 16.
Ravenous Three by sandstormsamurai
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Adults know this secret. But no child does until they turn seventeen. It's a tradition that has been carried for a long time. Among the kids turning seventeen that year, Genari is bound to learn what this means. When she does, her life is turned upside down. She chooses to flee to a precarious school floating above the sea. At this school, Elandra, people are turned into a class of unique superbeings. Unfortunately, it has its problems entangled with the secret. She'd have to find a way to safety, but can she save her mother and outrun the chaos that is eating the two civilizations of South Yac and Twac Hill? ____ _ Back to updating weekly. Check back every weekend to see a new update!
Project Gemini (WATTYS 2016 WINNER!) by EmilyCharlotteCooledge
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Man created superheroes, and now they hunt them. A terror attack on London kills Britain's top geneticist and destroys life as nineteen year old Eva Saunders knows it. Soon she is at the center of a political conspiracy, and dragged into a dangerous game of the strong vs. the weak and man vs. god . . . The explosion sixty years ago separated the population into three categories: Humans - a score of 0% on the genetics scale. They have no superpower. Voids - a score of 50%. They have the potential. Or the worst: Pariahs - a score of 100%. They have the power. Eva has tested as Void all her life, missing the complete Pariah gene that would grant her superpowers at a moment's notice. But people with the gene are exiled, sent to the Badlands -- known as Zone-B -- in newly imprisoned Wales as punishment for their abilities. And they're fighting back. The only one to survive a Pariah attack on the British Headquarters for Genetics Screening she's recruited by the Prime Minister to work for the Humans. Tasked in aiding the secretive Detective Thomas Kingsley of the Metropolitan police in his race to catch the killers, the stakes rise and more than just a politician is on the line. Except Eva has her own problems, secrets hidden in her DNA, and it will push her to the very edge of the law. The fight for power has hit London. And it's spreading . . . THE PARIAH SERIES: BOOK ONE. Copyright © EmilyCharlotteCooledge 2015-2017 [Action / Science Fiction / Paranormal / Thriller.] Cover created by the talented @Carkann ! WINNER of the Wattys 2016 New Voices award! x
Find Violet Hyde: Secrets In Space by LauraSlate
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After the Ship Masters arrive Violet seizes her chance to experience life beyond the Farm. She learns that a planet nestled in the stars is waiting for her. But will her love, Zia, be welcome there? In the Moon Colony, Lucille rises to Presidency from humble beginnings. She enacts a plan to save humanity's dwindling population but is torn between two warring classes. Life in Genesis is luxurious and technology has slowed aging. Underground, in Ickwall, citizens serve the city above and scrape by however they can. *** This book is written in third person with multiple points of view. There are roughly six key characters with their own focuses, inner dialogues, and story lines. You'll get to watch them weave their lives together. *** Featured in Science Fiction Winner of @LGBTQ July Book of The Month 2016 Highest Rank: #21 in Sci-Fi *** I've added a chapter oriented playlist and note from me to the end of the book. Your votes, comments, and encouragements are appreciated. I love feedback and suggestions for improvement. Thank you in advance for taking a chance with this book. I hope you love reading it as much as I loved writing it for you. *** Here's a review from the fantastic @HunterTheWriter: "Find Violet Hyde: Secrets In Space is a superb book. When you read this you will go on adventures you have never dreamed, you get to live lives of characters who seem real. You will feel things only unique to this book. You're going to fall in love with new places and characters while finding the secrets only this book holds." *** Cover by the amazing @RachelS8766
Children of Myth: A Smoke, Fire, and Ash Anthology by JillanePurrazzi
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Children of Myth is a collection of Anthologies for my upcoming Smoke, Fire, and Ash trilogy. The first five stories are following the protagonists of the trilogy. Each story has some significance to the story of the trilogy, some noting important back story, while others simply establish the characters. I will also be setting up short stories for the notable side characters and antagonists. I will only post irregularly,when the stories are available.
To Challenge the Stars [Hiatus] by AliS1000
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--My homage to the SciFi genera, thank you so much for showing me myriad worlds of possibility-- By the 26th century humanity has colonized hundreds of new worlds. The warp drive has made unthinkable distances traversable. Mars and Venus have been transformed to be like Earth. Extraterrestrial life has been discovered on many worlds. But what about intelligence? Was the gift of consciousness and culture granted only to Earth's children? A signal from an orphan planet announces the answer. Starships from the United Interstellar Nations and the Astros Empire face off as history is written. On Earth, the political game of war and peace is entering its most critical stage. All this at the backdrop to the greatest discovery of our species. "This is really quite good, a reminder of classic Space Opera perhaps..." -WillFlyForFood, author of Earthrise 2176. "You have an excellent story here. Probably the best I've come across on this website. You've established the atmosphere just right. This feels like a movie" -Serenesoft, author of SunShower "Your writing style leaves nothing to the imagination. Every sentence gives the reader an exact description of the world you created" -dv99174
A Tiny Leap by JessArwen
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My entries for ScienceFiction's competition, High Tech. Hope you enjoy!
Princess of the Stars by JessArwen
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Celeste always knew she was destined to travel among the stars. Terra knew she was meant to engineer the ships that would take both of them there. But what happens when their ship crashes, and Celeste is lost to the void? Magic can't exist, but something mysterious out in the universe gives them a hand as the two rally against a force they never knew existed, a force that could end humanity as they know it. Updates every Friday! Highest ranking: #750 in Science Fiction
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
Before the Glitches (Book 0) by Strawberry_Cream1928
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Many years before Claire, Kelly, Megan and the other Glitches began their journey through the Code, another girl fought for the survival of humanity, but in a very different way. Her name was Kate. The Icehearts are rising...can Earth keep up? Highest ranking- #181 in Science Fiction